Not only is this fruit delicious, it is also a beautiful addition to your edible landscape as it brings gorgeous color, shape of leaf, a knock-out flower and of course the lovely characteristics of its fruit to your garden.

Basil is the most widely used herb in the world and a FAV among edible landscapers! We knew there was a reason we loved it…

I know that it’s likely that you’ve dashed your nutritional New Year’s Resolutions to bits by now so I felt compelled to sing the praises of these ‘gentle giants’ of the cool season garden just so you’re armed with the “411” when you regain your nutritional sanity in time for spring and summer! So… here we go.

The legume family includes many important crop species such as pea, alfalfa, clover, common bean, peanut, and lentil. Many plants in the legume family have the ability to fix nitrogen which is a wonderful gift to the gardener or farmer.