Perennials are the lazy man’s garden hack. That’s how you build a garden that feeds you without constantly starting over. Annuals (like tomatoes or lettuce) live for one season. You plant, harvest, and replant every year. Perennials (like asparagus, rhubarb, strawberries, herbs, and many fruit trees) come back on their own, year after year. Once they’re established, perennials take less maintenance, need fewer inputs, and keep producing often for decades. For homesteaders, that’s free food secur