This site is here to help you learn how to turn your yard - the land around your house - into your own "edible landscape." Grass isn't a bad thing to cover your land with, and some people take great - and justifiable - pride in the appearance of their lawns. Lawns also have the advantage that they're not that hard to maintain: a little water, a little mowing, maybe some fertilizer, and there's your ground cover.
BUT...
I look back at the photos of my front yard when it was all just a lawn, and compare that to the way it looks today - full of gardens and bushes and trees - and realize just how boring it was. (To say nothing about how useless it was to have had all that good land and not use it to grow food.)
So now my yard has joined the OOOBY movement. (OOOBY stands for "Out of Our Own Back Yard.") You can, too - just decide that you're going to grow some of your own food, and then get started!
Before we start, though, we need to ask, then answer, two very important questions: Why should we worry about this? Isn't there enough food in the grocery stores? The answer is, yes, for now, there is. But our society is facing some pretty serious challenges in the next several years, and folks who are prepared for them are going to make out waaaay better than those who aren't. For more information on this whole issue, visit the Transition Austin web site. Go ahead - I'll be here when you get back.
I've put this site together to help you in two ways:
A couple of notes:
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My services do not include physical work on
your yard or garden.
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I garden without pesticides or herbicides - organically, in
other words -
and I'll only work with people who make the same commitment.
So take a look around; if you like what you see, then send me an e-message and let's discuss what you might be able to do!
This site was last updated on November 11, 2011.