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I love this idea, and have done a smaller version of it for a while - but not enough! The only problem is my husband thinks it looks messy - and when gardens are getting to the end of the harvest season they do look a bit messy... But as my backyard landscaping is so mature now that it shades too much of the area I used to grown vegetables, I may have to resort to the front yard!

This is so wonderful! I already know people who do this, well, on a small scale ...I hope it becomes more acceptable because the harvest time is so rewarding!

A great idea, long time in coming but still a long way (unfortunately) from mainstream. Well, after all, Mr. Haeg does want to be provocative. I particularly like the slide show. GStamm

This is a great idea. Since I was little, I enjoyed that odd house you'd spot in the suburbs that had a front yard of all different plants and flowers and no grass.

I've removed so far about half of my front turf on my little 900 sq. ft. lot. I've got walking onions, grain amaranth, and sacred basil integrated with the roses, lilies and such. Of course, there's no grass out back.I had the wife almost convinced on pulling out the rest af the front grass and replacing it with chamomile, but found out some bees lke to nest in the clover patches, so we'll probably just let the clover take over the grass. What do I need grass for? I have no animals that graze.

Anyone interested in getting more from their lawn than a weekly workout behind a lawn mower should look into edible forest gardening (http://www.edibleforestgardens.com/). This system of landscape design attempts to mimic natural forest ecosystems to create sustainable environments that are both beautiful and bountiful and often require much less work than comparably productive gardens of annual vegetables. Perhaps more importantly, edible forest gardening does NOT require full sun, so "I have too many trees" is no longer an excuse! Because this is a fairly new paradigm in gardening, creating an edible forest garden may require more initial research, but I believe that the returns in decreased labor and healthier ecosystems more than compensate.

I currently live in a New Jersey suburb very much like the one featured in this story. As a student of sustainable agriculture and landscape design, I would like to see every one of the extravagantly wasteful lawns around me converted to food production. Edible forest gardening is one of the most exciting ideas I've seen along these lines in a long time (I promise I'm not being paid in any way to endorse this system, although it probably sounds like it. I have seen the results in practice.)

Heard this guy speak in Cleveland. Acted like he invented happenings and performance art and was

next in line after Buckminster Fuller. Cultural literacy

lacking and did not understand when someone

asked a question about entropy. Who the heck does

he know that he gets to present these refried concepts

as original?