Grandma's backyard grocery store

I love gardening, whether it is flowers or edible fruit and vegetables. I also have 17 grandchildren whose parents struggle to give them fresh vegetables and fruit. So I wanted to create an " edible landscape" along with my flowers. I set about beginning this project about 6 years or so ago. I planted a beautiful Satsuma Tangerine tree, a bartlet pea, an apple tree that grows three varieties of apples, a peach tree and a Nectarine tree. I also have a beautiful fruiting dwarf Bananna tree. There is also a fig tree. That entails the fruit. Each year I also plant Tomatoes, green onions, cucumbers, spinach, carrots, celery, yellow crook neck squash, Zuchinni squash, and green leaf lettuce. My area is not large enough for corn so I do buy that each year and put up ( by seal a meal) about 5 dozens for each of my 3 children and their families. At harvest time, I gather ( with my children) the vegetables and sent several large boxes of fresh produce home with them at least once a month. The fruit, as it comes in season, I harvest annd give to my grandchildren. Or since at least 12 of them live close enough, they come to grandma's garden and pick fresh fruit. Which is better than candy for them. My one child and his family that live a bit further, my daughters and I harvest the produce, process it for freezing and take it to them Usually at least 4 boxes full every other month. The figs, peaches, pears and apples, we make preserves and (applesause with the apples), as well as apple butter and can it and give to the children for their families. The girls and I usually put up about 10 quart jars of each fruit preserve for each family. The overabundence ( and yes there is some) I give to my neighbors for their familes. So all in all my garden helps feed my 17 grandchildren, my 2 daughters and their spouces, my son and his wife, myself my sister and her spouse, and 4 of my neighbors and their familes. Not bad I think. THe beauty of my flowers blended amongst the blooming fruit trees in spring and the smell of these trees, and yes they do have a lovely smell. Well it is heavenly . Oh, And I forgot my Meyers lemon tree, on the side of the house, Which we make lemonaide with "). Since I live in Central Florida.. we do not have too much freezing weather but just enough for the citrus trees. They need a bit of cold to turn sweet but not enough to freeze. The colors when the fruit is in bloom, well, bright orange, ( Satsuma's) fire red ( apple) shiny green (granny smith apples), blushing pink ( peaches) beautiful reddish orange ( nectarines) and lovely yellow-green ( Pears) to my bright sun yellow lemons) mixed with my Roses, and bright purple passion flowers, Golden shower trees, my magnolia tree, my japanes tulip tree.. well it's a wonderous thing. I have bird feeders amongst all this.. and bird baths and 3 squirel feeders. That way the creatures of nature won't eat too much of my fruit. ! LOL The grandchildren love grandma's " Backyard grocery store" as they call it, and I love working in iit. It is relaxing and very rewarding.