Survival steps – first things first in baby steps.
Survival covers so much territory, with the current news being more depressing with each passing day, its difficult to sort out the most basic of survival needs.
We are constantly hearing of economic crisis, gas/fuel shortages, inflation, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, droughts, massive wildfires, solar flares, power outages, historic flooding, food shortages, starvation, famines, 2012 and the list goes on and on. So what can we as individuals and families do to really survive?
First and foremost is water and food. Sure we can stock our shelves and hope it lasts as long as the crisis we are facing, but what if it doesn’t? What then? Do we have enough true survival skills to replenish our supply? Everyone will hit the forests, rural areas and do their foraging and game hunting, so that will not last long, before it is all gone.
We need to educate ourselves NOW while there is still time on how to get the very most from what we have. We also need to know how to plan ahead to the next years crops and so on. Planting all the seeds in your “survival garden seed can” the first year in a big garden, will NOT help you survive the following years if you do not know how to save the seeds, grow them, protect them and preserve the harvest.
We hope to share some of our thoughts, ideas and experiments with you in the coming blog posts.
We will be covering:
- How to pick seeds that are right for you and your survival, don’t buy a lot of Parsnips if you can’t stand them now!
- How to germinate seeds faster for emergency sprouts and for faster garden production.
- How to use worm castings – vermicompost to speed growth of healthier plants.
- How to start your own earthworm kit now, to help you to learn the benefits of worm castings, how to grow them, how to use them in other ways to insure your survival.
This past year of flooding and droughts has definitely taught us, that we need to look at new ways of gardening that are less dependent upon the weather and our conventional way of gardening. Food shortages and grocery prices have shown us that it will only get worse, we need to become more professional in our approach to gardening, we are in the business of feeding ourselves now.
Our Fall projects and for our next years garden
We will be exploring and experimenting with some large in ground “earth boxes” with raised beds and one foot gardening. We will put hoops over these and attach chicken wire and plastic as needed to protect the veggies from pests and bad weather. We will update as we progress with pictures and comments.
