Could be some issue with the soil in your yard, or even chemicals in the water supply. E.g. do your neighbors (if you have any, and if they have yards) have the same problem?
Although codingdave says, in a sibling comment to mine:
>Learning to produce food takes more time and energy than people realize.
, I can say that learning enough of the basics to be moderately successful in growing vegetables, or other plant food, does not take a lot of time (except for trees) or effort - unless there are some exceptional negative conditions, e.g. the soil possibility I mentioned, about your yard. To elaborate on that, it could be that the soil was brought in from somewhere and has some chemicals in it that are not good for plants.
Source: Done a good amount of organic gardening in my teens - grew many different kinds of vegetables and stuff in our home garden.
But in general, codingdave's comment is right, that it takes time to learn to do it well - as for any area or skill.
>Learning to produce food takes more time and energy than people realize.
, I can say that learning enough of the basics to be moderately successful in growing vegetables, or other plant food, does not take a lot of time (except for trees) or effort - unless there are some exceptional negative conditions, e.g. the soil possibility I mentioned, about your yard. To elaborate on that, it could be that the soil was brought in from somewhere and has some chemicals in it that are not good for plants.
Source: Done a good amount of organic gardening in my teens - grew many different kinds of vegetables and stuff in our home garden.
But in general, codingdave's comment is right, that it takes time to learn to do it well - as for any area or skill.