6 TOP Crops to Grow to Save You From STARVING!

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Жыл бұрын

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@peggyhurley5367 Жыл бұрын

Add onions & garlic and I’m on board! Thank you for this. I always love your content!

@Happy2Run4Me Жыл бұрын

And for my climate: sweet potatoes 🍠 yummmm

@hadbetterdays8118 Жыл бұрын

and ginger gotta love ginger

@Elddreki 3 ай бұрын

I love garlic and onions but I don’t think either would be you from starguntb

@downunderfulla6001 Жыл бұрын

Potatoes, pumpkins, tomatoes and silverbeet/kale are my choices for value at harvest

@JubeeBijou Жыл бұрын

I like the kale and spinach for iron and other minerals. These two are not like lettuce but they pack a punch of needed vitamins and minerals. Love beets too! Can’t go wrong with any root vegetables.

@Deodrix Жыл бұрын

One of the best things with beets is the extra dish from the greens! Somewhere between chard and spinach, why folks throw them out is beyond me.

@downunderfulla6001 Жыл бұрын

Thanks @@Deodrix and @JubeeBijou I’ll try some beets to although I might be a little late in the season👌👍

@JubeeBijou Жыл бұрын

@@Deodrix I agree!

@yoholmes273 Жыл бұрын

"Kale" 🤣

@patriciatinkey2677 Жыл бұрын

Sweet Potatoes for both tubers & leaves! 🎉 Green onions as carefree crop that makes almost everything taste better!😊

@williammaxwell1919 Жыл бұрын

5 ~ Beans.. Madagascar Beans, 7-year perennial that can be eaten young as a 'green bean", and once dried (on the vine), they make a great base for soups (soak overnight), plus (depending where you live), 2 crops a year

@YEMSG Жыл бұрын

Good Morning, Mark! I’m in New Jersey and built three raised beds from 22 inches to 33 inches in height all from my deck that I ripped out last summer💪🏽. Filled with logs, wood chips, mushroom soil, manure compost and homemade compost. It’s planting time! 👍🏼

@patriciatinkey2677 Жыл бұрын

🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

@PhantomFilmAustralia Жыл бұрын

It's two months gone. How did the planting go and has it been growing well for you?

@stevew9107 8 ай бұрын

Update update

@YEMSG 8 ай бұрын

@@PhantomFilmAustralia all good!

@PhantomFilmAustralia 8 ай бұрын

@@YEMSG That's good! Glad you didn't take your time responding! 🤣

@rocktigerdesign Жыл бұрын

Massive green thumbs up from me. Specially because I can grow these in Scotland more or less with a success. ❤️

@Draylis64 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reminder Bud! Just went out and planted some old Potatoes that were sprouting.

@Emeraldwitch30 Жыл бұрын

I just planted all my potatoes here in the us a few weeks ago. And dispite all the rumors about store bought being sprayed and unable to grow. They are not. I had a 5 lb bag from Christmas time tgat got shoved out of sight in the bottom of the pantry. M9st of the bag was hairy monsters lol but 6 potatoes were absolutely root free and we ate them. Its cold and dark in that part of the pantry. But the rest went right out into buckets with the french fingerlings amd Russian banana fingerling potatoes. I also grow those little fancy creamer potatoes that are the rage. Red and gold ones. They are almost weeds if you dont screen your soil and didn't find every one-they are that hardy. Thr tomatoes and beans are heading out later this week as our last frost date just past. I also would recommend if they grow in your area. Fava beans or broad beans. Very high in protein. But they dont grow everywhere I'm told.

@tempestive1 Жыл бұрын

That "boooyeans" felt like a spring coming loose xD loved it

@donnamullins2089 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark. Have a good day. I have planted tomatoes, pole beans, bush beans, okra and squash so far this year. We have had so much rain and weird weather this year in Texas but I think by Mothers day all will be well. Have a great week.

