I love sweet potatoes and artichokes..........I will have to consider how to make my fence taller to keep out the deer. I did read somewhere yesterday about a concoction of eggs and something else to spray in the garden to keep the critters out. The rotten smell is supposed to dissipate after it dries only to be smelled by the critters. :)
I have an upper deck where I can plant tomatoes and smaller herbs and such. also, found a website that offers advice on survival gardening. Although, we have squirrels and other things that do climb the trees that lead to the deck.
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Small fruits are nearly essential
Nearly everyone has room to plant a good selection of small fruits. These include strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, rhubarb, blueberries, and so forth. Luckily, once a patch of each has been established, one can readily take divisions or replant sprouts to greatly increase their food-producing capabilities.
As with the vegetable garden, one should grow as great a variety of small fruits as possible, and enough of each to put up significant jam, preserves, and canned and dried fruit. In hard times, a good loaf of hot whole wheat bread spread thickly with homemade strawberry jam, or a steaming blueberry pie, makes the term “survival” a joke. We call it living good.
You quickly discover that small fruits are a wonderful treat that can be easily turned into strawberry shortcake, blueberry pancakes, rhubarb tarts, blackberry cobbler, etc. In hard times, you don’t eat many candy bars; instead you substitute healthier fruit snacks and desserts.
Even picky eaters greatly enjoy dried fruits and fruit leathers which are easy to make at home.
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/clay62.html
Your place sounds lovely, I am glad for you.
One of the best ideas that I have read for keeping deer out was to lay old chicken wire on the ground around the garden, they had good luck with it, as the deer do not like walking on it, so stay out.
The last time that I planted for long time, I bought fruiting Mulberry trees, as I decided that I could grow them in the desert and they would also suit the taste buds that wanted berries.
I love mulberries, did as a child.
They are not for the city, too messy.
Yes, there are many plants that could be planted and used to make jelly with, I think it was Raintree nursery in the Oregon or Washington area that offered a collection of native fruits for planting, LOL, must need more coffee, can’t recall the names of them, awww, here are some, huckleberry, buffalo berry,bush cherry, LOL, there are many of them.
It takes no more effort to grow a plant with food on it, than it does a flower or lawn.
Gotta smile on that one! Our "survival" redoubt includes an up and running Hot Tub! I DID say "Comfortable" Ey? LOL!