Have you ever wondered what seeds you should start in your garden to save money on your grocery bill? This gardening in Canada video looks at what garden plant actually save you money compared to those of which may actually cost you money.  these are garden vegetables that do not require any pesticides fertilizer or specific growing conditions. 

👩‍🔬 G R A B A P L A N N E R
Paperback Houseplant Planner:
https://geni.us/NFTrl2
Paperback Garden Planner:
https://geni.us/s9zc
Digital Download Planners
https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/GardeningInCanada

S T A Y I N T O U C H
Join our monthly newsletter! newsletter.gardeningincanada.net
Website/Blog & FREE printables: https://gardeningincanada.net
Leave Me A Voice Message To Be Included In The Podcast: https://memo.fm/gardeningincanada/

A F F I L I A T E S
Westcoast Seeds Affiliate Link: https://bit.ly/33mGGaI
Seeds Now: https://www.seedsnow.com/?rfsn=6354409.1f000b
Magidome Greenhouse Connectors: https://magidome.com/?ref=2517cenrgs
Discount code: GardeningInCanada

S O C I A L S
👩‍🔬PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/gardeningincanada
INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/gardeningincanada
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/GardenInCanada/

A B O U T M E:
Ashley is a soil scientist who has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in science and a major in Soil Science.
Some of Ashley’s interests are YouTube, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley’s YouTube channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her YouTube channel as well as her reach to up-and-coming gardeners.
Disclaimer
This description or comments section may contain links to affiliate websites. I receive a commission for any purchases made by you on the affiliate website using such a link. This includes the gardening in Canada website. You should assume all links both on the gardening in Canada YouTube, Blog, and all other social media are affiliates and I will receive compensation.

If you’re starting a garden one of the first things you’re probably wondering is what seeds should I grow to actually save on the grocery bill it can get confusing out there folks so today I do have a list of the vegetables you should grow in your garden if you want to save

Money on your grocery bill if it’s not mentioned on the list it’s very likely that it’s not going to save you money and you should just buy from the grocery store just a heads up the reason why a fruit or vegetable May cost more to grow

Versus is just buying at a grocery store comes down to factors like does it have to be started inside how much lighting does it need what kind of trays does it need what kind of fertilizer does it need does it need to be covered or pesticides added biological or organic

Or synthetic that sort of thing what I took into consideration is space yield ease of harvest and just ease of growing could you grow these with absolute zero fertilizer input could you grow these with absolute zero fungicide or pesticide or anything input the answer to that is yes first up is beans now

Beans that are fresh eat beans meaning string beans that you’re going to can or freeze are much cheaper to grow if you were to let these set seed and you were just getting the raw Bean itself no that the answer that is no dried Bean absolutely not but fresh bean yes the

Reason for this is particularly with bush beans if we’re continually harvesting from our crop we get more and more flowers and more and more Harvest that means if we get 2 three four rounds of harvest off that plant we can end up with bags and bags and bags of produce

Trust me I’ve done this so string beans bush bush string beans in particular get my vote for a plant that you could definitely grow for Less fertilizer inputs next to nothing disease and past issues pretty much zero if you did not know beans nitrogen fix they fix their

Own fertilizer for the most part so give these a shot next one is beets so beets is one of those uh really cheap inexpensive quick turnaround time you can start harvesting beets after 30 days in your garden meaning you can immediately have a food source and if

You were to leave them you just get a bigger food sorce they freeze they can they pickle with absolute perfection and ultimately speaking they are much cheaper to grow than they are to buy if you were to buy a jar of beef it can be anywhere from $5 to $10 depending on

Where you are and you get maybe a handful of beets in that jar the second thing is that the beets that are fresh in the grocery store AIS I’ve again seen these at you know $5 for four beets that is crazy get the seed packets the seed

Packets going to cost you a total of probably $2.50 and inside of that because these are compound seeds meaning there’s more than one beat per seed we tend to see an entire pack more than likely feed your entire family for fresh eats and preserves for an entire year for

$2.50 they do not have any particular disease or pest problems meaning pesticide and chemical and having to diagnose and research and figure out what’s going on is next to zero and also fertilizer wise they don’t need much they’ll do just fine in your regular old mineral soil containers you name it so

Beets definitely makes a list next up is peppers in particular hot peppers and colored Peppers the only one that wouldn’t make this list would be green bell peppers I find green bell peppers to be very inexpensive at the store but hot peppers and colored bell peppers so the yellows the Reds oranges

Those ones would uh be best to plant now you don’t have to seed start these you could just buy these as seed starts in the grocery store or in our grocery stores in Canada anyway sell seeds Hardware Store Nursery you name it they’re already ready to go so don’t

Invest in lighting and that sort of thing just go purchase them they’re pretty cheap you can get a six-pack of them for like $2 particularly towards the end of the season and these yield high if you plant them in 5 gallon pale buckets and or containers I would not

