Your edible garden

How to grow delicious vegetables, herbs, and fruit at home

8 ways to use edibles as ornamentals

Planning your garden? Mix it up by choosing edibles in place of the usual suspects

Instead of a familiar semi-evergreen shrub
Photo by Mark Turner; written by Julie Chai

Instead of a familiar semi-evergreen shrub

Plant: Blueberries to add to muffins and smoothies from spring into summer.

How to grow: In mild-winter areas, start from bare roots in winter or from plants in fall; where winters are cold, start plants in early spring. Different types range in height from 1 1/2 to 8 feet tall. Zones A2, A3, 1–9, 14–24.


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