I once thought about aquaculture but decided to leave my dirt garden alone. I didnt want the fuss and mess with tubing, tanks and all the clutter that comes with those I like raised beds with soil. I have 5 of them scattered around the yard. One in the garden is 10 by 25 ft with strawberries. The others are 5 by 20 ft. X 30 inches high
I hated mowing so i killed my lawn and put chips down and raised beds, 2 more planned this year.

I an currently using pots with only a couple plants in the ground... pepper plant. I plan to start a real in ground garden in the spring. Here in Fl that means like February. My soil is mostly sand so I must amend it with some compost. I hope to start a compost pile myself to use. Lots to do...gardening wise

About a third of my plot is the commercial nursery where I earn my living, and two thirds are semi wild landscaped garden, mostly woodland, plus a small veg plot and a side paddock which is rented out to the village sports club. The land is on a slightly sloping site in a valley, and has a stream running through it, which was one of the main reasons for buying the property, the small old falling apart cottage being a good reason not to. Though now I live alone its big enough.

I am now however beginning to think in terms of retirement, and how to cut back on the work, especially in summer. Since though I share the veg plot which cuts back on the work, a lot of the green keeping for the sports club falls to me as well, being the person living on the site and everyone else being happy to let someone else do it. So the nursery will become part time. More of the space will become wild wood, because I am a wildlife enthusiast, and the logs may be useful if I get a wood burner, though I will have to disappoint the friend who helps with the pruning in exchange for logs. Its Eden but one hell of a commitment.

I grow vegetables in raised beds or rows. I also have a patch of pineapples. In the rest of our back yard my wife has developed an integrated landscape.

My foundation of gardening experience is forty years of growing roses, for most of that time in pots as a home renter. Modern roses mostly, chemicals, commercial fertilizers, the whole bit. I FINALLY got a house of my own 2 seasons ago. 1/4 acre suburban lot, the large back yard mostly shady in summer, mostly dappled sun in winter. The whole lot is dense alkaline clay. Front yard gets 6-7hours direct sun from March to mid-October. The roses still take center stages, now in a massive raised bed, but that leaves marginal space for other sun-loving plants. I have moved steadily toward more disease-resistant, heat tolerant rose varieties, and I now never spray insecticides and rarely for fungal disease. I am branching out. If I can eliminate all need to spray for disease, I may underplant a few herbs and veggies around the roses. I planted a butterfly garden on my property's front edge last spring. It was a huge hit with all kinds of birds, bees, and butterflies. I have planted a satsuma tree and two rows of boysenberries. I am trying veggies, but the sunlight situation is sketchy. I am on a learning curve with the veggies. Thinking now I may do winter crops like lettuces and carrots in the back yard. I would love to find woodland understory type perennial crops to plant, because those are my conditions. I do have bunches of native dewberry vines popping up all over the back yard. So I have put up stakes and training wire and will give them a couple years to see what they produce. It seems to be a challenge to find actual food crops for these conditions.

I have a gardener who takes care of my veggie garden.. All separate little plots...