Perennial Vegetables: Edible Crops That Come Back Every Year (with Michalina Hunter)

Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping · Apr 7, 2026 · 38m

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In this episode, I chat with Michalina Hunter, founder of Cicada Seeds, about edible perennial crops.

We explore:

Ways to use perennial vegetables in a home-garden setting

Why perennial vegetables are a game-changer for sustainable gardening

Top crops for home gardeners

Michalina’s top recommendations for home gardeners

And we also take a tangent to discuss an interesting tomato that Michalina introduced, the ‘Venus of Willendorf’ tomato…