Plant These 7 Perennial Crops Once and Harvest for Decades

Описание: During the Middle Ages, European monks mastered a farming system modern agriculture abandoned. They planted vegetables once and harvested them for 20 to 50 years using perennial crops that never needed yearly replanting.
From 800 AD to the 1700s, monastery gardens across Europe depended on these forgotten perennial vegetables for long-term survival and food security. These were not rare plants — they were everyday staples.
The seven most important perennial crops were:
• Asparagus – productive for up to 25 years
• Good King Henry – a true perpetual spinach
• Skirret – a royal sweet root before sugar existed
• Lovage – a 20-year alternative to celery
• Rhubarb – harvested for 50+ years
• Artichokes – endlessly renewed through division
• Horseradish – virtually impossible to remove once planted
Historical farming records and archaeological evidence show these crops provided higher nutrition, required almost no yearly inputs, and created real food independence.
So why were they replaced?
This video explores how industrial agriculture shifted society from perennial self-reliance to annual seed dependency, and how you can reintroduce these forgotten crops into your own garden today — just as medieval monasteries once did.
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