6 TOP Crops to Grow at Home to Save You From STARVING
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- In this video, I give you my 6 TOP CROPS to grow at home in the vegetable garden to save you from starving!
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Never underestimate the value of herbs and spices in a survival situation. Those potatoes will get real bland after a few weeks, and mental health is invaluable
Very true! Great comment 👍
Good reason to learn to forage locally. There's a variety to flavors.
@@nonyadamnbusiness9887 Have 3 myself. 😁
I have a rosemary tree that will make wonders to those potatoes, and is so easy to grow and propagate! Also parsley, lots of parsley, it grows perennial on a patch in our property.
I would add many varieties of hot and sweet pepper, some hens for eggs/protein and we're good to survive!
Also do not forget about garlic, it's really expensive (if you want to sell some) but really easy to grow, and it's exponential, you grow 10-12 garlics from one garlic, every season you will grow more and more until you're trillonaire.
He mentioned the "three sisters" that Native Americans planted together for good reason: Corn first because it sprouts fast and grows tall, beans next that will use the corn stalks to climb on, and last, squash (pumpkin or acorn or butternut) to spread along the ground, keeping the soil around the corn and bean roots cooler. Might try it - a great companion planting threesome that has been proven to work well.
Great post.
I’ve also heard from a vegetarian that eating those 3 together creates a beautiful protein
don't forget the beans help with providing nitrogen too. Also once the squash is established you won't have to worry about weeding as they will suppress everything else.
Planted beans with corn. The beans climbed up the corn and broke the stalks. The corn didn't do well - I think it needed more fertilizer; dried kernels?
I've heard the phrase about corn beans squash as 'the 3 sisters but didn't know that sequence, ty
I remember seeing this bloke awhile ago with barely any subscribers, now he's at 2mil! Insane, deserves every single one. Lovely human being.
same
I recently stumbled across this channel again. I used to be an avid follower and subscriber, but, as the channel grew, it' lost focus and now you see a lot of overseas gardeners and "sponsors" being showcased. Marks early success was due to him being an "Aussie home grown gardener" and targeting our market here in Australia. If I want to watch someone from the US, who's climate zones don't match ours, I'll tune into their channel myself. Just my thoughts.
I can't get enough of this guy. A character, a teacher, and a survivalist who knows the score and seeks to alert others to the scummy deep state that hates to see self-sufficiency among the population lest they lose control and can no longer latch on to your money. You go bro, and keep the videos coming, please. God Bless you, brother.
Thank you!!!!!!!!
How exactly is the "deep state" preventing you from gardening?
Touche'
Amen! ❤
I read recently how certain councils are placing bans on garden size and poultry ownership, he is right on the money
When I was a child my family was desperately poor. My father was a school janitor trying to feed a family of five on the pittance he earned. So we maintained a small flock of chickens and a garden to keep us supplied with meat, eggs and vegetables. I remember those supplying the bulk of our food for a number of years. We didn't grow potatoes or cabbage but we did grow everything else as well as carrots, turnips, okra, zucchini, yellow squash and cucumbers. It kept us pretty well fed and there was a fair amount of variety.
In a strange sort of way I'm almost grateful for having grown up so poor. Being that poor can really teach a lot of survival skills. I'm not going to go so far as to say it was good or I ever enjoyed it but I did learn from it.
And rabbits.
😉
I feel so unprepared
that is so true and beautiful gives you a true appreciation for life wish you all the best
Did you hunt for deer and moose meat? We did and an abundance of meat in the bush here.
@@Linda23750 ha ha, me too...i guess that's why we're watching these.
Blackberries. The plants are free, grow like mad super quickly and are virtually indestructible. I’ve got a bramble that I spent years trying to get rid off (cutting down, digging up, no chemicals) and then I gave in and trained it up the fence. Every year I get at least 9lb of fruit. Easy to make tasty jam and pickle/chutneys that last for years. This one ‘weed’ has been in my garden for 34 years.
I love this idea! I remember going with my parents to pick fresh blackberries - they always grew alongside the train tracks and most roads around here. We also collected huge mushrooms from the cow paddocks. Then the gov't declared the berry a noxious weed. No more rightfully ours free food.
@@WollongongSkyWatch a noxious weed? That’s dreadful. ‘Blackberrying’ used to be something most families did here in 1970’s 🇬🇧 UK, but people seem to have just stopped. Foraging is trendy, but there seems to be little thought as to what to do with all the stuff they’ve stripped from the countryside, and ‘leave plenty for the birds’ has definitely gone by the by.
@@missworm yep, back in the 1970s for me too here in Australia. The last time I saw wild blackberries was in the 1990s at the bottom of a horse agistment property. Councils here are deadbeats. After every heavy rain we always get warnings about those 'poisionous' mushrooms growing everwhere lol
@@scout7060 how amazing!
@@scout7060 gosh, I thought brambles were practically indestructible and lived everywhere. I have raspberries too, and in the 35 years I’ve lived in my house, the plants have travelled over 70ft up the garden - all their own doing!
South African here. My aunt's garden had all six of these plus sweet potatoes, madumbe, gem squash, butternut and a couple of fruit trees (guava, lemon, orange, peach). For school holidays we'd visit her and even though ours was a large family with many children, there was always plenty to eat. This video reminded me of that wonderful experience.
I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma. My parents had gardens for years. Potato, green beans, okra, leafy greens, just to name a few things. Feeding a large family made the work worth it. Mom also canned fruit or made jams and jelly.
Speaking of squash can yor do you have a video on how to tend squash ? Yellow preferably !!!
Im in south Africa wild Coast, fresh food price is getting expensive and I'm here learning to grow my food
A good source of vitamin C is important! To prevent scurvy
Why didn't you just say Taro? Why call it Madumbe?
I’m so happy for russell crowe enjoying his garden…
all jokes aside, you have such a positive vibe, thank you for that
underrated comment
😂😂😂
❤John 3,16 ❤
Just to clarify -- the UK government may have tried to help the Irish during the potato famine, but a not insignificant part of their government also used it as means to rid themselves of what they considered the Irish problem. The Irish grew a lot of food that was non-potato, that the UK government exported to England, leaving the Irish with *only* potatoes. Members of the UK government saw the famine as an opportunity to reduce their Irish problem, i.e., commit genocide against the Irish people, by purposefully starving them. There was enough food in Ireland to feed the Irish; it's just that the UK took it, and left them to starve. To quote one article: "In 1848, Whig economist Nassau Senior expressed his disappointment that the famine that year would reduce the surplus Irish population by only a million souls. To many Whigs, including Charles Edward Trevelyan, the British bureaucrat in charge of Irish famine relief, the famine was seen as divine intervention worthy of a wicked, indolent, ignorant and perverse people."
