Calculating how much food to grow
Posted: Sat 01-Jan-2022, 09:54
I’m creating a master plan for our garden, and one of the goals with it is to be able to grow all our own food for the year, using both greenhouses and outdoor space. At this point we don’t have an interest to sell produce (though I could see myself making food products sometime in the future to sell). I have a couple questions:
- Does anyone have a recommendation on how to calculate what the average family of two would need? I’ve found a few resources on the web but curious to get ideas from your brilliant minds.
- I would like it to be a beautiful space and realizing that we might have more space than we need for our goals (is this ever a thing? haha). We have approx 6300 sq ft to work with. Any other considerations I should take in to account? I’m already thinking about a washing station and storage.
- I’ve loved the design pieces of the course so far, and am curious about whether design also increases plant success/taste? Eg something trellised to provide shade for another crop, etc.
- Does anyone have a recommendation on how to calculate what the average family of two would need? I’ve found a few resources on the web but curious to get ideas from your brilliant minds.
- I would like it to be a beautiful space and realizing that we might have more space than we need for our goals (is this ever a thing? haha). We have approx 6300 sq ft to work with. Any other considerations I should take in to account? I’m already thinking about a washing station and storage.
- I’ve loved the design pieces of the course so far, and am curious about whether design also increases plant success/taste? Eg something trellised to provide shade for another crop, etc.