Road to the Farm's video: Planning Your Garden: What Should You Grow

How to choose the right vegetables for your backyard garden. make sure you have a well-rounded vegetable garden with a lot variety. Subscribe for more garden planning videos Choosing the right vegetables for your backyard garden can be overwhelming. Here is a step by step guide on how to choose the right vegetables. Step 1) Start by writing down your wish list with everything you dream of growing. Step 2) Prioritize - mark the items that your family loves and are a must for your garden. Step 3) Narrow down the list - cross of the things that don’t grow well in your area. Step 4) Keep diversity - don’t bank on any one crop. Step 5) Fill in the gaps - Choose plants from each of these categories to make sure you have a well-rounded garden -Leafy greens like lettuce and spinach -Salad veggies like peas and cucumbers -Stir-fry veggies like green beans and broccoli -Root veggies like potatoes and carrots -Winter storage like butternut squash and sweet potatoes -Herbs like sage, parley, thyme Prepping vs. Homesteading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWqaGQTbx6g Organic Gardening and Tips for Growing Squash https://youtu.be/BBJo5r899s4 Feeding a family of seven on $50 a week: https://youtu.be/ptdDqHxrM5A Buy Gluten Free Muffins cookbook on Etsy for $4 Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RoadToTheFarm?ref=hdr_shop_menu Come Hang out with us on… Instagram: roadtothefarm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roadtothefarm/?ref=hl Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/mamaware/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/roadtothefarm Website: www.roadtothefarm.com Contact: melanielynn@roadtothefarm.com Melanie is a homestead, homeschool mama to five children and wife to the man of her dreams. She finds victory over chronic illness through healthy eating. Gardening and raising livestock is the means to feeding her family healthy on a budget. Baking is a lifelong passion that was shelved because of food allergies. Now she is discovering how to have her cake and eat it too - without tummy troubles. You can buy her Gluten Free Muffins cookbook on her Etsy store Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RoadToTheFarm?ref=hdr_shop_menu Business Inquiries: melanielynn@roadtothefarm.com