Hi - I'm fairly new here at Permies but a long time fan of gardening. More so now with the cost of food rising. I'm learning so much from this site. I'm from Canada (zone 5) and only have a small under 400-square foot backyard to garden in but I'm trying to throw in as many edibles as I can - mostly perennials surrounded by both wood and leaf mulch so that I don't have to water as much.
For fruits and veggies, I'm growing a grafted Honeycrisp apple tree, blueberries, potted raspberries, Alpine strawberries, rhubarb, perennial tree kale (first time trying this), Hostas, mountain Hablitizia spinach , Good King Henry (no idea if I'll even like this), Egyptian Walking Onions, profusion sorrel, carrots, radishes, red beard onion, leeks, Vit Corn Salad, Yu Choi and snap peas. In May, I plan to direct sow some purple peacock pole beans, plant out the Malabar Spinach and Italian basil I have growing inside under grow lights.
For Herbs, I'm growing mint, oregano, sage, chives, french tarragon, Lavender, Thai basil, lemon, english and creeping thyme.
I'm sad to do this but I will be removing the irises this year, mint and solomon's seal from the side to move into pots so that I can make way for the asparagus roots I just received. Now after reading this thread, I think I'll intersperse some alpine strawberries around them. I also plan on adding them under the bench where not many things grow. They seem fine with a few hours of light.
I have another 100 foot bed in front where the grass has been struggling due to all the sand. I'm planning on putting sheets down, with compost covered with woodchips so that I can later transplant out my potted lavender and some creeping thyme. Under the lavender tree (also out front), I was thinking of putting either Ostrich Ferns or Hostas (there's not much light there).