So now people begin to understand why they disarmed the population before stamping on our necks.
Holy shit. I'm not surprised and yet somewhat surprised. WTF
The above agrees with the histories I have read.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.......Sigh!
English government .... no way did the welsh or Scots condone anything the English government did to the Irish peoples and most likely never will.
Hopefully the kingdom will fall apart in my lifetime.
Your videos are amazing! So helpful. I'm a 70 year old Canadian and I wish I had an acre or two of land to grow crops on. You must have several people working for you to keep all that food growing, canned, preserved, cooked etc. 😊😊😊❤❤
May i suggest cucumbers for your list. Fermenting/ pickling adds some zest to a bland meal. You can also dry them with a seasoned salt. Chopped with dried tomatoes, they make a delicious dried salad when sprinkled with olive oil, and also can be used with your baked potatoes. Included dried herbs on your list. Lots of nutrition, flavor.
Cucumbers have no calories.
@donsullivan6199 cakes may have few calories, but do have plenty of vitamins and minerals. Most 'greens' are fairly low in calories, but high in nutrients.
Remember you can't live on bread alone! (starch/calories)
My friends and family think that my bulk buying of spices and herbs that way I have them preserved for long term storage is crazy. But it comforts me knowing I'm prepared. My friend even gave me 10 Chicken carcasses that she was just going to throw away, and I canned 42 quarts of chicken stock and 13 quarts of homemade chicken soup. All from something she was going to toss. It's the little things in this world
Hello. How are you preserving and storing them? In what medium and what location? In combinations or in isolation? Thank you.
@@JeLifeCoach I would like to know this too.
Concerning poultry carcasses and beef bones:
I always keep mine after most of the meat has been consumed or frozen for later.
But when I’m a guest for Thanksgiving or other reason that will produce leftover bones, I kindly ask what plans have been made for the carcass or the meat bones. If the host/hostess is going to throw them away, I ask for them! I haven’t been refused to date. My family can eat for a week using the broth to make soups, as a substitute for water when cooking rice, and freeze whatever was leftover: the broth itself, soups, and so on. Happy winter eating!
@@JeLifeCoach I just can them. I don't add herbs to my stocks so I can change the recipe as I please.
@@sandralinder6108 yess!! My grandparents save their chicken and turkey carcasses for me so I can make some more stock. Free food for us lol
Thank you for this video!
1. Potatoes (ideally a few varieties)
2. Corn
3. Cabbage
4. Pumpkin
5. Beans (French, etc)
6. Tomatoes
I would add greens, but corn, tomatoes & potatoes together in a meal.
Corn lacks nutrition.
Radishes are also fantastic, they grow in most weather, even colder conditions and they grow fast
@@selenacordeiro1458 Hear here, from diakon to the little red bulbous ones, ravishing they are!
@@reforest4fertility 😋
I absolutely love your channel. Makes me want to go back to my farm where I grew up and work on the soil with my own two hands and grow food. Farmers are literally taken for granted in my country. They get ignored and unrepresented when they're the ones feeding us day in and day out pouring blood sweat and tears to feed the country and sustain their own families.
Russell Growe!! Love you man! You’re my favorite person to watch! I love your energy, happiness, and loads of useful information!! I’m a long time fan and life long gardener all the way from Nebraska! You taught me the “lasagna method” for filling raised beds!! Keep up the great work!!😊
Irishman here. The UK did nothing to help the Irish during the famine - they contributed to it. Really great video btw - learned a lot!
I was going to say the same thing after I heard him say "despite England trying to help" help themselves by trying to wipe us out more like it.
warra 1845 potato harvest
Plenty of other food in the country - shipped out to England.
that is what i always heard. the english took all the potatoes, not that the crop really failed that much. like the "red famine" by stalin against the ukrainines.
Yep. There was no Irish famine. It’s now referred to as The Hunger by historians here. The Brits starved people to death basically even though there was a surplus supply. The crops were exported and sold.
My twin daughters are 13 since Covid they and my wife have gotten super into gardening. I built a greenhouse 10' x 10' in our backyard and those girls can grow stuff year round in there (We live in Oklahoma). Right now they've got corn, carrots, green beans, potatoes, lettuce, green onions, and tomatoes. I'm probably going to build a 2nd one later this year. It's saving me loads of money and I'm glad to see my girls fired up something productive.
how did you build the greenhouse?
Awesome 😎
@@bethlanoue589 they sell kits at Atwood's, Lowe', and other places like that.
Tomatoes have been linked with arthritis so you would probably be better off growing something else!!!
@@kirkkirkland7244 you’re cooked
this is one of the best videos i've seen in a while.. thanks for sharing..
I cant tell u enough how much I appreciate your channel. You should be so proud of what you do! It's amazing.
My wife and I used to wrap tomatoes in newspaper, put in a box, and put the box under the bed. This kept them in the dark and oxygen free. We had fresh tomatoes all winter long (six months).
great
What kind of temperature range would you estimate in that location? I wonder if this storage method could work for me too.
@@taxat10n1sth3ft We kept it pretty cool in the sixties.
Wow, I'm constantly surprised at what people know. Great idea to keep your Tomatoes going through the year.
What's a "Newspaper" though?
Butternut squash, it keeps better and longer than pumpkins.
Turnips, sweet potatoes, beets, carrots, parsnips, kale, collards, to name a few.
They keep a long time in storage, or live for months in garden so you don't have to harvest them all at once.
Seminole pumpkin lasts for a year.
I bought a butternut squash at the grocery store last thanksgiving and it has just been sitting on my counter. It is STILL perfectly firm and good to eat. I have been amazed. I figured it would last a few months maybe but over a year is ridiculous!
I second the addition of beets!! In our garden we have had the same "mama beet" for going on 3 years. She alone makes enough beet greens in the summer months that we don't need any other greens. Her foliage gets 2.5+ ft wide. Truly impressive! She flowers and seeds every year, and she has several lovely baby beets that we dig up and eat at the end of the season.
Fig trees are good for the length of the fruiting season - they pop figs early May and you can eat off the tree for up to four months or more as they ripen in waves on the tree so a longer harvest window less need for preserving. Can make a good jam to store as fig newtons to extend the window
Hmm
My immediate thought was other root vegetables like onions, carrots and turnips. You can store them almost as long as potatoes, they have some nutrients that potatoes miss out on, and especially onions can really twist the dial up on an otherwise boring stew. You can also eat turnip greens as a dish of it's own.
