A Little Something About Me

I believe that anyone can make their dreams come true.

What's your dream?

I have been digging in the dirt since childhood. My first job was at a plant nursery, part of the ornamental horticulture department at Cal Poly Pomona.

When my husband and I bought our first home in 1992, I began organic food gardening.

At the time I was studying medicine, and didn't like what I read about pesticides, herbicides and the effect of chemical fertilizers on the nutritional value of foods.

Nine years later I left medical practice due to disability, and my garden became part of my therapy.

By the time we (and our three children) moved to the midwestern US in 2005 we didn't have to go to the store for vegetables or fruit. It was all right there in our yard.

We love our new home, but when we got here its front and back yards had basically dead soil and few of its existing plants were edible.

But that's changing! I discovered the concept of edible landscaping somewhere around 2009, and I've never looked back.

My garden

USDA zone 7b
Continental/temperate climate: cold dry winters, hot humid summers
35 inches average annual precipitation (however, we've been in a drought for several years now)
high winds including tornadoes common
ice storms every other year or so

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If you're dreaming of a beautiful, tasteful home landscape -- and you're ready to start making that dream happen -- start digging and we can make our dreams come true together.

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