I learn so much from my clients!

A current one told me about this local company called Bountiful Backyards, which installed a bunch of fruit trees, edible landscape and some water management things on their property. They don’t have to mow their front yard, AND they can eat the blueberries and other fruit from their new trees!

Drool control needed

Ok so it’s possible that coming off my weekly 24 hour fast has a teeny bit to do with it, but every food item pictured in the header on the Bountiful Backyards site looks delicious.  They specialize in edible landscapes, and they are right down the road from us!

It’s a system

Believers that everything is connected, Bountiful Backyards takes a holistic approach to helping folks learn to grow their own, & include multiple areas of expertise:

• Food Production
• Soil Restoration
• Native and Beneficial Flowering Plants
• Water Management and Conservation
• Working with what you have

Whatever tack you want to take, they work with you to cultivate a regenerative ecological design and restoration project, large or small.

Why?

If not mowing isn’t enough to convince you, maybe 10 good reasons to opt for a garden over grass will. Reason #1 is my favorite:

1. Americans spend $30 billion every year to maintain 23 million acres of lawn. That’s an average of $1200 per acre, per year. The same sized area could still provide a beautiful space for recreation and feed a family of six if converted to edible landscaping as opposed to traditional landscaping.