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If you have a question for either congressman that you would like metro columnist Dan Casey to answer for them, email your queries to dan.casey@roanoke.com.

This summer, the nonprofit community organization Sustainable Blacksburg will host a series of free tours of sustainable gardens around town that feature native plants, wildlife-friendly plantings, edible landscaping and beauty.

BLACKSBURG — Ben Corl and Julie Burger didn’t plan to raise half their annual consumption of greens and root vegetables when they planted two modest vegetable beds in their yard 11 years ago. They had no master plan to cover three-fourths of their Draper Road, Blacksburg lot with edibles and flowers, but as their enthusiasm grew, their lawn dwindled. “We never intended to have a lot of lawn. We always wanted lots of plants. When we crave a new plant and don’t have room, we ...