A massive thank you to Dan and Laurie of Freedom Forest Life: https://www.youtube.com/@freedomforestlife for sharing 8 tuber they are growing for both self-sufficiency and can also be used as survival foods. I hope you find this as inspirational as I do!
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phenomenal job yet again đ«¶
Wonderful
Now to find a variety that can survive winter in Atlantic Canada đ
Many thanks (i lost my yakon) will try again
It's interesting to hear of where I live, known for brutal heat, getting as cold or colder than Wales. Here in the state of Georgia, it's been getting below that -5C/23F mark pretty regularly. Lows as low as -13C/7F a couple of years ago even. It's made gardening…interesting when we're 85F one day and 21F the next.
I tried Yacon and Oca this past year. Neither took well to the summer heat. Cannas did absolutely amazing. I planted eight smallish little rhizomes and got about 40 pounds worth of rhizomes back. Plus tons of hummingbirds flicking to them. Drove the cats crazy. đ
Fascinating! What a gorgeous place! So smart!
<sigh> info that zone 4a gardens can't benefit from. đ Fun to watch though.
I have heard, that you can't grow ocas, yacons and mashuas up in the north – because they need dark hours to produce yield. I wonder if anyone has tried growing them with covering for nights, and how punctual you need to be with them.
Was so much fun having you here Huw – thank you so much for visiting and for spreading the knowledge of these beautiful indigenous crops đđâđż
I have to get a Yacon plant. I was scammed and sold "seeds" and I have no idea what they were. None grew. I plan to get Taro too. I planted the "impossible to kill" Sunchokes right before the worst drought and heatwave in decades. Nothing could save them. Digging one dying plant up and babying it couldn`t save it. I`m taking that as a hint and never plan to waste 35 bucks on those again. I`ve planted a lot of fruit trees successfully and I can`t wait until next year when all will be producing and I just got a Prime Ark Freedom thornless blackberry that produces in its first year.
Huw I've looked on line to get some tuba for mashua to grow in my Allotment but no one seems to have it
What a shame there weren't eight UK native, or at least European, plants. Could have included parsley roots for example.
Peru here… The Andes have awesome products and they are incredibly versatile.
We leave oca in the sun to make it sweeter, just like sweet potatoes.
Great video!
This bloke says every sentence like hes asking a question
I've been growing yacĂČn for a few years. I got a rhizome and planted it in a container. I'll harvest a tuber when needed for a salad and periodically harvest everything and divide the rhizome and propagate new plants. They need more rain/water in the summer. We have dry summers and wet winters (10a -Style, mild winter, rare frost), so they need support during the dry months. Mine flourish in the winter
Huw , Please stop using the word "Bunch". You used it the other day during an interview on your Regenerative video where you said " I hear you have planted a bunch of nut trees " ! Its such childish and obviously American use of language.
Older, tougher sweet potato vines and leaves also make excellent pig and chicken food.
Why did the potato win?
Good Day. A tip. Regarding the tarrow plant. It is nutrious when you eat the tuber or dasheen as we call it and also the stem and leaves are edible. You peel the stems, wash both stems and leaves to make stauted veg with oil and aromatics or you make callallo by adding ocroes, pumpkin, aromatics, coconut milk and blend everything into a green mash after it is cooked of course….eat it over rice. Thank you and have fun.
Love growing sweet potatoes and im zone 6. Actually had our first poblem with the stems being eaten by deer this year. Consisering how to improve our fencing next year.
Thanks hew, started to follow these lovely people about a month ago and nan what they do is amazing in my eyes, so much and so much I would like to learn.
We did sweet potatoes this year and Iâm very happy with what I got that Iâll be planting them again next year.
The others my issue would be the unknown texture/taste and how to use.
May be worth looking into the yacon tho. That looked good in my option and the white one before, canât remember the name
Could you please list the proper spelling of each, and with scientific name if possible? I want to source these correctly. Thank you.
hearing so much about edible plants from all over the world – although it is interesting – it makes me think about which one could be the next invasive neophyt in my region. just feel quite unsure about it …