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Grocery store prices continue to climb and having a backyard garden where you can grow some of your own food is becoming more and more important every year.
And it is possible to grow a year’s supply of food, at least vegetables and fruits to satisfy your family’s needs.
While we are able to have a very big dedicated garden area, you certainly do not have to have the room for that.
So whether you have a city sized yard or even smaller, it’s possible to grow a garden and have almost a continuous harvest of fresh food.
You will need to be as efficient as possible with the space you have – practice companion planting and succession planting, vertical growing, the use of cold frames or maybe a small greenhouse, but it can be done.
Self-sufficiency to at least some degree, is becoming more important every year, with the changes in our current world.
Even if you have only a small garden plot, put it to use, plant some seeds and make this the year to start harvesting lots of different varieties of vegetables.
Every year we grow enough food here for us to eat all year round. Even though we have a short growing season, we pack a lot into those few months.
If you live in a more moderate climate than us, you can easily plant TWO gardens a year, instead of one.
So, whether you live in a northern climate or a more moderate climate with a longer growing season, you can learn to grow the food your family loves to eat.
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This book covers:
Information and important links to this site’s posts to provide all the details for growing:
- Potatoes
- Onions
- Tomatoes
- Carrots
- Leafy greens like Spinach, Kale, Lettuce, all kinds of Salad Greens
- Zucchini
- Cauliflower
- Broccoli
- Green beans and pole beans
- Peas
- Beets
- Cabbages
- Peppers
In addition, the book covers:
- How much room do you need to grow the vegetables?
- Where to find your gardening zone
- Can you grow what you want where you live?
- Eating Seasonally
- Unique Ways to Grow Vegetable Crops
- Community Gardens
- Container Gardening
- Rain Gutters
- Hanging Baskets
- Containers and Totes
- Container Sizes for Growing Vegetables
- Vertical Gardening
- Trellis
- Wooden Pallets
- Netting
- What Vegetables to Grow in a Vertical Garden
- Microclimates
- Garden Soil
- Vegetable Seeds
- Planting (and Thinning) the Garden
- Watering
- Fertilizing
- Mulching
- Weeding
- Succession Planting
- Ongoing Maintenance
- Determining What to Plant for Your Family
- Worksheets
- Food Storage Ideas and Possibilities
- Resources
- Growing your Vegetables
- Storing your Food
- Preserving Food
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More articles about growing food for a year
Learn about raising chickens for eggs and meat with these articles.
Read about growing grains and feed for homestead livestock.
Learn about raising weaner pigs to butcher size, including pig pen ideas and pasturing pigs.
You can find our complete list of articles on Preserving Food here. Includes freezing, canning and pickling fruits and vegetables.
National canning guidelines and more safety information can be found here.
Originally published Jan, 2021; latest update Jan 2025