Patric queried that on Rebecca's "Chef" post.

He said "tomatos". I say yes! (which is actually classified as a fruit :-)

And kale, cabbage, beets, field greens, carrots, celery, variety of beans, squash(es), zuccini, peppers, garlic, onion, corn, potatos and yams, pumpkin, melons...

some of these are seasonal and some we can grow year round, so grow what we can when it's time; I think for this year, we should be able to have a fall harvest--gourds primarily, kale is in season fall and winter (and I eat everyday almost!), maybe grows year round. and cabbage. (kale and red cabbage are just so good for us, yo! and yummy with homemade salad dressing {shimmie shimmie shimmie})

My parents have grown different types of squash out there, and they've been gorgeous, and huge! They don't add anything to the soil to make them grow as big as they get, either. My mom's also been growing cherry tomatos and some peppers that have done well.

Oh yeah, herbs too--basil, cilantro, thyme, sage, parsley (plenty of rosemary out there already), dill, oregano, mint, lemongrass, lemonbalm....

There are plants/flowers that can be made into teas, and there are also edible flowers (and I don't know what those are specifically, but I will).

There are pecan, pear, and peach trees out there--would like to add apple, pomegranate, date palms, fig, lemon or lime, a few more pecan trees, and maybe some other nut trees that would grow well in the region. I have to do some research on the date palms, to see how well they'd handle the winter--it gets cold in the desert, but not exactly the same. Maybe a cherry tree? Mango? (don't know if they would grow well)

I have an idea on how we can pay for the trees (cause those get expensive--of course, we can attempt growing from seeds for some of them, it'll just take a couple more years before they actually bear fruit) on the "TS Website" post.

I gladly welcome any input from whoever actually knows what would grow well this region of Tx--we've many different climate zones in the state--the land is located close to the NW border of Austin County. When I get back, I'm going to the city hall and consult with the ag resource dept, and maybe make use of Prairie View A&M (where my mom works) and talk to their ag people, as well.

I think that should make for some sweet gardens and orchard, yeah? Of course, we'll plant what we can as we go. As long as we plan/plot the layout of the trees and gardens, we'll be good. And we'll get to discuss that real soon!

:-)