hi Jenn, I don't know if it would work, but if you have a cordless drill you could get a small auger that might dig up the hard ground so you could add better soil in the hole. Also, I have seen videos on YT that discussed plants to grow that do not create attention and look like landscaping plants. the Surinam cherry makes a nice hedge and you can get dwarf papaya seeds and plant them next to the wall behind your hedges. Sweet potato makes a good groundcover and I have eaten the leaves. Ginger and Tumeric grow very well and even get a blossom. if you had a trellis over a walkway you could plant purple passion fruit vine or grapes.
Aw, Jenn. I wish you could get out of there and find a place with a proper yard that would be yours to do with as you wish. Even if the house was not so modern, but to have your own little quarter acre to work and plant. HOAs are oppressive.
Gypsum and lime soften soil. But I think window boxes in the back and maybe on the side of the house. You'd have to have trellises in the front to lift the plants. Decorative planters, are they allowed in the front?
Oh sweet Jenn! I feel your pain and can hear the discouragement in your voice. It was umpteen years ago but I do not miss my HOA days, so confining! I know you want some substantial veggies, but they do draw attention. Maybe put in some herbs or even some of your okra or the narrow variety of eggplant. They are both beautiful plants and have pretty flowers. No one will ever notice. But use a buried pot or small pretty raised bed. I know the digging in that soil will be difficult. Hang in there honey, I have been on the prairie for more years than I can remember, and it has been a very long time since this soil was actually farmed. I still enjoy all my raised beds, and will rarely dig this hard Colorado soil way out here. It is especially bad today as it is 98°F. After a morning of gardening and chickens, I am now hiding inside my poor old farmhouse, but it is cool, and I love it! I only pray and wish something similar for you someday with a little land, a sturdy home and a few outbuildings. Would suit you perfectly my friend. Maybe you could even raise a pig and get some BACON! HAHA! We did years ago! Hugs and love to you my friend! 🐖🐔🌾🌱🌼💚 Sue in Colorado 💗
It’d be nice if you could do some low growing sunflowers and harvest the seeds out front. Maybe even some of your spices if it’s not too hot. Try to break up the ground after a rain when it comes 😊👏👏👏 the back looks fantastic!
Your basil plants look so beautiful! I would think they would be great out front, along with other things like rosemary and thyme. I wonder about digging in that ground, though. It looks like you have things buried in the ground, like water pipes or electrical. Maybe you could do some small raised beds or just some pretty pots. I'm so thankful that I don't have to deal with an HOA. Hugs, Kim
I’m assuming you have to have particular plants in the front yard?? Try appealing to your hubby’s financial side about saving money by growing your own food plus all the money saved by not paying HOA fees? I would personally break up the dirt after watering it a few days. I’m a rebel so I would try the prettiest vegetables like cauliflower and broccoli and keep things extra pretty with flowers plants to compliment the vegetables plants Good luck 👍🏽🍀
Any of your herb plants would go good out front I believe. Basil parsley peppermint. And then container garden. That’s what I put on my stuff in containers anymore I can’t get up and down from the ground. Thanks for sharing and God bless you and your family
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hi Jenn, I don't know if it would work, but if you have a cordless drill you could get a small auger that might dig up the hard ground so you could add better soil in the hole. Also, I have seen videos on YT that discussed plants to grow that do not create attention and look like landscaping plants. the Surinam cherry makes a nice hedge and you can get dwarf papaya seeds and plant them next to the wall behind your hedges. Sweet potato makes a good groundcover and I have eaten the leaves. Ginger and Tumeric grow very well and even get a blossom. if you had a trellis over a walkway you could plant purple passion fruit vine or grapes.
It would be some work to put in I’m sure if you choose to do it
Aw, Jenn. I wish you could get out of there and find a place with a proper yard that would be yours to do with as you wish. Even if the house was not so modern, but to have your own little quarter acre to work and plant. HOAs are oppressive.
Gypsum and lime soften soil. But I think window boxes in the back and maybe on the side of the house. You'd have to have trellises in the front to lift the plants. Decorative planters, are they allowed in the front?
i feel for you. i rather a small house and a big yard. maybe some edibles in a planter you can roll in and out? or a vertical garden?
A raised bed would help with the hard soil. Looks like a nice spot! Your veggies look great! TFS!😊
Oh sweet Jenn! I feel your pain and can hear the discouragement in your voice. It was umpteen years ago but I do not miss my HOA days, so confining! I know you want some substantial veggies, but they do draw attention. Maybe put in some herbs or even some of your okra or the narrow variety of eggplant. They are both beautiful plants and have pretty flowers. No one will ever notice. But use a buried pot or small pretty raised bed. I know the digging in that soil will be difficult. Hang in there honey, I have been on the prairie for more years than I can remember, and it has been a very long time since this soil was actually farmed. I still enjoy all my raised beds, and will rarely dig this hard Colorado soil way out here. It is especially bad today as it is 98°F. After a morning of gardening and chickens, I am now hiding inside my poor old farmhouse, but it is cool, and I love it! I only pray and wish something similar for you someday with a little land, a sturdy home and a few outbuildings. Would suit you perfectly my friend. Maybe you could even raise a pig and get some BACON! HAHA! We did years ago! Hugs and love to you my friend! 🐖🐔🌾🌱🌼💚 Sue in Colorado 💗
It’d be nice if you could do some low growing sunflowers and harvest the seeds out front. Maybe even some of your spices if it’s not too hot. Try to break up the ground after a rain when it comes 😊👏👏👏 the back looks fantastic!
Thank you Jenn for the nice tour of the yard . The plants looking good .
Aww im so sorry jenn😪 prayimg things get BETTER for you soon.. Everuthimg looks good though lady😊
I read some of the comments, and I think they're correct. Just get a place where you can have a real garden.
Your basil plants look so beautiful! I would think they would be great out front, along with other things like rosemary and thyme. I wonder about digging in that ground, though. It looks like you have things buried in the ground, like water pipes or electrical. Maybe you could do some small raised beds or just some pretty pots. I'm so thankful that I don't have to deal with an HOA. Hugs, Kim
I’m assuming you have to have particular plants in the front yard??
Try appealing to your hubby’s financial side about saving money by growing your own food plus all the money saved by not paying HOA fees?
I would personally break up the dirt after watering it a few days.
I’m a rebel so I would try the prettiest vegetables like cauliflower and broccoli and keep things extra pretty with flowers plants to compliment the vegetables plants
Good luck 👍🏽🍀
Any of your herb plants would go good out front I believe. Basil parsley peppermint. And then container garden. That’s what I put on my stuff in containers anymore I can’t get up and down from the ground. Thanks for sharing and God bless you and your family