Planning Your Edible Landscape

When it comes to edible landscaping, you plant edible plants in a landscape rather than in a traditional garden. There are two major benefits to edible landscaping. First of all, since landscaping and food-growing are combined in a single space, edible landscapes save space.

Next, instead of just aesthetics reasons, the landscape is turned into a useful method of growing your own food. Edible landscapes don’t have to be 100% edible. When you design your edible landscape, you can use any percentage of edible plants you want.

You might choose to make your landscape 100% edible, or you might only include a single fruit tree. Edible landscaping has actually been around for a very long time. Found in medieval times and ancient Persia are the earliest edible landscapes.

Edible varieties are mostly planted by people in some areas of the world. Some doesn’t see the point of planting anything that isn’t edible because they think it’s a waste of food-growing space.

Knowing the what conditions each variety needs is an important part of planning your edible landscape. Some plants will need a lot of sun, and some plants require more shade. It’s also important to make sure that the soil conditions are suitable.

Check each variety so you’ll know their soil and sunlight requirements as well as the pH balance and nutrient they need. Start by planning out your landscape on paper.

When you mark off where you’re going to place certain plants, make sure they’re conducive areas to the varieties you wish to locate there. You can put fruit trees in place of shade trees. You can plant hazelnuts and currants wherever you might place a deciduous shrub. When it comes to herbs, they can be used in place of ground cover or low-lying shrubs.

Very little care is needed by ornamental plants. If you want edible plants to produce a good harvest, then you need to give them a little bit more attention. They may need to be fertilized or watered more often.

You’ll probably have to work a bit harder to control pests than you would for strictly ornamental plants, because insects tend to target edible plants much more often. But because of the food yield, the additional work is worth it.

Fruit trees or bushes are important types of edible plants to add to a landscape. Fruit trees make great replacements for shade trees. And berry bushes can be extremely attractive in place of typical shrubs. Looking quite lovely in front of a home are blueberry bushes. Growing into delightful shade trees are apple trees.

Beds of herbs, lettuce, or greens can be planted instead of flowerbeds. Many types of mint have lovely blooms. Lettuce and other greens can come in all types of colors. You can get ornamental cabbages and kale in a wide variety of colors, adding a splash of color to any area. Tomatoes and peppers are also colorful additions.

Grape arbors are a spectacular addition to a landscape. Grape arbors have been used for many years as a beautiful enhancement to lawns, and the fruit is a wonderful bonus. Keep in mind that there are many types of edible flowers.

Examples of flowers which make wonderful additions to salad and cake decorations are nasturtiums, daylilies, violas, borage, and calendula. So you can still plant some flowers, even if you want to stay 100% edible!

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