Comments on: Lawn Converted Into Food

By: Homemade Pastry with Homemade Rendered Pastry Lard and Rolly-Polly! « A Canadian Foodie

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:05:57 +0000

[...] that I had dinner at his house and met his family when I asked to have a personal garden tour after reading about his garden last summer and about his herb [...]

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:46:57 +0000

Hi Kevin.. I’ve been following your blog for a little while and love it.

I too, converted my front yard ( well, half of it ) to a garden, with 4 raised beds (4×8)… and I’ve loved it ever since.

My first year, I pulled about $1,400 in produce out of the garden and I’ve been canning and pickling up a storm, as well as supplying my neighbors,friends, and office mates with fresh produce.

Keep up the great writing.

Todd

By: I’m Thankful for This Soup « Kevin Kossowan

I’m Thankful for This Soup « Kevin Kossowan — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:36:30 +0000

[...] This soup kind of summed up my happiness of late. It’s a purée of winter squashes from my former lawned front yard, with celery and leek from my backyard garden + a whack of chevre from Holly. Atop it is a dollop [...]

By: A Canadian Foodie

A Canadian Foodie — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:45:49 +0000

Is next month September – the crazy busy and exciting month? I will remind you! Then I will write a post about it, if I may!
:)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:49:20 +0000

Kim – the broad overview will come. Good to hear from you.
Rebecca – glad to hear from you, and absolutely love Cooking Up A Story – thanks for being a part of that project.
Valerie – It’s hard work. I’m trying to get it out of the way while I’m young and designed so that it’s low-maintenance or zero maintenance when I’m older. :)
Yes, I am just finishing building my root cellar, hence the recent posts about bin construction. I have 1 deep freeze. So far. I’m going to try to manage our food supply to not need more. How I made the root cellar is a long story – but some details are in the ‘From the Cellar’ button at the top of my blog – it also talks about the adjacent wine cellar.

Next month may be a good time to come by. Remind me, as September is going to be crazy busy and exciting.

By: A Canadian Foodie

A Canadian Foodie — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:46:42 +0000

Kevin! This is exactly, exactly, exactly what I wanted to do with our yard! Vanja has put his food down and will absolutely not dig up one more bit of lawn for gardening. I really cannot do it myself as I have serious asthma now – but believe me – I have done a ton of heavy heavy yard work int he past. By myself when I was a single mom with my gals. It was incredibly gratifying. However, it is not that I cannot do it myself. It is that he likes the lawn. So, I am stuck. Do you have a root cellar? How many deep freezers do you have? I know you hunt, and I have preserved for years, too, and have much less produce on my property that you do – and my freezers are always really full. With all of the root veggies you are growing, I would imagine you have a root cellar. How did you make that?
And, when can I come by for a tour? This is not a rhetorical question. I would love to see the plants you have and your garden. I have documented ours here (7th season of garden) every year. I plot and diagram and work to make things make sense and grow well…. and am usually very successful after we conquer this jungle issue we return to every year. I didn’t do a garden last year as mom and dad couldn’t handle it, and neither daughter was available to tend it while we were away (but tending, I have learned that means keeping it alive). But how can I complain. We both know how much work is involved here.
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By: Rebecca Gerendasy

Rebecca Gerendasy — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:52:18 +0000

I love the variety you’ve worked into your space and love what you’ve done here, Kevin! We are also slowly taking away lawn and replacing with food – every year something new. Thanks for making the video, too.

By: U Pick Strawberries – South Windemere Gardens « Kevin Kossowan

U Pick Strawberries – South Windemere Gardens « Kevin Kossowan — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:19:27 +0000

[...] ex-lawn, as I like to call it, now produces awesome strawberries. But not enough. Not yet. Until the [...]

By: the inadvertent farmer

the inadvertent farmer — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:41:46 +0000

This was a wonderful tour of what use to be less than useful grass to an awesome edible garden…LOVE it!

Next time could we see your yards in their entirety, would love an overview. Kim

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:51:45 +0000

Kevin, thanks so much for the tips. I’ll definitely let you know if I have any more questions. Unfortunately we’re not moving until the end of August, so I might not get a chance to really start redoing the yard until next year – though if the weather in September cooperates, I’ll certainly be able to start with some of the architectural stuff, moving shrubs and digging up the grass and such. Next spring will see me planting like crazy :)