Survival Gardening Part 1 peak oil, food storage, TSHTF

Great Stuff! I wish I had some property to plant some apple trees and have a decent garden.
right now I have a small raised garden bed and some pots for green bean growing.
Also, thanks for pointing out that there are bird sounds in the back of your video - I was confused at how I was hearing bird sounds at 11PM outside my house. doggone good stereo spekers i have.

we are living in the dark ages. watch the BBC documentary 'a farm for the future' to understand why.
pay particular attention to when they mention crop yields of permaculture farming (hint, they are high, especially when in the light of it's energy input which is close to 0). there is a possible future for humankind but it will require a massive cultural shift. the documentary is on google video in full. good luck

rotate the area's year to year and I let clover regrow over places where heavy feeders were as corn or cabage group -I also use peas to help those area's recover - compost and used rabbit bedding straw -the rabbit are great with clean up of trimmings or a trellis full of vines -litter is a excellent furtilizer used very sparingly -the straw slowes evaperation in our very hot dry summers keeping the soil cool and mosit for roots of plants-a few weeds are okay,,sometimes helpful even !!

you can calculate how much water this holds, maybe only 2000 gallons? that would water a garden ( no rain) for awhile…here in california it would not take me thru a 5 month dry spell…,that said - it is a great idea!

Gene Logden has a book called "Homesteading", where he tells how a family of 4 can be sustained on about an acre. Alas, my dog ate the book one day when I had to work late. Soil is a project, for sure. Cover crops, compost etc… will improve any soil dramatically. Clover is high in nitrogen. Plant it after harvest one year and till it in before planting the corn.

Yeah its called companion planting, and there are several more methods, plants that help each other grow, and protect from insects naturally.

anyone heard of the three sisters combo,a hopi tradition,corn,bean(pole climbing) squash. the corn is planted first it grows ten inches,then plant the beans,theyll grow up the corn,then once that gets 8 inches,plant the squash,itll provide ground cover and its a nitrogen fixer,kool huh!

Any way to divert rainwater from your roof to it? Do you get enough rain?

Would a 15foot round above ground pool be able to supply water for the long term? De-chlorinated of course

Dont forget about them wild edibles too! You should look into Amaranthus species. They grow like weeds and their grain is a complete set of amino acids! Not only can you eat the grain the leaves are edible too and are very nutritious.

Corn in vid had soybeans planted amongst it. Still required quite a bit of fertilizer.

place orgonite around the seeds when you first start off and they grow %200 faster try it

Truth! Share! Expose! Care! Thx for the vid.!

what about using permaculture techniques? do you think that would make corn a more suitable survial crop? For example, planting corn with squash, whose leaves act as a form of mulch and keep the soil moist, and vining beans which fix nitrogen into the soil (since both corn and squash consume lots of nitrogen)

Depends on so many factors like experience, irrigation, soil quality, etc. as a MINIMUM in non desert regions I would say at least an acre- this means more than vegetables however.

how much land would you need to sustain one person?

Cut the top of the tomato plants off. It will put all the plant production into ripening the fruit instead of the plant growing more foliage.

Yes in theory. Never had a problem putting in on the outer bands. "fresh" chicken manure is still less than 5% nitrogen.

Using chicken dropping without allowing them to set for a long time will burn your garden.

We live in what is called high desert and leave the weeds as the hold in moisture and we have found that the plants seem to do better when certain "weeds" are left alone. Our big problem is the majority of tomatoes not ripening before the 1st frost. We're going to try planting more varieties (we have 2 acres) this year and growing all heirloom seeds.

Yay! You mixed corn and beans to increase nitrogen fixing, and even added the innoculent(sp?). In my research about what I could do to increase my suburban garden success, I read about 3 sisters, then innoculents. Then I wondered why commercial corn growers don't do this, instead of killing the Gulf of Mexico. PS: I totally agree with beginning gardening being difficult. Grandparents had huge garden, but I can only grow yard long beans and squash really good. The rest is still iffy.

Thanks.

our time,like the Ram,and Goat prophecy,which talks about the Ram Medes/Persia/Iran,and the Goat(Grecia)/U.S.orN.A.U.,which some say Grecia,is the E.U.,Yet I have strong reason to believe The Antichrist arises out of the U.S.,seriously after Obama,whom I at this point believe to be Palin. Now you may not believe me on this,like I said I am not trying to force you to believe it,just what I have severly experienced,that I would like to share with you,since you are so generous with your knowledge

I appreciate your response, but what I meant about prophecy, was that I have had dreams myself, which I believe was warning me, of things to come.Now,those were others dreams,and in my experience,we are to forsee things to come,like Jesus said,"when you see all these things,know that the end is near,even at the doors",not trying to push anything off on you,just that I believe we are to know the generation,but not the day,or hour of Christ's return,but we are to interpret Daniel,as the events of

Alrighty then! I agree that some of this COULD NOTICE THE WORD "COULD" happen, but "no man knows the hour except my Father in heaven.." Continue watching the series, answers to your questions are in later videos, including discussions of gardening in radioactive environments, etc.