Bountiful Backyards Gets Farm Tourists’ Hands in the Dirt!

Originally published in Carolina Farm Stewardship Association blog “The Sweet Potato,” September 17, 2012, By Lesley Lammers

This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending the Eastern Triangle Farm Tour workshop hosted by Durham’s very own worker-owned edible landscaping cooperative, Bountiful Backyards (BB).  This hands-on edible landscaping demonstration at HomeGrown City Farm’s property attracted the gardening-curious and aficionados alike, who came ready to learn and get their fingers down in that North Carolina soil!  BB worker-owner Sarah Vroom starts off with this mantra, “When thinking about your own yard, plant things that you want that also support your landscape.  This will increase the ‘joy factor.’” Continue reading…