If I Had To Pick ONLY Three Crops For A Survival Garden...

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If I just could pick just three garden crops to grow to survive for a year with my family... What would they be?
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@stalstonestacy4316 4 жыл бұрын

Potatoes, beans, onions for me. My grandparents taught me that a garden and chickens will make sure you're never hungry

@barberton3695 4 жыл бұрын

Those are good choices, onions are great as medicine too

@mauricem7007 4 жыл бұрын

@@barberton3695 medicine for what?

@murdadock 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@whisperingwind2 4 жыл бұрын

Onions! I love onions! I eat them every day. I haven’t grown them but man I love them

@reviewqueen1222 4 жыл бұрын

😊💙❤

@marlyce 4 жыл бұрын

1. Beans. 2. Butternut squash. 3. Potatoes. 4. You're welcome.

@a.clarke9291 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@barbaraballard9738 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I want to play in the garden.

@Cmack6025 4 жыл бұрын

What kind of veggie is “you’re welcome”

@rynosaurasx2370 4 жыл бұрын

5. Weed

@williamstoner3865 4 жыл бұрын

Rynosauras X only problem with that is getting Really hungry and eating your garden

@CatOnACell 2 жыл бұрын

You literally recommended 2 of the 3 sisters. Beans, Squash, and Corn. There is a lot of Native American mythology surrounding them and why they work together so well.

@hungedteddy7971 2 жыл бұрын

Weren't these 3 crops first cultivated by Mesoamerican Nations?

@infamousElle 2 жыл бұрын

It ISN'T MYTHOLOGY. Geez.

@adoptedbybitcoin 2 жыл бұрын

It's not a myth lol, its good info

@pipfox7834 2 жыл бұрын

um... i think there is a misunderstanding of the word mythology. We have been taught to assume that this means 'fiction', but it really means the opposite. Founding myths of each and every culture contain a lot of truth....including ours.

@ivi16bulletrain15 2 жыл бұрын

For the people who seem to missed what he was saying, Meso Americans (also Natives) used these crops for sustenance. Behind the mythology of said crops was the polytheistic religion these people lived by. One notable example of the mythology surrounding the crops is Quetzalcoatl. He's said to have brought corn to his people, after trailing an ant and disguising himself as one, and brought corn and other crops to his people. Again, yes it's a myth. You have to keep in mine the religion of these people, and how food is part of that culture. Why they praised said food.

@Ranstone 2 жыл бұрын

I don't partake myself, but weed. The trading/bartering potential of weed in a SHTF scenario is priceless.

@KatJaguar1122 2 жыл бұрын

The Cherokee planted the “3 Sisters”, which was corn, beans, and squash. It’s important to consider that the corn that native Americans grew was blue or multicolored high protein corn-not the high sugar version we have today. It is my understanding that together the 3 sisters created a complete protein and complimentary nutrition but it has to be the original heirloom corn variety. Also, corn could be fed to chickens.

@mrhombregordo9556 2 жыл бұрын

Native Americans are frkn awesome💯❤👑💪🏿

@denisegirmer4550 2 жыл бұрын

Smart! Squash stays good on counter for MONTHS!

@denisegirmer4550 2 жыл бұрын

Agree! I’d have to throw potatoes in there tho as sooo easy to grow!

@HonorableBeniah-A 2 жыл бұрын

President Biden is going to take care of us, no need to fear.

@donoimdono2702 2 жыл бұрын

@@HonorableBeniah-A - whew! thank goodness.... let's go brandon !

@idee7896 2 жыл бұрын

For me, I’d replace potatoes with sweet potatoes because you can eat the greens of the sweet potatoes🍠 but the greens of potatoes 🥔 are toxic.

@OkTxSheepLady 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet potatoes are better nutrition too.

@rxonmymind8362 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting.

@raia9 2 жыл бұрын

Good to know - they are tastier as well as more nutritious

@lenoraaronel8542 2 жыл бұрын

You need the climate for sweet potatoes

@PB-ko3cm 2 жыл бұрын

Healthier too- Irish potatoes are nightshades. I’d pick beans, sweet potato and onion! Did not know one could eat greens from sweet potat! Thanks 🌞

@advicepirate8673 2 жыл бұрын

Asparagus is a hidden juggernaut of survival foods. While it has downsides, it's upsides are utterly colossal. 1. It comes up in early spring, before almost anything else even starts to grow. Depending on the year, you might find asparagus spears before you even see any green grass. if you are in a survival situation, this is the exact point you're most likely to be starving to death. 2. It's poisonous to most things that aren't human. This is rare, it's almost always the opposite when it comes to plants. While there are a few beetles that will chew on it a bit, this makes asparagus inherently pest resistant. 3. While it's low on calories, it's extremely high in vitamins and minerals. (it's not high in protein, but there's some there, a little bit goes a long way) This is a difficult dietary requirement to fill, but no less important than getting your calories. 4. It's a perennial, this has up and downsides, it takes years to mature to a harvestable point, but once it's there, you now have reliable food at a time of year during which there is no other viable grown alternative. Its roots are extremely deep, once it's established, it's not going anywhere. 5. Because I have already secured my main source of vitamins and minerals, all of my other decisions in terms of what to grow become vastly simplified. At this point, I could get away with growing nothing else but potatos. 6. It grows wild, with a little bit of planning, awareness, and a willingness to walk, depending on where you live, you can harvest more than you could ever dream of eating. 7. So you pickle it. In this state, it functionally lasts forever, it stretches out every other food source that you have. In the past 3 weeks of spring, I have picked and pickled enough asparagus to eat a bit with every. single. meal. until. next. year. Add to that, I've still got a week or 2 of picking yet to come. I cannot stress enough how big of a difference in food security this makes. I also cannot stress enough how I have secured this food source before anyone else has even started a garden for the year. You wanna talk about survival foods? Talk about asparagus. Asparagus doesn't have a place in my top 3 survival crops for a garden. It sits in its own category, as it's not directly competing with other crops for my time, energy and resources. There is no opportunity cost to be had here. Thus, the main motivating factor of the discussion, the forced choice between which survival foods to grow, is irrelevant with this crop. You can always put asparagus on top of everything else. Asparagus is King.

@advicepirate8673 2 жыл бұрын

lol

@advicepirate8673 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-otzlixr Thanks, some things are obviously good, others due to a confluence of factors. The relationships between those factors must be understood to understand why that thing is good. Half way though I was like "this is really long" I wanted to abort the operation, I'm glad I didn't.

@xn85d2 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's interesting. Thanks for laying all your considerations out. I think I'm going to try to get asparagus started this year; the only concern is where I can fit it in the very limited space I have to work with.

@xn85d2 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-otzlixr None that I'm currently growing. Maybe you could count radishes since they're so fast growing?

@rolsen1304 2 жыл бұрын

Let some stinging nettle grow in a corner of the garden, for the same reason. Nettles are highly nutritious, comes up early, will happily grow in the same spot forever if you keep adding a bit of compost/ferts. Can be harvested the entire summer, dried and stored dry, just add a fistful to soups or casseroles.

@spanners7343 2 жыл бұрын

My 3 choices are - 1st: Potatoes for the cards, 2nd: Beans for the proteins, 3rd: Corn for the vitamins and Corn Flower. Also if you rotate these crops they'll keep your soils productive.

@toddkes5890 2 жыл бұрын

Would peanuts be a useful 4th crop?

@pamelanaylor6283 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet Potatos: they take at least 8 months, and then when harvested they should not be washed, but cured as is for a couple weeks - but they are in my top 3 because the leaves are a good "cut & come again" green that just keeps on giving! The leaves are as nutrious as spinach with only 1/5 the oxalic acid as spinach - and they are sweeter than most other greens.

@elizabethfletcher1487 2 жыл бұрын

I am growing sweet potatoes for their greens this coming summer so that was helpful to know. I was afraid the oxalates would be too high and they might be too bitter. my nasty rocky soil might not grow a decent root, but greens are my real challenge here because it gets so hot.

@tmckmusic8584 2 жыл бұрын

That's cool! I didn't know we could eat sweet potatoes leaves!

