Survival Gardening Tips: Planting an Edible Food Garden at Home

[zekehooper]

What I love about your garden is that it shows you don't need alot of land to feed yourself. just the will power to do it.

[Magnolia4153]

Wow! Wish my garden would look like yours! Great looking garden!

[frequentfiler]

Great video! Thanks for posting!

[brrag]

i admire you for all your hard work but i don' think planting a "survival" garden in your front yard next to the street is a good place to do it.

[5Language]

Do you know that there are laws against gardening in your front yard in the US lol, crazy place man... your neighbors probably don't have a problem with it... pay them off with fruits and vegetables to stay quiet lol.

[DemonicSymphonic]

if there were a famine, your neighbors would raid your yard

[TheXJthatCould]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING! :)

[insomniacgrace]

The title just says it all. Thanks for the tips.

[MrNativeDancer]

Greens are very important, remember Orangutans and Gorillas mostly eat plants fruit vedge and flowers and pound for pound they are far stronger then humans. They have superior arm strength!

Great video but planting in your front garden is risky because its likely to get stolen in hard times unless you have 24 hour armed guard etc

Great Video though!

[VonLeachim]

anyone seen 'guerilla gardeners' planting, kale, squash , beans ---allsorts really in all sorts of locations ;...the walk to work...disused land nearby, local parks etc -

-yeah some gets eaten , some 'walks' by itself..though if they plant enough....

it's fun to see squash growing next to bus stops ,,,

[songofthedamedtx]

Awesome tips thanks. But my only question is..if your front yard is a garden in the shtf scenario wont ur crops get stolen?

[AbuYusefAlHalabi]

Great video.

[IcarusFlying]

OMG i love your front yard !!

[mangyscavenger]

Couldn't you harvest some of those broccoli seeds for sprouting? Sprouting seems like a good way to cover long term storage and excellent nutrition for quick, on-demand/as needed emergency food. Very compact storage compared to the final bulk of sprouts.

[RoBlOxDuDe3000]

chop your curly kale cabbage into the pan, wash and then add 1 tub of yoghurt and 2 tubs of water (whisk yoghurt an water together) with a spoon of red crushed chillies and salt. Boil, and simmer until water dries up. Take off the heat. Take some butter or oil and crush some garlic ( i use a whole one) and dried coriander and brown ever so slightly and then add it to the curly cabbage and stir it around for ten minutes. Tastes beautiful with chappatti/naan or fried chappatti (Prantha).

[thedankinfidel]

What kinds of vegetables grow well indoors under flourescent lights ?

[asherah5000]

I live in Fort Lauderdale Florida and there are So Many pests it`s unreal! Whiteflies are the worst but there are so many types of fungus ect.

[randude1]

@asherah5000 Research...sprinkle food grade diatomacious earth all over...



[knylande]

I really like the set up, and agree with you on that everyone should have the knowledge of gardening. It's a lost talent. However saying this is your survival garden in case something happens, I have trouble believing. What makes you think your neighbors will be so kind as to leave you alone when they get hungry. You'd wake up in the morning and your front yard would be empty. lol. I can't even grow a garden in my front yard as of now without people taking from it.

[DreamsCatcher101]

I watched this video about 3 month ago when i had a lawn and swing in my garden. Now i got a raised bed, containers and a greenhouse with all sorts of things growing in them and ALL edible. And more raised beds going up next year.

I wanted my 5 year old daughter to know how to grow her own food and she loves getting her hands in the soil and planting the seeds for me. Had to make her a dibble to get the depth right but she knows what a dibble is now and knows how to make one too :)

Good job.

[Mandalore06]

Man, how the hell do you have the time or energy to maintain that kind of a garden?

[paulgem123]

great stuff. Thank you!

[IronPatriotTN]

Growing so much out in the open, if something SHTF happens......the neighbors are going to raid that garden. =/

[MyFamilyFoodBank]

I like the idea of doing this in my back yard.

