all my lawn is barked over,, :-)
I have a niece that has veggies about 6 months a year and plenty of them.
I stopped growing stuff years ago cuz we had a lot of cats taat fashioned themselves "gardeners" too. ;-)
I am trying a new system called a "Topsy Turvy". I bought 2 stands that each have 4 hooks. I am growing 4 tomatoes, a cuke, a pepper, a zucchini and a yellow squash upside down.
No staking or weeding, just watering, fertilizing and harvesting. Still growing some in my raised beds, but if these really do well, I will get several more next year. I have squash that should be ready in week or two, and my tomatoes are blossoming. :)