Having a survival garden is a smart idea.
There are times in your life when you are going to need food, but due to weather, storms, or power outages, you might not have easy access to food.
Therefore, it is important to have a backup plan, such as food storage or survival gear, when this happens.
One excellent way to make sure that you have food is to create your own survival garden.
Survival gardening is a little bit more difficult to master than the average vegetable garden, but it may be essential to your survival.
If you are looking to be self-sufficient in your own food, you will want to have at least four types of crops in your survival garden.
To be prepared for any kind of disaster, you will want to have a resilient crop to drought and pestilence.
You may also want to include a crop that doesn’t need much light or water when it is dormant.
So, what are four of the best survival crops to grow:
1. Potatoes
Potatoes are a great source of many necessary nutrients such as carbohydrates and proteins.
They are also full of Vitamin C, Calcium, and minerals.
Therefore, potatoes will give you the most calories for the space.
If you live in a climate with cool summers, then you need to plant a little early.
But if you live in a warmer climate, you can plant a little later (two to three weeks before the last spring frost date).
Potatoes should be ready to harvest in about 65-90 days.
2. Corn
Corn is one of the most realistic grains to grow at home.
Harvesting is very easy. Corn is rich in vitamins B1, B5 and C. It is also a natural dietary fiber.
There are three main types of corn:
- Flint
- Flour
- Dent
Flint corn is better for cooler and wetter climates.
Flour corn (grown by American Indians) is much easier to grind than flint corn.
Dent corn is standard field corn, but most of this is now genetically engineered.
3. Beans
Beans and other legumes (peas, lentils, and cowpeas) are full of protein.
They are also extremely easy to grow.
They can be stored through the winter without processing.
Dry beans are one of the most popular food plan survival crops, and they are also one of the most nutritious.
Each of them produces an average of 3 to 5 pounds of material per 100 square feet.
For every pound of beans consumed, more than 1,500 calories are burned.
The best beans to grow in cooler climates are peas, favas, garbanzos, and lentils.
All other beans grow best in warmer climates.
These are must-haves in any survival garden.
4. Cabbage
Cabbage is easy to grow all year round.
Cabbage can even grow through the winter.
Cabbage can stay in the garden late into the fall and be stored in a root cellar or a greenhouse.
You can also ferment cabbage to turn into Sauerkraut.
Members of the cabbage family include collards and kale.
These are cut-and-come-again crops.
These can also be grown all through the winter.
Collards and kale are nutritional, and they have an amazing calcium content.
They represent 26% of an adult’s daily calcium intake.
Cabbage is essential in your survival.
To sum it up
Hopefully, you will never be in a situation where you need to use your survival garden for actual survival, but it is excellent to have if that ever becomes the case.
A survival garden isn’t only used in time of need but can also be highly beneficial to your health and will save you a lot of money by growing things yourself.
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Thank you for reading! 🙂
