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Seeds for a survival garden

Kevin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:56:27 +0000

Lets talk about stockpiling seeds and the value of having the ability to plant a survival garden. Stockpiling food - dried rice, beans, canned goods - is fine and dandy, but that is a none renewable resource. When you eat that can of beans, are you going to plant the can, and maybe it will sprout a canned bean plant, for you to pick more cans off of? I don't think do. Stockpiling food provides a family with a limited food source. Having a garden can provide an unlimited source of food. 2,000+ years ago, did the Romans and Egyptians have canned foods and mylar bags? Nope, they raised what they wanted to eat. What about the Greeks and the Chinese, did they have mylar bags full of rice and beans? Nope, they raised what they ate. There is nothing wrong with stockpiling food. It appears to me that a lot of survivalist put more focus on stockpiling a limited food source, then on learning how to develop an unlimited food source.

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The best survival crop

Kevin — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:43:01 +0000

There is a discussion on the forum about the best survival crop. In other words, if you were going to stockpile seeds, what type of seed would you focus on. Or if you were going to grow 1 crop, what would it be? Some of the suggestions in the thread were - corn, beans, peas, greens, peppers, bell peppers, potatoes,,,,,,. In my opinion, one of the best seeds to stock up on are greens: Turnip greens Rutabaga Mustard Greens Radishes Onions Spinach You might also be interested in:

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Home Grown Onions

Kevin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:20 +0000

Out of all of the crops that I have grown, onions have probably been the easiest. They can be grown from seeds or transplanted as sprouts. Onions are pretty tolerant of soil conditions, pest and diseases. That makes them a perfect choice for a home garden. One of the more popular onions are the 10-15Y. The 10-15 stands for the date that the onion seed should be planted - October 15th. The "Y" stands for Yellow - as in Yellow Onion.

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Patio Gardening Project 3rd Update

Kevin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:22:08 +0000

Patio Gardening Project Episode 4 – The first set of radishes that were planted 3 weeks ago are coming along nicely. The second set of radish leaves have sprouted, and the bigger leaves are about 2 inches across. The Spinach has not done too much of anything. The onions have come along nicely with about…

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Home grown onions

Kevin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:00:47 +0000

Home grown onions are an easy item to grow. Even for those gardeners that have a black thumb and kill everything they touch, onions should still be able to live through the touch of death. The way onions grow, they have several shoots that come off the main root. These shoots develop sugars, which then go into the bulb and help the bulb grow. When the shoots start to die, that is a sign that the sugars are going into the root ball.

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How to feed a family

Kevin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:55:10 +0000

These days people are not only worried about this house note, or their electric bill, they are also worried about something much more basic – and that is food. There is hardly anything that grieves a mothers heart more, then to open a kitchen cabinet, and it be empty. An economic report from February 2009…

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Planting a fall garden

Kevin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:50:33 +0000

A fall garden should be a serious consideration for any survivalist. Spring and summer crops are one thing, but late season crops deserve special consideration. Examples of cool weather and cold weather crops are – Cabbage, turnips, rutabagas, mustard greens and onions. Garlic should be a consideration as well. Rutabagas: After world war 2, the…

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