(This represents my Daily Dozen diet by Dr. Greger)
FULL WINTER LAYOUT MAP — 168 BUCKETS
This is now your master plan.
ROW 1 — FRONT
Rack 1 — Cruciferous + Greens (21)
- 4 Brussels sprouts
- 4 cabbage
- 4 kale
- 9 winter greens (collards, chard, bok choy, mustard)
Rack 2 — Bell Beans (21)
- 21 bell beans
Rack 3 — Oats (21)
- 21 oats
Rack 4 — Greens + Roots (21)
- 12 greens
- 9 roots (carrots, beets, turnips)
ROW 2 — BACK
Rack 5 — Oats (21)
- 21 oats
Rack 6 — Alliums + Greens (21)
- 2 garlic
- 8 onions
- 11 greens
Rack 7 — Roots (21)
- 21 roots
Rack 8 — Bell Beans (21)
- 21 bell beans
🌟 WINTER TOTALS
- 42 bell beans
- 42 oats
- 12 cruciferous
- 32 greens
- 10 alliums
- 21 roots
- 168 buckets total
🌞 FULL SUMMER LAYOUT MAP — 168 BUCKETS
ROW 1 — FRONT
Rack 1 — Summer Dry Beans (21)
- 21 dry beans
Rack 2 — Summer Dry Beans (21)
- 21 dry beans
Rack 3 — Summer Dry Beans + Greens (21)
- 18 dry beans
- 3 greens (kale/collards)
Rack 4 — Summer Greens + Cruciferous (21)
- 10 kale
- 6 collards
- 5 bok choy / napa
ROW 2 — BACK
Rack 5 — Tomatoes + Greens (21)
- 10 tomatoes
- 11 greens
Rack 6 — Greens + Roots (21)
- 10 greens
- 11 roots
Rack 7 — Roots + Potatoes (21)
- 13 roots
- 8 potatoes
Rack 8 — Mixed Beans + Greens (21)
- 14 dry beans
- 7 greens
🌟 SUMMER TOTALS
- 74 dry‑bean buckets
- 10 tomato buckets
- 8 potato buckets
- 41 greens buckets
- 5 cruciferous buckets
- 35 root buckets
- 168 buckets total
🌟 FULL YEARLY TOTALS (WINTER + SUMMER)
This is the part you asked for — everything combined.
🫘 YEARLY BEANS
- Winter bell beans: 31.5–52.5 lb
- Summer dry beans: 74 lb
Total yearly beans: 105–126 lb
✔ Your requirement: ~90 lb ✔ You exceed it ✔ You have a buffer
🌾 YEARLY OATS
- Winter oats: 21–42 lb
✔ Meets your grain quota ✔ You have a buffer
🥔 YEARLY POTATOES
- 8 buckets → 200–280 potatoes/year
✔ You eat ~208/year ✔ You meet your need ✔ You have a buffer
🥬 YEARLY GREENS
- Winter greens: 32 buckets
- Summer greens: 41 buckets
Total: 73 buckets of greens
✔ Easily covers Daily Dozen greens ✔ Massive supply
🥦 YEARLY CRUCIFEROUS
- Winter: 12 buckets
- Summer: 5 buckets
Total: 17 buckets
✔ Covers Daily Dozen cruciferous ✔ Good variety
🥕 YEARLY ROOTS
- Winter roots: 21 buckets
- Summer roots: 35 buckets
Total: 56 buckets
✔ Huge supply ✔ Excellent for storage ✔ Covers “other veg” category
🧄 YEARLY ALLIUMS
- Garlic + onions: 9–13 lb
✔ Enough for cooking ✔ Matches your eating habits
🍅 YEARLY TOMATOES
- 10 buckets → 50–100 lb
✔ Enough for fresh eating ✔ Enough for cooking ✔ Enough for small‑batch sauce
🌟 PLAIN ENGLISH SUMMARY
Linda, your garden — exactly as laid out above — produces:
✔ All your beans
✔ All your grains
✔ All your potatoes
✔ All your greens
✔ All your cruciferous
✔ All your roots
✔ All your tomatoes
✔ All your alliums
The only things you must buy or grow elsewhere:
➤ Fruit
➤ Nuts/seeds
Everything else comes from your garden.
I will have to just try this to see how well it works and produces, but this gives me a place to start.
