Many people are turning to gardening because of world events. While gardening is a wonderful activity to enjoy and feed your family, it isn’t a quick fix for food shortages and supply disruption. Preparedness is a long-term activity, planning for the future, and gardening can be a big part of a preparedness plan. (Video #356)
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42 Comments
Thank you for your calm and level headed conversations when explaining things and the current situation of the world, I appreciate your knowledge.
If you can grow a 'flower' you can grow a 'veggie'… completely true but Flower gardens will tend to have things in the SOIL that you don't want in your veggies. So you need to know what's in that flower bed before you start growing things into it that you will eat. I'm a 'homeowner' who grows flowers and bushes in the front yard (because that's where they belong) and veggies in the BACKYARD because that's where they belong. I use whatever is on the market to keep my grass, bushes and plants healthy, alive and growing. Some chemicals can stay in the ground for YEARS! So tend your flower gardens with an eye towards tranforming them into VEGGIE gardens or you won't be able to EAT ANYTHING planted up front.
Today I put together my second galvanized raised garden bed. Yahoo! Except for the pain in my back the process was quite satisfying. Lol. I only wish I had more energy to make progress on all the things I want to do. I am looking forward to retirement in the fall because of all the possibilities to do and learn new skills and meet new people who have similar interests. Keeping busy keeps worry about the world situation at bay.
Thanks Gardener Scott for your positive conversations.
Happy Easter Scott!
Im 62 grew a few veggies here and there. This year I re-landscaped my backyard, my south side yard, my planting bench on the north side and totally eliminated my front lawn. Planted tangelo, banana, passion fruit, pineapple, papaya, loquat, guava, plum, nectarine, fig, lemongrass, moringa, taro, sweet potato, bell pepper, tomato, eggplant, zucchini, etc.
Scott, I for one am so grateful that I found your channel and will be going thru the old videos to learn how to grow here. I also live in 5b and getting tips from someone who has BTDT in the same type of climate that I live in is invaluable! This will be the first garden that I will be able to have on my own at the age of 61, that is once I get it prepped! I moved into my new place last June and while this past year was devoted to settling into the house and making repairs/improvements, this year will be devoted to building my garden. Where I live is an ancient lake bottom so is very rocky. The topsoil that the lawn is on is only about 3" deep before hitting rock. My plan is to rent a sod cutter to pull up all the sod in the areas that will be garden, walkways and the future location for the greenhouse (planning for it in a couple of years) and use it to fill the raised beds, amending it as necessary. (I have some washed arena sand left over from a brick walkway project that I can use in the beds also if needed.) Being on a fixed income, I've had to find frugal ways to get this done. One local source that I have found that is a real cost saver for around the beds and on the walkways is mulch made from recycled pallets and construction wood waste (2×4 cutoffs, etc). They have 3 ecological dye colors or natural. I can get 10yds delivered for about $325. The same quantity of shredded fir bark, shredded ponderosa pine wood or cedar chips would be $200-400 more. Thanks for the wealth of knowledge you bring. And keep it coming!
I've watched so many of your videos so far. I like all your sharp clever gardening tricks but I've never seen any plants in your garden.
I can’t wait until I’m the old grizzled gardner😂❤️
Such a good video, Scott. Thank you for giving such an over-arching view of where we are right now and why learning to grow your own food and preserve your own food is so very important. The best time to be prepared was yesterday. The next best time is today. 🙂 And yes, gardening is cathartic. Your point of view is my point of view exactly and what I am working so hard to get prepared now.
Amen
4B isn't a joke it's more like a bad joke that no one laughs at. You have to be on top of your game without taking breaks. Time is precious!
A people who forget the past are bound to repeat it.
We just got more snow in Custer SD.
My main reason I started learning with you is because we are neighbors and you were the only neighbor I could find to grow with that's lives closer to me.
Thank you Scott for bringing this up. It really helps when you can relate and then apply the knowledge.
Great video. Great points.. I've enjoyed your videos over the years.
Hello! New follower here!! That was an exact explanation of the fear and anxiety of the future that affects me. It's EXACTLY why I got into gardening. ❤️
1 Corinthians 3:6-9: I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
Been expanding the number of raised beds. started with two beds three Summers ago. plan to dig out and prep bed number ten this weekend. Learned last year that if I plan to grow all my own food and not just supplement what I buy at grocery store I need to plant more. Note last two beds are for chicken feed as learning to raise chickens as well.
So happy that I found your channel a few months ago. I appreciate your calm, common sense take on things. You have a way of explaining things that my brain likes a lot! I really needed this video this morning. When I first got up this morning my husband was listening to something about foot shortages. I heard that and now I find myself feeling extra anxious. The price increase of everything adds a lot to that anxiety as well. I'm not a new gardener but I have a lot to learn still! I enjoy canning and preserving but I haven't done it in about 5 years. I'm excited to get started back. I've not been able to start gardening yet either. I'm in zone 7b on the map but where I am located it's really not. We will have the real possibility of frost until mid-May. I'm in the southern foothills of the Appalachians. My county is a temperate rain forest as well. We seem to have every fungal disease coming and going. It's a challenge to garden here but at least the soil is good in my little patch.
Here in MS We don't know when storms come and trees or big limbs will fall on your home and on your garden. My husband had 4 blockages to his heart and other troubles came. As renters is is even more hard at our ages of 7o's.
Couldn't agree more with this video. It's definitely not a sprint!
