04/11/2026
We have decided to turn our lot into a food forest. Here are the details (for now)
6534 sq ft = total lot size
Includes a 1774 sq foot home
5647 sq ft of non-house
0.1296373 acres
Roughly an 8th of an acre
Here's everything growing (or on its way):
Tree/Understory Level (We don’t have a canopy level, except a neighbor has a black walnut that hangs over the fence into into our yard)
Golden Delicious Apple
Mcintosh apple
Peach (Variety?)
Contender Peach
Bartlett Pear
Anjou Pear
Standard Plum
Castleton Plum
Honey Jar Jujube
Dwarf Cherry Cutie Pie
Nanking Cherry
Bing Cherry
Nectarine
Common Service Berry
Saskatoon Serviceberry
Fig Fignomenal
PawPaw Common
Pennsylvania Golden PawPaw
Shrub Layer
Boreal Beauty Honeyberry
Boreal Blizzard Honeyberry
Jewel Black Raspberry
Thornless Red Raspberry
Hinnonmaki Red Gooseberry
Jostaberry
White Imperial Currant
Black Currant (Variety?)
Blueberry Bluecrop
Blueberry Patriot
Pink Lemonade Blueberry
Nannyberry
Elderberry
Kiwi Berry (Anna and Issai)
2 Purple Butterfly Bush
Grape (Variety?)
Herbaceous Layer
Rose of Sharon
Standing Ovation Little Bluestem
Asparagus - Mary Washington
Tutti Frutti Hummingbird Mint
Sequoia Junebearing Strawberries
Honeoye Junebearing Strawberries
Rose Fountain Grass
Artichoke Jerusalem
Casa Blanca Lilies
Double Tiger Lily Flore Pleno
Always Sweet Reblooming Daylily Duo
Night Embers Daylily
Stephanie Returns Re-Blooming Daylily
Blueberry Sundae Daylily
Abiqua Drinking Gourd Hosta
Big Daddy Hosta
Blue Mouse Ears Hosta
El Nino Hosta
First Frost Hosta
Cherry Berry Hosta
Stained Glass Hosta
White Feather Hosta
Raspberry Sundae Hosta
Tokudama Flavocircinalis Hosta
Beach Boy Hosta
White Feather Hosta
Irises
Daffodils
Coral Bells
Peonies
Thyme
We have seedlings growing for milkweeds and other plants. We’ll also be growing a vegetable garden, including Sweet Potato - Covington and regular white potatoes.
