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How do we feed the world? EASY! Grow food, not lawns. Why do we grow lawns instead of food? Is it because we don't really need to grow food?
A front yard garden can be beautiful as well as productive. Instead of maintaining a lawn with weekly mowing and trimming duties, why not swap the grass for a vegetable garden? A front yard garden will provide a harvest for your family and be a beacon in your community, inspiring others to grow their own food as well. #garden #growingfood #urbangarden
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This post may contain affiliate links. At no cost to you, I may earn from qualifying purchases made through some links. Please see FCC disclosure for full information. Thank you for supporting this site! I vividly recall my dad dragging out a heavy tiller and repeatedly tilling up the weedy soil to plant our vegetable garden each year...so when I got married and moved to a suburban house with a nice-sized backyard, I did the same. (And by "I," I mean my husband. Haha!) I sowed seeds and…
Our first year on the land, we were overwhelmed with projects. But at the top of our list was starting the annual vegetable garden beds. The question was - how do we transform overgrown grass and weeds into usable soil for tender new vegetable seeds and plants? We experimented with four methods for transforming lawn into garden, and there are advantages and disadvantages to each method.
why mow it when you can grow it?...from facebook page grow food, not lawns
Yarden: Grow foods, not lawns
Get free food forever with these 20 vegetables that keep growing back! Perfect for beginner and experienced gardeners, these regrowing veggies offer an endless harvest season after season. From leafy greens to root vegetables, create a sustainable garden with little effort. Save this pin for a guide to growing free food in your backyard year-round!
10 gardens prettier than a lawn, and more water efficient too, including this California front yard food forest
Planting a front yard full of pretty edibles — annual and perennial vegetables — is a great way to use the most of your space. A front yard vegetable garden and nobody will ever know!
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, warm weather arrived early this year, well before the first day of spring. The warmth has summoned new buds on deciduous trees and shrubs, the blooms of which are rapidly coloring the barren winter landscape of the last four months. I’m sure your lawn is happy about the increased sunlight...
Turn your lawn into a vegetable garden.
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In this video, I bust the myth that big trees will take the nutrients and water from your vegetable garden and fruit trees. I show you how our food garden is...
There are many great alternatives to a grass lawn that can provide a beautiful and eco-friendly yard. In this article, I’ll share nine of my favorite lawn replacement ideas that you can use as inspiration if you’re thinking of removing some or all of your traditional grass lawn. #lawn #lawnreplacement #lawnalternative #lawnremoval
Nothing says summer, like picking up corn on your way home for dinner. I remember the first time we tried to grow corn in our first house. Like all young
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