We have been noticing that a few of our fellow bloggers are writing about Fritz Haig and his Edible Estates project (like here) (and here). The project will attempt to replace the front lawns of 9 homes with food-producing vegetable gardens. If all goes well, it will result in a permanent living installation.
The thought here is to re-think the front lawn aesthetic, which uses unbearable amounts of water. Plus, the lawnmowers two-stroke engine emits some of the worst carbon dioxide possible (please dont tell them about our Vespa, which basically uses the exact same engine)
The next Edible Estates series will be here in Los Angeles (spring 2006) and Haig is looking for people interested in becoming a part of this cool project by tearing up their entire lawn and replacing it with the front lawn of the future: a vegetable garden.
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Cool! That's a great idea to make your yard work for you and be more than eye candy.
I saw an ad at the LA County Fair for this project. I am very interested in doing this to my own house. I live on a busy corner in Pomona and would love the shock value it would give to my neighbors. Not to mention the food it would bring to my family and theirs.
Since 1994 I have been working at a DEgrassing project in a suburban area in Indiana. The "brown spike" was driven--er, the final grassless area completed--in about 97, at least mulched. Having studied the pesticide impact and risky chemicals used in the typical lawn AND, noting that the LARGEST CROP plant in the US is TURF GRASS, I present programs and a booth titled (take a deep breath and think "superfragilistic..."
GOODBYEGRASS, SOLONG SOD, TATA TURF, LAWNANON. I had people vote on the preferred name for my wholesale, all-natural, all-organic NON-BUSINESS. A friend and I developed a six-step process for getting Earth off drugs--at least "cutting the grass" drastically. We are also working on a campaign to buy local foods (easier in CA than IN) and salute this clever project--Edible Estates.