Could you grow all your fruit and veg ?
By Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8791)
United Kingdom
March 9, 2026 9:15pm CST
Just wondering ….
If you needed to , do you think that you could grow all the fruit and veggies that you would need to see you through a year ?
I think veggies would be easier but it could be done …
What veggies would you grow ?
Do you think you could grow the quantities needed for a whole year ?
Would you have to barter ?
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8 responses
@DaddyEvil (169712)
• United States
19h
I know HOW to grow fruits and veggies but wouldn't be able to do the work anymore to have a successful garden/orchard.
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@AmbiePam (114560)
• United States
20h
I was pretty successful growing vegetables as a teen until a kid working for my dad ran the lawn mower over my garden. I haven’t tried though since. The lettuce and squash I grew at one time were pretty good.
My dad has had a very successful blackberry bush for several years now so hopefully we could come up with something. It might be scarce.
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@Traceyjayne (8791)
• United Kingdom
6h
I love picking wild growing blackberries ….
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@xFiacre (14351)
• Ireland
8h
@TRACEYJAYNE I would dearly love to become self sufficient in veggies and if I put my heart and soul into it I think I'd do pretty well. The problem however is neither my heart nor my soul - it's my back. I have to limit myself to bursts of 15 minutes or I'd become a cropper. When I get back form Manchester on Tuesday next week I'll be planting my first earlies (potatoes) but I plant them on big planters rather than in the ground to avoid digging and I'm quite successful. My beetroot will be sown in April and courgettes in May.
@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
7h
When we had an acreage I grew a lot of vegetables but it's hard to grow enough to see you through a year or even part of a year. I grew carrots, potatoes, onions, cabbage, cauliflower, corn, tomatoes.
@Traceyjayne (8791)
• United Kingdom
6h
Oh wow … that’s a great selection. I did think about growing cauliflower but several people told me they were really difficult to grow.
@sallypup (68216)
• Centralia, Washington
19h
I love flowers but so far I don't get bushels of any vegies in my garden. I have had more success with pumpkins but only starving folks would eat them day after day all winter.
@pitsipeahie (5520)
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14h
I can grow and I have grown some like tomatoes, chilies, eggplants, bittergourd, pumpkins and a few others before but not in quantities that would suffice my need for a year.








