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Plant some corn and green peppers and tomatoes and onions and Zucchini squash in the back yard
Just a few pepper plants and tomato plants will easily produce enough for your family
I saw tomato plants planted close to green Bell peppers in South Florida waaay back by a young assistant County Agent on his own farm acreage - tomatos tied to the pepper plants
The only fertilizer he used he got a local area dairies - for free - he borrowed our dump truck and got 3 dried loads of manure in an afternoon with 2 of his cousins doing the shoveling
His whole crop brought top dollar at the huge Farmer’s Market and when he quit picking (beacause of lower late yields) he let the FFA and anyone else come and “glean”, wash, and pack them for themselves to use
I brought 5 Vo-Ag students out there in my convertible when I was in HS because the FFA truck was full of FFA boys already!
My reward: 10 hampers of Little Yellow Crookneck Squash (washed and individually wrapped in the field), Bell Peppers, and green beans (green beans always brought big bucks) - a restaurant chef on the Federal Highway was thrilled to get fresh vegetables for his tourist and locals customers - He gave me $15 a hamper
Not too shabby for an afternoon’s work back when gasoline was cheap - but then the Feds & state did not grab a huge hunk for sales taxes on gas then
It nearly paid for my half of the convertible my older brother (by then in college) bought together and had re-painted a subtle “Fire Engine Red”
[Just a few pepper plants and tomato plants will easily produce enough for your family]
Um, yes.
I have lost my interest in gardening other than some flowers and hanging baskets.
Pinto beans grow great green beans. Put some in a large pot with a pole to grow on and YOU will have plenty.
You sound like a true hustler!
I hope nobody here underestimates the potential for serious food shortages. Crop losses are happening all over, including here in the US.