Which garden vegitables can I plant that will best offset the rising price of food?

I'm looking for pure economy. In the past I have canned vegitables and we have a freezer. We have farmer's markets where vegitables in season sell pretty cheap - or at least LAST year they did. Who knows how much food will cost this year. From a nutritional standpoint as well as yield per square foot - what should I plant?

Which garden vegitables can I plant that will best offset the rising price of food?
Tomatoes gives you the most in such a small space. Have you seen the price on tomatoes? Ouch They are always high and like you said they will cost more soon.
Reply:You can plant all kinds of things, but I plant what my family and I will eat. So I plant lettuce / spinach / tomatos / peppers, (lots of peppers, we LOVE peppers) some potatoes / carrots / radishes / garlic / onions / zuchinni, just what ever my family will eat. Notice I DON'T plant brocolli! :) . I also plant a large pumpkin patch, not because we eat them but my sheep do and it cuts down on my hay costs. Same with corn. I plant corn, harvest the ears, then feed the stalks to my sheep and horses. Have fun with your garden, anything you plant will help you.
Reply:Root crops are great for bulk, and you could probably do climbers over top and in-between them if you were clever. For the climbers, I would stick to things that don't have much of a root system though. You could do potatoes and carrots (vitamins!) underground, and pole beans over, maybe with some other varieties.
Reply:I planted food that my family likes to eat like lettuce, tomatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, okra, green bean, squash, broccoli,carrots,potato's, wheat, spinach.
Reply:tomatoes, snow peas, herbs all come to mind as things that cost a lot at the store but can easily be grown at home. Things link mature onions, potatoes, carrots may not be cost effective - they generally are pretty cheap at retail,
Reply:I have planted, yellow squash, tomatos, green peppers and cucumbers.
Reply:The vegetables that your family likes best.
Reply:any thing you like will help with the cost of food!





Last year, after all was accounted for, my garden was worth more than $2500. , and we enjoyed it, and the food!!
Reply:If you are after nutrition, these are rich-in-nutrition veggies that take very little space: carrots, beets, chard, spinach, yellow crookneck squash, tomatoes, pole beans, snap peas, and peppers. The squash, beans, and peas can be trained to grow on a trellis or patio rail. The spinach is a 45 day crop that can be planted in the early spring and the late fall.





If you've got the space, you might consider planting a semi dwarf or dwarf variety of fruit tree as well. Fruit trees have the best yield per square foot of any other crop you could possible plant.