Gardens are a great thing to get into, but for many folks, they find themselves a bit overwhelmed with the amount of work required to grow real abundance. Some people love being out in the garden, while others may find it tedious and constant. Perhaps what the later folks haven’t realized is that there are plenty of plants that more or less look after themselves.

In permaculture, there is the ongoing search for perennial food producers. Those are the plants that come back year after year without the garden have to do much more than harvest the food. These are great components to an abundant garden for lazy farmers. The other trick is to choose annual plants that grow well on their own and possibly even plant themselves for the next go round.

With a list of these kinds of plants, a productive garden is within reach without doing much more than reaping the rewards.