Survival Gardening Part 1 peak oil, food storage, TSHTF
In a new series of video we discuss and will show methods of gardening “when it counts.” The first 3 short videos detail some of the pitfalls and perils to the common survival/preparedness thinking of “when my storage food runs out I’ll just grow a garden.” Intermixed throughout the first three videos are also invaluable tips on gardening and food production for the homestead, survival retreat or backyard in suburbia. The first step in planning to truly grow your own food is to recognize the …
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it’s possible . You just gatta build a shades over it. …
gardening in florida in the summer months is downright impossible
hey man i agree with you. advertiseing about your defensce situation destroys every element of surprise. wich is esential during civil unrest hungry people do not think clearly and act on impulse.keep up the great videos.how did the soybean experiment go?
Great video, I have been having no luck at all with corn in my second or first year of gardening.
On the other hand my squash have been kicking ass! Check out Kabucha, you can store it for months after havesting. IMHO it is a potential ultimate survival plant that is really under-rated.
Read my blog brother, LOTS of group related articles. Just because someone doesn’t make videos with a balaclava on and a voice changer bitc%ing about the NWO doesn’t mean they don’t have a well thought out defense plan.
Just because they don’t blather on about “militias” doesn’t mean they don’t have like minded friends. As I said in the below comment, sometimes you have to read between the lines for Opsec sake 
In a truly post-apocalyptic/economic post-collapse scenario you still have to deal with people. Arable land requires a stable society. Property won’t be possible without the force to keep it. Short of staying up all night with a .50 cal,, and another guy on a Barrett, you’ll never harvest this crop… And forget it if militia or bandits want your food. The Neolithic model of survival requires groups. Hey, post-apocalpyse scenarios are fun, but if it comes to this, I think it’s game over…
Why would anyone be foolish enough to assume that someone who has had the foresight to prepare on this level would not have multiple options for defense, have trained extensively, be properly equipped etc. Or do you think I’m some idiot “earth worshipper” who voted for Obama and doesn’t like guns? Come on guy wake up and read between the lines. Just because someone doesn’t blather on about guns, defense, etc. doesn’t mean they aren’t prepared for that. It’s called OPSEC …..
This is what hungry people will take so unless you are an army this will attract the hordes!!!
Squawking Bird says put a fish beneath the kernel of maize when planting…
“You know why Ed McMahon wont come to your house?, its because he is dead.”
You can use grass clippings to add nitrogen to the soil and help keep the weeds down. I have an old man powered lawn mower to cut grass with so I don’t need gas or electric to collect grass. Also plant squash in with your beans and corn to shade the soil and help retain moisture.
you know why ed micman will not come to you house
BECAUSE HE IS DEAD
Yep. This is covered pretty succinctly in later videos.
But weeds sap nutrients from your soil so it’s best to pluck them so the food plants can use all available nutrient. Also rotate your crops, don’t grow the same product in the same area.
Gardening is great, but what about foraging? There are a ton of mythical or as yet undiscovered roots and herbs the world needs to know about.
REVIVAL!
Yep gotta rev up the old Gomer er compost pit I mean. Just rebuilt mine during the last two days. It’s now 11 concert blocks long and four deep divided into two bins. Course every time I rebuild it, it gets bigger. I need to go recycling again.
There’s a pile of blocks, rubbish and grass clippings down the street by the old abandoned RR track. I figure I’ll take the cart and a big garbage bag, load up the cart with clippings, add three blocks and the bag of garbage.
Lazy man’s load !
it doesn’t matter if you’re liberal or conservative, these are skills we need to know (esp some of the food skills that you talk about in later vids (6-8?)
Not to mention the only thing they are good for is nitrogen fixing, for eating they are nearly useless. Full of anti-nutrients, and actually cause all sorts of health problems in both humans and animals. I’m sticking to stuff that isn’t likely to be contaminated by GMOs, namely corn and soy. I am going to prefer other grains to corn, it is much too soil depleting. Ever consider non-mainstream grains like buckwheat or Quinoa? I’m experimenting to see what will yield the most with least work.
The soybeans were largely a waste planting them in with the corn.
Do you plant the corn and the soybeans together at the same time, or plant the soy after? Thanks.
ok. i’ll go watch them in a bit. I was going to take a few plaits of plan old top soil and put into the garden to try and loosen it up. then put some potting soil and fertilizer in there and see what that does.
I thank you for you time and wish you a blessed and prosperous day. god bless you.
I’ve just always used 10-10-10 Watch some of the later videos for soil improvement techniques. The commercial fertilizer will help feed the plants but it won’t do much to improve the soil, you’ll need to do things to improve the soil texture and composition also.
cool so ill say 4 years and call it good. about how much would you use for half an acre also what are the advantages of 10-10-10 over 13-13-13 I live in western TN and the dirt isn’t great. I’m not new to gardening but am newer for ferts and soil makeup and stuff. thanks for any help you can give me. great vids too.
Buy the bags that are inside the store- i.e, didn’t get wet. The fertilizer will get wet even through the plastic bag. We are rotating 2 year old 10-10-10 and it’s working great. I would assume 5 year if kept dry and out of sunlight.
does fertilizer have a good shelf life? and will 13-13-13 be any good to stock up on?