Adding Ornamental Edibles to Your Landscape

The beautiful fall orange color of a blackberry cane is decidedly ornamental.

I have always had an eye toward growing my own food.  Maybe it is because my dad is a farmer.  I know where food comes from; someone has to grow it.  Maybe it is because I live in a food desert of a sort; because I live in an agricultural area, unless you grow it, it is terribly expensive, or not to be had unless you find something that is damaged falling off a truck.  Maybe I am just too cheap to buy it because I can grow it.

The decorative aspect of the savoy type cabbage which was grown in a large pot along with a canna and crocosimia  (non-edibles) is hard to deny.  As I only eat a cabbage or two a year, growing a couple in a pot is ideal.

I don't know, but I have always tried to incorporate as many edibles into my landscape as possible.

Harvest Yields: Squash

I've got squash. I've got spaghetti squash, acorn squash, sweet dumpling squash, and assortment of tiny decorative squash. I've got a handful of butternut squash.

Probably too many squash!

I planted three hills of acorn squash and four hills of spaghetti squash. They yielded 30 and 40o squash respectively.

I harvested the squash and laid them out where they can dry a bit without freezing.

Got a good squash recipe? I think I need it!