@americanpatriotinva5437 2 жыл бұрын

So Sweet potato leaves are edible I did not know this can you shoot me a link where I can find information on that

@sarahwarren1041 2 жыл бұрын

Wow about the leaves

@stevenmark8156 2 жыл бұрын

I grow sweet potatoes as much for the leaves as for the potatoes! Lol. They are so good. Steam them for about 3 min, add a little sea salt and they are great. Or you can cook them for a couple minutes with some chopped onion! Yummy and nutritious! At the end of the season you can pull the leaves before they freeze, cook them, put them in zip lock bags and freeze them. And when growing, they love hot dry weather. Plant them in soil that drains well or build long hills a couple feet wide or so and plant them there because the hills will allow for good drainage.

@leecherry6171 4 жыл бұрын

We’ve got 600’ of red potatoes coming up now. Should be a good potato harvest with the Lord’s blessing. Amen

@lazarusthehumblecritic8390 4 жыл бұрын

Blessings to you!

@amandahuginkiss4098 4 жыл бұрын

Wow - now I know why God doesn't want to save people from the corona virus - He's too busy watching over your potatoes. Thats a lot.

@lazarusthehumblecritic8390 4 жыл бұрын

@@amandahuginkiss4098 He does. Human beings don't. It's more important that we know God and die than not know Him and live. Agree over the potatoes thing tho. God bless you.

@MisterTwister88 4 жыл бұрын

Amanda Huginkiss Couldn’t god have prevented the virus in the first place?

@lazarusthehumblecritic8390 4 жыл бұрын

@@amandahuginkiss4098

@naturegirl8944 Жыл бұрын

Because I watched Bri’s recent videos all the older ones are coming up in my news feed and I am so glad. It’s nice to see Art in the garden… you were my favourite KZfaqrs. Wishing you both the best for 2023..❤️💚💙

@joebuck4496 2 жыл бұрын

I would go with chicken parmigiana, meat lovers pizza, and beef tenderloin!! I just starting out and I have a lot to learn, but I’m assuming that they are crops.

@charleswettish8701 2 жыл бұрын

Genuine lol. :)

@Ricimer671 2 жыл бұрын

I actually have a Pizza tree in my garden but the toppings bush is a. bit of a disappointment.

@MardukGKoB 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, Science has failed us so far. Some day!

@dawnjohnson8739 2 жыл бұрын

I’m joining you. Yum!

@taxat10n1sth3ft 2 жыл бұрын

I mean you could make a pizza garden but it's going to be more varied than you seem to expect 😆

@preciousmetalhead5155 4 жыл бұрын

I’d grow toilet paper, hand sanitizer and strawberries. I love strawberries and apparently the other 2 are how you survive an apocalypse.

@lisaball2760 4 жыл бұрын

this had me laughing out loud and I needed that. Thanks :)

@denisstump5874 4 жыл бұрын

Good one, I laughed so hard my eyes watered I couldn't hardly read the comment

@CF-rx7hx 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

@christinearmington 4 жыл бұрын

😁

@thebeautifulones5436 4 жыл бұрын

Grow some Ammunition

@mkingms 4 жыл бұрын

Remember folks, these aren't necessarily his "favorite" veggies to eat. He is factoring on the most successful crop yields, resistance to crop failure, ease of storage, nutritional value, etc, etc.

@violetfem1808 2 жыл бұрын

I would add tomato - and in small containers, lots of herbs/spices you use most... smaller plants like grn onions etc.

@Sarconthewolf 2 жыл бұрын

@@violetfem1808 Yes, to all of those. Maybe asparagus too.

@violetfem1808 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sarconthewolf I'm looking to start growing a few things in singular pots or maybe even a raised bed or 2 since I have no room for any real garden anymore (moved) - cherry tomatoes produce alot.. yes I'd love to try asparagus but I have to read up on what grows best in FL.

@annebeignatborde1832 2 жыл бұрын

All three are yummy, at least I find them yummy. I would add spinach.

@R2NOTU 2 жыл бұрын

Potatoes beans and alfalfa .alfalfa when picked fresh and crushed produces a liquid full of protein and if you use a stainless steel stock pot mostly full of water just under the boiling point of water and add the juice the protein comes out like cheese and is a pure product if its not mixed with flower and made into posta it will spoil in one day but in spaghetti it will last a year .so it stores well that way .and no one will rob you of your alfalfa 😁

@davea136 2 жыл бұрын

The 3 Sisters: squash, maize, and pole beans. Add potatoes because I love them. Sunflowers are a good idea because the seeds provide so much, including easily accessible oil for cooking. Still need something for vitamin C. Tomatoes.

@walterapps6674 2 жыл бұрын

Good point about vitiman C

@samfrazier7735 2 жыл бұрын

I would add tomatoes. The reason for the tomatoes is that they can be made into a sauce, stewed, juice and stored for use throughout the year. I really enjoyed your video and have subscribed

@pfzht 2 жыл бұрын

Plus the lycopenes in them prevent prostate cancer.

@lightmarker3146 2 жыл бұрын

Tomatoes are easy for people new to canning . High acidic and great long canning season . Dried foods are a option too.

@Ilovethebush 2 жыл бұрын

guessing you are mediterainian ?

@darcusann 2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you, Sam! I just found this group a few minutes ago, myself! Happy learning!😄

@Swearengen1980 2 жыл бұрын

Only tomatoes can be finicky about soil and not the easiest to get a decent yield. You'd also need a butt load of of plans to yield a crop high enough to do anything with them. Ever made pasta sauce from scratch? It takes a massive amount of tomatoes to just get 1 pot.

@diannamangrum68 4 жыл бұрын

I like the 3 you picked but I'd check with my neighbor. They may want to choose different 3 so we could each enjoy 6 choices on the table😉💞

@thegirlsilove 2 жыл бұрын

great idea if you have a neighbor that gardens

@fredmcmurray6308 2 жыл бұрын

I only have neighbors that take unfortunately

@Redeemed7777 2 жыл бұрын

My neighbor and I do that.. we try to do different seeds so that we can exchange with each other. LOL

@saintsone7877 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. My parents did that in the 1950s/60s and early 70s before fast food and supermarkets took over, and was always a great time at harvest time going around and bartering with neighbours. Each year they sat down and decided what they would grow. Usually all agreed on a set number of crops each would grow then they would pick another 2-3 that only they would grow so they could grow the quantity to swap with everyone else. A major reason was soil types as although they were all within a mile or so of each other soil was not the same so certain crops could not be grown everywhere successfully. Bartering meant everyone had access to almost every type of vegetable/herb etc. Sad when society went the way of fast foods etc as society slowly faded into a concrete jungle.

@lb6110 2 жыл бұрын

Dianna Mangrum....now, that's a Great idea!!

@emil5884 2 жыл бұрын

Beans and potatoes for sure, already this would be sufficient to survive. I would definitely be foraging for nettle, dandelion and blueberries as well, living in Scandinavia. Catch the occasional fish on top of that and one would have a healthier diet than the majority of urban residents by a long way!

@woandy4542 2 жыл бұрын

Eat lots of fidhy

@cookiemama4 2 жыл бұрын

@@woandy4542 Please interpret "fidhy" for me. I can't keep up with all the abbreviations.. Ty

@woandy4542 2 жыл бұрын

@@cookiemama4 eat lots of fish. My phone spells words incorrectly

@woandy4542 2 жыл бұрын

@@DM-rock-n-roller ka si ta waa

@t.curran8243 2 жыл бұрын

Stinging nettle grows great here in western North Carolina and it is the highest protein plant there is.

@somfmusic1723 2 жыл бұрын

another cool thing about beans (or legumes in general) is that they have a symbiotic relationship with bacteria in soil. they provide carbohydrates to the bacteria and in turn the soil bacteria takes nitrogen from the atmosphere and provides it to the legumes. When the crop is turned under, the soil can contain fixed nitrogen for the next crop.

@desertodavid 2 жыл бұрын

SOMF MUSIC, that's a very good point about growing legumes as they don't require supplemental nitrogen fertilizer. That could be a very crucial Factor should there ever be a fertilizer crunch leading to food shortages.

@ssmy5701 Жыл бұрын

@@desertodavid Like now?

