--- product_id: 147655868 title: "The Family Garden Plan: Family Garden Planning Guide for Growing More Food and Harvesting Year-Round" price: "143.27 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/147655868-the-family-garden-plan-family-garden-planning-guide-for-growing store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Family Garden Plan: Family Garden Planning Guide for Growing More Food and Harvesting Year-Round **Price:** 143.27 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Family Garden Plan: Family Garden Planning Guide for Growing More Food and Harvesting Year-Round - **How much does it cost?** 143.27 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/147655868-the-family-garden-plan-family-garden-planning-guide-for-growing) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Grow a year's worth of wholesome fruits and vegetables for your family. Fifth-generation homesteader and host of the popular Pioneering Today podcast Melissa K. Norris shows you how to plan, plant, and maintain a productive garden that provides food throughout the year. Using the same methods and techniques she relies on at her own homestead, Melissa walks you through each stage of the gardening process, helping you make the most of your available space and choose the best crops for your family and growing conditions. Inside you'll learn how to: • Select the right food crops for your area and family • Plan your garden for maximum production • Protect plants from common pests and diseases naturally • Determine when fruits and vegetables are ready to harvest • Improve soil health through crop rotation and backyard composting Filled with simple-to-follow charts, worksheets, and photographs, this book provides the tools and confidence you need to grow more of your own food. Perfect for gardeners, homesteaders, and families seeking greater self-sufficiency, The Family Garden Plan helps you make the most of your garden space and enjoy good food for the people you love. Review: The Perfect Guide to Having Our Best Garden Yet!! - Melissa Norris is a fifth generation homesteader, a wealth of knowledge and experience, and a fantastic teacher. I discovered Melissa Norris, her books, podcast, and Facebook groups several years ago. I’m grateful. I’ve learned much from her. Her books are a joy to read. It’s less like reading an instruction manual or textbook, and more like chatting with a good friend. Her guidance is invaluable. Her books “Hand Made” and “The Made From Scratch Life” inspired me to step back from the chaos of modern living and get back to old-fashioned living. From mason jars to cast iron cooking, Melissa and “Pioneering Today” academy has helped me confidently embrace a simpler, more satisfying, healthier life. Her newest book, “The Family Garden Plan: Grow a Year's Worth of Sustainable and Healthy Food” is a wonderful step by step guide to help us grow a year’s worth of healthy food in our own gardens!! This book is a perfect “how-to guide” for beginners covering every aspect from planning, choosing and starting seeds, planting, maintaining your garden, and bringing in and preserving the harvest. The charts, worksheets, and photos will make it easy to plan our best garden yet. While being perfect for beginners, it’s still a great resource for more experienced gardeners. The charts and worksheets are incredibly helpful. So much information, concisely organized in an easy to read, easy to find manner. It’s a handy way to keep notes together for planning each years garden. The food needs for a year worksheet will be helpful while planning out how much food we can anticipate needing. The charts on how much to plant per person to grow a years supply and how much each plant produces on average are helpful too. We will be more likely to grow enough of what we will use, and less of things we won’t. The sections on planning your garden space has so many practical and cleaver ideas for maximizing yield with minimal space. It also discusses things to consider for best garden placement, size, shape, and even info in raised beds and vertical gardening. The section on choosing seeds is so informative. I love that Melissa uses heirloom seeds passed down through the generations within her own family. Seed saving is a practical and valuable tradition, one I hope to start. The section on crop rotation and companion planting is packed with helpful tips. I was excited to learn more about trap crops; this is when you use another plant to trap or pull threats away from your desired harvest crop. This is such a wonderful way to protect your crops from bugs, without using chemicals. Attracting pollinators makes me happy too. There is even space in the book to record your garden plans. This will make it easier while planning next years garden taking crop rotation in mind. Growing, harvesting, using, and preserving fresh herbs is one of my favorite things to do. Fresh herbs just taste better. Growing herbs is a very easy way for beginners to start and doesn’t require much skill or space. It’s refreshing to see an informative section on medicinal herbs. As a herbalist, I’m so glad this is included in this book!! Growing your own herbs is a wonderful way to become more self-reliant and self-sufficient. I’m eagerly going through this book. I’m starting to plan our garden based on our needs. I’ll be putting in more raised beds this year. This book has brought some concerns to my attention I had previously overlooked. This