Hey Neighbor! Food is essential for survival—and in this episode, we dig into a serious question: could you make it through a food shortage? With rising grocery prices, ongoing supply-chain issues, and concerns around future crop production, being prepared matters more than ever. We break down what’s happening behind the scenes—from increased wheat and corn costs to fertilizer and labor challenges—and why planning ahead with even a 3-month food strategy is a smart place to start.
We also share current garden updates (multiplying onions, aspabroc, sweet magnolia peas, Detroit dark red beets, carrots, and spinach) and introduce a new standout variety: FanciPak Hybrid Pickling Cucumber F1, bred for high yields, strong disease resistance, and perfect pickling size in just 50 days. Finally, we cover practical ways to prepare: start a garden (even indoors), learn food preservation methods like canning, freezing, fermenting, and pickling, and consider small livestock like chickens. Preserving food helps reduce waste, save money, extend seasonal flavors, and build real self-reliance—skills that matter whether times are uncertain or simply expensive. Let’s Grow Together and Get Dirty!
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0:00 start
0:10 Intro
0:50 Our Fall Garden Harvests – All from raised bed gardening
5:49 How much spinach to grow for 2 people
7:39 Magnolia Blossom Pea
8:53 Thom Multiplying Onion
10:25 Detroit Dark Red Beet
11:38 Kuroda Carrot Seed Tape
13:25 Merengo Celery
14:39 Georgia Southern Collards
16:20 Tillage Radish – A cover crop we love to eat
18:05 Growing food in-ground versus raised beds
19:45 How many bulbing onions should you grow?
20:18 Growing Irish potatoes
20:57 Seed of the Week – FanciPak Pickling Cucumber – great for raised reds
22:16 Garden Spotlight of the Week – Jim Perine Jr.
23:24 We’re shipping onions! Let’s talk about the size!
24:39 Check out our website for your free Family Garden Planner
25:25 Hoss Bobblehead Winner
37 Comments
Bobblehead loves his salad. 😅. He is in the lettuce tray.
Bobble head in the lettuce tray
The trick to having enough is to can,can,can. We are 5 seasons in,and we are overrun with food. So much that I'm not even planting some things this year.
Thank y'all. Always try to grow more than we need and preserve all the extra in case we have a bad growing year. Have a blessed day.
Video started and I said that table display is about to become snacks……Sheila having more fun than Greg picking out the snacks just made my day!❤❤❤❤❤😂😂❤😂😂😂😂😂
Good morning 🌞. I always try and grow more than necessary and to preserve as much as possible. Enjoyed the video💚
Fun show, thx guys
What a great guide! So helpful! Thank you!
Old Bobblehead is in the lettuce! It is beautiful by the way! Enjoyed the show.
Hoss bobble head is in the lettuce. Maybe identifying as a bunny 🐇 today.
Those vegetables are beautiful! Hoss bobble head is in the lettuce!
The hoss bobblehead is hiding in the middle of all that lettuce. Those veggies layed out in front of you are gorgeous!
We're all frozen here in zone 4b…but I'm still dreaming of this year's garden! I found Mr Hoss bobblehead right there in that lettuce tray! ❤
Bobble head was hidden in a good place a field of lettuce.
I grow my lettuce indoors with a Hoss grow light. I get some minimal browning of the leaves right at the edges of some of the leaves (not all). Any advice?
The bobblehead in the lettuce 😂
Beautiful winter haul from your fall planting. We've been eating from the garden too and you just can't beat fresh from your own backyard .
The bobble head is in the lettuce 😂
The bobble head is in the lettuce tray.
The bobblehead is in the lettuce! 🥬
Bobblehead is in the lettuce 🥬🥬🥬🥬
Bobble Head is in the lettuce.
Bobble head is in the lettuce!
I had a lot of issues with my Caribbean queen cabbages . They all rotted.
Bobble head Hoss is in the lettuce. Spring will be here before we know it. I’m getting anxious
I never had any luck with multiplying onions always just get one green onion?????????????????
On the celery bed being to much comment, wait untill you try juicing 😄 1 bunch celery every 3 days per person
Can't wait for my celery to sprout. Im 7A southern IL. We still in frozen land. About 90 days untill last frost
The Greg bobble head is in the lettuce. His lettuce is looking much better than mine right now as well as my spinach. I’ll get there though.
I spotted the bobble head in the lettuce tray! Just got my Hoss seeds in! I am a Hoss newbie from Texas!
Bobble head in the lettuce tray
what did you plant the lettuce in and did you direct-sow or transplant?
That lettuce looks awesome! How many plants are in that tray?
Got any weird veggies you recommend?
Bobble head in the lettuce tray! 😀
Never thought about growing lettuce in a flat like that. So awesome! Is that one of those self irrigating bobble heads in there? 😁
Hoss bobble head peeking out of the lettuce tray.
Pickled celery is awesome. Throw some thoms in the jar too with some garlic gloves and you cant go wrong.