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As you plant flowers in the vegetable garden, play with colors and textures as the author does in her beautiful central California edible landscape. Starting an edible landscape begins with building ...

This handsomely designed, informative guide introduces both new and experienced gardeners to a system to transform their gardens and lawns into beautiful, edible landscapes. Schein, who owns a ...

GLENDALE — As you walk into Justin Haddad’s backyard, you can feel it cool down, and suddenly you are surrounded by leaves, shade and the smell of nature. Haddad has been growing a “food forest” in ...

SHOOTING FOR SUSTAINABILITY: Asparagus shoots are one of many edible perennials that grow well in Western North Carolina and can help provide food during the early spring months when annual crops are ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. As a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tidy lawns have been replaced by a jumble of hot peppers, tomatoes, peas, peaches, berries and plums in the front yards of two next-door neighbors. And that’s just a sampling. "What ...

Landscape designer Brandy Hall is an advocate of permaculture, a science that integrates human activities into natural surroundings to establish ecosystems that are self-sustaining. In other words, ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Healthy food, green jobs, and community wellness are blooming in East Oakland's Sobrante Park. And "Planting Justice" is at the root of these growing efforts to secure food ...

There’s nothing mushroom-, CBD- or THC-related to this harvest — rather, heritage and heirloom fruits and berries, some quite rare and expensive. What is an edible forest? It’s a grouping of fruit ...