8:36 I appreciate a gardener who can work in a Blazing Saddles reference whilst teaching the importance of growing beans for survival.
Hey. This is by far my favorite video you’ve ever done. I was instantly hooked by the intelligent stabs at today’s politics to the information you packed in.
You made me smile throughout the video.
Thank you!!!
Thank you! It's a fine line to walk when navigating these subjects without turning people off. I'm glad you felt like I was able to sneek it in without being too much over the top. Your feedback is much appreciated! Cheers 🙂
@eM J Absolutely!! I agree with you. Mark you always have awesome videos, but this one is like icing on the cake. Perfect : )
I agree. I’ve been gardening for a couple of years now, but I’ve really tried to narrow it down just just the staple veggies that we can survive off, and everything on his list is in my garden right now. I also grow a ton of leafy greens, herbs, peppers, and such, but mainly potato, cabbage, corn, beans, tomato, sweet potato, and pumpkin. The pumpkins are tricky to grow in a small yard, but it can be done if you don’t mind it looking a little untidy
@@Selfsufficientme and thanks for keeping it clean, Mark. You are a National treasure.
Yes, same here!
The follow up to this would be food preservation methods. No matter how good your garden is, you need to make the food last several seasons so you are stocked come frost.
Pickled, Dehydrated, Canned, Frozen, Processing it for later.
Ask 1000 americans what scientific principle causes a vacuum to form when you employ home canning methods to preserve food and 999 of them wouldnt know but ask them what pronouns some random nitwit on a talkshow uses and 999 of them would know that. This is why I laugh everyday, I hope I live to see the day what reality has in store for them.
@@kickassclone75 so what you're saying is that you can't help yourself, you just have to be a douchebag.
only if you choose to live in a region with frost 😜 but even then, preserving is an important line of knowledge, good comment.
@@kickassclone75 weird that youre praying on people to starve to death in some apocalyptic situation but ok I guess 👍
Dude doesn't even know how to get his seed potatos to the next planting seasons properly. Wouldn't rely on any preservation recipes he's giving away. Botulism is a thing.
I don’t grow a lot yet. Mostly garlic, onions, and spices. But definitely don’t forget spices and aromatics because they can make food taste better. Hoping to grow enough potatoes to pair with my rosemary and tomatoes with my basil this summer
They are also expensive to buy. Saving you money to buy other food.
My dad was unemployed for a year. My mom's folks had a small farm. She grew corn and green beans in our backyard and kept us going. We grew really sick of green bean stew, but we never went hungry.
Hey man!
The great famine wasn’t due to potatoes. It was due to predatory British regulation. There was plenty of food, but Ireland wasn’t allowed to keep it inside Ireland. Irish farmers didn’t personally improve their land, due to very oppressive legislation that gave them no security. at the same time this was all happening, it became fashionable for the English land owners to get into sheep. So they started converting crop to pasture and evicted the Irish farmers who now had no land to grow their subsistence gardens on! When they moved onto quasi-public land they were beaten and told to move.
For the farmers still on land, the only easy to grow crop in marginal land that could feed the farmers and their evicted neighbors was the potato. When the blight came in, all the food they farmed for cash crops was sold by the land lords. Leaving the Irish to artificially starve.
Sort of the same situation we’re seeing now. Starvation caused by poor legislation and incompetence from our leaders.
Exactly! Thanks for adding more details about the lead up to the famine.
Exactly
Came here to say this. As Terry Pratchett said "no one would eat shark's fin if they were allowed to eat the whole shark".
Wah wah wah... they say the victors write history, so sounds like the Irish won...
Lol I just posted a comment about this before seeing yours. Yours is much more in-depth.
Mark, you crack me up!!! Thank you for bringing awareness to this topic through entertainment, wisdom, and humor. Xx
I had a full gulp of coffee in my mouth when he tooted. Almost lost it.
Thanks Hannah, it's 1:30 AM here at the moment and I was so excited to get this video out I completely lost track of time... I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂👍
Absolutely thrilled to have stumbled upon your channel! Your approach to blending valuable crop-growing tutorials with just the right touch of humor and honesty is genuinely refreshing. It's evident you pour a lot of heart and effort into each video, making complex topics accessible and engaging for everyone. Your dedication to spreading awareness and empowering us with knowledge is admirable. Please keep up the fantastic work - the world needs more voices like yours, making a meaningful impact one tutorial at a time.
Gotta be onion for me. You can grow it year round, it stores for absolutely ages, it has very few pests/diseases and produces a large amount of easily saved seed. It doesn't matter how many onion seeds I sow, I always get to the end of the season thinking I should have sown more. In a survival situation I'm sure it would be right up there with things like potatoes and squash.
Onions were my biggest failure last year, i was new to them and got the timing wrong. So i thought, heck, they are cheap, I'll skip onions this year. Regretting that decision! All summer long as I'm hitting the produce aisle I realized that all I'm buying is fruit and ONIONS! And the one single solitary onion I harvested this year, one of last year's plants making a comeback, was excellent and firm, I could immediately see that it would store for a long time.
I figure I go through 200+ onions per year in home cooking. Next year I'm going to try again, and if I'm successful I'm going to aim to find space for 200 in 2024! I'm bursting with winter squash right now, so i believe it can be done even in my suburban garden.
Onions are a win for me too. I had to learn to string them correctly from the inter webs.
That crop kept for 2 years.
I had so many onions that I was swapping stings of them with other Gardners for beetroot, beans, spuds, carrots, cabbage, and tomatoes.
@@that_auntceleste5848 Did you ever figure out what you did wrong? I also have had trouble getting onions to grow.
How do you store your onions without them rotting? Maybe I have some kind of fungus in the air around here, but I can't keep onions or garlic for very long before they blacken or sprout. So aggravating!
And garlic! It can be used medicinally also!👍🏻Also I had trouble even getting onions to sprout and found 1) I was planting them at the wrong time, 2) I was planting the wrong varieties for my climate. I’m in the Southern US and needed to find short day onions and I sprouted them indoors before planting them outside. It worked though. I also will have to plant them possibly twice a year here (I haven’t tried that yet but it could work in my temperate climate) and storage might be a challenge because of the humidity in the air here so planting more often might be necessary. 😳
lovely to see you again. i love your humour, knowledge in all areas for growing and using veges. thankyou so much!
