So here is the result of my brainstorming - Ideas for garden plot
(some plants may fall in several of the categories below)
1. Veggies you want in large quantities:
Potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, leek, hokkaido pumpkins, pepita pumpkins, kale (cavolo nero, Brussel sprouts, sprouting broccoli, other), corn, beets
2. Veggies that take up a lot of space per plant:
Artichokes, Rhubarb, physalis, tomatillo
3. Fruit trees and berries:
espaliered trees, blackcurrant bushes, dwarf trees (morello cherries, fig), raspberries, strawberries; maybe even an elder tree?
4. Tall plants for microclimate /
shelter /privacy:
Sunflowers (even Jerusalem artichokes?), runner beans, a
trellis with honeysuckle, magenta spreen
5. Place for surplus seedlings that don’t fit into my regular garden:
Tomatoes (select for those that don’t need shelter), peppers, cucumbers, physalis (ground cherries) etc.
6. Plants for mulch / chop&drop:
Comfrey
7.
Medicinal and kitchen herbs:
Dill, meadowsweet (filipendula), chamomille, mints,
perennial fennel, lemon balm, borage, saint john’s wort, walking onion, garlic chives, lovage, feverfew, yarrow
8. Experimenting:
Try out things that would take up too much space in my normal garden (in case they fail), like sweet potatoes, peanuts, a
hugel bed, a special guild, a special
compost...
9. Propagation & seed saving:
A place to plant the cuttings from berries (blueberries, blackcurrants), roses, and taking up
roots like Iris and Phlox that need to be divided and have no place to go.
Plants that go to seed for seed saving: beets, chards, salads
10. Flowers:
All those extra flowers that I’d love to have in my garden but just don’t have the space, both annuals and perennials like sunflowers, campanula, calendula, hollyhock, purple loosestrife (lythrum salicaria) and others, for pleasure and for pollinators
Could I plant some plants for
chicken feed?
For the moment, there will be no raised beds, no
greenhouse
As soon as possible we will set up a compost and dig a well
So is there anything I forgot? What are your thoughts / experiences?