I planned to take it easy this year and not put out much. But with as crazy as this world may get prolly isn't a great time to rely on buying from stores. So started planning a large garden again for this year. Prolly end up being close to an acre

That is a big one ! I would say I probably get close to around 1/2 acre if you add all the beds together. I am going to do 1/2 acre of pumpkins for selling as well this year.

I'm doing pumpkins again this year prolly 2 acre , then sweet corn patch will be 1/2 acre lol did about an acre Sweet corn last year all at once not making that mistake again. Lol 6 or 8 rows 2 weeks apart on planting this go around

I have always planted all sweet corn at the same time.
Selecting different varieties can easily yield a 4 week harvest.

20'x35'

Maybe Ile try multiple varieties then . I no 1 acre ready in a 10 day period was rough lol ended up leaving a third for wildlife to eat cuz couldn't harvest it in time

150' x 100' is all we care to do

I'm probably adding a couple 4x8 experimental beds. Think I'm gonna try a couple muscadine vines in with my main garden which is about 20x25. My garden is more for snacking than main food source.

I always over plant. But I do sell alot. And got 4 families that put up can goods off of it.

I am planning to cut my grocery bill down by 90% or better so the garden is going to get bigger and What I can't can or preserve in other ways I'll give away to folks that need it.

As big as my wife can handle.

10x25 is plenty for us.

We already have peppers 2"tall

My usual acre then going to put in some raised beds this year. Going to cut back on the sweet corn though.

Just remember Bruce, she has to can all that stuff too!

I did 3/4 of an acre for 3 years (plus my one garden) with all the produce being donated through United Ministries. That was really too much work for me with limited volunteer help. I have two gardens now and they total about 1/4 of an acre. Will be trying some pole and trellis stuff this year to use space better and make weeding and harvest easier too.

Bryce

My folks grew their own veggies when I was a kid but all I ever get is weeds. Produce aisle for me. The size varies depending on the market.

Bigger than I can easily handle. At the house the garden is about 30 by 50 and the one at the folks place is about 40 by 40. Then my parents have one we help with too. That one must be 50 by 100.

Big enough for 10 rows of sweet corn,3 mounds of Cuc's,5 mounds of Zuch and 2 tomatoes plants.About 10 by 20 and maybe 2 or 3 rows of spuds.

We planting 15-4’x2’x8’ above the ground beds. Last year we put up most of our food. I might add 5 more if lumber prices come down.

40' x 60' fenced in and 20' x 40' unfenced.
Plus the asparagus beds, raspberries, horseradish and flowers.

Zim

Usually grow 10 bushel of potatoes, 200-300 dozen ears of sweet corn, 4 - 5 bushel of tomatoes, beets, carrots, peppers, zucchini, pumpkins and pole beans. Probably do the same this year.

main garden 50x60 or so. Then a few hills of pumpkins, water melons, and cantaloupe. Two types of cukes on the perimeter of the garden on hog panels. Then another tater patch to plant between 50 and 100 lbs of seed taters. Last but not least 6 or 7 rows of sweet corn with 60 stalks to the row. Maybe two rows of popcorn.

Hoping to help feed five families this year.

To quote president trump, it’s gonna be yuuuge, the biggest, the best garden ever, we’re gonna produce more tomato’s than China, best garden ever.

I’m planning for 15 slicing/canning tomato and 15 cherry tomato plants, 15 sweet pepper and 15 hot pepper plants, 15-20 beans, 50’ row of radishes, 50’ row of salad greens, 4 each watermelon, honeydew, and cantaloupe, 2 pumpkin, 10 cucumbers, and then whatever else my kids decide they would like to grow.

At least an acre , plan on lots of canning
Preparing for hard times, I hope don’t show up.

Bob, 50 foot row of radishes? You must really like em. That must be about a million if them.

How do y'all handle weed control? I'm not much on chemicals. So usually try hand weeding but just to time consuming. Thinking about trying the rolls of biodegradable paper this year

Farmall cub with cultivators. I do all my sweet corn and bean planting with a John Deere 7000 planter that had been cut down to a two row planter.

