These plants aren’t just pretty–they provide healthy food and save money and resources. Instead of the fleeting color of spring azaleas, try the year-round beauty of blueberries–or pear and plum trees, which put on a spring show of flowers, have colorful summer fruits and produce yellow fall foliage. Consider replacing the typical landscape with decorative borders of herbs, rainbow chard and striking paprika peppers. Edible plants are equally beautiful, and nearly any homeowner could grow a meaningful amount of food in her yard–a much more noble use of the soil. Yet we often choose to occupy that land with grass, marigold and azalea beds, wisteria, and the occasional privet or maple–plants that look nice, but don’t give us anything in the way of food or value. Many of us are lucky enough to have at least a small plot of land surrounding our homes.
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