Yearly Food Self-Sufficiency Planner
Pick the foods your household actually eats, how often, and how much per person — and see exactly how much to grow or keep, plus how to store it to last the whole year.
Build Your Plan
This is a growing library — more foods are being added in batches over time. Figures are estimates from reference data, not guarantees; your own yields will vary with variety, climate, and growing conditions.
Full guide, more detail, and a printable version at https://hollyshomestead.com.au/tools/yearly-food-self-sufficiency-planner.html
Add a food above to start building your plan.
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How the Numbers Work
Each food item uses a researched figure rather than one shared formula for everything: vegetables are calculated by how many plants fit per square metre, fruit and nut trees by average yield per mature tree, and animal products by per-animal annual output. A 20% buffer is added by default to every calculation to account for spoilage, a bad season, or simple appetite variation — adjust it above if you want to plan tighter or with more headroom.
Storage guidance underneath each item reflects method-by-method duration — fridge, root cellar or cool dark storage, freezing, and where relevant, specific preservation methods like canning or pickling — rather than a single vague "store in a cool place" note.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why isn't every food on the site in this tool yet?
Each item needs checked yield and storage data rather than a generic guess, so this tool is being built out in batches over time. More foods, including more vegetables, fruit trees, and animals, are being added progressively.
What does the buffer percentage actually do?
It adds a safety margin on top of your raw calculated need, to account for spoilage, losses, a poor season, or simply eating more than planned. It defaults to 20%, a reasonable starting point, but you can set it to whatever feels right for your situation.
How is a fruit tree calculated differently to a vegetable?
Vegetables are calculated by growing area, since you can simply grow more in a given season. Fruit and nut trees are calculated by tree count instead, using average yield per mature tree, since a tree takes years to establish and you can't simply "grow more" of an existing tree the way you can with an annual crop.
Are these figures guaranteed?
No - they're estimates from reference data. Actual yields vary with variety, climate, soil, seasonal conditions, and how the plant or animal is managed. Use this as a planning starting point, not a guarantee.