Small yard. Serious harvest.
I'm Janney. I'm an engineer and a model, and I grow far more food than seems reasonable on an ordinary suburban lot. Everything I've figured out is here, written the way I'd tell a friend.
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I want to start a garden
Where to put it, how big to go, and all the things you really don't need to worry about yet.
What to actually buy
Ten things worth your money in the first season, and the ones that can happily wait.
Apple trees for small spaces
Columnar apples grow up, not out. A whole row along a fence, or just one in a pot by the door.
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Saw it on a reel?
@janneymodels on Instagram →Every reel has the written version here, with the plant lists, spacing and timing spelled out.
I read ground plans for a living. Now I read my backyard.
My father and I planned this yard together every spring. I've spent my career walking construction sites, learning to look at a piece of land and see what it can hold. Small gardens ask for exactly that kind of looking.
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One email a month.
What to plant, what to pull.
A short note when a new post goes up, plus whatever I'm planting that month. No spam, and you can leave anytime.