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i just moved into a house with a small, fenced backyard and i don’t know how to start.
If you're starting from "I've never grown a thing", try to find a secondhand Aerogarden or other small hydroponic (plants grow in water not soil) system that takes care of most of it. Grow some herbs, basil works excellently.
It's a lifelong process.....start with small, functional things like an herb garden. Make tons of mistakes and kill tons of plants, most people do. But eventually, you'll have a green thumb and will understand the thrill of producing your own things instead of relying on capitalism for everything.
Highly highly recommend a bread machine, a good bread knife and a small scale, for the same reasons (weighing your bread ingredients will reduce the frustration of inconsistency in bread).
Growing your own food and cooking are two revolutionary acts in a hyper capitalist world.
i’m a retired pastry chef lol
i’ve grown indoor plants but never grown anything outside.
i am thinking of starting with raised beds in my backyard.
Oh perfect lol
Raised beds is a great idea. I dug a few oval patches out of my lawn and put stainless steel oval beds in, filled it with a good mix of soil and grew like 100 pounds of zucchini.
If you can handle inside plants, you can definitely do lots of hardy outdoor plants.
but thank you, that is awesome advice 💖
I would argue that growing your own food and NOT cooking it is even more revolutionary.
Your username betrays your motives.....
....what about your grains and legumes?
I am NOT Jim West.
Grass is a pestilence that should be eradicated worldwide, but legumes can be excellent support species, and some even make tasty fruits. Dialium guineense is one that most people don't seem to know, but apparently bonobos like it!