How do you grow enough food to feed your family? In this video: find out how to answer this essential question, & learn techniques to help you meet your required yields: Growing Enough Food to Feed a Family - How Much Do You Need to Plant? #vegetablegardening #growyourown #growingvegetables
extra food grown can be sold, or put up in case of an odd event... growing only what you think you'll need can result in you ending up hungry more often that you'd like.
But at the same time you don't want to grow just for your COMPOST pile. One healthy 'bean' bush can feed two people for a long time. We shouldn't ASSUME that every gardener is feeding a 'family' with growing children or that we are people who can take up the 'mantel' of SELLING at a farmer's market. 18 healthy 'Bush Bean' plants is ALOT of beans....
Good advice, but the word "sunlight" isn't mentioned once. I think most crops need at least 8 hours for good yield. Anything less results in smaller, slower growing plants. So, in my opinion, sunshine is as important as space. Also, it was hinted at, but you could grow a continuous supply (i.e. weekly harvest) of, say, radishes in four boxes, planted at one week intervals. They take 28 days to grow. Similarly, you could have a continuous (weekly) supply of carrots or beets with eight boxes... assuming the box/container is large enough to grow about a dozen of these root vegetables. But again, it all depends on sunlight... of which I have little.
Hi Christopher. Yes, you're absolutely right that sunlight is essential. You'll notice that all the photographs and videos we show are full-sun gardens. If you have a shady area then it is possible to grow some leafy green plants but yields won't be as high. Our Garden Planner has a Filter feature which enables you to select just those crops that will grow well in partial shade.
Thanks! What if you tried growing mushrooms? Those don’t need a lot of sunlight. I grow mine in my garage (I have grown both oyster and lions main mushroom. They technically get light from the garage window, but I don’t think it is a lot. They just need some light so that they know to fruit. 😊)
In the event of an economic crisis and food prices sky rocket, this could be a solution. I actually came to this video after reading about the 2008 housing crisis and how they discussed it could have been so much worse and I thought to myself: "Our government and the corporate giants have so much control over us small people, how can we counter act this? First we would need a house which has the mortgage fully paid off (otherwise the insanely high interest rates would bankrupt us), and we would need to grow our own food." - and this is where I am now.
Yes to garden walls and other vertical growing techniques, but try to avoid growing against the walls of your home. It encourages pests like mice and spiders to nest in your home, and may damage the walls themselves (vines are terrible on your structures).
An average of "4000 sf of growing space for one vegetarian in one year plus an additional 4000 sf for access paths and storage" (paraphrased)... I love how specific you got and referenced, and as a vegetarian myself with some land, thank you for sharing this wealth of info!! Cheers!! :-D
It is just hubby and I (no kids not ever alas) but we will have many animals, both pets but mostly livestock. I still have not figured out how everyone can graze from the kitchen garden but also a pasture and standard crops for animal's winter supplies.
For a hobby, grow by yourself is fun, healthy and potentially helpful financially. Otherwise, leave it to the professionals. They do it way better than you do.
root vegetables can be left in the ground until they're needed. some leafy greens can be frozen, or dried... most food can be dried, actually, and dried food lasts longer than any other method of storing other than freeze-drying. Consider the energy needed to can or freeze (and keep frozen) food... compare those methods with a possible solar-dehydrator.
That's a great video! I think it's possible to grow food for two people on under 1000 square meters. What would you say? Considering the use of permaculture and biointensive gardening. There is a good example of the "urban homestead" and others that grow everything for a family of 4 and even in surplus for selling on around 1300 square meters. That's thanks to putting all seeds, veg, fruits very close to each other and using the square foot/ square inch gardening methods.
This is very true. It's surprising how little land you need to feed someone if you are using the space efficiently and ensuring good soil nutrition at all times.
