Ep. 73 – How to Grow More of Your Own Food

How much of your own food do you grow and do you want it to be more?

It’s that time of year when you see articles, podcasts, and posts on social media that say, Grow ALL of Your Own Food. Or maybe they don’t go that far and it’s: Grow MOST of Your Own Food. In this episode we’re going to concentrate on How to Grow More of Your Own Food.

Victory Gardens – Grow Your Own Food

You want to grow your own food. Where to start?

How to Grow More of Your Own Food:

Self sufficiency vs. Resilience – do you know the difference?
To grow more of your own food you have to be able to properly store it.
To grow more of your own food you have to know how to cook it.
Don’t forget perennials! As I grow older, perennials become more important in my food security because I don’t want to do more work five years from now.
Grow chestnuts and hazelnuts. Chestnuts have been called the “bread tree”. Dried chestnuts can be ground into flour. Chestnuts and hazelnuts can be pressed for oil.
Max out your garden plans! Succession plant to get two seasons, or plant two beds with a gap in time to extend your harvest.

victory garden — The classic Victory Garden – a quick guide to succession planting

How to Milpa Garden

Milpa gardening – 40 seeds all mixed together. Corn, beans, squash as the foundations, with greens, cukes, perennial pollinating flowers. It gives you a harvest through different seasons, covers and regenerates soil, and ends with a dry bean harvest and thatch that you can use a mulch for the winter.

More info on Milpa gardening at Thriving News:

How to Grow Your Own Food

How much potatoes or greens should you grow to be your primary food source? Not sure?
Download the Thriving Garden Planner spreadsheet. You put in the number of people and it tells you how much space, how many plants and seeds, and even the spacing.
Plus it can track your harvest and how much money you saved growing your own food.

In 2022, I grew 38 pounds of tomatoes. They are $3.49 a pound for heirloom tomatoes at the store. I grew $132 worth of tomatoes, saving on my food bill. I put all those up as 25+ pints of tomato sauce. I tracked all of this in the planner.

It’s available now on ThrivingGardenPlanner.com and use coupon code thriving for $5 off.

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