Between me and my dad we can eat a ton of radishes lol. I love em. It’s nothin to go through 25 or 30 radishes a day in our house, especially when it’s hot outside and the radishes are cold and crisp.....mmmm can’t wait!

Lots and lots of mulch, hand weed any that pop up through. I really dislike any sort of chemical. I blame agricultural chemicals for the fact that many of the kids I grew up with, me included, having extremely rare stomach/digestive diseases. I know 3 people who grew up with me that have a form of gastroparesis that will eventually kill them, several others with less severe digestive issues, and mine they can’t even diagnose. So I flat refuse to use chemicals of any kind in my garden.

tiller/mini tiller....a hoe...and a mulching mower. I found a few years ago some of my garden does just as well if I don't till. Just dig a shovel wide area, plant whatever, and leave the width of my mower between rows. Don't have to tend with muddy rows, and way easy to run the mower down between the rows.

I grow 2 gardens each about 50 by 100. Mainly so I can rotate Tomatoes around and not get too much blight. But going to build a steel barn this year about 24 by 32 that may wipe out 1 garden. I have some black soil, bottom land that needs grubbed out to replace the 1 garden, but that will take a season to do. I am on a lake so I have to be careful when I turn new ground.

I need to prune a couple apple trees.
Going to try and propagate a couple from the cuttings.
NOT turning the hobbies into a job, been there.

If smart I'd find more local folks to trade with.
Most gardeners have extras.

If only we could produce canning seals..

I’m hoping about 4 acres.

My garden is 40'×50'. I also have 8 apple trees and about 30' of horseradish

And who's going to pay for it? Your neighbour!

We go 40' x 40' fenced every year. Plus a bunch of apple trees.

We got 80 fruit tree's and adding more this year. Home made booze lol

I haven't eaten 20 radishes in my life and I'm pretty sure I'm done eating them.

I'm impressed by how big of gardens you guys are doing, lots of work. Anyone care to share pics?

I just grow raspberries, rhubarb and blueberries, and whatever apples from my four trees I can save from the deer.

Last year’s start. Extended it once for 300 strawberry plants, after pic. Extended it for melons another 50’, but didn’t take pics. Started prepping an additional 30’ for larger melon patch this year. Plus constructing a small greenhouse to get started a little earlier. No fruit trees, but we trade harvests with an orchard. Neighbors and friends purchase all we don’t can or eat. The location was an old pasture, hadn’t been used in 35 years. Had to clear trees, but the top soil is over 12”. You can turn the soil by hand, unbelievably rich.

Im not sure how the guy above takes care of weeds but I found doing rows that are wide apart and mowing between them is the ticket. These used plastic which was pretty easy and worked great. I've moved since this picture and was thinking about doing mulch this year. The trick is to keep weeds away from the plant far enough that you can run the weed eater down through there if you have to. I grow mostly things you can't buy at the store. Great tomato's, good jalapenos, and hot peppers. A can of green beans lasts 5 years on a shelf and stores are full of them.

I kind of liked this newspaper idea too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvOfBKMEinE&lc=Ugh4LKMZIP3qZXgCoAEC

I used to plant a huge garden. After all of the expense and work, planting , fighting insects, and critters, I can buy most vegetables at the local farmers market cheaper than I can grow them.

Couple pics

That was after weeds took over lol

It's a labour of love.....just like firewood, maple syrup and trapping.

I’m planning to sell whatever my family doesn’t need at the farmers market, if I can ever get ahold of the market manager to buy a booth and find out what certs I need to get. They don’t seem to like returning messages though. If I can get my seed starting setup going in time I might sell vegetable starts as well. Next year hopefully I’ll have a greenhouse up, planning to start 15,000 landscaping trees next summer to supplement income 3-5 years from now. I’d like to eventually make a full time living from my nursery between seedlings, trees, perennial and annual flowers. Someday.