Edible Gardening for Washington Oregon Author:Marianne Binetti, Alison Beck Food plants have their own ornamental value, adding harmony to existing landscapes without creating a separate vegetable garden. They also provide a fresh, healthy alternative to the tasteless and woody fruits and vegetables bred for long-distance transportation and shipped to our grocery stores from all over the world. In this book, we show how... more », with just a little effort, you can augment your landscape with edibles of every description in an environmentally sustainable manner:
-- Veggie favorites: tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, beans and onions
-- Berries: blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries
-- The superhealthy: flax, broccoli, kale and garlic
-- The oddly beautiful: Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, asparagus and artichokes
-- The ancient and exotic: quinoa, fennel and hardy kiwi
-- Plus starting, maintaining and harvesting an edible garden, propagation and winter care, and solutions to common garden problems.« less