Gardening and feeding our family is a pretty big task.I see why "Family Gardens" were common.No one wants to work and let another get 100% benefits! *🌽Corn~ It Takes.. 6-7 ears to make a1qt jar. A dozen ears will make 1-1/2 qt.. A bushel weights about 35#-thats 60 ears..processes to 14-17 pints or 7-8qts.. *🌱Greenbeans ~ It takes about 4# to fill 1 qt jar. You can harvest nesrly30-50# of GB per 10ft row,in a season.(?) 38-30# per bushel will yield 30-40 pints.. **We harvested about 9 bushel from 9-24ft rows. 🌿Carrots ~..30 plants could yield 7-10# It takes 17.5:# for 7qts . 50# a bushel=30-40 pints 🍀Beets~ 52#a bushel= 30 plants yield about 7-10# It takes 2-3.5 # for 1 qt.. 🌿Lima -shell beans~ 40# a bushel...3-5# per 1 qt.. *In pod...you could expect 30-50 pounds in a complete season for a 24 ft row... 🌳Cabbages-- 3# head =1qt canned 🍃Collards~ 5-7 plants is about 4#=1 qt canned. 🌵Cucumbers~ 48-50#-is a bushel..=24 qt processed.. Each plant can produce 10--+6oz fruit.. or 2-3# per plant... 🌴Okra~ 26-30# per tall bushel.. 17 qt or 34 pt frozen.. 5-10# per 10 ft row 🌲Field peas~ 25# in pod..a bushel..==13 # shelled It takes about 3.5-4# per qt 🍠Potatoes ~ 60# per bushel= 20 qt jars .. Each plant can produce 3-6# of produce.. 🍆Summer squash Is 40-44# a bushel. 40 pts frozen..2-4# needed to can 1 qt jar. 🍋Winter squash 3#-= 2 pt frozen..2.5-3# for 1 qt 🍅Tomatoes Bushel is 53#..it tKes 2.5-3.5 for 1 qt.... each plant can produce 3-7# of fruit or more..
Our online Garden Planner is available from several major websites and seed suppliers: www.GrowVeg.com gardenplanner.motherearthnews.com gardenplanner.almanac.com and many more...
This is a very good video aside from the notion that a vegetarian diet is sustainable. What do you plan to fertilize the soil with? The only sustainable way is to have enough land for plants and at LEAST some chicken. Or better yet, some chicken, some rabbits, and maybe a pig, goat or a few sheep, maybe even a cow. That way you'll always have enough fertilizer for your crops as well as for the pasture parts of your farm and that's frankly the only way to sustainable living. Not only that, you can then actually have less growing and more pasture space, because meat and fat is full of vitamins, nutritions and keeps you satiated far longer than any vegetable or fruit could. But that's not all. You can use the hides to make leather, aka clothes, tools, and other things. You can use wool to make clothes as well or feathers to use in your pillows and blankets. You can make butter and cheese from milk. You can actually feed a dog or cat if you have meat around. One pig can feed a family for a whole year and it's a good outlet for kitchen scraps. Eggs are incredibly healthy and the chicken can keep pests at your garden beds at bay. Raising both, plans and animals, is really the only way to be moderately self-sufficient. And btw., if you're planning on having fruit trees, then you don't even need any extra space, you just use the ground below the trees as pasture and for hay making. It's literally how our ancestors did it and they knew bloody well why!
Nah, I fast daily and eat one vegan meal a day, and I’m always satiated. A vegan diet is 100% sustainable, though the industries that are making people sick want us to think otherwise. No need to exploit, or especially kill, sentient beings. I grow and forage the vast majority of my own food, and am in the best shape of my life. Physically, mentally, and spiritually.
I don't care for a subscription planner, I would just like to buy one strait out. Any suggestions as to where I could find one to purchase? At a reasonable price, of course.
+June D Hi June. We're biased of course, but the reason the planner is subscription rather than bought outright is because it's updated so regularly with new features. This allows its users to get the very best performance. The prices are very reasonable (see here: www.growveg.com/faq.aspx) and will help you to get the most from your plot.
You can flex the edges of free-form boundaries and shapes to make more rounded edges, and the Garden Planner has a circle shape tool. These work well for shapes that aren't typically rectangular, and can be used to mark out, say, round or unusual-shaped raised beds.
