Keep calm and put the kettle on: Laura’s garden notes for November
Laura Young
reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com
When we built our dream house in 1992, our concept for the yard included not only a vegetable patch, but many plantings all around for an “edible landscape.” For instance, we once planted a row of rosemary bushes along the front walk, put blueberry bushes around the garage, shaded the western side of the house with a loquat tree and have just added a pot of edible ginger by the back door. In 30 years' time, I've continually experimented with many kinds of edibles. Lately, I've also taken an interest in some drinkables, namely homegrown and native teas.
I'm most excited right now about learning that blueberry bushes not only offer amazing