@desertodavid Жыл бұрын

@@ssmy5701 did you think I was still sitting here a month later?

@EVRLLCelectricvehicleracing 2 жыл бұрын

Should also consider, Crop Rotation. Maybe pick 3 that ultimately will have a positive effect for the next growing season, a garden that will self fertilize.

@Stephen-wc8fn 2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that factor.

@jamesthompson3947 4 жыл бұрын

My grandfather could go into a '' spent '' potato field and even in winter always find a few taters for the dinner table .

@hiramabifffromsirius146 4 жыл бұрын

I do that today.

@michaelpatrickdonnelly1646 4 жыл бұрын

I grow potatoes early, Middle, and lates. I leave some lates in the higher ground and only dig them up as I need them, sometimes this is as late as February most are still OK.

@larrymoore6640 4 жыл бұрын

He must of been a true old time farmer. Hope he passed down his tips.

@brucestradingcards6211 4 жыл бұрын

Farmers grow potatoes for the sole purpose of leaving them in the ground. It fertilizes the soil for the next crop.

@gardenboots7464 4 жыл бұрын

@@brucestradingcards6211 What about disease risk (when leaving potatoes in the soil) do you rotate crops to avoid that?

@rchuso 2 жыл бұрын

I'd include curly kale (because it grows even in the cold seasons, and a single plant will stay alive for years)

@eileenhavern77 2 жыл бұрын

And so nutritional

@elizabethmeiring9371 2 жыл бұрын

in winter ours do well but sometimes, esp in summer with young plants ... aphids!

@HollyCairns 2 жыл бұрын

Except it tastes bad.

@rchuso 2 жыл бұрын

@@HollyCairns - Who cares? Just get some Covid-19 and you won't notice. ;-)

@loganwgriffith 2 жыл бұрын

High speed notched hat to facilitate hearing both sunglasses and headgear simultaneously. Still wears sunglasses on top hat and was squinting a lot.

@michelechambers7446 Жыл бұрын

I grew butternut squash for the first time after watching this video and 100% agree. I've never had a squash produce so much without any effort or headaches and I STILL have some on my counter.

@rickitynick4463 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Just in case it ever comes down to it, dandelion greens can be found pretty much everywhere and they are an excellent source of vitamin C.

@erikseavey9445 4 жыл бұрын

Dandelions are one plant people should consider actively growing.

@ilovemytribe 4 жыл бұрын

Very nutritious..Magnesium, copper, calcium..Also can do a long steeped tea from the leaves or roots which cleanse the liver and kidneys. Eat raw (after cleaning-rinsing) to help build strong teeth. (Teeth need minerals to be 💪

@ilovemytribe 4 жыл бұрын

@I understand that but Never heard of them, going to look it up...

@Unidentified863 4 жыл бұрын

@@ilovemytribe There's a show called Naked and Afraid and in order to survive they ate cattails.

@carolhoughton2265 4 жыл бұрын

And extremely easy to grow, especially if you have a lawn.

@Paarthurnaxdova 4 жыл бұрын

Just don’t eat the potentially sprayed ones. Pesticides are the devil of this earth

@ashleypurdy5105 2 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised no one in the comments mentioned turnips. They were a Great Depression staple. The leaves are edible, so too the root, and easiest thing to grow according to my great granny :)

@mistersniffer6838 2 жыл бұрын

Them things are nasty as f'!!!

@timisaac8121 2 жыл бұрын

TY for this wonderful idea!! My mom is an excellent cook of turnips. I hadn't considered them! Thanks again!!

@stilltryin71 2 жыл бұрын

@@timisaac8121 I love turnips.

@timisaac8121 2 жыл бұрын

@@stilltryin71 My mom is an excellent cook and made turnips for our Thanksgiving feast every year. Yes, I loved them for their taste too!

@lindasue8719 2 жыл бұрын

@@mistersniffer6838 it's all a matter of taste 😉😉 I love turnips

@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Жыл бұрын

Just throwing this out there, but if you are trying to decide between regular potatoes and sweet potatoes… choose sweet potatoes. They’re more nutritious and calorie dense, but also you can eat the root AND the leaves, so it’s like getting two harvests out of one plant, which is ideal.

@joefromravenna 2 жыл бұрын

Beans have one of the highest calorie + nutrition per gram of food. Butternut is resistant to squash beetle because the vine can regrow roots at every leaf juncture unlike summer squashes. Potato is easy to grow easy to keep pests away. I approve your list.

@TJBall-go3gv 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you about your three top choices, but I would also include a number 4 crop, and that would be cabbage.

@rplatt9829 2 жыл бұрын

Around my area the brassicas all suffer infestations of aphids. Literally nothing can be done to preven it short of massive pesticide inputs. Curiously, wild mustard -the ancestor of modern brassica crops - doesnt suffer too badly from aphids and grows locally as a weed. The downside is that it doesnt store at all really, but the upside is that it can be grown as a salad crop in both cool seasons or in shady/moist areas of the garden

@chriswaters2327 2 жыл бұрын

@@rplatt9829 Too much nitrogen will cause plants to send out chemical signals that attract aphids.

@user-lf4td9xr4v 2 жыл бұрын

@@rplatt9829 I had wild mustard in my los angeles yard, they are very tasty when picked young. I had a small patch of 2 sq ft. and that was more than enough for me. then they become big and very hard to get ride of. No water needed for them to grow once they put their foot down.

@zeenasworld 2 жыл бұрын

Cabbage is good too. It can be fermented and keep longer.

@ricosuave5120 2 жыл бұрын

Great point! Just need kosher salt for sauerkraut!

@gaileenkern3240 4 жыл бұрын

3:02 that bug crawling onto the camera lens creeped me out lol!

@myrarey2157 4 жыл бұрын

JAJAJAJ I kept playing the video back asking myself " Is that a cockroach?!" OMG!

@jamesrhoades7488 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@myrarey2157 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesrhoades7488 How he didn't fell it?! Jajaja I would be screaming like crazy!

@RockieRoadz 4 жыл бұрын

It was on the camera lens-it travels from the top of the screen to the bottom and quite out of focus. Probably an ant 🐜? is my guess

@MineCraftDadnSon 4 жыл бұрын

Lol same

@347Jimmy 2 жыл бұрын

potatoes were my first choice they're a champion for calorie density, versatile as you like, and only need a few supplements from other foods to form a complete diet there's a reason they became such a staple all over the world once they left the Americas pumpkins and broad beans were my other choices, the broad beans purely because they do such a great job nitrogenating the soil

@argentorangeok6224 2 жыл бұрын

Any cucurbita moschata variety is pest resistant and super productive. I love the Musquee de Provence pumpkin, but for survival, I probably would switch to butternut for convenience.

@GamerChefGirlie 4 жыл бұрын

Top three crops for me: tomatoes, beans and potatoes. When I lived out on the farm all three of those things grew in plentiful, and you can turn them into so many different meals. If I was allowed a fourth I’d say onions.

@carolhoughton2265 4 жыл бұрын

OOO-onions. Definitely.

@donbearden1953 4 жыл бұрын

Purple Piccolo, my 4th would be Mac & cheese!

@GamerChefGirlie 4 жыл бұрын

@Muse Verdant i was thinking sumner crops. We would do collards and mustard greens in the winter. I miss the days of growing my own greens. We always had greens in the freezer

@adrianapollyon5087 4 жыл бұрын

Beans, potatoes and corn

@alexandercove1194 4 жыл бұрын

Purple...yum!

@valeriesanchez3074 4 жыл бұрын

Sunflowers tip: once you harvest the head , cut the stem at soil level. Let their roots die in the soil. They will mineralize and aerate your growing medium for next season. They are ready in 50 days. They are great if you want organic soil.

@ritamccartt-kordon283 2 жыл бұрын

That is wonderful information! Thank you for sharing it! It's easy to forget that other people don't necessarily know this! Comfrey is another good plant for bringing up nutrients. There are a lot of them. GOD bless

@ignoranceisexpensivepresen8790 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks those are my favorites to grow

@cipriantodoran1674 2 жыл бұрын

Thx.