During WWII, 40% of the produce that was grown in the USA was from 20 million backyard gardens! The government encouraged people to do so, even handed out pamphlets and seeds to get started! Backyard chickens were encouraged too.
Very nice video, it helped me a lot.
Thanks for the excellent video of advice and encouragement. Especially young people and those new to gardening need to be encouraged to put in the effort to learn how to grow and preserve. I grew up with this as the grandchild of farmers on both sides, but in my parent's generation after the war gardening became less common in the USA. I love gardening, but it is hard to find young people who have an interest. Your advice and encouragement is important!
Excellent video. Last 3 years I go y soil where it needs to be. Frui tree/bushes planted, asparagus/rhubarb plants producing and learning from my veggie mistakes. This year is root cellaring, canning and enjoying the fruit of my labor.
New Subscriber! Great video. To help save money and prepare for the uncertainty of the future, my family and I have also started a small backyard garden. We're learning how to homecan, seed save, make compost, and preserve what we grow. Less than 2 years in our new home and we've completely transformed the backyard. We are beginner gardeners, growing and learning along the way. Recently I started a gardening channel to help encourage others to begin growing as well. No time better than now to learn self sufficiency.
nice pep talk:)
🤗🙏🏼
A quick comment. I'm in Castle Rock in zone 4b AND at 6300 ft along with hard clay, decomposed granite for soil, and an overpopulation of squirrels the city will not do anything about. So I've had to come up with things to deal with the short season, rapid heating from spring to summer, and the extra UV. Soil was taken care of with garden beds. Your comment about the gardening books and videos hit home. I got so frustrated by them. There were NO resources that dealt with all of these conditions in one area, especially the rapid temperature transitions between seasons and the altitude. I subscribed as when I found where you live I thought , "Finally, someone that has to deal with close to what I have to deal with".
Although, one difference is my beds are enclosed like Fort Knox because of the squirrel issue. If mine were open like yours I'd get about 20% of what I grow, and that number comes from experience. 😉
BTW, I found honeyberries grow great out here.
i would like to know more about dehydrating. this year i expect to have plenty of tomatoes and maybe peppers and squashes this year. i have a tiny freezer, and got rid of all the canning gear.
i just ordered 10 fruit trees xD.
I tell my self every year.. this year i need to plant fruit tress.. time goes and then its winter, dahmit…
next year… same story xD.
THIS YEAR… i ordered them xD….
Being outside in my garden gives me peace and joy. I get lost in the beauty of doing these things, simple things that our parents and grandparents did not only to survive but to thrive. I have started so many extra seeds to be able to share with friends and family. I really appreciate your channel and your calm and logical methods of teaching and sharing! I am in no way an expert, I retired three years ago, and have the time now to really enjoy being outside full time! I am in 5B as well…
Gardening is my therapy my peace my passion no rushing journaling of planning studying research. I’m a master gardener too! I took the class as well .What I learned in class is absolutely different in “real life. What I DID learn about was SOIL!! You’re correct testing my soil opened my eyes, researching was my task to see what was here before I fell in love with the land location city/ suburban. Gardening is like medicine it’s ALWAYS CHANGING and CHALLENGING. Continue enjoying gardening for life. Thank you.🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
Thank You for addressing this subject. Like others, gardening is great stress relief and a calming place to be during these stressful times for me. I have added extra raised beds this year. I hope the SHTF scenario does not happen, but at least I know I can grow something to feed my husband and I.
Thank you.
I'm finding out yes watch videos but don't listen to much find out what you need for your self like people the soil the plants are all diffrent
One thing I didn't really think about was little critters eating up my seedlings. Birds ate up a lot of stuff last year, as did slugs. So this year I know what to protect against 🙂
Nothing here will be planted until the end of May.
Thanks for the pep talk!
Where did you get that green room?! Looks custom
Yep. Gardening is definitely a journey. I like your realistic approach. I’m always learning and adjusting as needed. Naturally, I can get “zone envy” at some points. Wanting to grow tropical things that I cannot here in zone 6b. Then, I remind myself that I have so many options that grow well here. I’ve overwintered citrus indoors because I wanted to grow it so bad. Lol. Great video.
This was a five star video, excellently done. You are my favorite gardener, and I want to thank you for all your great advice over the years.
What brand of greenhouse is that? I'm looking to replace an order greenhouse with a bigger one. I like that support frame, or at least what I can see of it. LOL
Funny bc where I live in NY I m 5b as well
Thanks, Scott. You are inspiring.
I appreciate that you refuse to join the fear-mongering crowd right now in the gardening community. Thank you for being level-headed!
Gardener Scott,
Hello!
New sub'er here. This video has officially won my sub.
I have been searching for advice on raised bed veggie gardens for a few weeks. Since I have known most of my life that the soil in Massachusetts is pretty poor, and the growing season is very similar to your own (also not ideal), I have been looking to youtube (and seed catalogs) to grow some vegetables in raised beds for our family. Perhaps the urges to grow vegetables were subliminal and semi-concious.
But I must say, this is the darkest and most bleak video I have seen from you thus far.
Mad Max would be proud… But this is not about Thunderdome. This is about gardening.
This video may be answering the subliminal questions, "Why do I want to grow vegetables now?"
Am I secretly nervous about food supply? About stability?
Nevertheless, I just came home from window shopping for raised bed supplies. This video has reinforced my thoughts.
Initially I would like to play with composite fiberboard for my raised bed veggie gardens. The longevity of fiberboard and the look of wood color has my interest, but the cost has me rethinking my ideas.
Thoughts?