Comments on: Edible landscaping http://dreamtimepublishing.com/blog/edible-landscaping Books & Authors Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:34:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: jcezanne http://dreamtimepublishing.com/blog/edible-landscaping#comment-1194 Wed, 07 May 2008 11:48:49 +0000 http://dreamtimepublishing.com/blog/edible-landscaping#comment-1194 This is such an excellent idea, and one I'll bear in mind for next spring when I actually take a hand in my garden. (I moved recently into a house with a beautiful garden, so I'm spending the first year just seeing what's here already. I do know that there's some echinacea growing somewhere, though I'm quite sure I won't recognize it in anything other than capsule form! ...) I am a great mushroom fan and also a fan of mystery books, so I know about the dangers of ingesting something one shouldn't. Paul and I were out geocaching one day in the woods near here and came upon a whole family harvesting mushrooms. We talked with them for a bit and I expressed both my love of the fungus and my fear of poison. The family was from Russia and looked at me quite oddly before explaining how to choose the correct ones -- in tones that clearly indicated they thought they were dealing with a mentally retarded person. Probably they all grew up knowing which ones to harvest! But I'll gladly try some of your suggestions next year, Carolyn, so that my garden can be both beautiful and useful! -- Jeannette This is such an excellent idea, and one I’ll bear in mind for next spring when I actually take a hand in my garden. (I moved recently into a house with a beautiful garden, so I’m spending the first year just seeing what’s here already. I do know that there’s some echinacea growing somewhere, though I’m quite sure I won’t recognize it in anything other than capsule form! …)

I am a great mushroom fan and also a fan of mystery books, so I know about the dangers of ingesting something one shouldn’t. Paul and I were out geocaching one day in the woods near here and came upon a whole family harvesting mushrooms. We talked with them for a bit and I expressed both my love of the fungus and my fear of poison. The family was from Russia and looked at me quite oddly before explaining how to choose the correct ones — in tones that clearly indicated they thought they were dealing with a mentally retarded person. Probably they all grew up knowing which ones to harvest!

But I’ll gladly try some of your suggestions next year, Carolyn, so that my garden can be both beautiful and useful!

– Jeannette

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