@dpattersonnn65 2 жыл бұрын

Also after their done blooming cut the stalk half way up and new blossoms will appear in a few days, Sunchokes are related to sunflowers and taste like potatoes, produce many tubers and come back every year if you leave some in the ground, so once you plant them you have food for life, this year im trying yacon which is also related to sunflower, it has a sweet taste

@melissawillard6600 2 жыл бұрын

Stalks also will provide 1.5 cups of flour

@jamesc9001 2 жыл бұрын

I think you are right. When I saw the title I thought immediately of "three sisters" Bean, Corn and Squash. But corn can be troublesome. Potatoes are very robust and easy. Good video.

@busyrand 2 жыл бұрын

Butternut Squash is one of my favorite cool weather vegetables. I always thought it would be difficult to grow.

@billbuchanan2767 4 жыл бұрын

Potatoes my friend are historically proven, invading armies cannot trample them because they grow under ground.

@bitcoinbelle 4 жыл бұрын

And they can be grown in paint buckets!

@douglashagedorn7717 4 жыл бұрын

Bitcoin Belle. You can also successfully grow them under straw if you make sure to keep it damp.

@billbuchanan2767 4 жыл бұрын

@@bitcoinbelle I will have to check that out too, if I just have potatoes (especially sweet potatoes) and chickens or ducks for eggs I am good to go.

@User-uj7nz 4 жыл бұрын

This just sold me on the potato idea

@Cmack6025 4 жыл бұрын

Bitcoin Belle what is the best color to grow them in? Decorators White? Lenox tan? Is there a specific brand? Benjamin Moore or Sherrinwin Williams?

@gp7813 2 жыл бұрын

Butternut squash is so versatile too. You can add cinnamon for a dessert, or add garlic for an italian-type dish. It's awesome.

@peterson6824 2 жыл бұрын

Thx for the tip

@stevealexander8010 2 жыл бұрын

Makes a better-than-pumpkin pie too. And butternut soup is terrific in Fall/Winter. Really good.

@joshhigdon4951 2 жыл бұрын

What's the best way to store? Not touching in a basement?

@rogerthedodger5788 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't cinnamon the bark from a tree so your crop would take 20+ years before you could harvest.

@melodytenisch6232 2 жыл бұрын

Yep!👍

@GodRock369 2 жыл бұрын

3 sisters. corn for the beans to grow up, and squashes broad leaves to block the weeds from getting the sun... also each veggie draws different nutrients from the soil, not competing with each other. used for many many generations by native people..

@dalesharpy9197 2 жыл бұрын

Kale grows in temperate climates most of the year. Snip the mature leaves when needed. Potatoes need to be rotated to another space to prevent soil degradation and blight. Squash is good!

@burnerjack01 4 жыл бұрын

If there was ever a time to resurrect the concept of the 'Victory Garden', NOW is the time. Dude, seriously, your channel is about to explode. This 'crisis' thing is going to shake the notion of carefree dependency to the core. More tips in general and a focus on "Post Crisis Beginner" series. Your channel will grow like weeds in the noon day sun.

@JakeBor 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I'm starting on my Victory Garden tomorrow.

@mandatethis8024 4 жыл бұрын

john hanrahan me too, times a wasting.......

@shellybellyluv 4 жыл бұрын

I hope his channel does explode. More people need to get into sustainable farming, even urban farming. If this crisis has taught us anything, it's that we can't depend on the disgusting and flawed food supply chain in the US.

@JakeBor 4 жыл бұрын

@@shellybellyluv Same. The less dependent we are on the system the better.

@Mugdorna 4 жыл бұрын

Why would you need a Victory garden if you are going to get the “best deal in history”?

@carterscustomrods 2 жыл бұрын

bamboo is on every "Must" list I have. The food source might not be as high on a list as others, but for overall function and use, bamboo is a goddess. From building, hunting, eating, trapping, mlist. rope, shoes, clothing, and protection, Bamboo is always there for me. Plus, the speed at which it grows, and how effortless it can go from a cutting in the ground, to an 8 inch wide, 40ft tall beast in less than 6 months.

@gabriellamclellan1102 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree..!👍

@enriquegarciacota3914 2 жыл бұрын

Careful, certain kinds of bamboo are highly invasive. Their roots will invade and overcome neighbouring crops really fast, and unrooting them is laborious.

@stephenkinyanjui5659 2 жыл бұрын

How do you make shoes from bamboo. Forgive my ignorance

@desertodavid 2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenkinyanjui5659 I'm sure you could make shoes from bamboo. I have some socks made out of bamboo which are very lightweight Airy and comfortable. They also make bamboo linen bed sheets and pillowcases which they claim keeps your body cooler than cotton. Just don't ask me how they do it! Modern technology is something else!

@stephenkinyanjui5659 2 жыл бұрын

@@desertodavid the "how" is the question 🤣

@melindacadarette3447 2 жыл бұрын

Potatoes, cabbage and onions (or garlic) - so good and lasts all year! I love carrots and beets too but I prefer the summer ones so tender!

@mchrysogelos7623 2 жыл бұрын

👍💕OK you are making me hungry! That is one of my favorite dishes!

@stephaniehall1133 2 жыл бұрын

You listed my top three: potatoes, beans, and winter squash (I've had good luck with many varieties). Corn is great, but I have terrible luck with raccoons and squirrels wreaking havoc on it.

@adamaggie1 4 жыл бұрын

In Trinidad: dasheen bush, peas & pumpkin. Dasheen you can eat root & leaves so you have carbs vit. B and iron. Peas for protein. Pumpkin you have loads of vitamin A in the fruit, leaves vitamin B and iron , seeds rich in protein.

@TAOSA123 4 жыл бұрын

What is Dasheen like?

@jordan-oy7cl 3 жыл бұрын

im happy to see someone taking advantage of the nutrients of pumpkin.. over here in North Carolina USA ive heard nothing but complaints on growing them because they become a nuisance and take over the yard. i would consider growing them,

@prest4tym577 3 жыл бұрын

How long do pumpkin store for tho? My Halloween pumpkin carved or not lasts about 2 months tops... Idk

@shawnmcintyreworshiptonic5423 2 жыл бұрын

yep,, that what we talking about

@shawnmcintyreworshiptonic5423 2 жыл бұрын

@@TAOSA123 Dasheen Leaves is Taro Leaves, Dasheen; The root-vegetable are like potatoes, But bigger and more nutrient dense, It can be eating cooked baked fried or ground into flour and make bread etc...

@sickofit442 4 жыл бұрын

My Mother always said, if you have potatoes you've got a meal..

@james6401 4 жыл бұрын

And butter ;)

@silvermediastudio 4 жыл бұрын

@@james6401 you knew his mother?

@james6401 4 жыл бұрын

@@silvermediastudio He is actually my son

@tanyasharadamba1264 2 жыл бұрын

Pickled bean salad is awesome too & you can make amazing simple flat bread with sweet potatoes & a little flour alone on a dry griddle. Delish. Sunflower & pea sprouts are fast & awesome too.

@GergC0521 2 жыл бұрын

Well if I'm going by "easiest to grow" then dandelions would top the list. My priority would be nutrition and full belly's. Soy beans, sweet potatoes, and corn (which can be eaten straight up or made into bread).

@DeondeSwardt 2 жыл бұрын

I have been growing (1) potatoes, (2) Onions, (3) Beans, as my main survival crop. I do also grow tomatoes and carrots as filler. With this combo I found that I can make great flavoured dishes.

@beebob1279 2 жыл бұрын

Also easy to collect the seeds for next years crop. I know root vegetables take two years but if you get the system going you're good without relying on the store for your seed.

@UnderPeruvianSky 2 жыл бұрын

Stick with those onions, they kill anything bad inside ya.

@bethmyers4715 4 жыл бұрын

I would plant beets. High in vitamins - eat the greens and the beets!

@basedbear1605 4 жыл бұрын

Can make sugar from beets, too. They are a top 5 for me.

@sunnymade678 4 жыл бұрын

Good idea, didn't know

@declanmcleod9025 4 жыл бұрын

And my favorite!

