Welcome on board :) Awesome idea, we have tried doing this but are mostly stuck on chickens and aquaponics and some rampant crazy berries (and the neighbour's very friendly grapevine which I'm not sure if it counts because it's coming from next door) as we have some big trees in the yard that block out all the sun XD One has died recently so we're going to see how we go with the area it left.
Your yard looks great :)