I'm absolutely not a pro at this. Post your plants!
OP pic is Chinese rhubarb to maybe replace my old plant, russet potatoes that were sprouting on the counter, wild strawberries native to AB I often see in our river valley, asparagus (cut down once already), chives. Further back box is next week's problem.
Everything under the evergreens (out of frame directly behind the fence) suffers and this old planter the old owners put in is rotting, so last year for this struggling stuff except the Honeyberry bush which I need to move anyways. It's big enough to survive in the lawn now. Rhubarb, saskatoons, raspberries don't do well in here. I'll salvage what I can. Smashy'n clover next year. Then new half buried kiddie pools with the bottoms cut out "planters" elsewhere away from those trees is the plan. Classy! I'll do neon green with the dinosaur pattern.
New cherry tree because my old one is about at the end of its expected lifespan and it's showing. I'll pretty up its space if it survives the winter.
Same deal here, but these are an experiment to see if these "CANADIAN HARDY -TAYLOR" Paw Paw (Michigan Banana is another name) trees from Quebec's Green Barn Nursery can really survive zone 3b. They'll get the burlap sacks over winter. Has anyone eaten these fruits before on Lemmy? Curious. Nobody has heard of them locally here I've talked to so far. https://www.greenbarnnursery.ca/products/paw-paw-taylor
The row will hopefully be purple and orange goth-ish Sunflowers. Or "Chocolate" I guess.
The grass mostly died beside the pine tree, so I'm trying clover. It uh, yeah it's thriving. I'll dig out more of the damned grass later. Very good result it'll be lower maintenance now.
Nice garden mate. Gardening isn't really my thing but I've got a few things growing.
My mandarin tree (came with house) is in full fruit atm. Quite sour and lots of seeds but it's from my garden so I'm eating lots.
Chickens scratching up around the tap. I get 10-12 eggs a week from 3 silkies.
Behind my mandarin tree is a veggie patch with zucchinis, beetroot and herbs. We always get heaps of strawberries when its a bit warmer. My infant child has fresh strawberries and raspberries every day.
I'm pretty lucky to have a bit of space. I planted a pink lemon and plum trees when my wife was pregnant; I planted pomegranate & peach trees once my kid was born. In a couple of years they will have fresh fruit in the yard. I just hope they aren't picky waters like me.
Every time I see chickens I get more motivated to walk around and petition our city to try and get them legal to own here. The major city here allows chickens and bans bees. North of them we're allowed bees, but not chickens. Annoying.
Very aesthetically pleasing yard, I hope your kids like the fruit variety :)
Outright bans are a bit much, hopefully some petitioning will allow a small amount. We have a chicken limit based on land size; average block of 500m2 can have 10 chickens without a permit. A couple of blocks over they have around 15 chooks and they said it was easy enough to get a permit.
I don't know the rules regarding bees but I have noticed hives in my area some I'm assuming they are permitted.
Good luck petitioning. 😁