![]() ![]() Many of you guys know, Melissa and I are actually best friends in real life, but as odd as it sounds, we don't actually have the opportunity to hang out in person very much and this is my first time here at your place. I'm very excited to have you here on the homestead. Melissa: It is an excellent year to do so.Ĭarolyn: If you have not done this yet, be serious about this and really let's listen to what Melissa has to say. So I'm really excited about this because there are a lot of people out there who are like, "Okay, I'm ready to go from salad gardening or maybe hobby gardening to getting serious about putting food on the pantry shelf." Today we are going to be talking about stepping up your gardening so that you're actually growing a year's worth of a crop. In an age where the supply chain continues to be upset, it’s high time we relearn the basic skill sets our great-great-grandparents knew and practiced.Ĭarolyn: Hey, you guys, this is Carolyn with Homesteading Family, and this week on The Pantry Chat we have a special guest in house. Growing enough of a single crop to put up for an entire year builds your gardening skills as well as your preservation skills. Learning to layer in growing methods one step at a time develops a skill set that you may not pick up if you try to do too much all at once. ![]() When growing food in your own yard, you harvest and preserve that food within a matter of minutes or hours from that crop being on the vine, so the actual nutritional value of that food is also higher than buying it from the grocery store. If you think about the distance food has to travel to get to your plate, you want to reduce that distance as much as possible. The closer you can get to eating produce straight off the vine the healthier that food will be. They’ll eat fresh tomatoes all throughout the summer months, and if you pick enough green tomatoes you can allow them to ripen in a cool location for fresh tomatoes well into the fall and sometimes winter months.Ī pack of tomato seeds that costs a few dollars and can produce enough tomato products to feed your family for a year adds up to huge savings! Healthier They use canned tomato sauce for spaghetti and pizza sauce. They use canned tomatoes for soups and stews or to be turned into fresh salsa. For example, Melissa’s family eats a lot of tomato products throughout the year. If you pick a food item that your family eats a lot of throughout the year, this can really impact your grocery budget. We love the idea of growing enough of one crop for a year’s worth of food for your family for many reasons. ![]()
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