@LaSorciereFeuillue Жыл бұрын

Donna Muĺins how did your okra go? I'm in tropical Australia and wondering if it needs lots of water please?

@donnamullins2089 Жыл бұрын

@@LaSorciereFeuillue We have had unusual rainy weather for Texas. Normally we are dry I only water when needed. I soak my seeds over night and plant recommended growth spacing. I think it is a waste of $$ and seeds to thin any seedlings. I'm in Zone 8 Love Australia beautiful country.

@crystalpelletier3506 Жыл бұрын

Corn, squash/pumpkin, and beans are great companion plants. I forget the exact reasons why, but something like the corn gives the beans a place to climb, the beans add nitrogen to the soil, and the squash/pumpkin acts at mulch/ground cover to hold in moisture.

@Listenclearly1979 Жыл бұрын

You got that pretty spot on👍

@heidimisfeldt5685 Жыл бұрын

Natives call that system the three sisters. Many people survive on just that in a number of countries. 🌽🌽🌽🌽 🎃🎃🫑🌶🌶🧅🧅🧅🧄🧄🥔🥔🥔🥕🥕🥒🥬🥦🍅🍅🍅🍅

@estherclawson6876 Жыл бұрын

Always great to have some wholesome food for thought. Thanks.

@Dandamayn Жыл бұрын

I haven't tried cabbage yet... And my corn never goes well (I don't have the space for enough stalks for a good crop) but the other four are my main staples.

@repentandturnfromsin Жыл бұрын

Ive never done good with corn either but have always had problems with worms/catapillars devouring things like cabbage and brocolli.

@MadameWesker Жыл бұрын

I literally just had snap peas and grape tomatoes as a snack. I really should put them in the garden

@Conceptualcreatures Жыл бұрын

You are AMAZING 🤩 Thank you so much for educating the world 🕊️

@ej7260 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant short video 💫 Brilliant subject of not just growing your own food but really thinking about what it is foodwise, nutritionwise, and budgetwise. Superb content 🏆🥇

@perspectiveiseverything1694 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mark. I love & appreciate you for sharing your experiences & wisdom all these years to help us.❤️

@lifesgood874 8 ай бұрын

Good on you for pushing this out there Mark. So many are struggling at the moment to feed themselves/family. Keep up the great vibe!! We grow as much as we can and also give our excess to neighbours.

@TheOnlyJonno Жыл бұрын

Thanks mark. Good info. We are about to get fisted harder than the 2008 gfc. Im stocking on bulk tinned food and rice etc whilst growing a heap of our own fresh produce.

@realstatistician 5 ай бұрын

It’s cool that all of these plants you mentioned are plants you can even grow in very cold regions.

@jader6423 Жыл бұрын

Mark you're such a good bloke, thanks for sharing your wisdom and amazing Dad jokes. Sending good vibes ❤

@confitronic Жыл бұрын

Okay thanks!!! I'm 3 already groing (Tomato, potatos and beans! Corn and cabage Next!!!

@debraberg1763 Жыл бұрын

Green Beans and potatoes cooked in stewed tomatoes with chicken is one of my favorite meals. So easy when it's all growing right there.

@woutdejongh8923 Жыл бұрын

I have a small garden, but I am planting all mentioned plants. Plus a few others.

@Selfsufficientme Жыл бұрын

G'day Everyone, the full-length video is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrGSe9Sprp26dnU.html Get into it! :)

@nomaray2020 Жыл бұрын

Will do my friend, checking in from AZ, USA

@davidthedeaf Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing with the world, Washington State, USA

@stewartmcgill6401 3 ай бұрын

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@jtruej Жыл бұрын

Russel Grow is BACK!

