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11:30 am
Mon October 29, 2012

Slideshow: A Kendall Lawn Becomes An Edible Garden

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Credit Trina Sargalski
Frank Macaluso pulls up a turmeric root from the front yard of his East Kendall home. He has more traditional raised-bed gardens of greens, carrots, leeks, zucchini and other vegetables in the backyard.
Credit Trina Sargalski
Garlic chives mark the edge of Frank Macaluso's front yard. In October, he led a tour of his house for fellow gardening enthusiasts and farmers. Macaluso, a former professor, devotes at least an hour or two a day to keeping out the weeds.
Credit Trina Sargalski
Macaluso's yard may look like a tropical garden gone a little wild, but he's turned his lawn into a garden that provides much of the food he eats. Just along the driveway, Macaluso grows bananas, papayas and Meyer lemons.
Credit Trina Sargalski
When Macaluso wants fresh salad, he picks arugula, basil and other herbs from the backyard garden: "It's very convenient. I don't go to Publix too often."
Credit Trina Sargalski
The berries of the allspice tree are an ingredient in jerk seasoning. Macaluso also uses the leaves for tea.
Credit Trina Sargalski
The pool in the backyard is a network of lilies and other water plants: "I just got tired of cleaning the pool." Fish like gambusia and coy live in the pool. Strawberries grow out of the repurposed garbage can.
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Asparagus shoots in Frank Macaluso's Kendall backyard.
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A row of pineapples grows along Frank Macaluso's driveway.
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Earth Learning, a Miami-based sustainability group which focuses on food and agriculture, hosted the third annual Greater Everglades Community Food Summit, which ended last week. The summit included a tour of local farms and gardens.

The farm tour visited Frank Macaluso's Kendall home. Macaluso has turned his lawn, which sits on an approximately ¾-acre lot, into an edible garden.

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