book is already helping me avoid making costly and inconvenient mistakes in my garden planning. Having a place to record information will be a nice time saver in future years, I can do my research once, then next year I’ll still have it all in one easy to find place. Of course, I’ll make updates as needed. I plan to use this resource as a guidebook and workbook. It will become a nice piece of our family history to pass on to the next generation, hopefully along with some of our own saved heirloom seeds. Review: Great Gardening Reference - Full disclosure, I was part of the pre-release launch group of The Family Garden Plan. I loved this as an ebook then and waited not so patiently for the actual book to arrive after the release date. I love the way Melissa K Norris gives examples of what she is writing about. I have read a lot of gardening and food preservation books and know more then the basics, but very rarely have I made it through a whole book because of sheer boredom. This book is very different. It walks the reader through every step of growing more food for your family. The format provides a guide for each reader versus a one garden fits all. There are many reasons to buy this book. Melissa adds a personal touch to the reference material that she clearly writes about. She begins by engaging her readers in self discovery of their family's own food needs. By doing this, she makes each chapter as individual as each reader. The Family Garden Plan educates both novice and experienced gardeners in things like gardening zones and micro climates, planning a garden, seed starting, and choosing which type of gardening fits best. The information doesn't stop there. Norris covers caring for your soil from seed to harvest and then ways to preserve the harvest that you have lovingly grown. One of my favorite parts are the many charts that are included. After filling out the " food needs for a year" chart I know how much of each vegetable we eat. This chart along with the "how many vegetables to plant" and other worksheets gives me a good idea of the amount of plants and the best way to get them all in. I highly recommend The Family Garden Plan. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #102,929 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #82 in Vegetable Gardening #89 in Organic & Sustainable Gardening & Horticulture #1,048 in Home Improvement & Design Books | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,705 Reviews | ## Images ![The Family Garden Plan: Family Garden Planning Guide for Growing More Food and Harvesting Year-Round - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Nidxa4ZeL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Perfect Guide to Having Our Best Garden Yet!! *by S***E on January 8, 2020* Melissa Norris is a fifth generation homesteader, a wealth of knowledge and experience, and a fantastic teacher. I discovered Melissa Norris, her books, podcast, and Facebook groups several years ago. I’m grateful. I’ve learned much from her. Her books are a joy to read. It’s less like reading an instruction manual or textbook, and more like chatting with a good friend. Her guidance is invaluable. Her books “Hand Made” and “The Made From Scratch Life” inspired me to step back from the chaos of modern living and get back to old-fashioned living. From mason jars to cast iron cooking, Melissa and “Pioneering Today” academy has helped me confidently embrace a simpler, more satisfying, healthier life. Her newest book, “The Family Garden Plan: Grow a Year's Worth of Sustainable and Healthy Food” is a wonderful step by step guide to help us grow a year’s worth of healthy food in our own gardens!! This book is a perfect “how-to guide” for beginners covering every aspect from planning, choosing and starting seeds, planting, maintaining your garden, and bringing in and preserving the harvest. The charts, worksheets, and photos will make it easy to plan our best garden yet. While being perfect for beginners, it’s still a great resource for more experienced gardeners. The charts and worksheets are incredibly helpful. So much information, concisely organized in an easy to read, easy to find manner. It’s a handy way to keep notes together for planning each years garden. The food needs for a year worksheet will be helpful while planning out how much food we can anticipate needing. The charts on how much to plant per person to grow a years supply and how much each plant produces on average are helpful too. We will be more likely to grow enough of what we will use, and less of things we won’t. The sections on planning your garden space has so many practical and cleaver ideas for maximizing yield with minimal space. It also discusses things to consider for best garden placement, size, shape, and even info in raised beds and vertical gardening. The section on choosing seeds is so informative. I love that Melissa uses heirloom seeds passed down through the generations within her own family. Seed saving is a practical and valuable tradition, one I hope to start. The section on crop rotation and companion planting is packed with helpful tips. I was excited to learn more about trap crops; this is when you use another plant to trap or pull threats away from your desired harvest crop. This is such a wonderful way to protect your crops from bugs, without using chemicals. Attracting pollinators makes me happy too. There is even space in the book to record your garden plans. This will