Planting a Year's Supply of Food for a Family of 7

Published 2024-06-10
What it looks like to plant a year's worth of food for a family of 7. We haven't bought a veggie from the grocery story for going on 5 years. You can check out my guide on how much to plant here www.theseasonalhomestead.com/how-much-to-plant-for…

Garden Supplies/Tools:

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Garden Plants:
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Garden Infrastructure:

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Garden Attire:

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Garden Planning & Preserving Journal:

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Canning and Preserving Supplies:

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All Comments (21)
  • @bwright5126
    I have so much respect for gardeners, farmers, and the like! I didn’t realize how much work, care, and help is needed in planting. May your family have more than an abundance of over flow in vegetation for all of your hard work..😊
  • @bethbeasley7417
    Having large gardens in the past 40years, a half acre, I know the hard work that goes in one. Now being older I use container garden such as laundry baskets ect. I admire your fortitude and dedication
  • Bring the children to do gardening is a good example to the generations today to learn how grow own food instead playing games on phones or watching tv and can learn also how healthy to eat the food from hard work, watching from philippines godbless guys
  • @craftyShirleyG
    You and your family so impress and amaze me. Gardening is so much work. To have enough that you don't have to buy one single veggie is just awesome
  • @adamporter1680
    I too had alot of trouble with squash beetles. I learned that if I put up small hoops and frost blanket over the row of plants and bury the edges of the cloth with dirt that prevents nearly 100% of the bugs! Works great
  • My first year of growing for a family of 5, more than 300 hundred onion (red and white), tomato, mustard green, sugar loaf and cabbage, carrots, spinach and beetroot, I'm now harvesting mustard and ij can't wait for the rest, we'll done to you and your family
  • @ofrecentvintage
    I remember those early blog posts about this journey, both gardening and how it helped your health as well as growing a year's supply of veg for your family. Your yearly updates, refining your numbers and process, helped me so much. So much has changed yet I still refer to that blog page. Thank you so much for sharing! 💚
  • @mysticdiana4402
    The only problem with your videos....they aren't long enough. Kidding, not kidding :) Always appreciate you sharing your family and gardens, cooking and helpful information. I could watch your videos for hours working as a family Unit. It's a rarity in this day and age. It brings so many memories of growing up on the farm. My parents had a massive garden and I always helped. We would can and preserve and our larder was bursting at the seams for the cold harsh winter ahead. Mom didn't go the store to buy veggies, eggs, dairy or meat, We had our own. So grateful to have grown up to learn the lifestyle. You are teaching your children a very valuable work ethic and hopefully they will adopt a similar lifestyle.
  • @maryanna2245
    I've been successful as a container gardener in the Bay Area, CA since before pandemic. But, still very inspired by gardeners like you! You truly exudes hope that growing food for your family is more than possible. Love how you share your experiences through your videos. Big kudos to the whole family!
  • @rickthelian2215
    Lots of work with the family but the rewards are more than satisfying knowing you grew your own foods, even some for the animals. See you all at harvest time😁🇦🇺
  • @taraelvira8252
    I watch many homesteaders on the ole YouTube (learning as much as I can) and your videos, my dear, are like none other. The forethought, the meticulous placement of each and every plant, the commitment to success is just unmatched. Seriously inspiring. Keep it up, mama and family. I hope you get to kick back a tad bit now that it's all in the ground! 🌼🤍🌻
  • Even though I don’t have a space to have a vegetable garden, I love watching your videos. Especially like your background music. All the videos bring a smile to my face watching you and your family create all this bounty for your family.
  • @LBC13
    Kids are so big wow Love your beautiful family ❤
  • There is something so special about watching your process. To see everyone working together is heart❤warming. I have a small garden that brings me so much joy. I hope your season produces a lot of fruit and vegetables 🌻🥒🫑🍅🥑
  • Love watching the entire family get involved with the entire process!
  • Love watching the hard work and dedication. Amazing to watch all kids doing their jobs! 👍👍
  • What a beautiful food garden ❤ So much family hard work gone into it 👏👏👏👏 Such a pleasure to watch things video 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 As always a pleasure to watch Love from the UK x
  • @shermdog6969
    Throw some pumpkin seeds on that large compost pile. They'll probably grow amazing.😊 We always put some in our fresh horse manure pile and it grows huge pumpkins every year.
  • @iamirene
    Why am I always so excited when I see a notification from this channel? ❤❤❤