Suburban lawns are being replaced with crops.

According to the NYT, Edible Estates is "an ingeniously subversive landscaping manifesto [that] proposes that homeowners banish grassy vanity lawns and replace them with harvestable gardens. Since its inauguration on July 4, 2005, in Salina, Kan., the project has delawned yards and planted regional vegetables as far away as Maplewood, N.J., and London; a demonstration garden is also growing at Descanso Gardens in Los Angeles County. Last month, Metropolis Books released 'Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn,' which chronicles the first four makeovers.

Fritz Haeg is the man behind the movement. He is an architect, "but his genre-defying work displays a brilliant synthesis of refined design principles, optimistic spectacle and homegrown activism."

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