@haydencook682 4 жыл бұрын

Dwight Schrute approves

@bethmyers4715 4 жыл бұрын

VA 2 AK if she sliced them thin and covered them with olive oil & salt and baked them until crunchy- I bet you'd love them.🤣

@beegee1960 2 жыл бұрын

Tomates. Grows like crazy. If you protect them your growing season can be incredibly long. Easy to preserve.

@safffff1000 2 жыл бұрын

No calories, protein, you'd die

@tedvillalon4139 2 жыл бұрын

Make your own salsa or pasta sauce. And ketchup.

@safffff1000 2 жыл бұрын

@@tedvillalon4139 still dead

@SimpleUnhookedLiving 2 жыл бұрын

Those are the three I guessed you would say and I agree. The sunflowers are an interesting idea for protein and fat from the kernels. Also the seeds can be sprouted for greens.

@xn85d2 2 жыл бұрын

Do you grow sunflowers? If so, which variety would you recommend?

@DoubleRainbows-fp6ih 4 жыл бұрын

1)POTATOES or "tatties " as we call them in Scotland. (+ so many varieties + uses) 2)Beans (again - for variety use different types) 3) Rainbow Chard (as a larger spinach alternative)& suite UK weather. + colours cheer you up. So pretty. So easy.

@evan8654 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Chard has been such a pleasant surprise in my garden. (NW USA)

@kc4091 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I grew rainbow chard a few years ago and it grew like weeds. Very nutritious and low maintenance. 👍

@athenac2696 4 жыл бұрын

I love Scotland! Am Scottish on both sides of my family and have a Scotish nutty sense of humor like Trump does, that most people don't understand!

@evan8654 4 жыл бұрын

@@athenac2696 please don't drag the T word into this, gardening is a peaceful+happy place.

@sophietyrrell3131 2 жыл бұрын

@@evan8654 Censorship here too? Have u heard of free speech?

@juliewhite7469 4 жыл бұрын

have you ever grown peanuts ? my grandmother always grew three gardens: first garden grew vegetables corn , purple hull peas, butter beans, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes ect... what wasnt eaten fresh was all cooked together (plus meat) into delicious stew that she canned. this gareden was HUGE and she canned enough stew every year to feed All of her family and friends throughout the winter. It was wonderful served with buttered cornbread. the second garden was a giant strawberry patch, one of my fvorite memories was "helping" her in the kitchen pourings bags of sugar over mountains of strawberries that she would freeze and make jam. third garden was smaller mostly watermelons, pumpkins, gourds and always peanuts, which she "parched" in the oven. Peanuts are high in protein and fix nitrogen so win/win.

@stevemelancon6207 4 жыл бұрын

Julie White, I'm coming to your house to eat. Man, cornnread, butter beans, purple hull peas, masters, peppers and so on. That's what I like about the South. That's the food we grew up on and survived on. We had butter beans with a big ole ham hock in em the other day. Yum. 😁

@scintillation7967 4 жыл бұрын

That was some great grandmother

@tracygil2142 4 жыл бұрын

Julie White may I ask where your grandmother lived? I’d love to grow peanuts, but I heard that my grandfather tried without success (although I don’t know how much effort he put into it). Not sure if it’s the climate....🤔 thx for your comment. It has inspired me!

@LittleOrla 4 жыл бұрын

Julie White Lovely story! Perhaps through all this horror we'll find our way back to that lifestyle. 💕

@riseintruth4739 4 жыл бұрын

How do you can stew, sounds amazing..

@isnoo1 Жыл бұрын

I am glad you are using some of the old videos because you both were/are such good teachers. Thank you Bri. Am hoping Arthur is doing well.

@johncurtis920 2 жыл бұрын

Never forget that from this perspective to grow that which keeps longer term. You have to get thru the winter and need a proper bridge between growing seasons. Canning, pickling skills are a must, too.

@jackvoss5841 2 жыл бұрын

German farmers around here usually had “other food crops” that weren’t in their gardens. These might be things like peppermint and horseradish growing along the sunny side of the house. Asparagus, rhubarb, strawberries, and raspberries in patches along the edge of the yard. A couple or three apple trees outside the back door. Hickory trees and black walnut trees planted and growing along the road. These attracted yet other food crops called squirrels. The concept is all part of a homestead. Back to beans for a minute - green beans are only one kind. I would also grow some great northerns and pintos. These fed a lot of families during the recession. If your neighbor grows a field of beans, a bartering deal of swapping, say, some rhubarb and gooseberries for beans? Just thinking. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

@offgridnightmarenewhomeste3215 2 жыл бұрын

Great Northern & Pintos are my two favorite Beans.

@dan13ljks0n 2 жыл бұрын

It would make more sense to grow a bean that you could dry & use during the winter. You'd have to can green beans & they wouldn't taste the same. Beans are what helped most people survive in the middle ages (and beyond).

@jackvoss5841 2 жыл бұрын

@@dan13ljks0n G’day, T.F. He mentioned using green beans as shelled beans. If you let them ripen, they are a nice, mild flavored bean. I agree with having dried beans. Easy to grow. Probably have to fence them in pretty well, as deer and other animals seem to like them too. Grocery stores have had “clearance sales” of bone in hams the last couple of years around Thanksgiving - Christmas time. (Maybe they did other years too, and I just didn’t notice?}. I buy several them and put them in the freezer. JARVIS good eatin, then make beans. Pretty simple formula. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

@RedWillowFarmVa 2 жыл бұрын

@@dan13ljks0n green beans can be dried by putting them on a string

@dan13ljks0n 2 жыл бұрын

@@RedWillowFarmVa Does that make them string beans then? ;)

@vinconco 4 жыл бұрын

I agree with the 3 picks 100% I've had a garden almost every year since 1964 so I've had some time to think about it. You can 5x + your bean harvest by growing POLE BEANS. Bush beans are usually only good for a few pickings before they die but pole beans can produce until frost. I've developed a trestle method that has served me well for over 20 years... wish I could post a pic. I usually plant 4- 25' rows (2 rows kentucky wonder and 1 row King of the Garden pole lima and 1 row Calico pole lima) I get over 100 quarts of canned green beans (off 2- 25" rows) plus pounds of dried beans. We freeze the King Limas and dry all of the Calicos. The Calicos are superb dry beans and produce like crazy. This year I'm going to make a video of the Trestle from beginning to end because I've never seen it anywhere on YouBoob. I've had over 20 years to perfect it. After it's up I can usually grow in the same spot for about 5 years before I move it. It takes 2 people about 2 hr to install and another couple hrs. to install all the "drops" after the beans are up. Then you're done until fall when you strip the dry beans and discard the vines. Standing up to pick beans is a godsend to us old farts too.

@SapioiT 3 жыл бұрын

Please do reply when you post that video. You made me interested.

@phs2937 2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@stevenmark8156 2 жыл бұрын

This would be great to see! Sounds like a very useful method!

@bonniegirl5138 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like my Mom's method. I wish I had paid more attention to her canning. I remember tying the drops with used baling twine.

@vinconco 2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys, I finally made that video. Here it is kzfaq.info/get/bejne/acyImLKi3sq7Ynk.html

@michellehay999 2 жыл бұрын

I would want spinach or onions so would have to have 5 . However wild garlic and other plants which could be foraged would probably do. I agree with your three

@MrTea7 2 жыл бұрын

Butternut squash stands up to the hottest summer temps like nothing else I've seen, it thrives when the tomatoes are getting burned if you don't shade them. Also beans put nitrogen into the soil you just plow the leaves and stems back into the ground.

@stephenmerritt5750 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. They would be my top three as well. When I was younger we grew our own food. I have a very good idea of what subsistence living is in Canada where the growing season is from frost to frost. May - Sept Potatoes - like he said, they store well and you take what's left over to plant next year ( keep cool and dry) Store in small bins to make it easier to weed out the odd one that rots over winter. Turnip and parsnip - Great winter food. You can go out in January and the parsnip will still be good (take a pick with you) Carrots - They store almost as good as potatoes but become knarly, but still edible. Again, dry and cool is key. Rhubarb - plant it once and it grows like a weed. Corn was a luxury for us. Couldn't count on that every year. Seeds - plant whatever you can get your hands on. The actual key to survival is to plant everything you can because you really have no idea what will grow and what will not. Cherry trees, currents, wild blueberries and strawberries, green beans (like he said), dandelion greens ( yes, those pesky yellow flowers are edible), maple tree sap ( Eastern Canada), apples, pears, etc Survival is about getting up in the morning, working 6 days a week, doing everything you can, having as many options as possible, have a few cattle, chickens, carpentry tools, etc ,etc. Canning and pickling will keep you alive and scurvy free year round. Finally, be a good neighbor. That's the one that pays the largest dividend. Care for one another. Act like you're on a life boat rather than a cruise ship.

