Serious Eats - seriouseats.com

This is a great idea... and, while I don't speak from personal experience (no front yard for this Brooklynite), I say so with some first hand understanding. That garden pictured at the top of this page--that's the edible garden my friend and biz/writing partner, Michelle, and her family planted with Fritz Haag on their former property (they've since sold that house to relocate to Bklyn).

I've eaten from that garden! Even helped plant (a little bit!). It was an amazing project that yielded delicious fresh food and a life changing experience for Michelle, her husband and their kid.

Michelle is on vacation--which is why she's not commenting herself!--but she's done a lot of writing on how being part of Edible Estates has informed her and her family's relationship with food and the environment. Check out posts on our site, www.ChowMama.com, that come up when you search "edible estates":

http://www.chowmama.com/?s=edible+estates&x=0&y=0

Hope this inspires some to take the plunge. It's worth it!!