Posted on Oct 26, 2015
Does anyone have good resources for designing an edible backyard?
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I have a fairly large back yard with nothing in it yet. I want to start planning out an edible backyard. I would like to plant mostly if not all plants we can eat. Does anyone have a good reference we could use to help design it? I want to do all the work myself.
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Start simple. Corn and tomatoes are actually some of the most difficult plants to garden. I love planting mixed lettuce, strawberries, peas, beans, blueberries, gourds (for birdhouses), green onions, chives, and throw in some marigolds between plants/rows if snails are a problem. Mixed lettuce greens are great because if you plant it in 2 stages (or more, if you like), 2 weeks apart, after about 4 to 6 weeks, you can harvest micro-greens/baby lettuce every 10 days or so. I don't know your location, but my favorite resource is Walter Anderson nursery here in San Diego county. Best of luck!
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SGT Cody Skinner
I've done Strawberries before in a Strawberry pot, but didn't like the way the Berries ripened. We have tried mixed lettuce, peas, beans, and a few other items at our old house and the Feral Cats destroyed the garden at night.
For Strawberries this time I'm going to make a gutter designed hanging planter. That way the fruit can hang and ripen plus it will keep some ground pest off them. I would like to plant another Lemon Bush and an Orange of some sort in the near future so it can mature. But I can't really do anything until I decide the design as a whole.
I have a spice garden growing in the front of the house with Oregano, Thyme, Sweet Basil, Thai Basil, Rosemary, Garlic, Garlic Chives, Green Onion, Onion Chives, Lavender, Lemon Grass, and Chamomile.
For Strawberries this time I'm going to make a gutter designed hanging planter. That way the fruit can hang and ripen plus it will keep some ground pest off them. I would like to plant another Lemon Bush and an Orange of some sort in the near future so it can mature. But I can't really do anything until I decide the design as a whole.
I have a spice garden growing in the front of the house with Oregano, Thyme, Sweet Basil, Thai Basil, Rosemary, Garlic, Garlic Chives, Green Onion, Onion Chives, Lavender, Lemon Grass, and Chamomile.
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Well ... fruit trees or vegetables? those that regrow itself or you need to plant them every year?
I only can recommend where to buy seed and trees ... don't know what kind of design you wanted... landscaping? that would be a good start.
I only can recommend where to buy seed and trees ... don't know what kind of design you wanted... landscaping? that would be a good start.
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SGT Cody Skinner
Everything is needed. I have built a fire pit in the back yard and that is it. I guess I'm looking for a good resource on building different types of raised beds. I would like to plant a couple fruit trees and bushes. I'm also interested in other plants that have year round growth. I'm going to put a small garden in for veggies, but I would like to get the layout of the yard drawn out so I have a starting point.
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From my own experience ... think about your local "pest" first ... it destroy a lot of my investment ... some of my very expensive one of a kind crafted fruit trees ...my heart sink ... it cost a lot to find a 4 in one of any kind out there...
also the height of the fruit tree will effect everything around it. So be very careful not to rob sun-time from other plants too. ( I am into fruit tree)
I got a few small veggie garden. but mostly for fun, don't really have time.
I am in WV, hilly type terrain, so some area catch and keep water and some dry up fast. so you will need to study your soil and terrain too. There is a nature water way in every terrain, unless you start digging and putting in drain and holes to control it (big project!!)
Raised bed is also a good way to "by pass" the nature terrain, and also can mix into the soil type you wanted, but that mean watering increased too. Think about that... water can cost a lot.
garlic is a cool veggie to plant. They come back every year, and the flower looks pretty too. When garlic established, they will never go away until you "destroy" the bedding.
what else you got in mind?
also the height of the fruit tree will effect everything around it. So be very careful not to rob sun-time from other plants too. ( I am into fruit tree)
I got a few small veggie garden. but mostly for fun, don't really have time.
I am in WV, hilly type terrain, so some area catch and keep water and some dry up fast. so you will need to study your soil and terrain too. There is a nature water way in every terrain, unless you start digging and putting in drain and holes to control it (big project!!)
Raised bed is also a good way to "by pass" the nature terrain, and also can mix into the soil type you wanted, but that mean watering increased too. Think about that... water can cost a lot.
garlic is a cool veggie to plant. They come back every year, and the flower looks pretty too. When garlic established, they will never go away until you "destroy" the bedding.
what else you got in mind?
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