Our online Garden Planner is available from several major websites and seed suppliers: www.GrowVeg.com gardenplanner.motherearthnews.com gardenplanner.almanac.com and many more...
wth? 4k square feet for 1 person? i grow in 500 square feet for 2 people, produce enough for 8 months. i came here to find out how to squeeze another 4 months out of it but i guess this video is outdated as hell
Wow - 500 square feet for two people is incredible. You must have a fantastic setup. Yes, I imagine that nowadays you could probably grow more, given advances in crop yield.
andrademeza You all must not eat that much veg I assume? Or you're lying. Or maybe since you're so much better than these professionals, you should make videos on how to make this amazing garden you're talking about.
+EveryVideoShow There are lots of vegetables that can be grown in the winter: kale, winter lettuces, arugula/rocket, sprouting broccoli, cabbages, Brussels sprouts, overwintered beetroot and carrots. The trick lies in planning for these winter crops in summer, when it's tempting to forget/overlook the winter ahead.
+mangerlentement The software can be in metric or imperial - you choose which you prefer when you set up a new garden plan. Currently the software is only available in English.
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Hi Matti. This is one of our earlier videos. We now always make sure we include both imperial and metric measurements, so it can be understood by all audiences.
4000? The potato yield per square meter is at 2 kilogram. If you eat 2 kilograms per day then you would need 365 square meters full of potatoes per year with one harvest. 4000 square feet would not be enough for 4 people if you use a lot of light weight crops. If you harvest every 4 months at 2 kilogram per square meter on average, then 3 people could eat 2 kilograms per day from the 365 square meters. However, only about 75% of the crops will yield due to disease, pests and soil problems. Then the 365 square meters would only feed 2, so we would need about 730 square meters or 8000 square feet for 4 people.
That is butterfly netting stretched over hoops. It is similar to a setup like this one: www.amazon.com/OriginA-Netting-Protection-Growing-H，White/dp/B07DHNSJBD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=netting+hoops&qid=1552558229&s=gateway&sr=8-1
How do you grow enough food to feed your family?
In this video: find out how to answer this essential question, & learn techniques to help you meet your required yields:
Growing Enough Food to Feed a Family - How Much Do You Need to Plant? #vegetablegardening #growyourown #growingvegetables
0,3 ha for a family of four
extra food grown can be sold, or put up in case of an odd event... growing only what you think you'll need can result in you ending up hungry more often that you'd like.
But at the same time you don't want to grow just for your COMPOST pile. One healthy 'bean' bush can feed two people for a long time. We shouldn't ASSUME that every gardener is feeding a 'family' with growing children or that we are people who can take up the 'mantel' of SELLING at a farmer's market. 18 healthy 'Bush Bean' plants is ALOT of beans....
Good advice, but the word "sunlight" isn't mentioned once. I think most crops need at least 8 hours for good yield. Anything less results in smaller, slower growing plants. So, in my opinion, sunshine is as important as space.
Also, it was hinted at, but you could grow a continuous supply (i.e. weekly harvest) of, say, radishes in four boxes, planted at one week intervals. They take 28 days to grow. Similarly, you could have a continuous (weekly) supply of carrots or beets with eight boxes... assuming the box/container is large enough to grow about a dozen of these root vegetables. But again, it all depends on sunlight... of which I have little.
Hi Christopher. Yes, you're absolutely right that sunlight is essential. You'll notice that all the photographs and videos we show are full-sun gardens. If you have a shady area then it is possible to grow some leafy green plants but yields won't be as high. Our Garden Planner has a Filter feature which enables you to select just those crops that will grow well in partial shade.
Thanks! What if you tried growing mushrooms? Those don’t need a lot of sunlight. I grow mine in my garage (I have grown both oyster and lions main mushroom. They technically get light from the garage window, but I don’t think it is a lot. They just need some light so that they know to fruit. 😊)
You should focus on growing "expensive" fruits and veggies. For example, no point in growing bananas since they cost 40 cents a pound.
+Farmer Nate That is what I do. Grow expensive fruits which are unique to my country. Then I focus on the other stuff
In the event of an economic crisis and food prices sky rocket, this could be a solution. I actually came to this video after reading about the 2008 housing crisis and how they discussed it could have been so much worse and I thought to myself: "Our government and the corporate giants have so much control over us small people, how can we counter act this? First we would need a house which has the mortgage fully paid off (otherwise the insanely high interest rates would bankrupt us), and we would need to grow our own food." - and this is where I am now.