[arshia2008]

in case of an emergency neighbours will be happy with you, they will be able to take anything they want from your garden.

[zappo888]

VERY VERY NICE !!!

[FLIPWILSON1]

Question... when all heck breaks loose, what is going to stop your neighbors from coming across the street and taking it?

[yec1JF]

is the Chickweed you are growing just the normal weed that grows almost everywhere? or is it a domestic variety? thx

[growingyourgreens]

its the normal weed! Its edible!

[neomisterp]

Wow, I've thought about converting our front yard to garden style but was so worried about people stealing our veggies or it looking odd. Your place has a unique look to it, and I also noticed none of the 'recognizable' veggies are on the outskirts so less chance of theft. thank you for making the video.

[jimmie200]

I love your videos. I live in central Florida on the coast and I would like to plant Kale trees. Where do I get the seeds?

[GreenTDave]

WATER;in an emergency water suply will be crucial and a learning how to maximize that will take just as long as learning sustainable gardening. As for security, community assist with common interest will be key. Relocate might be an option if things are bad enough.

[TheNamaste2012]

God im fucked, economic collapse is just around the corner and all i have is 7 ounces of silver. no garden and not enough money to stock up. any tips?

[coldfire2227]

Man you better guard that garden well. If your starting a garden right in your front house there will be some hungry people that will check out your crops. Dont forget the mauders and raiders that might destory your plants. These are all things to consider while trying to substain yourself in a survival situation. I would suggest getting some security cameras at any choke points to your garden. If I were in your shoes I would grow that garden in your backyard or in a contained area next year.

[vonhismean]

very nice subbed

[AMVayanefan]

It's terrible how almost everybody forgot how to grow their own food. Even during the Victory Garden days during WWII, so many more people knew how to garden. Now we have to look our grandfathers and great-grandfathers (and mothers) and ask how they survived as kids. I'm always amazed when I hear my wife's family, who were all farmers, talk about how they had and ice-house and root cellars and how much work they did just to keep food on the table.

Me, I started square foot gardens this year.

[Digitalmanne]

rottweilers? maybe.... I got a lab that would just beg for attention as they steel everything! :)

[Digitalmanne]

So..... How do you protect your garden? Even in a rural area people raise a garden, and then the lazy people come by at night and steal what they want. If people see what they want they take it. If people are hungry, how will you stop people from stealing your hard work?

[ROTTIMAN31]

@Digitalmanne get two rottweilers like me. They will protect you, your family, and your property.

[Food4Health1Spirit]

I've heard that when cows eat grass, the bacteria inside the cow convert part of the fiber into butterfat, so when a cow eats grass, it also eats saturated fat.

Since man cannot convert the fibers into fat, we need to eat fat as well.

[growingyourgreens]

Im not sure about that one. I do know that even greens contain small levels of fat.

[jenzezo]

@growingyourgreens all you need to support your fat intake is some sunflower, flax, and if your smart...hemp seed. sprout'em or flour them, and by all means, never cook them over 120' F. those three provide all the daily essential LA, ALA and protein you need. good day and nice front yard by the way!!! five stars.oh by the way , go hydro and you will harvest in half the time (provided you veg for 24 hours in&outdoors) if you can maintain your environment...it's easy...overgrow and overflow

[sauceykat]

lol your neighbours must get sick of you yelling at the video camera :-P

But great videos, thanks for posting! :)

[BuddyClubGardening]

Ha. Funny you guys mention Will Allen. I'm gonna go out to his project early next week to buy some stuff. I'm going to ask if I can volunteer at his place.

[davideli7879]

Great video John. you are so right. I have got so far away from the way i was raised. My family grew most ever thing we ate. now 30 years after leaving home, for the good life in the big city, I am trying hard to get back some of the old life.

While I like what you are doing, and I am growing some food in my back yard, I would be afraid to grow food in my front yard were ever one could see what I'm doing if things ever get bad and they will your front yard would be a sign post, saying food...