@PlantBasedFolk 9 ай бұрын

I’ve got potatoes, beans, tomatoes and maybe pumpkin growing. Yay! Food for life!!! 🌱

@durdudunsanders680 Жыл бұрын

I love the accent on potatos

@Alan_lay 3 ай бұрын

Years ago in mid-late autumn I had a black cherry tomato plant self seed in a crack in the concrete next to my back pergola, I left it to do its thing through the winter, never watered or cared for it in any way, it grew huge and I think I got more yield off it than any tomato plant that I purposely grew and cared for, they truly do have a wide soil type tolerance.

@kelleymcbride4633 Жыл бұрын

Love your channel brother! We have benefitted from your videos and our little farm is a little better every day thanks for the effort!

@trilliarobinson7862 Жыл бұрын

A new one to me this year was Caigua. This grows into a really attractive vine, which I had growing up a trellis at the back of a bed. it produces gherkin-like fruit, which, when small, can be eaten raw. They taste like a cross between a snap pea and cucumber. When they get older, (with inedible black seeds which have to be scraped out), they are too tough to eat raw. Surprisingly, they cook up really well, whether baked, or stir fried. Lots of good vitamins etc, and seemed problem free. I'll be growing them again this coming spring.

@SilverHand-fu1jn Жыл бұрын

As a meat eater. Pumkin leaves is one of my favorite veg. So flavourful bu you need to clean it properly. You can eat the male pumkin flower too. I dont really eat actually pumkin because 80% on market are flavourless

@Elynis1196 6 күн бұрын

Corn, beans, and pumpkin are part of the three sisters crops. Each one helps the other grow. You can put them all in one bed or mound. Corn goes first. When he reaches about a foot tall, plant the beans. They will use the corn as a trellis and grow up that instead of needing something separate. Pumpkin is started after the beans start to climb the corn. They’re a huge food provider, but their biggest help is ground cover. It shades out weeds and helps retain moisture in the soil. Together they make complete meals. If you’re careful you can even keep the corn husks for tamales!

@monicamayer977 Жыл бұрын

I see your sky looks funky in this short video. We are getting jet sprayed every day! Every day in Kansas here

@falcon4449 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the best advice. Sir, you make a big difference in my life. The tricks are epic!

@debrawade6656 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark😊 Very good list. I love growing my cabbage in the fall and canning my beans and tomatoes for use all year.

@karenhockingkarenhocking9716 Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! 👍😍

@Listenclearly1979 Жыл бұрын

Planting some perennial vege is good too, ones that just keep going even when you don't look after them. Jerusalem artichokes are a good one, you'll never get rid of them! Potatoes just keep coming up everywhere as do tomatoes.

@ThimsNire Жыл бұрын

Also with cabbage, you can turn it into sauerkrout and have a longer lasting source of vitamin c and iron

@someoneyoudontknow7407 Жыл бұрын

I am working hard to try and get a home with at least an acre of land I can cultivate and farm on. Wish me luck!

@cometmoon Жыл бұрын

Sunflowers, spinach, sweet potatoes, peppers(the hotter the pepper the less likely it'll get stolen), sage, mint(in a pot, if you don't want it to spread), & pomegranate(yes, they can be grown in pots, inside).

@chairmandrew2894 Жыл бұрын

What about CHOKO? Planting one of these bad boys can yield you 50+, so long as you have something for them to climb, and a sunny spot.

@lessoriginal Жыл бұрын

I planted some potatoes a couple of months ago. I am very excited for the results.

@deborahdanhauer8525 Жыл бұрын

Corn, beans and squash are a complete protein.❤️🤗🐝

@Crackerjames85 Жыл бұрын

I think i just had a great idea..... Truck bed liners as garden beds. I think its genius. They are corrugated at the bottom, raise the back a little so it is sloped for water to run out ,or just naturally do that with the land, stake the back and sides for support fill with your own choice of dirt and boom, a great weedless garden bed.

@Crackerjames85 Жыл бұрын

Or they are also great bins for compost or mulch or whatever.

