So let's say you want to get rid of your lawn, but you don't have the time or energy to totally rip it up and start an edible landscape?
What if you just neglected it? Stopped watering it? Essentially ignored it? What would happen?
Well, that's sort of what one of our favorite bloggers is doing with her front lawn.
Over at Crunchy Chicken, she's decided to neglect her lawn. The result is pretty cool.
Her front yard has turned itself into a fantastic natural habitat for all sorts of insects (especially bees), and she's noticed that plenty of unexpectedly edible things are growing. From dandelions to oxalis (aka sourgrass).
This is the easiest edible landscaping we've ever heard of ... check it out!
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I'm of two minds about just letting lawns go.
Here's the thing: while you do get a lot of interesting and sometimes edible volunteers, here in California almost all of them will be non-natives and invariably some will be truly noxious weeds. Foxtails, for instance, which I loathe with a passion -- just ask your vet about them sometime.
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My yard would be consumed by blackberries in no time. Edible, yes, but I'd need a machete to get to my car.
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Makes me all itchy thinking about my parents lawn overgrown.
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