Currently I am growing nothing edible in my yard other than the edible weeds which naturally spring up here. My ambitious goal is to grow 50% or more of my own food here on my property. I have a brown thumb and can kill the hardiest plant without even trying, so if I can do this, anyone can, including YOU! Since I am starting at zero, you will get to monitor my progress from the ground floor.
In this category of posts, I’ll not only be telling you about my own efforts, but also will be telling you about successful efforts by permaculturists, preppers, and other folks I know who are very far down this path. So, you’ll have plenty of excellent examples to aim for, while also being able to take comfort in the fact that I, the person conveying them to you, am pretty much starting from zero and have little or no aptitude — just desire and commitment! I love garden-fresh food, and once I started growing and foraging even a tiny bit of my own food, which I have been doing on and off since about 2004, I’ve been hooked on the convenience and the superior flavor. I’ve just never put in the work it takes to successfully cultivate more than a couple or a few veggies at a time. Quite frankly, I’ve always given up too easily. But that is about to change! And since I moved into a new house very recently, I haven’t started anything here yet. So you really will get to follow my Edible Yard Project from the beginning!