@ahuman6901 Жыл бұрын

I should really learn to grow potatoes sometime. We’ve got raised beds and a nice variety of beans, peas, peppers, tomatoes, squash, and eggplant. With the cost of groceries lately, plants and seeds really do pay for themselves.

@rwild9356 Жыл бұрын

Onions. Onions are like the ultimate food crop for me for three reasons: 1. You can eat any part of them (bulb, stem, flower), 2. You can propagate them from seeds OR scraps of the bulb (roots, which we don't eat), meaning you can eat *and* propagate it, 3. Perhaps most importantly, wild animals like deer and gophers tend to avoid them. Plus, they have strong flavor so they can also be used as seasoning.

@kensmith5694 Жыл бұрын

I would add beets and change pumpkin to winter squash of certain types. The winter squash you want are the ones with the deep orange color. It contains more vitamins than pumpkin. On tomatoes, you want to get the "indeterminate" types. The determinate ones tend to give you a whole bunch all at once and then nothing after it. The indeterminate types keep growing and spreading and producing. Some of the "cherry" tomato types will continue to produce green tomatoes long after the season ends and it is too cool. You pick them when they stop getting bigger and let them ripen indoors. This can give you months more tomatoes until the frost kills the plants.

@katheringardening7093 Жыл бұрын

Great 6 crops ideas 👍🏿

@andythompson2009 Жыл бұрын

Plenty of nightshade, love it! ❤

@gr1nreaper 4 ай бұрын

In terms of cost/nutritional benefit ratio, those definitely are extremely valuable crops. What I find fascinating is 5 of the 6 (all but cabbage) originated in the Americas.

@nomaray2020 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this my friend. Cheers from Arizona 👑

@sandyferland2067 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Sir! ❤ I definitely am looking for taller garden beds due to a bad back. I love yours! 😊

@skylarius3757 2 ай бұрын

It's called hugelkultur. I think he did a video about it some time ago..

@lemonyskunkketts7781 Жыл бұрын

Radish is still the champ at growth speed. Cheers

@user-st1ui9hv2z 7 күн бұрын

You just described my garden😊

@jw4879 Жыл бұрын

I would subtract corn, you only get a few cobs per plant. Maybe some other more productive crop like sweet potatoes.

@bubbysbub Жыл бұрын

I don't do potatoes because I don't want diabetes (family tenancy), but sweet spuds are in, because they're year round in Brisbane. Also, choko. You'll never be hungry with chokos growing. And I LOVE them.

@repentandturnfromsin Жыл бұрын

So youre saying potatoes can cause diabetes?

@thomasmccardle725 Жыл бұрын

Thank you again Mark, I love all your content!

@masada2828 10 күн бұрын

Thanks Russell.

@hassannabbouh4042 Жыл бұрын

Thank u its very simple and important your video keep going

@johnpinkston3818 Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend, God bless

@MickyBellRoberts 6 ай бұрын

Good six choices my friend.

@Agent.Wadsworth Жыл бұрын

Gr8 video mate. I just realized, with those crops, you could make the best veggie stew or soup.

@ana419 Жыл бұрын

Tomatoes are also a good source of vitamin C. Very important.

@ELOAAMinistries Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dude! You are the Best!

@eyeYQ2 Жыл бұрын

TAHITIAN BUTTERNUT SQUASH!! Mine got to over 7 pounds, and stored till spring. Taste is wonderful!!

@robertmaynard5372 Жыл бұрын

Good Onya young Lad...👍🇦🇺🙏...Love your World MATE 🌎 🇦🇺❤️

@nicevers Жыл бұрын

Yucca, name, ginger, kudzu, papaya, mango, avocado,...

@leevarona4281 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate this info!

@kele1264 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark! Very helpful!

@deneishadaguilar-foster6202 Жыл бұрын

Dam I have all these crops in my garden this garden season.

