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Re: Nine survival gardening crops to grow

By: Decomposed in GARD | Recommend this post (0)
Mon, 20 Feb 23 7:42 AM | 197 view(s)
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The video made me laugh because, from the start, I can see that the blogger's "post apocalyptic" effort is doomed. His urban neighbors will surely raid the garden and steal every single thing it produces! But...

A summary. His emphasis is on calories and nutritional density.

1) The humble bean. Direct sowing is best (don't transplant). Preserve, dry, storable for many years.
2) Corn. Either the normal "off the stalk" variety, or "Dent Corn" which can dry on the stalk for corn meal or flour.
3) Squash. Nutritionally great. Helps keep the soil moist. Stores well.
4) Cabbage. Easy to grow. Retains its nutrients even when it's cooked. Great raw, preserved or cooked. Cold tolerant. Not calorically dense but pretty nutritionally dense.
5) Potatoes. You could live (for a while) on potatoes ALONE. The blogger recommends the Norland Red variety. Potato fields will reseed themselves. Grow them via grow bags, 5-gallon buckets, raised beds both with and without hilling, in-ground both with and without hilling.
6) Kale. (High in vitamin K, which I can't eat Sad ) Extremely nutritionally dense. Cold tolerant. Stores well when chipped and dried.
7) Sweet potatoes. The greens are edible. The tubers can be huge and still be edible. Great storing. Good sugar. Good calories and nutrients. Probably wouldn't work in New England's short growing season.
8 ) Lentil (a legume). Grows in 110 days. Preserve by drying. High in calories and protein.
9) Grow a ton of herbs. Rosemary, Lavender, Basil, Dill, Thyme, Oregano, Sage. (I grow chives in my garden... which has a side benefit of helping to ward off certain insect pests.) And I grow mint. Both plants are extremely hardy and live through the cold New Hampshire winters.




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Nine survival gardening crops to grow
By: CTJ in GARD
Sun, 19 Feb 23 5:03 AM 		Msg. 00022 of 00027

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