Do you have a place to put yard debris? Grass clippings, weeds, old straw from the stall, wood chips, old vegetables, or other organic debris can be put in a bin and allowed to compost. I have a bin about two feet high by six feet square. In this I throw old rotten dahlias, dahlia stalks, old hay, etc. and ashes from the stove.
When we have left over potatoes that are going bad I throw them in the compost bin. I make sure they are covered a little so they won't freeze. These potatoes then sprout and grow in the compost pile and keep producing new potatoes which in turn sprout the next year. If hard times ever hit you, you will have a food source. (I hate to be a doom and gloomer but with our nation 14 some trillion dollars in debt, I don't know how much longer the party can last.) You can always dig through the compost bin and find potatoes!
Another great crop to grow is carrots. They can survive a hard freeze so they can last all winter long. You can dig them all winter long.
Daylilies are a wonderful flower. We have four varieties at the farm. They are dependable perennials and multiply and get thicker every year.
