I Tried to Grow 650 lbs of Food in a Small Yard — Here’s What Happened

This year, I set my biggest garden goal yet: to grow 650 pounds of food in our small family yard.

Once the season was over and everything was weighed and logged, the final number came in at 520.56 pounds — not quite the goal, but a big improvement from last year.

This video is a full 2025 garden harvest recap for a small-space backyard garden.

In this video, I’m breaking down how the 2025 harvest actually played out — not crop by crop, but by ranking everything into tiers. The crops that carried the garden, the steady performers, the ones that barely showed up, and the ones that just didn’t work this year.

This isn’t about perfection or being fully self-sufficient. It’s about what growing food in a small space really looks like — the wins, the misses, and the lessons hiding in the numbers.

🌱 In this video:

Why I set a 650-pound harvest goal
How I ended up at 520 pounds instead
Which crops overperformed — and which struggled
What the harvest numbers reveal about space, effort, and return

This is the first video in my 2025 garden recap series, where I’ll dig deeper into what worked, what didn’t, and how I’m planning to improve for next season.

Thanks for watching — and if you garden in a small space too, you’re not alone.

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