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These 8 Vegetables Saved Me $600 This Year

I destroyed $800 of perennial vegetables because I thought they were dead. They weren't. Here's how to avoid my expensive mistake. My neighbor Sharon planted asparagus in 2003. She hasn't bought asparagus once in 22 years. Meanwhile I've bought it 87 times at $5.99 per pound because nobody told me vegetables could be perennial. You plant them once. They come back every spring for 20 years. Some get bigger each year. I'm now growing 10 perennials and my seed budget dropped from $85 per year to $12 per year. That's $1,460 saved over 20 years. This sounds too good to be true until you realize I made every mistake possible getting here. I harvested asparagus too early in year two and set back production by 2 years. I planted Jerusalem artichokes next to tomatoes and they shaded out 12 plants worth $80. I killed my first rhubarb with a mulch volcano. I spent 40 hours digging out invasive horseradish roots. My HOA president threatened fines until I proved my walking onions were technically ornamental. You'll learn the 10 vegetables that come back automatically: asparagus, rhubarb, Jerusalem artichokes, walking onions, sorrel, lovage, horseradish, Good King Henry, sea kale, and Caucasian spinach. All work in zones 3 through 9. Some take 4 years to produce. Others spread aggressively and need containment. I'll show you planting depths, spacing requirements, and the 3 mistakes that cost me $220 in losses. My asparagus is now on year 4 producing 14 pounds per season worth $83. My rhubarb gives me 9 pounds annually. My Jerusalem artichokes produce 40 pounds of tubers from a 5-tuber planting. Neighbor Dave watched me struggle for years. He asked for divisions last month because store asparagus hit $7.99 per pound. Now he's a believer. Subscribe for more ways to cut gardening costs. Drop your zone in comments. Tell me which perennial sounds worth trying. COMMENT PROMPTS: Has anyone successfully contained Jerusalem artichokes or horseradish? Drop your zone and strategy below. Which sounds crazy enough you'd actually try? Team Asparagus for patient people, Team Jerusalem Artichokes for chaos agents, or Team Walking Onions for surprises. Comment your choice and zone. #PerennialVegetables #SaveMoney #Homesteading