Lil’Sister….you could try planting potatoes in upright wire circles. Look up potato towers and see if that might work for you. You keep adding soil when the vines/leaves come thru. It’s a no dig method as well as space saver. Be careful not to grow varieties like Yukon Gold…they don’t vine in a way that works. That’s vague… but it’s been years since I was reading about this. We tried it but the arid climate dried the potato towers out too much.
There was a time when DH and I did a lot of our food. Minus staples like sugar/oils/salt.. We had a good fishing spot -which they restructured and the fish are just now making a come back. I milked goat. We bartered extra eggs for services like snow plowing our driveway. Since we were making most meals from scratch, we were shopping at the store about every 3 months. Those were the gardening days BEFORE THE VOLES……
Now….we’re waiting to move to a garden-friendly location. Other than black currents, not a lot grows up here. Yarrow and rose hips and willow/aspen for medicinal things. But calorie or nutrient dense food is not plentiful thru wildcrafting. 🙁
We’d definitely like to get back to productive gardens, etc. But doubt we’d ever grow grains. I’d love to live in an area where other folks grew grains tho…
OldMtWoman …..love my goats but they are high maintenance for old folks…