How Much to Plant Per Person for a Year's Worth of Food

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Intro to How to Grow Your Own Food Collab + Garden Where You Are! (HOMESTEADERS OF AMERICA)

How to Decide How Much Food to Grow For Your Family (MELISSA K. NORRIS)

Starting Seeds and Growing Food in a Warm Climate (COG HILL FARM)

Starting Seeds and Growing Food in a Cold Climate (LUMNAH ACRES)

What to Grow by Season (ANN ACCETTA-SCOTT)

How to Make Mozzarella (URBAN OVERALLS)

The Importance of Seed Saving (ROOTS AND REFUGE FARM)

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Howdy! I'm so glad you're here. I'm Melissa from Pioneering Today and a 5th generation homesteader where I'm doing my best to hold onto the old traditions in a modern world and share them with others.

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[shalissmonet.]

When you walked by the owl at 1:07 I thought it was real and got super impressed for a second. My mind: "This woman has it all ... A thriving homestead and a well-trained owl guarding her crops." ;) Happy to have found your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[niallwildwoode]

You've got it spot-on. Last year I cropped enough dried beans from a few plants, to last me at least a couple of years. I'm still eating tomato passata I'd bottled 4 years ago. Bottling, drying and freezing....can't beat it!

[truettfinch]

"My family has been saving seeds for over a 100 years." I love it! Great info!

[brentewing]

Just a gentle suggestion :) grow as much as you can, you're going to enjoy eating your food much more when the people around you are also eating. Be part of what's right in the world, be a blessing :)

[DIYSolarandWind]

My garden will be 2-4 times bigger this year. I will learn canning this year. I will get a good deal on a few hundred jars from a friend in about a month.

[jeffcarter]

The view of your land with the mountains in the background... I'm a new subscriber but I can see why you fell in love with that property!

Thanks for sharing!

[lareemcra]

I am very impressed by the lady's abilities in speaking as well as in homesteading.

[fallenangelwi]

We have a family of 6 and we're planting over 2, 000 seeds!!! 50 varieties of herbs alone and the rest is veggies and fruit. In over 700 square feet of garden

[forestwoman]

I have to say as a Texas gardener, I have ZERO problem growing cool weather crops. I'm a certified Texas Master Gardener and we literally grow all year long down here. We can grow in the winter time with no problem. That's when we grow our snow peas, brussel sprouts, etc. It's not harder at all. Just a different time than you up there.

[mollyboho]

We grow our peas and beans up our corn plants, it puts nitrogen back into the soil and makes double use of the space, then as a ground cover between squash and pumpkin

[huntergathererohio]

A general rule on average one acre per person for a years supplies. More land north and less in the south. This is without a greenhouse or cold frame. Also just plant what you eat. Some plants need friends to make food. Planting extra plants gives more food for you or just give away the extra. Every year the garden is different.

[susannah_hb]

I have no clue how I just found you.
You’re amazing and exactly what I was looking for!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. 🙏🏻

[ThorneyRose]

I don’t know if you’ll see this post but a tip I got from Laura Ingalls Wilder book called “farmer boy” is about her husbands life growing up on a farm. His father said plant beans, corn and pumpkin together. The corn provides a frame for the beans to climb and the pumpkin provides ground cover. A good tip I think!

[DianaMJoice]

This is great advice, thank you! Especially the part to consider how much space a lot of plants take up and what is actually being eaten. I do have a suggestion for you, though. You can use corn to grow cucumbers or beans on, as a pole, which then triples your food yield. Same with Sunchoke and peas, with zucchinis or smaller pumpkins growing at the sunchoke's or the corn's feet. You can grow zucchini and pumpkins up vertically as well. They do require a pole or trellis or something like that, though. But it keeps many diseases and pests away.

Furthermore, to completely overdo it with companion planting and space saving... you can add an herb to cover the ground and retain moisture in the soil. Peppermint, balm, savory or Anis work wonders.

Much success!

[jonahbigfish]

Thanks Melissa for sharing and the free chart. Like you I'm about an hour from the Canadian border but about 3000 miles east here in Vermont. This year with all this craziness with this Virus and the grocery stores lacking bread and other things I decided to grow as much, (without waste) as I can. You can get by without toilet paper but not without food. Thanks for your knowledge It's much appreciated. Bless you + family.

[anthonymiller]

I used to grow extra tomatoes, onions and herbs to make and can extra salsa or spaghetti sauce.

[martijohnson]

So glad I found you! I'm just down river from you and am working on year 3 of our garden. This year is the best so far and I'm processing all sorts of our produce! This one was very informative - lots of info i can use for next year's planning. It's so nice to find someone in my exact growing zone!

[juliamartin]

We eat a lot of eggs so I am so very very thankful for our chickens and eggs.

[mycozygardencottage]

You're awesome and just keep being awesome. I read your newsletter and I'm shocked that good clean helpful truthful content is being censored. Keep up the good work! You're helping a lot of people.💝

[captainreadingabook]

I'm in north Idaho and I just found your channel. Thank you for all the great tips! This is the first year owning our own home for my husband and I, so we're really excited to get started on our first garden!