@seahippies 4 ай бұрын

'Survive'...From a 70 year old Aussie bloke Mark - Who has studied 'food' for over 50 years, your choice of carbohydrate type foods (which is converted to sugars and helps store fat and grow cancers) You are not looking like the healthy bloke we started watching 3 years ago. Doctors are the first thing to avoid for good health. And a high fat - Low carb diet is the way to a healthier you. Bless you for your work mate.You've helped many save $$$ Oh..Had covid 3 times and treated it with TCM - Last visit to a doctor 45 years ago.

@excapeplan1282 Жыл бұрын

Love you man! Thank you!

@teresalittrell5791 Жыл бұрын

Great advice as always!😉

@debiesubaugher Жыл бұрын

Should grow peppers too, full of vitamin C.

@philipozminkowski8200 Жыл бұрын

Only problem I have is two LARGE black walnut trees in my yard. All my favorites. Potatoes, tomatoes, rhubarb won't grow near it. Doesn't stop me from trying lol

@lemonyskunkketts7781 Жыл бұрын

Well, walnuts are a lot of food too.

@Nutrizenhealth Жыл бұрын

Love all these 😍 Squashes & Zucchinis keep giving too haha. Haha

@ozmanoshe Жыл бұрын

Nice. Be great if you could do a list for a tropical environment.

@similis1134 Жыл бұрын

Got 'em all. Hopefully tomatoes don't get blight this year.

@franchescawetter8423 Жыл бұрын

Nice list!

@williamgibbs401 Жыл бұрын

Great choice

@kavitha4925 Жыл бұрын

YEAH IN QUEENSLAND!! WHAT DO U RECOMMEND FOR MELBOURNE IN WINTER? BEETROOT, SPINACH, LEEK, POTATO, GARLIC, ONION, CARROT, FENUGREEK, SILVERBEET AND CHARD, RADISH,...

@JesusWillRaptureUs 15 күн бұрын

How do you deal with insects in the garden? I imagine most farmers aren’t afraid of spiders, I love the idea of gardening and I really like flowers and fruits and plants growing but most crawlies do really give me the shivers. Any advice?

@melvincameron8731 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!.

@Original-Phantom Жыл бұрын

Halfway there 🎉🎉

@marleymars2223 Жыл бұрын

If youre eating corn to survive/as a major source of nutrition in your diet, look into nixtimalization, which means soaking them in an alkaline solution.

@ThaStonedGardner Жыл бұрын

My potatoes died back in a late freeze, but have come back with a vigor. All my tomatoes died in the same freeze, and them restarted from seed now. All my bean starts just died this week for no apparent reason.

@glomontero6011 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@zuzannawojcik9601 6 күн бұрын

I have all of them, and a lot more 😀😀

@MultiUroX Жыл бұрын

I would add some unions, garlic and carrots

@moodogco 4 ай бұрын

Who knew Russell crowes brother was a gardener 😂

@repentandturnfromsin Жыл бұрын

I have reqd that the gel in tomatoes (where the seeds are) is good for preventing blood clots 😊

@skaterdave03 Жыл бұрын

Cows sheep, chickens. Eggs are a perfect food too.

@j453 Жыл бұрын

good to know, thank you

@marysurbanchickengarden Жыл бұрын

Pumpkins get decimated by vine borers where I live. I am however growing some of everything you mentioned.

@Tiabeanieweenie Жыл бұрын

God bless you, thank you!!!

@EvelynJoy Жыл бұрын

I love this! Thank you!!!

@LeoTheYuty Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@carmen3091 Жыл бұрын

I barely read the title, but read it as crop tops 😂

@teako1008 Жыл бұрын

Tried growing potatoes turned out small- tried twice, tomatoes have a disease, pumpkin hardly any - flowers which I hand polllinate, beans eaten by grubs and same with cabbage. Need more space to grow pumpkin too. Minimal bees due to ? council spraying. Only have suburban back yard. 😞 I keep trying though. Thanks for videos. 👏🏻👏🏻