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September 1, 2005
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Copyright informationCopyright Southern Progress Corporation Sep 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Colorful cut flowers and fresh greens are as handy as your own backyard. Get inspired by this fab little garden.
The idea for an ornate, edible garden started as soon as Bari and Joe Levin finished building their Montgomery, Alabama, home five years ago. Visions of Spanish moss dripping over iron fences, brick-lined raised beds, and cedar arbors lifting 'New Dawn' roses into the Southern sky drifted through Bari's mind.
But her vision promised even more. "My son, Jason Isenberg, was pushing for an organic, edible garden," says Bari. "He persuaded me to set aside a section of the yard for planting vegetables." With his experience designing and installing organic gardens, Jason complemented ...
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