Sweet potatoes...yummmy & chock full of vitamins, fills you up, easy to grow, & can make lots of dishes from sides to desserts!!
Sweet potatoes have become my favorite self sufficient crop! You can eat the leaves and stems all summer long. (Freezing some for the winter, cooked Indian style.) Then harvest the sweet potatoes before the first frost. (They store well.) Then with some of them towards the end of winter, start your slips to do it all again!
Yes. So very easy to grow
They're a bit tough if you're thinking of turnip greens texture but leaves more tender and I agree, good.
How do you prepare the leaves of the sweet potatoes? I didn't know that you can eat it, I actually have some now in my yard.
@@judyellis9421 My favorite way is to do it is Moghlai style Or any Indian recipe that calls for spinach. I think it’s my favorite green for the garden!
I just wash the leaves and slice them. You can also chop the stems and spice them up. East by West has a video about that!
When talking about corn as a survival crop, one should also mention nixtamalization. Native Americans used to treat their corn in an alkaline solution made with hardwood ash, which turns the corn into hominy. This makes the nutrients, especially B-vitamins bioavailable and prevents nutrient deficiency. The commercial process today uses lye. For a legitimate survival situation, this knowledge would be invaluable.
And the Choctaw sent money to help the starving Irish even after they were dispossessed
we still do this
Good info thank you.
the hardwood ash is lye
Yes they did.
That's where the Grits he was talking about comes From.
They are Delicious
"if you don't fart...you die". Words of wisdom right there! I love it!!!
Excellent, I have a mango farm in India and I agree all the way. We have 210 mango trees spread in 2 acres, each tree has 20ft distance. In between this distance space my charge hand grows, chillis, tomatoes, peas, spinach, garlic, ginger, cabbage, peppers 🫑, and many other root crops. All organic and nutritious.
Sounds delicious
That’s awesome! I wish I could take a virtual tour of that mango farm.
Well done and I hope that you do well with your mango farm business.
Part of caste?
Awesome Dil!! Do you have a channel on TH-cam?
My wife and I are new to the channel, living on a 10 Acre property, 3 years ago we devoted to growing 2 Acres of our land, initially we focused on Pumpkins, Squash, Gourds then we sourced in fall mums, Straw Bales, cornstalks, and we sell complete porch decor packages during fall season leading up to Halloween. However as of 2022 we started shifting more of the land towards food... potatoes, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, peppers etc... In 2022 we weren't sure how it will be received by local community so we didn't plant too much but everything sold out so well that people were disappointed when we told them we are all out for the season. Especially potatoes, we had 3 rows, about 200' each as trial.
In 2023 we plan on having about 8-10 rows at 300' each.
We started watching channels such as this one recently because we know we can learn and get many valuable ideas from them.
Greetings and much ❤️ to all from 🇨🇦
You got me: NEW subscriber! Love your sense of humor and common sense. As a South African, living and working in Taiwan, your vid took me back to my youth where dad had us grow a lot of what you just mentioned. Although we didn't have fruitables (love the term), we had an abundance of tomatoes (vegetables) in our home. The one I'd add would be beetroot - lovely, tasty and extremely versatile! I'll be following up with your other vids. Thanks, mate.
I love vegetable garden too and flowers and fruit bearing trees...that can sustain our daily needs...banana is the key main factor and swee potatoes
Love this video! As an American, with many idiot politicians, we are amping up our deck raised beds. Last year (first year) was mediocre, but this year will be spectacular as we are composting and worm farming.
Thank you for the entertainment as well as the great, informative content.
Jodi Lee, in Australia we are encouraged by the government to carry supplies with us in our households to offset our needs if a disaster happens. You know Australia is the land of flooding rain and drought. People don't as a general rule criticise others for being 'preppers'.
You are the only channel that I can get stand up comedy and decent garden advice! Blessings and Grace!
He says Potato correctly, but not Tomato. Mate, Tomato sounds the same as Potato, but with a "T". JK, I don't care how you say it, that was a cool video. Video ended with what sounded like some monkeys in the background, raising hell. LOL
On a serious note for those who care. Corn, wheat, and rice are the world's staple crops. Unfortunately, corn is one of the crops that has been GMO'ed. GMO Crops that I know of are Corn, Cotton, Canola (rapeseed), and Soy. Wheat, while not GMO has been hybridized so bad, that it can be unhealthy. Get heirloom varieties of any of the ones you want to grow at home.
I really enjoyed your video. My growing surface is very small, 10 by 5, but I enjoy seeing everything grow, day by day.
I haven’t watched any of your videos in awhile and I must say hearing you say “let’s get into it” was very uplifting 😊
I do think cucumber is a must too! Not just to help with starvation, but if for any reason you can't drink the water, cucumber will help keep you hydrated!💖🤗🙏
Now into the topic of hydration, watermelons are great too. I heard they got domesticated in Africa exactly for this purpose.
@@nunyabiznes33 Yes they are, the only downside with watermelons is they are big and need slot of space to grow! But omg I love watermelon I can eat a whole one myself! This is true I'm not kidding. My family has always teased me about it but yes I can eat a whole watermelon myself just give me about 3 hours and its gone!!! Lo
@@ItalianAngel21175 3 hours? more like 3 minutes, right?
@@manzanasrojas6984 more like 30 seconds when I unhinge my jaw like Shaggy
@@mauz791 Well I cut it in small pieces, but because it turns to water immediately after you eat it it doesn't fill you like solid food. And no if I ate it in 3 minutes I'd be puking! 😕 I don't believe it's humanly possible....🤔
When I see good videos like this I usually take my time to appreciate the experts who make these videos possible, it's not easy to help a lot of people make money & free from hungry 😊
You are right, experts and professionals are generally underestimated and unfortunately this happens more in the financial and agricultural sector, a typical example is my financial mentor, Mr Robert David Trade.
I would blame myself if I heard of an opportunity like this and let it go to waste, please am interested how can I do business with him
I really love it when I see people sharing vital knowledge like this online, you can never tell what knowledge you may find online that will change your life for good.
@Flavio .C. he literally has millions of subscribers lol. not underestimated even a tiny bit.
We grow all 6, so I totally agree. I also agree with the importance and value of herbs (both culinary and medicinal) and spices. They can be grown to reduce weeds and pests in the garden. Tisanes can be uplifting or calming, energizing or relaxing and provide important nutrients all the while.
This was highly entertaining. Good info, but the delivery was top notch.