Farmer Nate good shout
@@Honeystain instead of a fully paid off mortgage house, maybe a tent ? a mud house ? it all depends on how much your willing to sacrifice
Great help! We live in the Caribbean where we can grow food all year around... I'm going to beging right now!
Fantastic logical info.......let us not forget growing up the sides of our homes and walls
Very true! Check out our video on vertical growing too.
Yes to garden walls and other vertical growing techniques, but try to avoid growing against the walls of your home. It encourages pests like mice and spiders to nest in your home, and may damage the walls themselves (vines are terrible on your structures).
A video on proper storage of the harvest would good.
Check out this video for starters: ruclips.net/video/k7rk-ViwAtE/видео.html
An average of "4000 sf of growing space for one vegetarian in one year plus an additional 4000 sf for access paths and storage" (paraphrased)... I love how specific you got and referenced, and as a vegetarian myself with some land, thank you for sharing this wealth of info!! Cheers!! :-D
You're very welcome.
Pole beans and other crops that can grow vertically would save space
It would be intéressant to have a vidéo explanning how we can Keep the crop.for à long period of time, how to conserve potato ,tomato and other veggie
I read this in an accent and I don't know which accent it was. . lol
New subscriber here! We are getting ready to clear a space on our land for our garden. This was a great video with awesome tips. Thank you!
Welcome - so pleased you've subscribed! :-)
Thanks for the nice information about planting different kinds of vegetables that will be sustainable to our needed...
It is just hubby and I (no kids not ever alas) but we will have many animals, both pets but mostly livestock. I still have not figured out how everyone can graze from the kitchen garden but also a pasture and standard crops for animal's winter supplies.
Thank you, one of the most useful videos on here!
For a hobby, grow by yourself is fun, healthy and potentially helpful financially. Otherwise, leave it to the professionals. They do it way better than you do.
Thanks!
And.... how would you recommend storing a years worth of vegetables at the end of Summer/Fall ?
root vegetables can be left in the ground until they're needed. some leafy greens can be frozen, or dried... most food can be dried, actually, and dried food lasts longer than any other method of storing other than freeze-drying. Consider the energy needed to can or freeze (and keep frozen) food... compare those methods with a possible solar-dehydrator.
That's a great video! I think it's possible to grow food for two people on under 1000 square meters. What would you say? Considering the use of permaculture and biointensive gardening. There is a good example of the "urban homestead" and others that grow everything for a family of 4 and even in surplus for selling on around 1300 square meters. That's thanks to putting all seeds, veg, fruits very close to each other and using the square foot/ square inch gardening methods.
This is very true. It's surprising how little land you need to feed someone if you are using the space efficiently and ensuring good soil nutrition at all times.
Gardening and feeding our family is a pretty big task.I see why "Family Gardens" were common.No one wants to work and let another get 100% benefits!
*🌽Corn~
It Takes.. 6-7 ears to make a1qt jar. A dozen ears will make 1-1/2 qt..
A bushel weights about 35#-thats 60 ears..processes to 14-17 pints or 7-8qts..
*🌱Greenbeans ~
It takes about 4# to fill 1 qt jar.
You can harvest nesrly30-50# of GB per 10ft row,in a season.(?)
38-30# per bushel will yield 30-40 pints..
**We harvested about 9 bushel from 9-24ft rows.
🌿Carrots ~..30 plants could yield 7-10#
It takes 17.5:# for 7qts .
50# a bushel=30-40 pints
🍀Beets~ 52#a bushel=
30 plants yield about 7-10#
It takes 2-3.5 # for 1 qt..
🌿Lima -shell beans~
40# a bushel...3-5# per 1 qt..
*In pod...you could expect 30-50 pounds in a complete season for a 24 ft row...
🌳Cabbages--
3# head =1qt canned
🍃Collards~
5-7 plants is about 4#=1 qt canned.
🌵Cucumbers~
48-50#-is a bushel..=24 qt processed..
