Comments on: Eating the boulevard http://missoularedtape.com/?p=2825 City and County Government Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:08:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chuck http://missoularedtape.com/?p=2825&cpage=1#comment-3353 Chuck Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:57:06 +0000 http://missoularedtape.com/?p=2825#comment-3353 The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation old headquarters building on West Broadway was an early large xeriscaping project. For whatever reason it was torn out. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation old headquarters building on West Broadway was an early large xeriscaping project. For whatever reason it was torn out.

]]> By: admin http://missoularedtape.com/?p=2825&cpage=1#comment-3338 admin Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:47:05 +0000 http://missoularedtape.com/?p=2825#comment-3338 Ooh -- thanks for the comments, Marilyn -- be fun to do a story about xeriscaping -- maybe someone who is giving their yard or boulevard an overhaul this season with native plants or edible stuff. If anyone knows of someone working on some such yard project in Missoula, feel free to email me: keila.szpaller@missoulian.com. Ooh — thanks for the comments, Marilyn — be fun to do a story about xeriscaping — maybe someone who is giving their yard or boulevard an overhaul this season with native plants or edible stuff.

If anyone knows of someone working on some such yard project in Missoula, feel free to email me: keila.szpaller@missoulian.com.

]]> By: Marilyn Marler http://missoularedtape.com/?p=2825&cpage=1#comment-3312 Marilyn Marler Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:11:27 +0000 http://missoularedtape.com/?p=2825#comment-3312 Nice topic, Keila. There is a lot of interest in xeriscaping boulevards, too. My boulevard is xeriscaped (= dry-scaping, with native plants in our case), and it was just a matter of getting approval from the city forester to deviate from a lawn. This involved sumbitting a simple site plan and species list. I don't think it would be any harder to get approval to grow fruits/veggies, since those are in fact flowering plants. And there are certainly many examples of ornamental ( = pretty looking) edible gardens in the world. I think the biggest problem with using your boulevard for edibles is that we have such a short growing season in MT that the blvd would be "put to bed" for a good part of each year and would need extra work to keep it looking attractive in the non-food gardening season. That is not a reason to NOT do it, just a consideration for the homeowner. Nice topic, Keila. There is a lot of interest in xeriscaping boulevards, too. My boulevard is xeriscaped (= dry-scaping, with native plants in our case), and it was just a matter of getting approval from the city forester to deviate from a lawn. This involved sumbitting a simple site plan and species list. I don’t think it would be any harder to get approval to grow fruits/veggies, since those are in fact flowering plants. And there are certainly many examples of ornamental ( = pretty looking) edible gardens in the world. I think the biggest problem with using your boulevard for edibles is that we have such a short growing season in MT that the blvd would be “put to bed” for a good part of each year and would need extra work to keep it looking attractive in the non-food gardening season. That is not a reason to NOT do it, just a consideration for the homeowner.

]]> By: Ryan Morton http://missoularedtape.com/?p=2825&cpage=1#comment-3311 Ryan Morton Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:15:28 +0000 http://missoularedtape.com/?p=2825#comment-3311 growing food in boulevards was fairly extensive in south korea. i vote yes to boulevard gardens. growing food in boulevards was fairly extensive in south korea. i vote yes to boulevard gardens.

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