Maximizing Garden Yield for Long-Term Food Storage: Tips?

[BlueMarigold]

Been wrestling with the challenge of getting more out of my garden for long-term food storage. Any tips on crop rotation or perennial selections that store well? Could use a hand maximizin' this yield!

 

[ChaiPages]

Crop rotation can definitely boost production, try a legume-grain-root system? Legumes, like peas or beans, fix nitrogen into the soil, which grains (corn, wheat) can utilize next season. Follow that up with root veggies, they'll break up soil compaction. Perennials - I've found rhubarb and artichokes hold up

 

[MeadowWhisperer]

ChaiPages has it spot on with the crop rotation suggestion. Legumes are a gem when it comes to enriching soil. Just be sure to leave some pods in the ground at the end of the season to decay and release the nitrogen.

Now, on the note of perennials. Don't dismiss the humble potato, particularity the late-maturing varieties like Yukon Gold. They can be kept for months in the right conditions. Cold, but not freezing, dark