Surprising: Edible Perennials

05/10/2016 Ken Davis

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Recent rains have brought on an explosion of flowering perennials.  The moist soil and cool temps make for outstanding planting conditions, not only for large specimen trees, shrubs, and evergreens, but for perennials, too.…

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Edible Plantscapes

03/26/2015 Ken Lain, mountain gardener

Interestingly, the front yard often is the sunniest spot in a landscape, and although vegetable gardens thrive in lots of sun we rarely install what is basically a working farm in the front yard. With careful planning edible plants can…

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