A few years back Amy & Eric Blau tilled up their entire front yard and planted a row of crape myrtles, Korean spice viburnum and American beauty bush.  Now their garden includes native spring ephemerals such as jack-in-the-pulpit, trillium and Solomon’s seal.  For summer color, they have planted a wide variety of daylilies and other lilies which are Amy’s favorites.  Amy has also cultivated a few self-pollinating fruit trees, including cherry and peach, and built two raised beds for strawberries and blueberries.  “I also plant castor beans every year which came from my granddad’s seed stock over 30 years ago.” Also, check out the tree house in the back yard built with a girlfriend for their kids, using wood recycled from an old deck.