This veggie garden has a good start to the year.  Yum!

I saved my favorite alternative front yard for last

Between the burning summers and the winter freezes, I’m not sure how they make this work but I really, really love i!

I think part 3 of our Alternative Front Yards will be the most controversial

… I do think they have a point.  What do you think

Here’s the second in our weeklong focus on alternative front yards, basically just utilizing ivy and some yard art…

(and a trampoline!)

As spring begins, I hear the lawn mowers firing up all around the neighborhood and part of me dreams of not having to participate in the weekly march.  Some people have innovated their way out of lawn mowing through sheer genius.  This is one of the things that makes Brookside unique, you won’t see these sorts of things out in the burbs so I thought we’d take the week to look at some of these alternative front yards.

Here’s my first pick–this person is using a great mix of ivy, trees and shrubs to cover the front lawn.