I have to share some info with you: during the 1840’s in Ireland, record harvests of all kinds of crops were reported and Charles Trevelyn, Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time, refused to let the Irish peasants consume the cash crops which were feeding the coffers of the English government. The Irish peasants starved in the hedgerows or fled to the New World because potatoes were all their overlords would let them eat, despite Ireland’s bounty in that decade, historical context is crucial. Other than that, love your work, keep it up.
Yes, they didn't just starve, they were starved*.
Kind of correct but not fully. The potato was devastated by disease which was more than 60% of Irelands food source. Even with the blight, the country was still exporting the same amount of goods, maybe even more. Which made the problem worse. They then relied heavily of imports from other countries to survive. These imports were expensive and not dispersed properly. Also, other crops grown in Ireland (aside from potatoes) were also to expensive to consume by the less fortunate. They weren't forced to eat any one crop over another. The problem was the other crops were to expensive and 1/3 of all potatoes were ravaged by disease. So in the end, it was still the blight of potatoes that caused the famine. Before the potato blight, the less fortunate relied heavily on them. Nothing changed after aside from the food they relied heavily upon was no longer in abundance like it was. If they couldn't afford the other food and potatoes were no longer, that equals starvation. They couldn't afford to eat anything else wether they would have been able to get their hands on the other crops or not. Yes there was corruption and political bias but at the end of the day it was still the lack of potatoes that was the root and lasting cause, IE main factor in the famine.
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In addition to your list, I recommend spinach/swiss chard/collards/molokhia because of the fact that these nutrient dense, grow especially well in window boxes (and therefore doesn't need much space!!), and if you pick the outermost leaves, it'll continue to grow even during harsh winters!!
My mother used to edge her east facing flower bed with swiss chard and send one of kids to harvest some for dinner. We were instructed to take a couple of leaves from each plant. We always had swiss chard.
Note for those who don't know: Swiss chard is a beet that has been bred to make very large leaves. You can get a red stemmed version that looks a lot more like something you would plant for decoration. The red stemmed type grows as fast as the non-red stemmed.
I agree.
@@kensmith5694 You could also get one of the color stemmed varieties like canary, or other bright light varieties.
@@weibie They sell them in a rainbow pack here so you get white, yellow, pink and red. Too bad I can't stand the taste, I find they always taste like they've gone moldy! And I'm fine with beet tops, and I know it makes no sense.
Can’t look through 17k (as of now) comments to see if anyone already suggested this, but another good idea is to rotate your crops. In particular, the plots where you plant corn in one year, it would be beneficial to plant beans in the next year. Corn is a big drain on the soil, whereas beans, as you mentioned, are good for the soil because they have bacteria that fix their own nitrogen. With potatoes as well, aside from the planting different varieties that you mentioned, rotating with other crops helps prevent blight and other issues.
I am seeing an increase in pests over the last few years so interplanting is becoming essential ans if possible put hens and ducks to graze the unsued befs straight after each harvest.
This was delightful. Informative and entertaining. Thank you!
Now this is more of what we need on TH-cam, practical skills shown to people for independent living, not people miming songs while doing a dance or handstand saying that they understand people's frustration of inflation. Educate us on how to take control over our situation & make a difference in our life so we can meet our needs in this tough time, well done, brilliant, thanks for this truly informative gem of information which truly makes a difference.
Do u know what happened in Ireland?
@Black Bamboo flour is a definite, your so right it's not funny.
100 percent. With some nice humor thrown in
Well said! Good to see something really useful and helpful to know .
I would include beets as a good crop to grow. I personally love them, and eat the tops and the roots. Super easy to grow you can grow a lot of them in a small space. The roots also last along time in a cold dark place and they can be pickled.
I love beets.
Don't like beets. I'm working on developing a taste for them but the greens are my favorite
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I love feeding beets to people who’ve never had them! Most of the time, they’re instant converts. The only drawback is they do take a long time to cook, but I love the fact that the skins slide right off once they’re fully cooked - no tedious peeling!
Top choice the good old beets! 👍🙂
Been watching you for years...your knowledge has benefited me greatly...much gratefulness from Arkansas, USA
Mark, you're amazingly good! Your enthusiasm for gardening and true sufficiency shines and I feel so encouraged as a fellow gardener ❤
Nice video. I am from Mexico, so we hear a lot about the "holy trinity"; that's corn, beans and squash. That was/is the basis of native civilization here. When you grow these three together we call it "Milpa", and there are other food that fits really well among them, as chili peppers and onions. I think that's the basis of mexican food. The idea of adding cabbages and potatos is great, one day I will try to put all of those together. Saludos!
Squash is hard to grow outside if you live in rual areas. All animals eat it, mostly rats/rodents. Put it inside, and you then have to pollinate yourself. When it gets hot (100+) they don't produce any flowers and just become a decoration.
No, it’s now service based providing goods and services to all the cross border American shoppers.
Grow beans with corn…beans make nitrogen which helps fertilize the corn.
@@cdle007 rude but funny lol - I'm Mexican
@@NSWvet83 He mentioned Pumpkin in the video, I would go for zucchini, both squashes
Zapallos crecen muy fácil y cuando no te das cuenta han tomado la montaña y tienes miles y miles de zapallos por año! I hope you mean that squash, if not, that's my recommendation, zapallo brasilero, anquito, etc, they are delicious!
Many indigenous nations in North American planted "3 sisters crops"; squash (including your pumpkin), beans, and corn. Sometimes a fourth sister was included such as sunflower. This helped attact bees. BTW, I was never a cabbage fan until I discovered sauerkraut and kimchi. I can't get enough of the stuff now.
Why did they plant the 3 crops together? Haven't seen the video yet if it answers it
@@naturesfinest2408 the corn, squash, and beans would nurture each other as a family. The corn gave beans a climbing medium, squash shaded the roots, beans added nitrogen to soil
And sunflowers are useful for sprouts during the winter!
My wife and I lived in S Korea for a few years as I went there to work. ( I am in construction engineering. ) When we first got there we did not like the spicy hot dishes and for sure did not like kimchi. By the time we left a few years later we were eating everything. Hah. Kimchi we could not eat without it.....especially the radish and cucumber style.
That's great! Fermented vegetables are high in k2 which prevents bone loss.
Brilliant advice and great craic! I'm starting a new life in the country and bringing back a neglected garden with enough space for fruit and veg so thanks for making this!
One thing I haven't seen in the comments below would be ground cherries (aka husk cherries or golden fruit). They're delicious, one plant gives you a massive harvest, and they will keep fairly well in a bucket in the pantry as long as they're kept cool and stay in the husk.
