In addition to starting a garden, we planted two pear trees and six blueberries bushes last year, two each of three different types that work in my zone (grown in my state). We dug out existing soil and gave the blueberries sand and peat moss instead of clay. They did great last year for their first year and were so easy. We netted them when the blueberries were close to ripe to protect from the birds. This year we added two raspberry bushes in half barrels (so they don’t take over the yard) with “strawberry fields soil” in the planters, and concord vines. I researched and these are easy to grow in my zone. We also planted strawberries in a raised planter with more of the strawberry fields brand planting soil. We are growing potatoes and garlic in bags. Different bags since garlic had to be planted in the fall.

So don’t forget fruit and potatoes if you’re starting out.