I have a garden.

I live on a standard 1/4 acre urban plot in Kansas City. That's hardiness zone 6b.

I have a total of six raised beds made of wood that my partner's dad salvaged from a construction site he worked on. It was very nice of him to make these beds for us. I didn't even know he was going to do it at the time! That was 3 years ago.

The back yard is pretty shady, so I have some trouble growing certain things that need a lot of sunlight, such as beans and corn.

Potatoes 🥔

It's November when I'm writing this, so there's not a whole lot going on in the garden at the moment. Back in October, I got some potatoes from the grocery store, and planted them about 8 inches deep in one of the beds. The theory behind this is that by planting potatoes in the Fall, the roots will have a chance to establish themselves before going dormant in the winter. And when Spring comes, the potatoes will start growing and producing tubers when they're ready. This should result in an early harvest, but also allow enough time for a second planting in March.

Two potato harvests in one year would really step up my game.

Onions 🧅

I planted Egyptian Walking Onions in another bed some time in late September. This is a type of perennial onion. Rather than flowering and going to seed, the leaves simply produce more, smaller onion bulbs called "bulbils" which, in theory, would weigh down the leaf of the plant, dropping the bulb down in a nearby location where it would then continue to propagate.

This will be my first year growing walking onions and I have good hope they will be productive and delicious.

Kale 🥬

My White Russian Kale grows pretty well here, but there is some species of caterpillar that finds it quite delicious. I don't mind sharing, but when Spring comes, I'll have to start enforcing some boundaries.