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Our main staples in Trinidad and Tobago are rice and flour. Most of our lunch menus are rice plus something with some form of meat or fish, and breakfasts and dinners are flour and a side. Producing your own staples can make a significant impact on the money spent on groceries each month by reducing the expenditure on rice, flour and other flour based products e.g. bread, bake etc.

This can be achieved by planting some root crops. These may include yam, cassava, dasheen, potato, sweet potato, beet root, just to name a few.

With very little effort you can have your very own self-sufficient staples garden in your yard. Here you will see all the crops that can be grown in Trinidad and Tobago.

For a detailed guide on growing different root crops you can click here and look under  “Root Crop Unit”.

I have already planted cassava and dasheen. Let us know what you intend to cultivate.