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SOA few years ago I asked myself a question.
If I only had $30 to spend…
how could I grow a garden that meaningfully improves food security?
Not a hobby garden.
A garden that actually feeds a family.
These are the crops I chose.
Jerusalem artichokes — perennial calories that multiply every year.
Garlic — one bulb becomes four to eight.
Pole beans — fresh eating in summer, dried beans for winter.
Perpetual spinach — cut and come again greens that tolerate cold.
Parsnips — dense nutrition that sweetens after frost.
Tomatoes — fresh eating plus a pantry of sauces and preserves.
Squash — summer food and winter storage.
Cucumbers — fresh eating and fermented pickles.
Red Sails lettuce — heat tolerant and slow to bolt.
With these ten crops I have:
Fresh food all summer.
Storage food for winter.
And most importantly…
Seeds for next year.
Because real food security doesn’t start with land, tools, or money.
It starts with learning how to grow something from almost nothing.
Look up a seed exchange or Seedy Saturday in your area this spring.
You might be surprised how many seeds can be shared, traded, or given freely.
It’s never about how many resources you have.
It’s about how resourceful you’re willing to be.
Let’s dig deep this year friends.
If you only had $30 to grow food… what would you plant?
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