Didi (my wife) and I have long wanted to have a proper garden space and to finally landscape and design our outdoor space to make use of our ~1-acre land in the city limits. We've used raised-bed gardens in the past to great effect, but I've also been a passive connoisseur of permaculture-related topics -- mostly through [permies](https://permies.com/) and [Wheaton Labs](https://wheaton-labs.com/)

We are optimizing for:
* lower maintenance
* food production
* utilizing the permaculture principles
* food resiliency given the changing climate
 
## Front Yard
- Herbs and zone 1 things. Cold frame
- Raised beds or hugelkultur
- Can we do perennials - bushes
- Remove silver maple tree
- Retaining wall - path for walking for us and letter carrier
- It gets hot/too sunny
- Arch over the driveway?
- We have deer, bunny, and vole/mole pressure/

## Strip of Land
 * Ideally, make it productive
 * Shared space
 * Dimensions:
 * Hops?
 * Deer resistant stuff
 * Need to talk to our neighbor

## Back Yard
 * Berries - Blueberries, black, raspberries
 * Thoughts on playset. Leveling and landscaping. 
 * Maybe goes away?

Trees - cutting down

## Essentials to grow
  Hops
  Blueberries
  Blackberries
  Shrubs for soil retention 

[Prairie Moon Nursery](https://www.prairiemoon.com/)
[Eastern Shore Nursery](https://easternshorenurseries.com/)
[BlackForager](https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackForager)

## What we'd love to grow
### Vegetables
- **Root Vegetables:**
  - Carrots (multiple varieties)
  - Potatoes (red)
  - Sweet potatoes
  - Ginger
  - Horseradish
- **Leafy Greens:**
  - Lettuces
  - Kale (perennial kale)
  - Chard
  - Spinach
  - Good King Henry spinach
- **Alliums:**
  - Green onions
  - Shallots
  - Leeks
  - Garlic
  - Egyptian walking onion
- **Brassicas:**
  - Broccoli
  - Cauliflower
  - Kohlrabi
- **Other Vegetables:**
  - Pickling cucumbers
  - Peas (shelling and snaps)
  - Tomatoes
  - Peppers (sweet, mild, some spice)
  - Mushrooms
  - Asparagus

### Fruits
- **Berries:**
  - Blueberries
  - Blackberries
  - Red raspberries
  - Black currants
  - Lingonberry
  - Elderberry
- **Trees:**
  - Apple tree
  - Pear tree
  - Cherry tree
  - Baby fig tree
- **Other:**
  - Hops
  - Rhubarb

### Herbs
- Basil
- Dill
- Cilantro
- Rosemary
- Oregano
- Mint