Grow Food, Not Lawns

We just added these garden boxes to a client in Cobble Hill

All the garden areas in this Edible Landscape have berry or fruit trees.

As grocery prices are starting to soar, now is a great time to consider getting rid of your lawn, or a big part of it, and creating a garden to grow your own food to offset large grocery bills. By reducing or removing your lawn, you will no longer be spending so much time mowing, if at all depending on how much lawn you keep. There are many different styles and layouts you can choose when designing a garden. If you choose to go with raised garden boxes, you can put down landscape fabric and lay down natural woodchips for pathways in between the boxes. This will help keep weeds out and give a nice, clean looking aesthetic. Looking into a sprinkler system right in the boxes will help with watering only the growing food, and not get wasted on the pathways to conserve water. Some choose to go with a full garden right in the ground, which doesn’t require building and supplies to make boxes. If you end up with more food than you or your family need, there are lots of options for handling a surplus. Many people can or freeze produce, helping extend it into the winter months. You can trade with or give food to neighbors, or consider donating to a local food bank, or food box program. Consider growing some flowers along with the food to help attract pollinators to help pollinate food for better yields.