If I Could Only Grow 10 Crops, I'd Choose These...

Stores running out of food, prices soaring...gardening can come to the rescue! Take charge of your food security and grow your own delicious veggies! But how do you know what to choose? Here are Ben's Top 10 inflation-beating crops. It's the final countdown!

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[f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis]

Best thing I ever did was buy a marked down bundle of bare root strawberry plants. There was maybe 20 in the bundle and Its been 4 years and I have 4 strawberry patches in my yard. I wish I could bring little kid me back and show myself it. The first time I read "strawberry patch" in a book as a kid I dreamed of having 1 and now I have 4. Child me would be very impressed.

[moniquem]

The last meal I cooked for my Dad was borlotti bean soup with all home grown vegetables. He was so proud. He chased that last borlotti bean around the bowl with his spoon. He was determined to eat every last bit that I’d grown but his dexterity wasn’t very good by then and he couldn’t catch it. I helped just a tiny bit and he got that little sucker! 10 years later, borlotti beans are still incredibly special.

[tilejawn]

I meet other gardeners every year for a seed swap, and that really helps me cut down on my garden spending as well as get some interesting varieties! My favorite way to garden during inflation is to replace the flower beds with edible beds. Grow food, not lawns. ;)

[gregp]

Summary:
(10) 0:28 Salad Crops / lettuce Varieties
(9) 1:20 Berries
(8) 2:50 Corn
(7) 4:25 Mushrooms
(6) 5:09 Herbs
(5) 6:40 Potatoes
(4) 8:15 Garlic
(3) 9:25 Zucchinni
(2) 10:20 Tomatoes
(1) 12:15 Beans

[edevos]

Great List! However, I would add "Bell" or "Green" Peppers to that list, especially if one lives in the US. Bell Peppers, especially the red or yellow bells, are VERY EXPENSIVE over here. Some stores charge as much as $2.00 US for a single red or yellow bell pepper. I have saved enormous sums by simply growing them in the garden.

[phenixwars]

I like how you didn't just list a bunch of veggies but showed us how to plant them and how to preserve them 👍🏼👍🏼 excellent video

[andreahorsch]

Tomato plants in May: this one is for sauce, this one for sandwiches, this one for salad...

Tomato plants in August: you are all pizza sauce

[LillibitOfHere]

I’m growing saffron. 25 bulbs were about $15. They’re planted in the fall and then bloom the following. My plants have already nearly doubled in number and it’s hasn’t even been a year.

[madjockmacsporran]

My recommendation would be plum trees. I planted 2 Victoria plum trees on St. Julien rootstock in 2017 and have done absolutely nothing to them since. Last September I harvested over 300 beautifully ripe plums from them. And this is in the Isle of Lewis, way up in the north west of Scotland.

[paulinelarson]

This summer I taught my granddaughter to pick just the outer leaves of her loose leaf lettuce, spinach, chard, and boc choi. They keep producing new leaves from the center. She had been pulling up whole plant and restarting from seed. Also broccoli, if left to grow after you cut the head, will produce a bunch of smaller side shoots.

[cristalalderliesten]

Asparagus! It takes a few years to get settled in, but then it gives loads of food every spring for almost no effort.

[rachelc]

During lockdown I discovered raspberries growing near the local industrial estate. I managed to dig one up and now it's in its second year. So far it hasn't cost me anything except effort. Thanks for the tips. 👍 They were growing wild, I hasten to add.

[lindajauron-mills]

For blueberries and azaleas, I go to coffee shops, and get free coffee grounds, to use as mulch.

[jeanetteschultheandOnly]

Thank you for mentioning all the preservation methods too. And the grain corn. You know they have a thing called the Three Sisters. The beans grow up the corn stalks and supply nitrogen to the corn, the squash and leaves keep the ground moist and shaded. I thought I would mention it since all three were on your list.

[easypeasy]

A friend started me off some jerusalem artichokes. Even with the little bit of garden space I have, I had loads and loads.

[seiashun]

I'm with you, you can NEVER have too much garlic! I always add extra to any recipe I'm making

[jimhaveman]

dont forget sugar peas very expensive and easy to grow and can be one of the first plants that can be grown in the garden they can handle some frost plant by the end of april.

[lenameyer]

Not gonna lie: Also here for the dog 🐶😍 Greetings from Germany! Love your videos and positive vibes 🤗

[suzanneberens]

Last year, I grew melons and Tatume squash up and over a "cattle panel arch." They both produced like mad and I was giving them away to almost anyone I met. The Tatume squash is a Mexican variety, tastes like zucchini when green, can be used the same way. Later in the season, if they stay on the vine or if you put them in a cool, airy place, the skin will turn tough and yellow and they can be used like a winter squash, roasted or baked in the oven with butter and seasonings, cut into chunks and added to stews or cut into chunks and sauteed with onions, peppers, tomatoes and corn for a traditional Mexican dish. They store really well. I shredded them and used them for fried patties, just like you would use zucchini. Then, I froze the extra shredded squash to use in the winter for patties or zucchini bread. Several advantages - they climb so they don't take up as much garden space and they do not attract Squash Beetles so you are not fighting the pests.

The melons were extremely prolific. I had 8 varieties including Honeydew, Canary and 2 kinds of cantaloupes including Tuscan style from seeds I saved from the produce section of the grocery store plus some exotic melons from Baker Creek Seed Company. And, of course, a bed of watermelon. This year, I plan on cutting back on the varieties and only planting one of each, except maybe the watermelon. I love pickled watermelon rind.

[Chris-icbp]

My all-time favorite "INFLATION-BUSTER SUGGESTION" is the heroic (yet often erroneously reviled) and spectacularly strong nutritionally DANDELION!!!

Shout-out to your very amiable gardening companion as well!! My dog perks up when yours comes on the screen... and he thinks an occasional small bite of dandelion leaf 🍃 is quite a treat to enjoy in the yard during his playtime with his ball.