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You can download the apartment planting guide here: https://cityprepping.tv/3GNLibn … Apartment gardening playlist: https://cityprepping.tv/3EHuKzi
You can leave root crops like potatoes in the ground through the winter, Leaving them in the ground make them taste better, Another thing for storing vegetables dig a hole in the ground put some straw or hay in the hole then add cabbage potatoes apples etc. then cover with straw or hay then cover the hole with dirt then put some boards or metal over the dirt to keep deer and other animals from digging it up and you have winter storage
I'm going to add onto the sorghum info. Sorghum grain can be bought in bulk at some feed stores. Though it may go by another name. At the feed store that I work at(Texas), it's called "milo" and it comes in a 50lb bag. The typical grain variety of sorghum is called Martin Milo. There are several varieties of sorghum but not all are suited to a small garden. Milo only grows about four or five feet tall. The Rox Orange variety grows about eight feet tall with the largest stalks growing up to ten or twelve feet. But while Rox Orange doesn't produce quite as much grain, about 500lbs per acre(which still isn't bad, to be honest), the stalks can be crushed to extract the juice, which can be boiled down into syrup, much like sugarcane.
While sorghum can be grown on a small scale, it would be better if you had an acre or two to plant sorghum. As long as you have a long, hot summer, decent soil and can provide at least some nitrogen fertilization(you can use composted manures or leaves from other plants), milo will yield richly, around 4,000lbs per acre at the low end and up to 10,000lbs at the high end(rare, though). The US is actually the highest producer of Milo in the world. Kansas is #1 in terms of acreage and Texas is #2. Sorghum is fairly adaptable, it does better in dryer climates but there are several milo farms down near Houston that do well and it's super humid down there. I'm going to leave it there, if anyone wants to know more, I recommend looking it up if you're considering adding sorghum to your survival plans.
Some pole beans can be used as both green beans or dried beans. Rattlesnake pole beans are my favorite duel purpose bean.
We grow a dwarf lemon tree in a small green house at the 48th parallel N without direct supplemental lighting. It never seems to stop producing fruit throughout the year. Seems odd but it must be an adequate microclimate.
another great video. for me it is like trying to get a drink from a fire hose. to much to fast so i slow down the playback speed. Then watch it again a second or third time with a note pad. Thanks for the time and effort you put into this.
If you don't know what you're doing, you're going to spend a lot of time & money on a garden only to have it fail, that's when you realize you can buy it cheaper at a store or local Farmers Market. My suggestion is to buy a couple of Aerogardens, put them on your countertop and enjoy a local harvest year around without the hassle. Supplement your harvest with a local trip to the grocery store or Farmers Market and don't worry about it.
Overwinter your kale and let it start to flower in the spring. These florets are great mini broccoli florets.
I love dehydrating cabbage, kale, broccoli..(and a lot other vegetables) then turn it into a powder. I can use it in breads, casseroles, stews, soups, rice and pasta dishes. It boosts the nutrition and is economical. Garden when you can!
food will never run out stop spreading bullshit
Alice; Interesting video! We might try some of the grains and legumes this year. Lentils grow well in Montana. We had a bumper crop of Kale this year. We ate all that we could. I dried and powdered a quart of Kale. It can be added to any food. It doesn't over power the food and you get all of the nutrients.
I disagree a bit. A lot of crops I grow are foods I hated when they were purchased in the grocery store. Garden grown produce tastes so much better. Your taste buds are always changing, something you didn’t like years ago will taste different now.
Potatoes and garlic store with no refrigerator and whaat u dont eat seed for next year
These videos are my favourite style! Love the informative gardening videos!
What's this you won't survive stuff?
How will you be growing food when you are hiding from the government?
You're going to need several spots in the timber so you can hide out and tend you're new life.
It will take hard work every day if you want to survive
I love these videos there's so much information that is life saving!
Listen to Chris!!!!
I downloaded this one
Hi. Wondering if, your next project could be permaculture/“guilds”. This specifically for the folks who’s city/towns have laws against growing food gardens. These are lovely groupings of plants that help each other and that many folks don’t realize are “food”. Thanks!!
If kale is perennial, it can be edible landscaping. I'm not sure if it is or not. "Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds" has quite a few varieties of kale.
Figs!
I plant marigolds and Cosmos around my garden to bring in pollinators and help with the pests along with planting plenty of flowers that produce seed for the wild birds so they don't eat all your crops
When food is no more you will eat what you will eat.
Where do I get bacon seeds?
Very good video. Thank you.
Might eat anything when hungry,I agree,but beside your growing zone plant what you eat,like prepping.
Might eat anything when hungry,I agree,but beside your growing zone plant what you eat,like prepping.
With the risk of nuclear fallout growing greater each and every day,…. how many inches of topsoil have to be removed again before it's safe to plant?
Great gardening and survival food tips! Developing a garden calendar is a good idea so you know when to start things outside or indoors – that way you don't come up to March and realize you should have started something indoors in January! I experimented with growing several new crops this year: sweet potatoes, sunflowers, kohlrabi, tatsui, buckwheat, Thai basil, among others. I learned a lot in these attempts! Two things that are important to know are that sweet potato slips need to be started indoors in January or February in the Pacific Northwest and if you're growing sunflowers for the seeds you need to pay particular attention to the size of the seeds the varieties you will be growing will produce. Of sunflowers – it would have been five except for I had a crop failure with one type. Only one of the four types of seeds grew to a size that would be worth eating. I didn't know that all parts of the plant were edible so just considered them beneficial to pollinators and the other crops I was growing. Looking forward to further experimentation in the coming-growing year!