make it easier while planning next years garden taking crop rotation in mind. Growing, harvesting, using, and preserving fresh herbs is one of my favorite things to do. Fresh herbs just taste better. Growing herbs is a very easy way for beginners to start and doesn’t require much skill or space. It’s refreshing to see an informative section on medicinal herbs. As a herbalist, I’m so glad this is included in this book!! Growing your own herbs is a wonderful way to become more self-reliant and self-sufficient. I’m eagerly going through this book. I’m starting to plan our garden based on our needs. I’ll be putting in more raised beds this year. This book has brought some concerns to my attention I had previously overlooked. This book is already helping me avoid making costly and inconvenient mistakes in my garden planning. Having a place to record information will be a nice time saver in future years, I can do my research once, then next year I’ll still have it all in one easy to find place. Of course, I’ll make updates as needed. I plan to use this resource as a guidebook and workbook. It will become a nice piece of our family history to pass on to the next generation, hopefully along with some of our own saved heirloom seeds. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Gardening Reference *by A***R on January 15, 2020* Full disclosure, I was part of the pre-release launch group of The Family Garden Plan. I loved this as an ebook then and waited not so patiently for the actual book to arrive after the release date. I love the way Melissa K Norris gives examples of what she is writing about. I have read a lot of gardening and food preservation books and know more then the basics, but very rarely have I made it through a whole book because of sheer boredom. This book is very different. It walks the reader through every step of growing more food for your family. The format provides a guide for each reader versus a one garden fits all. There are many reasons to buy this book. Melissa adds a personal touch to the reference material that she clearly writes about. She begins by engaging her readers in self discovery of their family's own food needs. By doing this, she makes each chapter as individual as each reader. The Family Garden Plan educates both novice and experienced gardeners in things like gardening zones and micro climates, planning a garden, seed starting, and choosing which type of gardening fits best. The information doesn't stop there. Norris covers caring for your soil from seed to harvest and then ways to preserve the harvest that you have lovingly grown. One of my favorite parts are the many charts that are included. After filling out the " food needs for a year" chart I know how much of each vegetable we eat. This chart along with the "how many vegetables to plant" and other worksheets gives me a good idea of the amount of plants and the best way to get them all in. I highly recommend The Family Garden Plan. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Perfect Addition to Your Garden Library! *by V***A on January 13, 2020* I've been a fan of Melissa K. Norris for several years after finding her podcast (Pioneering Today Podcast, check it out if you're into homesteading, gardening, self-sufficiency, etc!) I have her other books, "The Made-from-Scratch Life" and "Hand Made" so I was very excited when I heard she was releasing another book. I put myself in the "beginner" category when it comes to gardening, but I have no doubt you will learn something new even if you've been gardening for decades. Not only does Melissa's book have an incredible value, but she also has awesome bonuses for those that order! Here are some of my favorite parts of the book: 1) Microclimate descriptions with her home illustration. This was a fave because I'm a visual learner and appreciated the opportunity to see how you have implemented microclimates on her homestead. I've heard Melissa talk about it on her podcast multiple times but it was helpful to "see it in person". 2) "No matter how many times I've grown the same crop or raised a garden, I learn something new every year and season. A garden will teach you many lessons and some of them are about food." Sometimes I get so hard on myself for failure or I get upset when something doesn't go as planned. *recovering perfectionist* so hearing about the constant learning even by an experienced gardener is super comforting and something I have to remind myself of over and over. 3) I'm going to just group ALL of the charts as my other favorite part of this book. I can't tell you how invaluable this is. I've tried to come up with my own system the last time I had my little garden and I was just completely overwhelmed and it flopped. Having everything I need to track already done up for me is a huge blessing and something that will give me more "brain space" and not have to reinvent the wheel. If you want to start a garden, no matter how big or small. You need to get your hands on this book. Not only is the book incredible, but the charts and bonuses themselves make this book worth it! I will be referring to this book often in the yeas to come! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/147655868-the-family-garden-plan-family-garden-planning-guide-for-growing](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/147655868-the-family-garden-plan-family-garden-planning-guide-for-growing) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-10-17*