I read an article by Rosalind Creasy in an issue of a Mother Earth News magazine describing her edible landscape garden in California. Because we recently removed 6-40 ft. spruce trees on the south side of the house so we could install solar panels on our home, I had a huge piece of land to work with.
This was the perfect idea! Not only would it be beautiful with flowers, shrubs, and garden bushes, it would also supply the family with vegetables.
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| Pumpkin patch Jul 30, 2012 | |
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| King Richard Leek Jul 30, 2012 | |
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| Stuffed Purple Bell Peppers Jul 30, 2012 | |
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Oh wow--those look wonderful!!!!!! |
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my favorite i love stuff bell peppers .(anything) john |
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These look so beautiful and delicious....Yum Yum!! |
| A woodchuck got the best of me Jul 17, 2012 | ||
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On Thursday as I was having an enjoyable lunch with my husband at a local family restaurant, I came home to find that a woodchuck had had a pleasant lunch himself in my wonderful vegetable garden. He had eaten most of the leaves of my brocolli plants and as you can see he didnt stop there. By mid-Sunday he not only ate on... ...see more |
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Oh, no! Those critters are so destructive! We had one make breakfast, lunch, and dinner of some of our garden, and make a mess digging burrows in the dirt floor of part of our barn the first year... more » |
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That was one hungry critter ... so sorry about your loss ... know it must be discouraging. |
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I wonder what their food of choice is? Maybe you could get some seeds and grow it for them at the furthest away boundaries from your garden. Maybe then, they would not feel the desire... more » |
| 1st row of kohlirobi up, 2nd one planted Jul 10, 2012 | |
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This is one of my all time favorites! Are you planting the white or purple variety? |
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Interested to watch this grow. It's new to me. |
| Broccoli off to a good start Jul 08, 2012 | |
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They that is looking really good! |
| Lililes of the gardens Jul 07, 2012 | |
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Beautiful - love the colors & variety. |
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The colors are wonderful! What a beautiful day, and beautiful flowers... a great combination. :) |
| Somebody had to do it Jul 06, 2012 | ||
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It was a darn, dirty job but somebody had to do it. That somebody was my husband, Rick. He spend all yesterday afternoon removing the skin from the garlic scapes. Better him than me, lol. I must say, "He did quite a beautiful job." |
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what are you gonna do with all of them now? I have to go out and pick mine too |
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Yes. We don't rinse the vinegar off the scapes/cloves either. Just drain them, then put them in a jar and fill it with olive oil. Need to keep it in the refrigerator though. I use the oil in my c... more » |
| At last!, my homegrown is ready to eat Jul 06, 2012 | |
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It all looks good ... |
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Nice harvest! |
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Thanks. I steamed the squash and made a arugula salad with everything else. :-) |
| A Wonderful Saturday Jul 01, 2012 | ||
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I decided to take a break from my bookkeeping, employee scheduling, housework and even gardening today. It has been too hot! It's Saturday and I had an enjoyable morning with my husband, Rick, walking through Manitowoc's Farmer's Market and because it is also Mariner's Weekend here, we were able to watch a small group of craftmen... ...see more |
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Nice to take a break and enjoy something different |
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What a wonderful picture that makes in my mind... Great way to enjoy your day off... :) :) |
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We pretty much took the weekend off of everything as well, due to the heat. We did have to do some watering and harvesting, but took care of that either early in the morning or after the sun had set.... more » |
| Romaine lettuce transplanted from seedlings Jun 30, 2012 | |
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Wow, look how evenly you planted them... great job. :) |
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Thanks, being a perfectionist is a good thing sometimes... |
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Oh, your garden looks spectacular. But thanks for the compliment. |
| Bean plants kicking in Jun 30, 2012 | |
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| Roses, both red & white Jun 29, 2012 | |
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Beautiful colors! Do you ever do any cooking with the petals? |
| Bumble Bee filling his pollen sacs Jun 23, 2012 | ||
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This was the most pleasant surprise as I was taking photos of this dainty flower, white Beard-Tongue, a bumble bee stopped by to collect some pollen. Click the slides quickly and see the bee landing on the flower... |
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Beautiful picture. |
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Wonderful series, Mary! I love watching the bees work in my garden. |
| Strawberry Rhubarb going to seed Jun 20, 2012 | |
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Wow, I always cut my rhubarb flower heads off as soon as I find them - I had no idea they got so tall! |
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We had one or two desserts from it, then let it go, go, go. I will end up being the one who eats 2/3 of the pan :-). Can't have that. I must say, this was unusually big this year. |
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Yes, that's a good idea...rhubarb salsa. |