Put these in the ground it tends to restrict the volume of peppers you get I also would not top said peppers I did a whole video on why topping Peppers does not benefit you in any way and if you want to know how to search any of my

Videos I kind of put a little plug here as to how you would search a video that I’ve made on a specific topic and that’ll help you kind of navigate stuff quickly and effectively But ultimately speaking peppers are one that can get really expensive and you’re probably

Thinking how is a habanero or a jalapeno or a chili or whatever pepper going to yield me awesome results I don’t understand what you mean if you’ve ever had a pepper plant you’d be shocked by how many peppers you can get off that one plant jalapeno plants can literally

Be hanging with fruit and what I do is I pickle my jalapenos for being able to be used in various different formats and cooking Styles but yeah pepper plants you will save a ton of cash Jalapenos in particular they produce like crazy if you want something that produces like

Crazy and has the same flavor and texture sweetness as that of a bell pepper which a bell pepper plant doesn’t produce as well try hugarian wax peppers these yellow wax peppers plants are prolific in making peppers and the peppers themselves are like a sweet totally normal tasting pepper some definite honorable mentions

That I forgot are Swiss CH rhubarb any sort of herb thyme basil rosemary you name it and lastly anything that helps you make a homemade tea these are much more flavorful when you grow them on your own and they’re very inexpensive to do so next up is carrots so carrots can

Be one of those ones where it depends on where you are but if you want carrots try growing these on your own they store for ages so over plant and just store them in your fridge they will last you until next spring I can or until your

Carrots are ready to be harvested I can promise you that but ultimately speaking they’re more flavorful uh they the flavor profile is totally different when you grow them in your own home and then they also yield wise are very very high that would be the reason why I would put

The money or the the stress into trying to grow your own carrots keep in mind that these carrots if they are the the soil is not tilled and cared for appropriately Andor cared for appropriately if it’s not fluffy if the soil is not fluffy we tend to see really

Poor growth habits with our carrots if you have compacted soil I’m going to get a lot of hate for this but I would probably wrote it to it maybe talk to me about it you can follow me on Instagram just DM me and say hey this is what my

So looks like what do I do and I’ll give you a recommendation you might need to tell once just even once can make a big difference for making sure you get nice full long carrots so something to consider definitely worth the money next up is cucumbers so cucumbers if you did not know

Incredibly prolific if you get the right ones so you can get female only flowering cuc covers I’ll put the name and these will yield higher than that of your conventionals these seeds themselves are a little bit more expensive but if we’re looking at space and whatever these are maybe the route

You want to go the other option would be to get earli or like early producers late producers you name it I would just always if you want to save money I would go for the Pickled cucumber varieties fresh eat those pickled cucumber varieties uh and then obviously harvest

The later ones if you don’t like the flavor of garden cucumbers you’re thinking to yourself okay yeah maybe they’re cheaper to grow but the taste of the Homegrown ones bitter bitter AF get the burpless burpless has no reference well it has reference to the there’s a chemical that makes people burp have a

Whole video on it get the burpless the burpless will not have that intense flavor that you do not like that bitter flavor the bitter flavor is caused by high heat and poor watering the burpless don’t care they don’t care about heat they don’t care about your watering technique and they’ll get you through

The tasty cucumber regardless of your watering habits or the climate that you live in next up is summer squash and winter squash to be honest both of these are highly prolific plants zucchini zucchini my goodness that plant will is the plant that keeps on giving Patty pan

Squash is another one a plant that just does not quit giving it just keeps giving so that would be the next one winter squashwise spaghetti egg corns butternuts they’re way cheaper to grow that one plant produces pounds of pounds of vegetables literally if you’re questioning it someone down below please

Comment one of the loyal Subs the Geck crew they’ll tell you they’ll convince you just to plant one of them you’ll be blown away the amount of fruit you can get off that thing is insane better not squash where I am squash winter squash in general is so freaking expensive it’s

Crazy no do it and they store they store without you freezing go do it squash absolutely winter squash winter summer you name it do it the last one is tomatoes so you need the Sun for this obviously um you can start these from seed obviously which would up take the

Cost of it you could also get seed starts Canadian Tire for example sells seed starts for next to nothing regardless Tomatoes you can freeze them to make them into pasta sauces um P paste fresh eats you name it and when we take into consideration the preservation

That we can do with it we tend to see the best results so absolutely 100% Tomatoes give it a shot that is kind of one of those ones where it’s like awkward as to whether or not it’s it’s saving it wouldn’t be savings if you only do fresh eat tomatoes it is savings

If you choose to preserve these long term the exception of that would be actually cherry tomatoes so cherry tomatoes fresh eats or for fresh eats in particular you’re going to see really good cost savings because Tumblers or um there’s so many varieties and so many of them are way tastier than the grocery

