WELCOME TO MY SUBURBAN EDIBLE & HERBAL
Backyard
FOOD FOREST...
Give me a shovel, and I’ll give you a fully functioning, biodiverse, edible & herbal backyard food forest! Give me a harvest, and I’ll give you an entire year’s worth of everyday homemade necessities, gourmet meals, and heartwarming gifts!
Welcome to my suburban “Edible & Herbal Backyard Food Forest” where I have turned a half acre lot into a fully functioning gourmet paradise fit for a king. I have always lived a simple lifestyle filled with passion and a desire to change things. I have dedicated half of my life to creating everyday household products, beauty aids, herbal remedies, and mouth watering gourmet foods and confections mostly from plants and items I grew and crafted myself. 32
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By Michele Friebis Bowers
Growing organically, and working side by side with nature from my own backyard is something I am very proud of. After completing the Penn State Master Gardener Program, I decided to focus the last 15 years researching cultivars, experimenting with our climate, and pushing my zone limitations to the max.
In full production, my backyard is capable of producing enough food & homemade necessities to last my family an entire year! I have everything you can imagine planted including hundreds of fruits, herbs, vegetables, nuts, roots, companion plants, perennials, mushrooms, and extremely fragrant flowers, all
