Agriculture Reference
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You can grow a variety of fresh herbs in a simple and inexpensive container garden.
It's really hard to give specific numbers for people who are beginning gardening. I wish I could
make your planning easier by telling you that if you use 1,000 square feet for your garden area
you'll be able to grow 50 pounds of vegetables, but that's not possible. I would be wary of holding
too fast to any list that tries to give you exact numbers when it comes to food production. What
I've found is that not only does that number change year to year, but even which crops do well
changes from year to year.
One year our tomatoes did not do very well, but we had a lot of peppers, squash, melons, and
cucumbers. This past summer we didn't get peas, but our tomatoes and green beans did particularly
well. There will always seem to be some ebbs and cycles in the garden. Weather, seed fertility, dis-
ease, and a variety of other factors can all contribute to which crops will do well in any given year.
Over the Garden Fence
Keep a record of which varieties of plants do well in your area, and save seeds from the plants that perform
the best in your garden—you'll see your productivity level increase over the years.