@bmolitor615 2 жыл бұрын

same

@michellewelch6013 2 жыл бұрын

Nice list but on s 7000 sq Ft suburban lot how on earth?

@johngilbert9553 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best and succinct advice I have read on preparing and surviving . Study this.

@lisagarrett6966 2 жыл бұрын

@@michellewelch6013 vertical gardens, hydroponic gardens, square foot gardens. Look at the survival videos with the most hits. You will be surprised!!

@lauramiller6153 2 жыл бұрын

@@michellewelch6013 I don't think it will be easy, but I am slowly trying to make it work on 300sq ft, where half that property is house and driveway. I've started with 3 fan-trainable (so I could plant them super close together) fruit trees (which I will be espalier training to use as living trellis for the grape vine), grapes and a berry bush. I will slowly add a few more fruit trees and some more berry bushes, and continue to plant annual veggies around where the perennials (asparagus and strawberries so far) I planted are continuing to grow as my living mulch and keep gaps filled with what I Want Growing. I planted 3 containers of mint, but it looks like only the peppermint and chocolate mint survived this winter. Use of 4ft root barrier to keep things from growing out into neighbours yards too.

@westcoastrider3008 4 жыл бұрын

Potatoes, carrots, onions. My reason is they shelf fresh for a long time, grow easily. And my kids will eat them, not so much the onion but it's great in everything you fry up

@JoesWebPresence 4 жыл бұрын

Tatties carrots and onions would probably be mine too, and we'd survive on chicken soup, egg and chips and pickled onions. Having said that, Sutherland kale is super nutritious and versatile, with plenty in there for the chickens too. Which would I eave out? Carrots or onions? It CAN'T be the tatties! I need four. Could I throw some kale seed into the undergrowth and claim it's just natural forage?

@westcoastrider3008 4 жыл бұрын

@@JoesWebPresence thanks for the reply, you just got a subscriber

@georgehays4908 4 жыл бұрын

.....I picked the exact 3 you did , although Garlic is my 4th ! Maranatha !

@westcoastrider3008 4 жыл бұрын

@@georgehays4908 we got that too! But it was in the yard when we bought the house in 09

@MAGAman-uy7wh 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree, but everyone is leaving a meat out of the diets. Squirrel and groundhog do benefit from a stuffing of onions, carrots and potatoes.

@theresasmee456 2 жыл бұрын

I like your picks. I love sunflower seeds too. Tough choices. I have really never gardened but I want to try this year.

@mikekupper6222 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been asking myself the same question for my garden this year. I have 70 meat chickens and 20 hogs going. I’m doing potatoes for sure, because I live in Idaho and it’s the law, I was thinking bush beans because I hear they do well here, but I’ve never done them. And I like your suggestion with the butternut squash, I wasn’t thinking of that at all but I think your right on. Thank you 😊

@evegreenification Жыл бұрын

hahahah "it's the law"

@michaelhaller784 4 жыл бұрын

Native Americans chose the "Three Sisters": Corn, beans, and squash for there nutrition and symbiosis...although potatoes are good too.

@drojpaul 4 жыл бұрын

Kyle Towers we were good but started lacking because the gov killed our livestock...

@itskarl79 4 жыл бұрын

chose them also because they physically enhance each other.. vines climb the corn, squash rids the bugs, and I forget the other reason why...

@davidlanham99 4 жыл бұрын

I'm native american. I wish the indians would come up with an indian word for "indian".

@scottprice8994 4 жыл бұрын

@@davidlanham99 -- Each tribe has its own word. The Navajo word for themselves is Dineh, which means, loosely, “the people on this land” Native-American works pretty well.

@scottprice8994 4 жыл бұрын

@Kyle Towers -- You are correct. There were very few types of livestock in the Americas before Europeans arrived. They used dogs. There were alpacas and llamas in South America. But there were many foods that came from the Americas. The corn, beans, and squash were staples for Native-Americans in what is now North America. Potatoes were grown in South America. There are so many other foods, from strawberries to tomatoes from the Americas. Vodka? Thank you America. Marinara sauce in Italy? Thank you America. There were also animals like turkeys. Chocolate? Thank you America for providing cocoa. Pineapple? Not from Hawaii. From South America and the Caribbean islands. When the Spanish came in the 1500s they took these foods back to Europe. Corn and potatoes especially became staple foods for Europeans. The foods brought to Europe helped increase the average life of Europeans by 10 years. But if we are just considering Native-Americans in what is now the Eastern United States, there were not a wide variety of crops for them to grow.

@sharonconstable8146 4 жыл бұрын

You came pretty close to the "3 Sisters" grown by the Huron people: corn, beans, squash.

@krystalsharp7926 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of beans and what kind of squash?

@dakotawinds9291 2 жыл бұрын

@@krystalsharp7926 pole beans (they climb the corn stalks for support. Squash what ever you want, they are left to grow on the ground around the corn to shade out weeds, we usually do pumpkin and butternut squash when we do three sisters planting. The beans we do are dry beans pole type aka climbing beans - have done peas this way also.

@bigneiltoo 2 жыл бұрын

@@krystalsharp7926 - Start the corn a few weeks ahead so the pole beans have something to climb. Full sun. They are picky about soil. I had half my crop fail when I mixed buckets of various soil but didn't know exactly why.

@joshuagentry3118 2 жыл бұрын

Great choices! I've never failed with butternut squash. It's easy to grow and stores for months. If we look to common staples in many countries throughout the world, especially Latin America, we find beans and squash almost universally. Corn is the other staple found in many places. I haven't had much success growing corn, but it would be a great skill to master.

@drmayojr 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Short, sweet and to the point! I will watch more.

@CassySoSassy 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. I’m a terrible gardener. I only have luck with peppers and tomatoes. Sooooo. Salsa for survival. :)

@ImASurvivorNThriver 6 жыл бұрын

FYI... Collard greens and okra are SUPER EASY to grow! ;-)

@aprilanonymous7237 6 жыл бұрын

Cassy So Sassy I thought the same about actually planting for survival. I would orobavly bring a different skill to the table & dining with Art & family. Lol

@lynnlamont9427 5 жыл бұрын

Cheaper to grow from seed.

@kristineschilling6917 4 жыл бұрын

well, at least you wont have vitamin c deficiency. lol

@victorrosas7692 4 жыл бұрын

I laughed

@wardrobelion 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet potatoes are actually a pretty plant, as well…even edible leaves.

@michaelmoorrees3585 2 жыл бұрын

Though your choices are sound, and you take account storage, I think choices may vary due to location, and that location's climate, and local pests. It will also vary, if you have the luxury of livestock, or at least chickens. Luxury, cause you're gonna need more land.

@joycehook4832 9 ай бұрын

My mom was born in 1918 ( She passed at 98 years old) she had 10 kids, six boys and four girls. She was a wise woman. She used to tell us kids when times were hard, and she knew hard times, she went thru the depression. But she'd tell us as long as you have potatoes you would never go hungery. Lots of truth to that.

@abiyah3176 3 жыл бұрын

Amaranth: superfood, high in protein, entire plant is edible, drought and pest resistant, can survive triple-digit temperatures. From micro greens to summer salad greens, and seeds that act like a grain (cereal, flour, etc.), Amaranth is my choice!

@darylrusso7424 2 жыл бұрын

I just planted my first amaranth seeds so we will see how they do.

@elizabethfletcher1487 2 жыл бұрын

the seeds are great but those leaves...yuck. Any suggestions on how to eat those leaves?

@jipsiemune 2 жыл бұрын

Never heard of that ? Will have to Google that

@jedw9496 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to harvest the seed/ Separate them from chaff, but once done they do store well. Just make sure they dry out or you will get some mold.