Each plant can produce 10--+6oz fruit.. or 2-3# per plant...
🌴Okra~
26-30# per tall bushel.. 17 qt or 34 pt frozen..
5-10# per 10 ft row
🌲Field peas~
25# in pod..a bushel..==13 # shelled
It takes about 3.5-4# per qt
🍠Potatoes ~
60# per bushel= 20 qt jars ..
Each plant can produce 3-6# of produce..
🍆Summer squash
Is 40-44# a bushel. 40 pts frozen..2-4# needed to can 1 qt jar.
🍋Winter squash
3#-= 2 pt frozen..2.5-3# for 1 qt
🍅Tomatoes
Bushel is 53#..it tKes 2.5-3.5 for 1 qt.... each plant can produce 3-7# of fruit or more..
Wow! Many thanks indeed for the very comprehensive list of your harvest experiences. :-)
I think the amounts needed are a little excessive but the overall info was very good.
Is there a book you used to reference to see how much food produces what? I would be interested. Great video!
What is the name of that garden planning program? And, is it still available? Great video! :)
Is that is the KGI garden planner? it looks like the same one The Old Farmers Almanac uses as well.
What program are you using in the video for planning? good info in the video, thanks for sharing.
I would also like to know.
Our online Garden Planner is available from several major websites and seed suppliers:
www.GrowVeg.com
gardenplanner.motherearthnews.com
gardenplanner.almanac.com
and many more...
Thank you
Great Video and thanks for sharing. Which software that you are using?
+Hitarth Patel We're using the Garden Planner from www.growveg.com
Great video... Thanks for the knowledge.
This was a great video.
This is a very good video aside from the notion that a vegetarian diet is sustainable. What do you plan to fertilize the soil with? The only sustainable way is to have enough land for plants and at LEAST some chicken. Or better yet, some chicken, some rabbits, and maybe a pig, goat or a few sheep, maybe even a cow. That way you'll always have enough fertilizer for your crops as well as for the pasture parts of your farm and that's frankly the only way to sustainable living. Not only that, you can then actually have less growing and more pasture space, because meat and fat is full of vitamins, nutritions and keeps you satiated far longer than any vegetable or fruit could. But that's not all. You can use the hides to make leather, aka clothes, tools, and other things. You can use wool to make clothes as well or feathers to use in your pillows and blankets. You can make butter and cheese from milk. You can actually feed a dog or cat if you have meat around. One pig can feed a family for a whole year and it's a good outlet for kitchen scraps. Eggs are incredibly healthy and the chicken can keep pests at your garden beds at bay. Raising both, plans and animals, is really the only way to be moderately self-sufficient. And btw., if you're planning on having fruit trees, then you don't even need any extra space, you just use the ground below the trees as pasture and for hay making. It's literally how our ancestors did it and they knew bloody well why!
Nah, I fast daily and eat one vegan meal a day, and I’m always satiated. A vegan diet is 100% sustainable, though the industries that are making people sick want us to think otherwise. No need to exploit, or especially kill, sentient beings. I grow and forage the vast majority of my own food, and am in the best shape of my life. Physically, mentally, and spiritually.
good
thank you o much for this video .
What computer program are you using for garden?
Sure, it's called the Garden Planner. You can find out more about it here: www.growveg.com/garden-planner-intro.aspx
1:25 They have rhubarb yoghurt in the UK? You guys are lucky.
great video...thnX;)
I don't care for a subscription planner, I would just like to buy one strait out. Any suggestions as to where I could find one to purchase? At a reasonable price, of course.
+June D Hi June. We're biased of course, but the reason the planner is subscription rather than bought outright is because it's updated so regularly with new features. This allows its users to get the very best performance. The prices are very reasonable (see here: www.growveg.com/faq.aspx) and will help you to get the most from your plot.
try the canning books from ball and kerr.
Thank you!
Awesome!!!
Where can i get the garden planner, thankyou.
You can find out all about it at: www.growveg.com
try the ball canning book or the kerr canning book
Very good information than you
I go through 10 pounds of carrots a week for juice
That's a lot of carrots!
GrowVeg ya but not that much juice
negative
we have a circular garden. I'm guessing the garden planner cannot represent that?
