Influenced by their childhoods in Southwestern India, Ratna and Venkappa Gani opted for a backyard food forest instead of lawn when they bought a house in a new Austin subdivision. Combining edibles, including favorites from India, with flowers for pollinators, they harvest year round. An engineer, Venkappa designed rainwater collection before designing pathways from leftover construction limestone and bricks.

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