Unleash the potential of your yard by transforming it into a beautiful
and vibrant space offering a continuous supply of food
Journey into the good food movement by unleashing the potential of your
yard, transforming it into a beautiful and vibrant space that offers a
continuous supply of food.
Using dozens of beautiful color photographs and watercolor planting
charts, infographics, and landscaping designs, Your Edible Yard is the
comprehensive how-to guide you need to turn your yard into a bountiful
feast.
It features:
- Practical gardening methods and maintenance from weeding to wintering,
including foodscaping, container gardening, and saving seeds
- Permaculture principles including soil building techniques, garden
preparation, raised beds, and natural/non-toxic DIY pesticide
alternatives
- How to integrate culinary and medicinal herbs, edible flowers,
mushrooms, fruits, vegetables, and wild edibles
- Gardening resources: where to go for help, buy seeds, and source
supplies on a budget
- Instructions on preserving, fermenting, freezing, drying, and making
simple medicines
- General tips, such as how to find loopholes in laws preventing edible
front yards.
Whether you're a beginner or experienced gardener in the city, the
suburbs, or the country, this manual is the A-Z guide for how to make
use of the space you have, highlighting the colorful and abundant array
that edible landscapes promise.
