Survival Gardening Tips: Planting an Edible Food Garden at Home

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com shares his tips on how you can be prepared just in case... He encourages everyone to start a survival garden to survive. Learn what to grow and more in this gardening video.

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• peak
• oil
• self
• reliance
• prepardness
• emergency

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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!

[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.

[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 ,,,