Plant Calculator: How Many Plants Do You Need?

If you’re lucky enough to have a lot of space for gardening, there are some great resources that map out what it takes to grow a year’s worth of food. One of the most helpful is Food for a Year, which offers realistic estimates for how many plants are needed to supply a household over a full growing season.

We’re sharing this as a reference point, not because everyone needs to grow all of their food, but because it can be surprisingly useful to see the scale involved. Even if you’re gardening on a much smaller scale, these numbers help put yields into context and make it easier to decide what’s worth growing in your own space.