Cantaloupes and Muskmelons are small melons that have orange or green flesh and are great for smaller spaces. Their scientific name is Cucumis melo and there are many cultivated varieties.
MMMM peaches! A luscious ripe peach has no comparison. Peaches are well worth growing even thou challenging they can be.
Hazelnuts. I can't say enough good things about them. Except unfortunately my goats also love them. Hazelnuts are hardy, easy-to-grow nuts that start producing much faster than other nuts.
Pears are not typically the first fruit we think of when we think about starting an orchard. Its apples. But let me tell you something. Pears are easier to grow.
Pears are pretty hardy and have fewer diseases and pests than many other tree fruits.
My latest indoor gardening adventure is growing mushrooms indoors. Mushrooms are quick and easy to grow indoors. They are a nutritious food that is high in selenium and potassium.
Way back in the day, I worked at an organic gourmet mushroom farm where we grew oyster and shitake mushrooms in bags of straw that hung in a greenhouse. Now I am just growing them on a smaller scale.
