In Australian suburbs, most people live in detached dwellings with a front and rear yard. The front yard in the past has been, dedicated to a lawn, which soaked up a lot of water.

In recent years, many States in Australia have introduced some form of water restrictions given the drought Australia is currently experiencing. The water restrictions include in many States that you can no longer water your lawn, so in the summer months most lawns die.

A movement is growing here and overseas which replaces lawn with produce.

Instead of pumping water onto a lawn, people are beginning to use their front yard for food production turning the water they used to use on the lawn to food production for themselves. When you think about it many homes in Australia would have at least 40m2 of front yard area, which could be used for food production.

See the video below;

 

 

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