I will NOT starve to death in my own backyard!!!!

[rebecca100]

Okay I have been researching my totally grassless backyard. I was origanally wanting to disc it up and plant grass seed, but I have now found it to be WAY too interesting to do that! So far I have identified edibles including wild violets, day lilies, plantains, chicory, dandelions, blackberries, raspberries, my cherry tree, 2 apricot trees, 1 hazelnut tree, AND a garden!!! Hmmm..... who knew a small backyard could be so interesting! I bet grass isn't that interesting!

 

[Wifezilla]

Grass is boring anyway

 

[big brown horse]

Not if you are a sheep!

At my last house the whole front lawn was an edible garden, mostly herbs. No mowing though and my neighbors (and passer-bys) loved it! (Backyard was too shady for anything, so I pine bark mulched the whole thing and dedicated it to the dogs.)

I would love a nut tree, boy how I miss my pecan trees! A hazelnut tree sounds so cool!

 

[SKR8PN]

Grass is way overrated.






At least the kind you have mow is.

 

[big brown horse]

 

[Aidenbaby]

A great groundcover (but also highly invasive) is anything in the mint family. It even grows really well in shade. I thought about planting some in the alley section of my house. At the moment, the alleyway contains a few shrub sticks, our compost pile and the grill and nothing else (weeds).

 

[noobiechickenlady]

A friend of a friend had a small yard completely taken over by a single chocolate mint. I'm told it smelled like heaven.

Nice to have free food in your yard, isn't it?

 

[Dace]

Lawn is definitely overrated! Blech!

 

[Aidenbaby]

When I lived in Dallas with my mother, we had one chocolate mint vine that would go from the top of our second floor bannister (outdoor staircase) all the way down to the ground. We would have to trim it several times each growing season to prevent it from getting to the ground.

ETA: It DID smell heavenly. Made me hungry every time I brushed against it.

 

[kcsunshine]

I have spearmint, orange mint, chocolate mint, peppermint - and I don't care if they are invasive. I walk through them and it smells heavenly. I also have silver thyme, lemon thyme, lime thyme, and orange thyme and german thyme. I like a good smelling herb garden.