@kmc6506 2 жыл бұрын

And amaranth looks like a weed so in a survival situation thieves probably won't recognize it as food.

@marinadelrey5512 4 жыл бұрын

The Aztecs, Mayas and many other peoples of the Americas always grew corn, beans and squash as a triad. The corn gives structural support to the beans while these help fix nitrogen in the soil. The squash maintains moisture in the ground while reducing weed competition. The nutritional value of the three crops is balanced with protein, carbs and vitamins. The three can be eaten young or let to mature on the plant for long term storage.

@ondinehd6889 4 жыл бұрын

The "three sisters." Proven!

@nowheredude8878 4 жыл бұрын

Anasazi beans

@Ekinnajay 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't all corn now GMO?

@marinadelrey5512 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ekinnajay No, thank goodness. There are communities dedicated to the cultivation and preservation of criolle corn. Of course Monsanto wants to take over everything but fortunately some people have respect for their crops.

@ondinehd6889 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ekinnajay Yes, looks that way. GMO grains to feed an ever growing population, and feed the animals on factory farms, who are not supposed to eat those grains, because of the increasing demand, and taste for meat. Apparently that is how SARS, and coronavirus happened: because of human beings increasing demand, and appetite, for animals' flesh. Going onto 8 billion. As a scientist pointed out, only a century ago, the human population was 2 billion. 6 billion have been added in only a little over 100 years. What will happen when there are 16 billion people, and then 32 billion people, because it is not going to take long to reach that number....

@odyseusjarhead602 2 жыл бұрын

Okra has to be on the list. Very easy to grow. Very easy to harvest and store the seeds for next year. Does very well in heat and low rain.

@maninredhelm 2 жыл бұрын

I've think you've got to go with the classic 'three sisters': beans, corn and squash. Potatoes could replace squash, but I wouldn't do both potatoes and squash because they compete for the same space and resources.

@abiyah3176 2 жыл бұрын

Squash leaves are edible, so I would choose them over potatoes especially in terms of space. Plus you can trellis them.

@cchanc3 2 жыл бұрын

I'm no farmer. the story I heard was that my grandparents in germany had nothing but potatoes for 10 years and lived to tell the tale. they must be #1 for me.

@donaldclifford5763 2 жыл бұрын

Matt Damon of Martian fame lived on a sole diet of martian grown potatoes.

@dalhuset 2 жыл бұрын

@@donaldclifford5763 …and Vicodin. 😄

@theyrekrnations8990 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that the Irish needed to rely on potatoes too during a famine

@dalhuset 2 жыл бұрын

@@theyrekrnations8990 The potatoes actually had a blight, fungus of some type, and that’s why the starvation occurred. There was actually plenty of other food available but the evil English Lords exported it all to starve them out.

@theyrekrnations8990 2 жыл бұрын

@@dalhuset Thanks for that, and I wouldn't doubt it the way tyrranical overlords act. It sounds about right

@remorabay 2 жыл бұрын

I see so many comments. Keeping to the topic: The Top 3 for survival.....and mine would be quite different, based on where I live (TN). I'll start with what does NOT work: Corn (I could never grow it no matter HOW much I water it); next: cabbage - sure this WOULD be on my list but YOU know as well as everyone - that cabbage gets eaten up by bugs more than ANY vegetable. Carrots suffer like corn - just don't grow big or enough. OK, NOW my top three: 1. Bitter Mellon. Why? A. It is the MOST healthiest and B. It's very prolific - eat all summer and fall! C. The Bitter Mellon volunteers will return the next year. 2. Tomatoes - This is NOT really my "favorite" but, as per the question - it would be one pick because tomatoes LOVE the soil I have. and 3. Kale.....I know, I know: 3 - but I agree with the butternut squash - maybe I can make that my 3.5 choice. I think that, for MOST people, potatoes SHOULD be an "absolute"....but, again, I have had issues in the past BUTTTTT - we shipped in 120+ tons of cow manure and I started planting in JAN/FEB, like the old farmers told me to....and NOW my potatoes are going very well! (Remember the old farmer's tip: "I don't care if you have to break the ice! Plant them 'taters in mid FEBRUARY!")

@zeamaiz945 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of corn did you try to grow?

@remorabay 2 жыл бұрын

@@zeamaiz945 I tried to grow sweet corn and Indian corn. Interesting that your name is "Maiz" and you are asking me about corn (maize).....if you have any tips - please do share :)

@deborahthorp9421 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you! I almost said tomatoes but then thought about how finicky they can be. Potatoes for sure. Beans yes and butternut squash yes. maybe carrots next.

@stephenowen1644 4 жыл бұрын

Collard greens, they will grow year round here in South Carolina. I've had plants that produced for 4 years before dying.

@thinkforyourselfjohn3163 4 жыл бұрын

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@johnvanegmond1812 4 жыл бұрын

@Hair Razor Detox One diced up slice of bacon does so much for a pan of greens! I pressure can 1/2 pint jars with bacon. Scoop out a big tablespoon and it makes any of my canned greens a delight.

@sharonkeith601 4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Owen / Love collard greens! And tomatoes and potatoes.

@rdklarnet4120 4 жыл бұрын

good call!

@sheilamorin8868 4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow 4 years i have never grown them NC here

@RobsLBL 4 жыл бұрын

My grandfather used to tell me that sweet potatoes is one of few foods one can survive on alone.

@cindyknudson2715 2 жыл бұрын

And people HAVE survived on regular potatoes. They get a bad rap these days but have sustained whole populations

@mikejones4308 2 жыл бұрын

@Jamie W I guess the plumper the date, the better. Which is a plumper date, a blonde, brunette or redhead? Or are we talking middle east vs European vs north American etc.

@useryggfdcc 2 жыл бұрын

@Jamie W I used to follow the Syrian war daily since 2011. An old woman was interviewed in Aleppo, she survived a year just from leaves she picked in a massive old graveyard.

@darbyl3872 2 жыл бұрын

Gourd / Decorative squash are great tasting. (I recently discovered this.) They seem to store for a long time, too. Potatoes and beans would be my other two. (Not green beans, though. Something more dense in nutrition. Black beans are one of my favorites.)

@ndowroccus4168 2 жыл бұрын

Top three! Perfect list size! -------: My list :----- ••• 1. green beans. ••• 2. sweet potatoes. ••• 3. butternut squash. No doubt, or question. Based on ease of growing, potential nutrients, variety and resilience. Of course I would also grow some herbs and smoking herbs, but that’s my cheat sheet. Fourth crop: ••• 4. Onions. Fourth is just my go to backup, crop.

@ursulapainter5787 4 жыл бұрын

Beans also enrich the soil with nitrogen, among other enzymes and minerals. Great choices!

@kathyjyoung-fry720 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of beans are we talking about?

@chrisdodt 2 жыл бұрын

@@kathyjyoung-fry720 all beans, all legumes. alfalfa and other legumes make a great cover crop in between harvesting. alfalfa is not only a wonderful feed for livestock but it enriches the soil with nitrogen via its roots---which can penetrate several feet of soil, thus aerating even the most hardpan soils.

@puddintame7794 2 жыл бұрын

They claim you should inoculate the seeds before planting to enhance the effect.

@InvisibleCitizen 4 жыл бұрын

From the Native Americans corn, beans & squash! Would add potatoes also

@UrielsJunkDrawer 4 жыл бұрын

Yes the 3 sisters and potatoes are the brother. :)

@Kube_Dog 4 жыл бұрын

The correct term is "Indian" or "Injun."

@edwardwells5864 4 жыл бұрын

Corn is a good one indeed....but have you seen how hard it is on the soil trying to keep enough nutrients in the ground to grow something to the point of thriving? Youd be a soil amending fool!

@littlepotato2741 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, need that corn to round out the needed protein from the beans.

@UrielsJunkDrawer 4 жыл бұрын

@@edwardwells5864 That is why it is called the 3 sisters corn, beans and squash all planted together. The beans add nitrogen to the soil to help the corn.

@kimzwicker562 10 ай бұрын

Oh my Bri, love seeing the old videos, hope Art is doing better these days and if he should ever start another channel would love to follow him as well.