You can flex the edges of free-form boundaries and shapes to make more rounded edges, and the Garden Planner has a circle shape tool. These work well for shapes that aren't typically rectangular, and can be used to mark out, say, round or unusual-shaped raised beds.
Im curious what computer program you are using to plan your garden?
Our online Garden Planner is available from several major websites and seed suppliers:
www.GrowVeg.com
gardenplanner.motherearthnews.com
gardenplanner.almanac.com
and many more...
Cel mai bun program este ''experienta personala''
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wth? 4k square feet for 1 person? i grow in 500 square feet for 2 people, produce enough for 8 months. i came here to find out how to squeeze another 4 months out of it but i guess this video is outdated as hell
Wow - 500 square feet for two people is incredible. You must have a fantastic setup. Yes, I imagine that nowadays you could probably grow more, given advances in crop yield.
andrademeza You all must not eat that much veg I assume? Or you're lying. Or maybe since you're so much better than these professionals, you should make videos on how to make this amazing garden you're talking about.
andrademeza the downbar has video dates for future references! No need to be so abrupt geez
andrademeza I was thinking this also
4k for a vegetarian diet. meat has a lot of calories
Yikes. Never be able to get that much land in uk
oh how i wish there were metric conversions on this video..
Yes, sorry about that! All our subsequent videos show both imperial and metric units.
2.2 pounds is 1kg, 3.2 feet is 1m.
How can u grow 365 ? what about winter ?
+EveryVideoShow There are lots of vegetables that can be grown in the winter: kale, winter lettuces, arugula/rocket, sprouting broccoli, cabbages, Brussels sprouts, overwintered beetroot and carrots. The trick lies in planning for these winter crops in summer, when it's tempting to forget/overlook the winter ahead.
thanks
4,000 sq ft to sustain one person for a year. Can someone convert that into hectres for me
about 4 ar = 0.04 hecters.
where do you get a garden planner
You can find out more about the Garden Planner here: www.growveg.com/garden-planner-intro.aspx
try the kerr cannig book and the ball canning book. One of them used to have it and still does as far as I know. It's a good guide.
Can we configure the software to use the metric system? Is it available in other languages?
+mangerlentement The software can be in metric or imperial - you choose which you prefer when you set up a new garden plan. Currently the software is only available in English.
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MONEY$$$$$ to grow good crops it takes alot of it..
Well I've got 14 feet by 20 feet :/ family of 5. So not achievable then lol
Still worth growing some high value/highly productive vegetables though :-)
This video gets a dislike from me for not using the metric system or not showing the equivalent in the metric system.
Hi Matti. This is one of our earlier videos. We now always make sure we include both imperial and metric measurements, so it can be understood by all audiences.
1500 sq. meter for two people? That is ludacris! HAHHAHAH Try being a bit more intensive, maybe?
+Ian Ribeiro You can certainly try growing on much less land. I think we were probably erring on the side of caution here!
+Ian Ribeiro Shouldnt be a problem if you live / moved to a rural area, they usually come with a lot of land you can play with.
100% pointless video
4000? The potato yield per square meter is at 2 kilogram. If you eat 2 kilograms per day then you would need 365 square meters full of potatoes per year with one harvest. 4000 square feet would not be enough for 4 people if you use a lot of light weight crops. If you harvest every 4 months at 2 kilogram per square meter on average, then 3 people could eat 2 kilograms per day from the 365 square meters. However, only about 75% of the crops will yield due to disease, pests and soil problems. Then the 365 square meters would only feed 2, so we would need about 730 square meters or 8000 square feet for 4 people.
What are those protective screens hoops @5:31 ?
That is butterfly netting stretched over hoops. It is similar to a setup like this one: www.amazon.com/OriginA-Netting-Protection-Growing-H，White/dp/B07DHNSJBD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=netting+hoops&qid=1552558229&s=gateway&sr=8-1
4,000 sq ft to sustain one person for a year. Can someone convert that into hectres for me
Sure. That's 0.037 hectares, or about one third of one tenth of a hectare - or quite a small area! 0.037 hectares is 370 square metres if that helps.