Min and Max

Well with a new son, work, and life in general; not everything I want to do will happen. So here is the list of minimum to do and maximum to do for this year, and some thoughts for future years.

Min:
Tomatoes: Red, White, and Cherry
Fruit Trees: Cherry, Peach, Plum
Mixed baby greens
Some Herbs

Max: As above and
Grapes
Raspberries
Rhubarb
Cabbage
Broccoli
Bell Peppers
Watermelon
Carrots
Onions
Garlic
Strawberries

The big difference between the min and max, is infrastructure. I have several large containers for the tomatoes, spots for the trees and a raised circular bed in the back yard ready for herbs and microgreens. So most of the remaining items will need a new bed created. With that is a modification of the sprinklers from being inground yard sprinklers to drip lines etc. Then the grapes require a trellis and I want to have them grow up and over a back porch overhang type thing, which will need to be built.

In future years I want to also grow some winter squash varieties, amaranth, corn, beans, snap peas, potatoes etc. I also need to figure out how to plant some more edibles in the front yard. Perhaps a strawberry ground cover with paths on the side of with the large tree. Because I am a bit unsure of sewer line placement and watermains, I don't want to plant any trees in front and it needs to be presentable to people.

The region is a semi-arid desert but next to several waterways, which makes the area a bit of an odd micro-climate. So a type of desert grass feel might work, with mixed in corn, amaranth, bean bushes, etc. That is in the future however.