Sweet Potatoes are an excellent addition to this list in my opinion. there are many different varieties, they are very bug-resistant, disease resistant and grow like crazy, the leave are also edible.
the only drawback is, since they are a tropical plant, they prefer hot, humid weather with lot of rain.
For those interested, I highly recommend the Hawaiian Sweet Potato, or locally known as the Uala
Sweet potato greens are delicious as well!!
Oh man, i hate sweet potatoes...
So not for us in Tasmania, haha 😂
I'm in Canada and tried growing them one year... by harvest time I got a handful of sweet potatoes that were no thicker than my fingers... so that's not something I'll try again until I've got a better way to extend my growing season!!
@@bunhelsingslegacy3549 they are tropical, and love heat and downpours. maybe they would do well in insulated greenhouses, just a thought.
You were mentioning co-planting, so just to clarify: Corn, beans, and squashes planted together are known as the "Three Sisters", and basically fed the entire Native American population in the eastern half of North America. The corn provides a pole for the beans to climb. The beans help to make the soil better. And the squash helps protect the other two from pests.
Ever try the three sisters method? It doesn't work well. Different plants have different needs. If I fertilize properly for corn, beans and squash will be overnitrogenated and have very low yields. I can grow twice as much by planting those three crops separately and treating the soil appropriately.
Maybe so in legend. But, if you live in an area with squash vine borer, all bets are off!
The 3 sisters supplemented their diet, their main diet was venison, bear, fish and other wild game.
I'm guessing that y'all are not indigenous people of north America. It's dent corn, winter squash and drying beans or peas. They're staggered in starting time. Often it was five or more 'sisters' planted with some acting like trap crops, others to repel or attract pollinators or pests. Other plants grown in traditional 'sisters' gardens; sunflower and tobacco
@@suzannestokes7076 I did this. Grew Flint "Indian" drying corn, kabocha, butternut, and pumpkins, and some pole beans good for fresh and dry eating. My house is full of beautiful squash, corn, and just replanted dry beans for an autumn crop. What's fun to me is knowing I have deep indigenous roots and this came naturally to me.
This is very same reason i sarted my garden. people keep dismissing me about this issue, im glad someone understands and wants to help. Thanks for the
advice :D
Reminds me of my bamboo/food farm in Florida. I had 500 banana trees with giant 500 gallon pots. Had to sell out and leave 33 years of collecting all kinds of plants. Great video sir!
Thank you so much and GOD Bless and protect you always!
Spinach is a vegetable which continously gives food. I have kept spinach plants for 2 years before they grew tired and I had to replace them. You pick the outer bigger leaves and leave the little ones in the middle. They are so fast growing that you will soon be giving spinach to your neighbors as well. Healthy nutritious and delicious.
Kale too!
You should try purslane. It's similar to spinach. The uses are identical to spinach. However purslane is pound for pound amongst the richest products in the world. It doesn't have much energetic value but scores really high on other nutrients.
Nice one! I’ll give it a try next spring.
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Turnips give you tubers and leaves.
As for things to add; if you plan to stay in the same home, long-term, a couple of nutritious perennials are rhubarb and asparagus. Once you get them started, they're easy. Also, whatever grapevines will grow in your area. If you can, plant an apple tree. Apples keep well. Cherries freeze well, and are good for pies and preserves, or dried.
And speaking of pumpkins, (and other Winter squash), when you clean them out, be sure to save the seeds to roast. They contain fats, proteins and minerals. Also sunflowers, for the seeds, (fats, minerals, and protein). Sunflowers are super easy, as long as you put some netting to keep away birds and squirrels.
A beehive would also not be amiss, if you're handy and have the space for it. Honey will be worth its weight in gold, if sugar becomes scarce.
Good ideas! Ty.
You can also eat sunflowers' sprout in salad. They're delicious!
Stone fruits also freeze well. I freeze a big batch of peaches and nectarines for smoothies each summer to last the year.
What an awesome advice.
Thank you very much. 😊
Thank you. I shall try growing each and all of theses crops sometime.
I'm 21 and have been trying to seriously get into gardening. My great grandma piqued my interest when I was younger. This is literally one of the first videos I have not rushed through in a while lol. Lots of useful information in the video and comments!!!
I started in my 30s with gardening. I started by just using empty milk cartons laid down, filling them with dirt, and getting various herb and spice seeds. Then when I had learned how to work with each type of herb, I "upgraded" to some larger plastic boxes, and started with small veggies. It's such a satisfying hobby!
Kayla, good for you. 👍👍 One suggestion is to find gardening YTers in the same zone as you so you can learn what will and will not work in your area. Read up on natives for your area as well, since they will always be easier. Good luck to you young lady! 😊
Remember earth worms from fishing section. Great for bad soil. Never throw away a seed. in fact shop Mexican and ori
Bacteria in pumpkin puree can continue to grow, even in the freezer. Frozen pumpkin puree should be used within 3 months. A better storage solution is to pressure can it, making it shelf stable for several years. If you're stuck on freezing it, leave it in chunks, do not puree it. That way bacteria has less surface area to infect.
I've kept pumpkins whole until the next spring. Some squash longer.
just a reminder that pumpkin puree CANNOT be pressure canned at home, you can buy it in cans but the only safe tested recipe for pumpkin is to pressure can chunks, NOT puree, due to density issues.
Bacteria is most commonly only in the seeds, correct? Salmonella and E.Coli usually. (Some have said sprouting/drying does not eliminate these pathogens; so could one pick out the seeds and salt/honey roast them?) Would the same risk apply to the meat of the gourd?
Great choices Mark! Between all of your chosen crops, I think you've cover a great blanket of essential vitamins and minerals to survive!
Excellent content. Entertaining and informative.
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Corn
Cabbage
Pumpkin/squash
Beans
Tomato
Gracias, senor Selfsufficient
I think seeds for sprouts like mungobeans, broccoli, alfalfa and many more are also good to keep in the backpocket for the bad times. Especially for folks without a garden, who aren't into the bugeating thing.
Lentils for sprouts too. They are very inexpensive.
Man, you're good! enjoyable, relatable, and ever-so-normal. Thank you for what you are doing.
Thanks Greg cheers mate! 👍
Such a great video and advice, humorous and educational such a brill combo thank you!
Good video. You’ve helped me decide on my garden this year.
Add to that two or three egg layers, some venison, and you hardly need to go to the grocery store.
I recommend sunflowers also for survival. The seeds are nutritious, a good source of protein and fiber, easy to dehydrate, easy to grow, and they can be made into sunflower seed oil for anything from cooking to balms. Not to mention, the seeds attract squirrels if you are in dire straits.
