Front Yard Farming

A while back, I was reading the Wall Street Journal on the way home from work. [I work for the man, so it’s appropriate] I read this article called Green Acres – which I can’t find online anymore – about suburban gardeners ripping up their front lawns and replacing them with vegetables and herbs and fruit trees. Of course they pissed off some of their more conservative neighbors. I love this idea – green lawns look nice and all, and rolling around the grass is nice, but growing your own food just feels good. Teri and I have been on a pretty serious organic food trend lately, and knowing where your food comes from and that it took only steps to transport it from the ground to your home would take it to the next level. There was an example of a guy growing so much that he would sell his excess organic goods to local restaurants and actually turn a profit. I went looking for that article and came across another, that basically tells the same story. It referenced a dude named Fritz Haeg who designs front yard gardens for a living and has a book out called “Edible Estates - Attack on the Front Lawn”

On a completely unrelated note, my parents saw Matisyahu on Letterman and were really impressed. I came across this group about two years ago but never bothered to see what they looked like. I just liked the roots style and the energy and lyrics. Check out the live video version for King Without a Crown . Hasidic style.