Survival Gardening Part 1 peak oil, food storage, TSHTF
January 8th, 2010 by Geoff Marks
In a new series of video we discuss and will show methods of gardening “when it counts.” The first 3 short videos detail some of the pitfalls and perils to the common survival/preparedness thinking of “when my storage food runs out I’ll just grow a garden.” Intermixed throughout the first three videos are also invaluable tips on gardening and food production for the homestead, survival retreat or backyard in suburbia. The first step in planning to truly grow your own food is to recognize the …
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I do have a couple of 55 and 25 gallon water storage barrels and I am in the process of purchasing a 300 gallon tank for back up too.
Corn is a heavy feeder, Spending money on fertizer is not an option. forgive the gross, but save your pee and put it all winter in set holes where you plan to grow corn, you will be amazed, it has worked for me for over 20 years.
PEE is over 95 % nitrogen
I collect over 6,000 gallons of water yearly in Nebrasaka. I cover all containers for pet and kid protection with heavy screens.
I also add cooking oil to control evil mosketos
is that safe? I don’t know if it would be for any root crops..
on an other pee note in spring start early and gradually make a pee perimeter on tall grass/shrubs away from your crops to keep away smaller animals it may work for deer too depending on logistics of your garden. this especially works if your a meat eater as they sense that your a predator or bigger predator.
we had our garden for 20 years next to the feed lot, with root crops,
just wash off the crops,
Manure has been the main crop fertilizer for many a years, using pee is the safe enough, compared to manure.
never forget dirt its self has bactieria that is deadly as cobra posion. so I wear gloves plus spiders and rattlers have a hard time biting through leather.
That’s opposite of what I heard, that human and cat poop is supposed to be bad or any carnivore and live stock is safe. Maybe it’s virus not bacteria to worry about? bacteria lots of common ones are to do with we live in such a sterile way that our body over reacts.
I just heard that’s why we don’t use our own manure legally. pee of healthy person is actually very clean come to think of it. Maybe your right I don’t know. Seems it’s good idea for corn though for sure.
Oh yes a place near where I live actually built a huge compost system for septic tank waist now and using it on probably animal feed crops. It’s the temp;) I just mean where as livestock manure we don’t have to worry about that stuff much.
Well good to know urine is safe.. doesn’t make sense we don’t put back in what we take out.. and pollute the water in the process, probably humanities largest social trauma comes from that relationship!
Peace!
better late to the feed bucket than never,
pee is safe, not the other stuff, takes to long to break down, but A friend does that to. I stick to PEE, plus it has all the vitimins you took as the body on average dumps about 80% through pee.
your plants need trace vititimins badly.
later
I got this from this guy before he erased my posts-I’m always concerned about people who plan to survive but have LISTENING OR READING COMPREHENSION problems. No where did I say “pesticides are good” that’s a really stupid assumption on your part! People that can’t follow simple instructions and comprehend things REASONABLY CLEARLY have little chance to survive. You probably listen to what is actually said versus just getting pissed off cause I’m not an organo nazi like you are.
So I made new account, this guy has NO clue, I posted grains which grow in any soil typ in any part of the country with NO inputs. Ive grown and bred plants for decades. this guy is clueless on most everything he says. not only that he is the one with zero comprehension. Otherwise he would see, I laid out plans for sustainable havey food production. I have seeds which would grow like weeds for him in georgia. tomatoes, beans, peas, grains of many types. and he attacks me???? this guy is a liar
I posted info on fertilisers EVERYONE has, and info about grains most do not know about, which make growing food WAY easier. This guy erased it. clearly survival is NOT his goal. He is in georgia, he could be growing a garden of eden with no effort depenind on what we wants, yet his brain is programmed to think one way, so thats all he sees. do not follow this man if survival is your goal. sadly I cant give one single source or I would. Most people have his disease, which is why I offered a cure
Maybe if you gave real advice instead of stupid INSULTS your comments would be more welcome. Your comments were deleted because you acted like a total jerk in making them. I notice you didn’t comment on the videos where I showed the earthworms thriving in soil where commercial fertilizer was used last year. VIDEO PROOF TOO MUCH FOR YOU HUH? I welcome your comments and don’t have a problem debating you, just don’t be a jerk with your comments huh?
Here this organo nazi spammer ADMITS he has multiple accounts just to insult and spam people with. The comments he is crying about that I deleted were full of INSULTS AND RIDICULE so deleted them and blocked his account. If he wanted to RATIONALLY DEBATE he would not have gotten stupid with insults. He commented on most of the early videos but did NOT comment on the later videos where I showed earthworms THRIVING where commercial fertilizer was used. VIDEO PROOF was too much for him I guess.
Where did you get this idea I am a enviro nazi? becaus eI told you commercial fert. isnt needed? science says that. You erased my posts which prove everything you said about me total lies. whats YOUR goal. surely its not food production. I listed technics, and crops which anyone can grow almost anywhere with NO outside sources of fertiliser, outside of some wood ash and urine. Ive perfect my knowledge over decades. How bout you? Why erase posts listing crops that grow freely as weeds?
Think/Mrgrower/wingz wow, three accounts now? That’s pretty childish don’t you think?
For the third time now- I deleted your comments where you misquoted me and made silly insults. Yes you are acting like a liberal enviro nazi when you misquote me and say that I said “pesticides are good” which OF COURSE I DID NOT SAY AT ALL. I also deleted some of your comments that included INSULTS. Re post your “gems of wisdom” without the insults and misquotes with your 4th account. and you’ll be fine.
Hey guys the enemy is the G men, and wether, and bugs, not each other.
just as there are many sports because each thinks differently, resepect, trust in the LORD, but work like the DEVIL is behinid you with a pitch fork.
As for me, I ask God every fall for just one more year to garden.
I couldn’t agree more. Actually this fellow has been emailing me and he ended up being a pretty nice guy. We don’t see eye to eye on everything, but I’m fine with that
Hi I just received the seeds I bought from: bepreparednow. net They were only $44.99 with free shipping. It has 27 varieties of NON hybrid seeds and it is sealed in a Mylar Bag. It was the best deal I found on the Internet and the variety is great.
i am growing my corn in the spring with beans and squash its called the 3 sisters.
I have decided to use the permaculture method of growing.
The only way to be fully prepared as far as growing plants is concerned is to practice, practice, practice. When researching what types of fruit and vegetables will be grown, think about what your family will need for an entire year.
Have you tried growing the 3 sisters guild? (along the lines of your soybean idea).
The three plants grow better together than they do separately.
Peas/beans fix nitrogen and use the corn for trellis, while the squash is a living mulch and conserves water by shading the ground. Increased diversity reduces the problem of crop failure. The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) used this strategy successfully over a long period of time.
@permalove1 By the time corn will get to a decent size here it’s so hot the peas will be done. The beans we usually plants are bush type. We have done this in the past with climbing beans though. It’s a good concept.
So many concepts in this sort of thing don’t mess together well. For example free ranging chickens. Great idea and we do it where possible. However they will tear up your garden, scatter your compost pile, scatter the manure from under the rabbits, etc. Catch 22 on some stuff.
I’m interested to known if anyone has tried a cold weather/winter version of the three sisters garden guild. What vegetables etc