"Dire straits?" As in you wouldn't eat squirrel normally? They are really good eating. I remember eating the brains when I was a kid scrambled with eggs for breakfast. The meat is delicious in stew, and it's greasy enough to make gravy when fried, which stretches a meal further.
Pumpkin seeds cover that
@@neilhaynes6441 true! But if I may argue, one way sunflowers win over pumpkins (in my opinion) is that sunflowers grow much faster and much more prolifically, and are easier to grow.
Plus don’t sunflowers roots naturally remove toxins from your soil? Rain is real #Don’tLookUp
Is it possible to make sunflower oil without a press? We have a ton of sunflowers that grow wild here, but i didn't think i could really utilize them in non-desperate times.
In the south of US in the rough past, many survived off of collards and sweet potatoes. Both can grow in less than perfect soil.
Thanks for all your videos. I have learned so much. Greetings from Georgia, USA🥬
Mustard greens too!
Awww hope you can find a little bit of smoked meat to put in those Collards.
Hmmmm 👍 Mrs.Katherine turned me on to soulfood 40yrs ago.
German born Immigrant to Florida
I tried growing sweet potatoes and the vines were beautiful when it was time to dig them out I discovered voles beat me to it, so the following year I thought I'll out smart them and grow in a container well when I put my hand in to harvest when I went to pull out a sweet potato I pulled out a live vole(ltooks like mice)
@@therealz360z7 Everybody wants what’s in your garden, so keeping a close eye on signs of pests can be an annoying problem.
For voles and mice I have a talented barn cat that takes his hunting seriously and loves his trophy wins. It’s been years since we've seen any evidence of a vole or a mouse. Apparently, rat snakes will also help. I see them in the bushes every so often.
There may be traps or other ways, but I have never tried them. Good luck!
Love the sense of humor, and I am glad to find this channel 👍👍
Absolutely great content, enjoyed every aspect of this. Thank you
Hi Mark, my chef husband (he's English) and I found you a few months ago. We THOROUGHLY enjoy watching and learning from you! We live in the mountains in New Mexico and own/operate a small restaurant at 9000 feet. Your knowledge and helpfull hints have helped us so much in growing our own produce in our garden in the village. Not to mention we just really enjoy you and your sense of humor! Thank you for what you do! For easy to grow survival for this winter and amongst our "challenges" due to the current state of politicians, we're also growing carrots in addition to most of what you suggested in your video. We blanch them and vacuum seal them for the winter months. Thank you again for your wisdom and humor! Bridget and Richard, Lepree's Global Comfort Food Cloudcroft, NM
I don't know about 9000 feet, I am at 5000 feet and my carrots grow all year round and taste sweeter after a little snow - granted we don't get gobs of it. One carrot plant left to go to seed had baby carrots growing all over my yard... a good problem to have. Kale does well in snow if the plant is adult stage before the snow hits. Depends on your zone. God bless!
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Can you really be English and be a chef ? An old Yorkshire man ...lol
There really is a big difference in growing your own food. Since becoming interested in growing for myself, I think I've watched all of your videos. I wish I started years ago!
Its equally important to get into bottling as well so your growing season can be stretched over the entire year if food becomes scarce.
Can u grow enough to live? How many plants do u need?
You provide a very valuable service. Keep up the good work.
Your personality is so refreshing 😂
“If you don’t eat, you don’t fart and if don’t fart you die”
We absolutely broke out in laughter after you said that. My 10 year son was just laughing. Great video. We starting growing dent corn this year and pumpkins. Threw some pole beans in with the corn as well. That corn is over 10’ tall. And the seed was over 5 years old. Amazing plant/grass.
If you live in a temperate or warm climate, and have 100 frost free days of growing season, SWEET POTATOES are a super survival food! They aren't terribly picky about soil, they shade out most weeds, require little care, the greens are tasty, and if they get enough water, you can grow a hundred or more pounds in a relatively small area. They store without refrigeration, have a similar nutrition profile to winter squash and pumpkins, but provide a bigger carbohydrate load -- more calories -- with all the vitamins and antioxidants. Grow the standard "orange" version and some purple ones to add more and different antioxidants to your diet. And yes, pumpkins & other winter squash are a great staple, too -- we love them.
I hear yams are good too, and they're native to Australia!
Sweet potato leaves are edible too!
And for those commenters who have mentioned they hunt for their protein, sweet potatoes go super well with venison in a hearty (and very freezable) stew. Same for other strongly-flavoured meats like mutton or goat too. }You get the heartiness and thickening of the broth like regular spuds, but that hint of sweetness really improves the 'gamey' taste that some people find offputting.
(I don't hunt myself, but I do a regular bulk order from a hunting collective as it's much cheaper than buying meat from the supermarket.)
I don't know where this video came from, but I really enjoyed it. This guy reminds me of my Grandfather who is long gone now, but he was also a big guy who loved to work his 10 acre farm down in the deep south of America with his wife of many decades. I could not even begin to count how many fruits, vegetables and animals he had on that place that was watered by a natural spring pond. In addition to all of that, it was right next to a great wooded area that provided lots of fishing and hunting. What a life!
The best idea 💡💡💡 ever.
I need one of those!!!!!
He mentioned in passing about corn being interplanted.
Corn, squash (includes pumpkin) and beans are the 3 sisters planted together help each other out. The 3 sisters are an example of ancient permaculture.
No corn for me it's all GMO
Idk. I planted some corn around squash, and the animals (squirrels, gopher, rats, etc) still ate my corn.
There are heirloom seeds you can get online from reputable sources for anyone worried about GMOs. Those are your best bet.
Yummy, I ❤️ 3 sisters. 😋
@@ladyann1952 It is when you buy it, not when you grow it yourself. GMO plants can't reproduce so the farmers that use it have to buy new seeds each year.
I would have to say garlic due to its antibiotic qualities and onions bc of its sulphuric content…and bc both of those add flavour to everything!.
Onions also double up for providing spring onions - in salads and other cooked dishes - very tasty
Hello, I really enjoyed this video, your way of talking and explaining is awesome :)
Is video just made you my favorite garden TH-cam channel. Great advice!
Really respect that you bring attention to that matter right now, too many people still only growing grass. I think this video can have great impact on helping people trough hard times. We need people with great following to talk about this. One love, always grow your own as much as you can.
If you would agree with me. Grass is the true weed. Completely useless!!!!
