An important aspect of becoming self-reliant is to grow at least some of your own food. Today, you can choose to grow your own or pick it up at the market. Tomorrow you may have to depend on what you can produce in your own backyard to feed your family.
A dependable survival garden requires good design and practice. In this video, we will share with you why we think you should grow a survival garden and how to overcome some of the challenges that may prevent you from producing a bumper crop when you need it most.
This video was created based on the information in our post:
Best Strategies for Growing a Reliable Survival Garden
You may also be interested in some of these posts from The Provident Prepper:
How to Create a Survival Food Forest in Your Own Backyard
How to Build a Long Term Food Supply
Long Term Food Storage: Creative Solutions to Build a Critical Asset
3 Months Supply of Food Amazing Peace of Mind
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Our friend, Tom Bartels, is a master organic gardener. If you are ready to get serious about growing your own food in your backyard check out Tom’s incredible workshops at:
https://growfoodwell.lpages.co/springcovidpro/
Once you understand how to “Align the Design” of your garden with what plants actually need to thrive, you’ll work half as much, while getting twice the yields. Tom Bartels from GrowFoodWell.com is giving away some of his best secrets for growing carrots, nutrient-dense greens, and is offering a major discount on his video workshops to help home gardeners in this difficult time.
I consider myself a skilled gardener. This year our ability to grow our own food matters more than ever. Jonathan and I decided to purchase Tom’s class to see if we could learn tips to help ensure our success. It was a great investment. The classes are incredible!
We were so impressed that we contacted Tom and asked if we could work with him to help get this class to our viewers. It was worth every penny that we paid for it. Seriously, if you want to learn how to grow your own food in your backyard successfully and inexpensively, this class is worth your time and every penny!
Thanks for being part of the solution!
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Asparagus is another good perennial vegetable. Also artichoke, horseradish, and rhubarb (usually treated as a culinary fruit).
Forget the fence, buy a gun and a big dog. If you share food with some you will have them return, and their neighbors, friends and their neighbors and friends. BE QUIET ABOUT YOUR FOOD STORAGE!
I am finding crops that can be sown in late fall. The seeds will sit dormant all winter and germinate when the annual weed seed are germinating.
Brassicas, carrots, parsnips…
Depending on growing zone, beets as well.
One year I tried to grow zucchini, and dreaded squash bugs came over from the neighboring pumpkin fields and continually destroyed all my zucchini at our old house, no matter what I did!
I love growing perennial herbs, they have been my only successes as a novice gardener LOL
This is important video to watch…now we know that virus can be national problem and we should be prepare for the worst…expecially food storage
Who woulda thought it would be a global pandemic. Help us, Jesus!
The only problem with this is that your 'assuming' that everyone in your audience has grown veggies BEFORE. What is the advise for someone whose never grown a darn thing? What should they start with? You talk about 'failure is not an option' but gardens do fail… what veggies would you recommend to the beginner? You know those that grow no matter whose growing it or WHERE they're growing it…
Boy oh boy .. if you'd known how important this information would suddenly become ^_^
Yo 2020 coronavirus times apocalyptic preparers wya?
I just love your channel you guys do a wonderful job you should have your own cable show. Can you give me a list of what would be the best perennial to plant in northern California
Thank you both for what you do you are vantastic
I miss growing up in a home on an acre of land surrounded by forest and more recently .25 acre home we rented but since moved away. Tons of gardening opportunities both locations compared to living in track housing. Now trying to make best use of much less space here until we move away to targeted retirement area in just a few years. Thanks for the solid tips.
Imagine how stable life would be if decades ago every home owner and home renter grew a minimum of one food tree and at least one productive raised bed per person in the household. In USA that'd be 138+ million emergency food sources provided the soil is good, water is plentiful, and the grower is competent. No need to worry about thieves bc food would be plentiful and abundant. Downside is gophers probably be more plentiful too with so much food to choose from :p
Love your family's videos. Thx for such good info. Subscribed 🙂
I'm trying to get ready for rona shortages lol
Watch my no till video
Jerusalem artichokes would be the most amazing survival crop of all time if not for………their dark side.
Thanks for your work!
You left out zombie apocalypse and I don’t appreciate that
Wonderful information, thank you.
That list of possible scenarios was very close to exactly what we are in now. Just short of an E.M.P.
fantastic video!
Yes sir finally got my garden planted today. Its about 3 weeks late because we been getting a lot of rain this year. My wife loves to can veggies. We been putting a garden out for about 15 yrs now but this year's garden is twice the size we normally put out
Food prices are going up higher this year than ever. 3 things I'm a ferm believer in is
1 garden n canning
2 have a backup power supply and 3 hunting and home defense weapons
How do you do this with no money?
Funny to me that all the "survival" books I own don't mention gardening, just some real simple foraging tips maybe here and there. Stocked up on some seed banks, canning materials and gardening books for my zone recently. New subscriber 🤘✌
The views are gunna start rolling in soon
I had to laugh at the list of Possible Scenarios… this video was put up three years ago and EVERY possibility you listed has come true. Brilliant on your part to have such foresight. Love your channel!