[frequencydude]

very good . producing your own food, it does'nt get any better than that. thanks for this, i'll be watching more of your vids. good job!

[heyoehkah]

Your videos just keep getting better.

[frustratedoperator]

thanks John, great video, very timely and inspiring.

[phantomcreamer]

It's an unfair comparison to say that cows eat greens all day so we could too. Cows are ruminents and therefore they have a fermentation chamber where bacteria actually do the digesting of the cellulose matter. Humans absolutely do not digest cellulose which is a major component in plant matter. That being said, most Americans have deficiencies in fiber and other minerals that are available in greens, so they are important part to our diet.

[growingyourgreens]

Point taken. I was trying to make a point, on how nutritious greens are.. We could certainly can get all the nutrients we need from greens, but not all the calories, so yes, cows can get more out of them because they can digest cellulose and we can't. Cows can even eat wood stumps and get calories from that, but we obviously can't.

[growingyourgreens]

Eating greens for the nutrients and then fruit for the calories, the nutrient and caloric needs would be met, and you could definitely live off of those together.

[phantomcreamer]

@growingyourgreens You are right. However, I would say that nuts and grains are also very important nutritionally because of the Essential fatty acids. There are some fruits high in fats, but not they don't have the correct ratios. In fact hemp seed has the perfect profile of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids.

[yec1JF]

@growingyourgreens I like a lot of what you say in this video - especially about how important root crops are, etc. But saying that a person can get all the nutrients they need from plants is incorrect. There is zero vitamin B12 in plants so you gotta either take supplements OR eat fish, eggs, milk, meat, etc. to be healthy.

[halleysmommy]

Another good one... but it is KILLING me seeing all that unutilized vertical space in your greenhouse!

Have you learned about Will Allen and Growing Power, his huge gardening project? There's a couple interesting vids on here of his greenhouses & how they stack, hang, etc to use the height in their houses.

[growingyourgreens]

Dont worry. I did see Will Allen. Im not yet done with the greenhouse layout, shelving, etc.. Basically we got it up, and had to start filling it before the layout was completed. So many projects here.. spring planting takes priority. Also looking into a hydroponic setup for the greenhouse.

[TheUrbanOutdoors]

good video

[thpt]

It gets embarassing at about 2 mins in. Sorry, couldn't finish it.

[72542]

Great video. I hope more people start realizing that growing your food is better security than having money in the bank. Growing your own food is security.

[rubyvrom17]

This video totally gets me stoked! I'm going to share it today on Raw Food Rehab. Love what you're doing....inspirational!

Penni Shelton

[mysciencenow]

yeah hands off gardening in a massive scale of different microclimates and orchards that is my next project

[VivianRinSC]

I would love hands-off gardening! Gonna be a while for that here. lol. Great advice, all of it. Keep the vids coming.

[1111atreides]

It cracks me up that when I surf the web for survivalist tips, my conservative gun-toting carnivore teapartier self is always tripping over liberal pansy vegetarian pooftahs. Growing your own food must be some sort of vortex where we can all agree. La la la la la. Peace! (Lock and load!)

[Ironbumm]

@1111atreides Lazy dumb-ass like you will be the first to die off under a real survival situation

[btigtime2]

Without a doubt the food chain is in trouble all over the world. No one understands the supermarket empties every three days. If the trucks stop rolling for whatever reason. We have empty shelves in less than 3 days. Then there is the Bees, the water, GMOs, Soil, peak oil, war, and Monsantos poisoning our food,

I have a brown thumb and 29 raised beds, 12 chickens, 20 rabbits because I have 3 children who need to eat.

[mrtilley66]

nice job John,I like your vid

[mreisma]

are those grape vines growing on your garage door? i just picked up a grape plant from walmart. hopefully it'll thrive.

[growingyourgreens]

Yes, they are. They do like full sun; however they do produce for me on the shady trellis next to my house.