@@beebob1279 I live in Bc Canada. Our city's population is about 4000. A very poor family had a beautiful garden in their front yard to feed their 5 children and the city made them pull it out. We're only allowed to grow grass in our front yards. They didn't have space in the back:(
@@Tan_Z Yup all done on purpose.
But growing animals is a much easier and more bang for your buck process then veggies.
If you just have a few chickens they can keep you alive off of the eggs alone. Then you can breed them and get meat also eventually.
Cows even better with their milk production, etc. but you need a lot of grazing room for them or a ton of hay. Chickens take way less to feed / can even mostly feed themselves if given enough space or if they are combined with cows or other animals who attract all kinds of insects and worms the chickens will eat with their manure.
@@Tan_Z That's a shame. People trying to make ends meet and they are treated that way. My neighborhood is pretty shaded. The neighborhood is in a cut de sac and no one bothers us. We can do pretty much whatever we want. I guess it depends on the ordinances in your community
@@Tan_Z Too bad the family didn't have neighbors pack city hall before their garden was decimated. They could have shown up and let the city know they were in the wrong with their decision. A garden is more bio-diverse than a plain grass yard. A garden would host bees, butterflies, birds. What kind of wildlife would be seen in a grass monoculture? It would be quieter. No grass mowing going on in the early morning, just quiet gardener sweating. The city could see how people have urban gardens in other places of the world (there's enough YT videos). The city could host a competition to see how much food could be produced locally and not food that was shipped from hundreds, thousands, of miles away.
I'm in a similar environment, north Florida. I have a patch just for carbs. I rotate rutabaga, potato, and yam. So, I always have a crop underground that can be eaten at any time. Rutabaga tops are also a perfect substitute for collards. I also grow Seminole pumpkins, similar to butternut squash, that will store for a year and peanuts, which have more calories per pound than anything I can grow. I'm not fond of sweet potato, but we use it as a ground cover. If we need it, it's there. The leaves are also edible. Deer are attracted to the leaves. The most important crops are closest to the well. Just in case I can't afford electricity and have to pull and tote water.
I'm in coastal Alabama, what variety of potatoes do you grow? I'm finding this souther heat and humidity isn't something they grow in very well. Over winter growing I have had some success.
Wow, I’m trying to get there. We started to get into planting last summer
@@technical19d34 Do you like sweet potatoes? They grow like weeds in zone 9b Florida. Russet and small red potatoes from publix grow well too.
I never thought that sweet potato can be a good source of venison.
I don't like them either, but I might try them for the leaves.
@@ziegjecht9235 yes, I have regular sweet potatoes I grow from Publix after making starts, and also Okinawan sweet potatoes (whitish purple) from starts I ordered on eBay. Both grow very well here.
Your videos are amazing...respect from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean! 🎉
Great share! Love your above-ground growing system. Here in North America the 'three sisters' are a natural: corn, beans, pumpkin/squash. I'd add that if you're planning ahead, plant perennial vegetables such as asparagus, Helianthus tuberosus , aka Sunchokes, or Cynara cardunculus the regular artichoke. Every region has native perennials like elderberry, black currants or gooseberries that we should all know and cultivate before a crisis.
as a history buff, i feel the need to correct one thing:
England didnt try to help during the Irish Potato famine. a few Englishmen and some agencies may have tried, but it was too little and very scattershot and poorly managed. for the most part England ignored the problem, and continued to export food from Ireland while people were starving in the streets.
almost all of the other crops the tenant farmers were being forced to grow were being taxed, and exported out of Ireland.
Ireland was a NET EXPORTER of food, even during the worst of the famine.
(the potatoes were the low effort crop the farmers could survive on in their back plots)
Thank you! People need to know this.
What about the U.S., did they actually send corn and stuff? Probably got scooped up by the UK govt anyway?
“Rotten potatoes and sea-weed, or even grass, properly mixed, afforded a very wholesome and nutritious food. All knew that Irishmen could live upon anything and there was plenty of grass in the field though the potato crop should fail.” - The Duke Of Cambridge, January 1846
@@JoshDragRace0688 The US sent ships and men to promise a great new life in the US...for a price. They had them sign indentured servitude contracts, promising them passage in exchange for 10-20 years labor. Most of the Irish poor could not read at that time. They did not realize they were effectively being duped into slavery...but their only other choice was famine brought on by government regulation. When they got to the US, their contracts were sold at auction and their families were broken up. Then they became slaves and their master decided when their contract was considered paid in full. Time was added at the holder's whim. Fun fact: indentured servitude wasn't abolished until 1917.
@@thalinororcbreaker2840 Ya this kind of history is why the POC slavery cries fall on deaf ears for me. Every race was taken as a slave at some point in history, it is not unique to anyone.
In the end though you could argue becoming an indentured servant back then was a better choice then staying in Ireland if you wanted a better life for your future kids and generations.
Though that is arguable, it is not like the U.S. is the best right now... But Ireland also has its own problems so...
I can’t grow a lot of food where I’m at, but I’ve supplemented my food with foraging! I’ve found many local species, and invasive species that have helped me cut out some food cost, and it grows out in the open, so it has better flavor. Thank god for Chickasaw plums ❤️
Never hear of Chickasaw plums. But am going to do a search right now. Thanks!
Small world! We have what was sold to us as "Native American Plum." We have a "hedge" that has been sporadic in fruiting but has been consistent in blossoming. the flowers remind me of "Sour Grape Bubblegum" but the fruits have blessed us with many jars of plum preserves. They produce better than Stanly Plums in our area because they do not require pruning. the "Native Plums" we have seem to match the Chickasaw plum. They send up suckers and will also sprout from seed. Their semis thorny habitat puts them on a near miss nuisance until the plum jam comes out. Need some seeds? lol!
@@dustinpotter8312 they kind of look like cherries! They have an astringent flavor that some people don’t like, but I love the flavor in pies, crisps, and jams :)
@@emilyberry1985 Maybe the ;y are different. Except for shape, the ones we have are more like large black cherries and often take on the reddish tinge as they become ripe. Certainly plum tasting.
I can forage locally nuts, pears,blackberries, various types of plum and sloes. I really don't understand why my neighbours don't do this.
Fabulous no-nonsense video, yet with plenty of good humour 😁 We love this vid and your channel. You're a top bloke and a True Blue Aussie.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insights. We love gardening and growing our own vegetables too. Blessings to you & yours from us (in Vic, Oz.) 😘🌱🥕🍎🥦🍓🧄🍅🍊🍋🍐🍑🍏🍆🥬🌶🫑🥒🧅🥔 🤗