Store brands you can get just everyday loads containers full of these cherry tomatoes definitely something to consider so those are my crops for seeds you should start in your garden either purchasing from the nursery or planting direct sewn seeds Outdoors that will most definitely save you money compared

To that of the grocery store prices thanks for watching comment down below what fruits and vegetables you think save you money compared to the grocery store and I will talk to you guys later bye

38 Comments

  1. All of these seeds are perfect for beginners who have problems germinating seeds. All of these can be started outside except for the Peppers & Tomatoes.
    Beans – https://bit.ly/3vSzYYh
    Beets – https://bit.ly/49aqaY0

    Hungarian Wax – https://bit.ly/48JCAWO

    Carrots – https://bit.ly/3xKkALp

    Cucumber – https://bit.ly/3ScISHC

    Zuchinni – https://bit.ly/3Oi30H0

    Garuanteed a harvest squash (even cold climates) – https://bit.ly/3SylPIB

    Biggest tomatoes I have ever grown – https://bit.ly/3SwsqTS

  2. Do you have any videos on how to get rid of grass ?? I plant at a community garden and there’s lots of sections of my plot is always full of grass as it used to be a field. I do till it each year. But any suggestions to control the grass would be amazing !!

  3. Hi Ashley, this is a great video for beginners as well as all of us gardeners. I would only caution about Bush Delicata squash, it's storage time isn't great. It is delish, and well worth growing however. Blue Hubbard and all the rest of the ones you mentioned are really worth the effort too, my hubbard is still out in the barn and it's still perfect. After the lovely Arctic Blast your northerners sent us a few weeks ago, I'm very ready for Spring to come and right now I'm heating up my germination mix on my heat mat, ready to sow some things tomorrow. Keep and happy!

  4. I like peas, fresh peas are nothing like those horrible things that come in cans that my mom tried to make me eat 😂

  5. While the benefit isn't immediate, if you dont expect to be moving in the future, I'm grateful i planted asparagus seeds… took a few years before was harvestable but since they come back bigger/ wider every year i found them to be my favorite seed planting🤭
    (I originally planted them for a tall feathery backdrop behind my flowers🤭, then moved them to garden area after they got Too big n bushy for flower garden…)
    I dont know if I'm supposed to, but i harvest off them for quite awhile, not just the spring sprigs… I eat the "earlies" fresh, and pickle the rest…

  6. I am going to start growing things we eat rather than cool things everyone else is growing. So beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, asparagus and summer squash. I’ll try to use the over abundance of seeds I purchased already but then 🤷‍♀️ less is more will be the motto. Have a super weekend, Ali ☔️☔️🇨🇦

  7. I really like beets. Every year,the flea beetles destroy my beets.🙇🏻‍♂️🫤 those little criminals are my sadness.

  8. Last summer I tried growing cucumbers. Unfortunately, cucumber beetles completely destroyed my plants. I used neem oil spray but it didn't help. Any suggestion for treatment with natural solution?

  9. Oh garlic and onions still storing well in basement 50-60. Have not bought any since last summer harvest. Not to mention we harvested enough to plant and to eat. Winning!

  10. Only hybrid I grow in my garden is Sungold tomato, developed in Japan… it is an exquisite all around winner ….
    I would add Tomatillos….they add mountains to make terrific spaghetti sauce, just ask the Mexican chefs, and add to acid in tomato sauce canning….Only other thing I can add to this great video is Kale- several cold weather varieties supply you much to the end of season , and all will go into the beginnings of winter… I clone Sungolds and clip them back continuously over winter to develop hardy roots, in a grow tent with grow lights, with objective of strong roots for spring development.. Do not use soil, to avoid pests- Cocunut choir or moss…No soil!…….Thanks Ashley for your continuous learning and help to us!!!!

  11. Grew paty pans last year. I left them too long. Unfortionately they grew to the size of saucers and the skins were very tough so im sticking to the regular zucchini this year. Does any one know if you can save seeds from the packets sold at the grocery stores like Burpees? Thanks

  12. I planted two spaghetti squash this last summer. One produced 16 and the other produced 32. I also had a butternut squash plant that produced 50 squash… off of one plant. It was ridiculous. I ended up with 760 lbs of squash. It is amazing what one squash seed can end up producing!

  13. Had an amazing year of many kinds of peppers, tomatoes, pumpkin, squash and celery. I canned, froze, dehydrated and freeze dried.
    I just had the pleasure of giving over a 100 pounds of squash and pumpkin to our local Food Share. They were so happy to get the haul just after the new year when donations are down. I asked if they would take my extras next year and they said they would definitely take extra to share within our community.

  14. I have not found beets easy at all! I was told the soils in my area tend to be low in boron. The hybrid variety Kestrel will perform where others fail.

  15. Yes, tomatoes and zucchini just keep on giving. One plant and you’ll get pounds of produce! I’ve never had good yields with peppers, though. Will try the container method this year.

Write A Comment