@aletaedwards9484 2 жыл бұрын

I think you are right on! Those 3 would be a winner for me! Thanks for sharing

@Fastlane05 2 жыл бұрын

The Native American Indians always planted, what they call "Three Sisters", which is beans, squash and corn. That was a staple crop for them. However, there are two words that go hand in hand and that is "Potato" and "Famine", so I completely agree with your top three choice. BUT... if there were a #4 added, it would absolutely be corn.

@apsutton336 2 жыл бұрын

Corn is high in protein as is peas. Sunflowers can be a substitute also for meat for protein. Microgreens can be harvested in 7-10 days on windowsill. High in protein. A few plants can be grown till seeds grow and only use non GMO seeds organic only

@NemeanLion- 2 жыл бұрын

Protein in vegetables are abysmally low and are not assimilated properly unless paired with another to make a complete protein (especially beans). When it comes to protein, you’re better off choosing a vegetable that doubles as a livestock feed so you can get adequate protein from animal sources like eggs.

@robertawestbrooks9531 2 жыл бұрын

Green beañs, squash, corn

@FarmFreshIB 2 жыл бұрын

A corn plant produces one or two ears at most. Each ear contains a little over half a cup of actual edible kernels. Corn is highly effected by both bugs and diseases and is a heavy feeder. A single tomato plant or a single squash can produce far more food and more nutrition as well.

@NoMissOutdoors 2 жыл бұрын

Turnips.....

@DeepSouthBama56 6 жыл бұрын

Beans, Winter Squash maybe Hubbard and Cabbage and I tell you why Cabbage. You can eat Cabbage fresh, you can fry it up and you can make kraut from it. Cabbage grown late in the season when stored in a root cellar will make it through the winter.

@ianwhiteley5102 5 жыл бұрын

There are winter cabage frost no worry like kale

@ianwhiteley5102 5 жыл бұрын

Mash potato cabbage fry up bubble and sqweek its called gees so nice brown sours on it

@lsmith992 4 жыл бұрын

I read that sauerkraut has 700mg of vitamin c per cup compared to 30mg for raw cabbage. That's with red cabbage. The fermentation organisms manufacture it. Amazing?

@ridgerunner106 4 жыл бұрын

I'm in dirt scratch Arkansas. My uncle was army, Stayed in till Social Security. Worked Pentagon. They always put up 365 quarts of cabbage on top of everything else. Bologna every day. I saw them at a funeral lately. I bet he still has a Bologna sandwich every evening. My aunt said no, he just cuts a one inch slice and eats it plain, but he still eats Bologna. He retired a Colonel.

@vidajordan9803 4 жыл бұрын

Kim chee baby.... Korean fermented cabbage that has a chili pepper rub...and grow collards for greens through the winter if your winteris not below the 20s.😀

@gregwilcox8347 2 жыл бұрын

For my list, the main things I consider are how easy to grow, how easy to store, and nutritional value. My top 2 are definitely green beans and carrots. Lots of great nutrition, easy to grow a lot in a small space, and easy to can and store long term. Next would probably be beets. I don’t love them, but they also meet the above criteria. To round out my top five, I agree with the butternut squash and potatoes.

@jharrell23867 2 жыл бұрын

I grow indoor so i can grow things out of season pretty easy by simulating spring and summer all year round. If i had to pick just three id go with Alliums, Peppers and Squash of any variety because i like them all and they all can go into a pan and make a single dish together pretty well.

@dnr2089 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve recently come to realise that onions form the basis of most of the meals I cook, and i go through a lot of them. So, onions are important.

@rositaalonzo6909 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, without onions there is not soup! Fried onions smell are for me Heavenly, more than the more expensive parfum!

@catsincredulous9998 4 жыл бұрын

Onions are antiseptic, too.

@loquat44-40 3 жыл бұрын

There is something called walking onion that I plan to look into.

@avanellehansen4525 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! ND garlic!

@reybangayan2649 2 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old post but I totally agree with these 3 must grow crop choices. As a kid we were migrate fruit and vegetable pickers. We literally lived on beans, potatoes and some of the crops we worked in.

@Peaceful-resistance1 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, looks like you enjoyed a similar lifestyle to myself. Did you ever work the Columbia river basin near Wenatchee? Although life was tough, some of my best memories...

@reybangayan2649 2 жыл бұрын

@@Peaceful-resistance1 No, we worked in the San Joaquin Valley in California in the late 40's. Later we worked in Napa and Santa Clara Valley early 50's. Rough and hard working lifestyle to endure, but a rewarding and thankful life to come out of. Once we tasted the good life, we never looked back, yet we never forgot where we came from. All that hard work paid off.

@angelatrebor8681 2 жыл бұрын

@@reybangayan2649 ..God Bless You for contributing so much beyond your own existence.❤

@Zombied77 2 жыл бұрын

I love growing sunflowers just because I love them, this year I'm actually going to harvest the seeds. Should be fun.

@santacruzman 2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the visual aid for "three." I was thinking three might be two. Then I thought, no, it might be four. But you cleared it right up, brother.

@jameslaw3740 2 жыл бұрын

1 : Potatoes blue ,red, Yukon gold 2 : beans yellow and green 3 : onions green , yellow , Spanish , English not just for eating , they are a great health and medicinal food also

@MichL_71 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, defs no life without onions. 😬

@USGovIsDistributingCSAM 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking potatoes, onions and carrots with carrots you could breed rabbits and get steady protein. We have all heard the term #$%& Like rabbits, well there's a reason that's a term. Plus rabbit meat and those 3 ingredients would make decently flavorful nutritious stew.

@timisaac8121 2 жыл бұрын

@@MichL_71 so true!! Onions are my favorite food for sure!! I often eat two or three in the same meal as if they completely different foods. I didn't notice I did this until someone told me. Also, peppers- - smiles -

@jomazerud 2 жыл бұрын

Okra, Long Beans and Squash. These three can start producing food for me in just 45 days here in the Philippines. If I was back in my old home in New Jersey, it'll be zucchinis, red beets and cherry tomatoes. :)

@lightmarker3146 2 жыл бұрын

The beet tops are good eating too.

@nunyabiznes33 2 жыл бұрын

I see that you're not a fan of the sweet potato.

@abiyah3176 2 жыл бұрын

The leaves are edible too

@jomazerud 2 жыл бұрын

@@nunyabiznes33 I do love them especially the purple variety and their tops. They take forever to root unlike potatoes or beats.

@jenniferborder528 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in my 4rh season of growing at a community garden in the north of the PNW. I'd say my top 3 so far are snap peas, delicata squash, and cucumbers. I dehydrate my cucumbers with spices and eat as snack chips. Add garlic and onions next.

@gabriellaF95 2 жыл бұрын

My choices as a 2nd-year homeowner/gardener My top 3 we love as a family are Pumpkins, Potatoes, and All kinds of onions. I also discovered foraging and Love ramps I could eat them all day every day and cant wait to try morels. still waiting here in southern MN

@jeffwilson4693 2 жыл бұрын

I was with you on the beans and potatoes. The butternut squash I hadn't considered. But now that you mention it for ease of growth, nutrition and ease of storage, I have to agree. Thanks for vid. Nice garden, soil looks good. Peace

@stevealexander8010 2 жыл бұрын

I've grown loads of butternut the past few years. Very productive plants and versatile in the kitchen, but they seem to go bad around March.

@danielb3462 2 жыл бұрын

Butter nut Squash is the stuff! I love cutting it in half. Stem fir 10 mins. Drain and put it in the broiler with some brown sugar and butter.. its a Main corse and desert in one! Good call Bro!

@miriamspandereta 2 жыл бұрын

Butternut squash an excellent choice. It is in the curcurbita moschata branch of the squash family and is resistant to squash vine borers which can take out a squash crop very quickly. And as you said, very healthy!

@davebox588 2 жыл бұрын

Butternut are good, but in my experience their long maturing time means you can only get one crop per year (but I'd be happy to hear others' experiences). If I had to choose I'd go for gem squash. They start to crop at 12 weeks (mini-gems at 8 weeks) so depending on your season length you can get up to three crops per year.

@brucehamilton8694 2 жыл бұрын

I've had butternut store a full year at room temperature!