Eat Your Yard! : Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs, and Flowers for Your Landscape

by Chase, Nan K.

• ISBN13: 9781423603849
• ISBN10: 1423603842
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Summary

The idea is that you can have the best of both worlds: plants that bring beauty to your landscape and food to your table. The author has chosen 36 plants that are beautiful and that provide fruit, nuts, herbs, and seeds that you can cook with, eat raw, or preserve. Eat Your Yard does the selecting for you-Chase has done research on which plants provide the most beauty and culinary use. It also includes recipes and tips for preserving the fruit (canning and pickling, freezing, dehydrating, fermenting, and juicing). Not only are the obvious fruits selected (apples, pears, peaches) but she has also included "exotic" fruits (quince, persimmons, kumquats and more), demystifying them and making readers realize how easy and wonderful these unique fruits are to grow.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Favorite Fruits Apple, Cherry, Crabapple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Quince	p. 11
Nuts &Almond, Blueberry, Chestnut, Hazelnut/Filbert, Pecan, Walnut	p. 41
Herbs &Bay Tree, Grape, Kiwi, Lavender, Mint, Nasturtium, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme	p. 67
Hot-Country Choices Fig, Kumquat, Lemon, Lime, Orange, Olive, Pomegranate	p. 97
Wildflowers Pawpaw, Persimmon, Prickly Pear, Yucca, Rose, Sunflower	p. 119
Preserving the Harvest	p. 141
Resources	p. 151
Index	p. 158
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Excerpts

Peaches and Cream Pops

Makes 4 Servings

1/2 cup peeled, chopped peaches

1/3 cup peeled, pureed peaches

2/3 cup vanilla yogurt

Lightly swirl all ingredients together in a small bowl. Spoon into 4 Popsicle molds and insert handle. Freeze for at least 4 hours.

*For extra-sweet pops, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of honey to yogurt before swirling.