I Rated Every Popular Garden Crop… And the Results Might Surprise You

Ever wonder why gardeners choose the crops they do? Today we’re breaking down the real reasons behind the most popular vegetables — using a 3-part rating system: ⭐ Flavour 💰 Price Savings 🌼 Function & Purpose We’re looking at 12 staple crops and ranking them based on: ✔️ How much better they actually taste homegrown ✔️ Whether they save you money in the Canadian grocery economy ✔️ What extra benefits they bring to your garden (pollination, storage, volume, nutrition) Some crops are massive money-savers. Others… are absolutely more expensive to grow than buy. And a few might totally surprise you. 📊 Crops rated in this video: Tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, carrots, lettuce, beans, squash, cucumbers, herbs, onions, strawberries, garlic. This video includes flavour breakdowns, cost comparisons using current Canadian grocery prices, and where growing your own is (or isn’t) worth it. If you love science-based gardening, Canadian-specific info, and a little dry humour — welcome to the GIC Crew. 💚 👍 Hit the HYPE button if you want more crop deep-dives! 🔔 Subscribe for weekly science-based garden videos. ➡️ And when you’re done here, watch my video on Crops That Will Actually Reduce Your Grocery Bill — it pairs perfectly with this one. Helped Design A Plant Sensor! Grab one of these here is the link: https://earthone.io/?ref=GARDENINGINCANADA For a Discount code: GARDENINGCANADA 👩‍🔬 G R A B A P L A N N E R Paperback 2024 Garden Planner: https://geni.us/1Q7xaE 📝 S T A Y I N T O U C H Website/Blog & FREE printables: https://gardeningincanada.net Instagram: www.instagram.com/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 🎉 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 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.