Survival Gardening 11, nuclear war, emergency preparedness

Video # 11 in our Survival Gardening series go over soils and soil improvement techniques. Video #11 will follow shortly.

Unless you are keeping a herd of large animals like cows, it's going to be very hard to keep grow food long term using just what's "on" the farm or homestead. For a handful of raised beds, half dozen rabbits and similar number of chickens MAY provide enough fertilizer to keep your soil in good shape. But for a serious amount of ground, i.e, enough to truly keep a family of 4 of so in food, it's going to be next to impossible to produce ALL your fertilizer and soil amendments ON THE FARM or homestead. While I do NOT claim to be an "organic gardener", most of these soil improvement techniques are similar to those used in organic gardening. As a rule, we do NOT use pesticides on our VEGETABLES. We have been forced to use them on our fruit trees before to SAVE TREES. So understand that just because we don't do everything "organic" doesn't mean we slather DDT on the ground everywhere.....

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[BowmanFarm]

Strontium 90 = Calcium to plants. I'm spreading lime every 2 years. 20 inches under the topsoil, I've got lime out the wahzoo. Good job. (Animals take calcium/strontium 90 into bone/milk. Meat is fine in a nuclear 'pinch."

[SurvivalReport]

Correct, you just don't want to eat meat too close to the bones- if possible. Post nuclear if it's a question of potentially getting cancer sometime in the future or starving IMMEDIATELY, I think the choice will be clear to most folks. Thanks for watching!

[steelhorses2004]

Can you go over the soil test report in depth? Don't they go over specific amounts (lbs/acre) of lime, fertilizer, admendments to apply? I've also heard conflicting info about when to apply lime. Most often I've heard you apply it approx 6 months before you plant, other sources say apply it when you plant.

tnx

[SurvivalReport]

Will be doing this in #12. Ran out of time and video space! I've heard the same conflicting info re: lime. I would just be careful with it as it dries out skin, so I would assume it would harm young plants. My advice would be to apply a good bit before planting. That being said, I did plant some oats right into that new plot after the lime was disced in there with no problems though.Thanks for watching!

[SurvivalReport]

It's important to let the ground lay every so often. A "sabbath" for the land essentially. I don't know if doing that INCREASES fertility but it definitely can't hurt. Also, rotation of crops will help a good bit. We'll cover more of this soon.

[xyzzy29]

Good video series. When you let the ground rest, plant a clover and grass mix. The clover will add back nitrogen to the soil.

[xyzzy29]

@SurvivalReport Great video series.

If you're going to let the ground rest, plant a clover+grass mix. You'll add back some nitrogen to the soil.

[raleighmak]

Hey!

Thank you very much for a very informative video. I have taken notes. As I would imagine, in a crisis, I will not be able to view this video, so I am set for now. Off to store to get some Lime as well. Thanks for a very helpful video.

[survivalistboards]

Adding Lime can reduce the soils acidic level. Also, if the soil is acidic, use less phosphorus - which is the middle number in commercial fertilizers.

[numba1stunna4269]

wooohoooooooooooo!

[impalapez]

I've read that maple leaves will cause the soil to be more acidic...