We have a great assortment of fruit trees, one each: Oranges, lemons, Meyer lemons, limes, Cherries, Peaches, Apples.
The citrus grow constantly and in December we have hundreds of oranges for fresh juice every day. last year there were only about 12 oranges on the tree, right now there's about 2,000 blossoms so I am expecting bumper crop this year.
The cherries and peaches are the same way: massive beautiful crop every other year, bupkis on the off years.
Squirrels are a huge problem here so I am like Donald duck trying to scare, block, and fight them off my property each spring. I put metal ducting around the trunks and nets over the trees.
Ground gardens in raised beds I have tried various things, the tomatoes and cucumbers and beans are the easiest/best crops. Watermelons took over massive area and did not grow sweet or edible. Strawberries were few and not big enough.
Radishes are easy. Carrots are good but if you overwater them they grow short and fat. carrots need dryness for the root to dig deeper to find water, so they grow long.
This year I am trying lettuces.
I grew broccoli but it was fair, not great, a little hard.
The cherry tomatoes are awesome, I just eat them like a snack off the vine all summer long.
Garden bounty