there is an emergency declared we are all quarantined the world is ending well
maybe not so let's look at some survival food that you can grow in your garden
during these extreme times so let's begin with potatoes potatoes can be
easily started from slips or from existing potatoes that you have at home
and you can even buy some potato seeds now I have grown potatoes very easily in
five gallon containers and it's very easy to grow them in smaller containers
trash bags, I have even grown them in whiskey barrel containers or larger
containers and finally you can easily grow potatoes in raised beds as well if
you want an abundant harvest potatoes are very easy to grow they produce
abundantly and hence they become a great survival food to grow in your garden
while the grocery stores are running out of potatoes this is your chance to grow
fresh potatoes at home now if you want to take it a notch further you can start
growing taro root taro root is very nutrition dense it's very starchy
it's a nuttier cousin of the potato and it's not really easy to grow but will
leave your taste buds absolutely pleased
second herbs and other greens herbs like cilantro are extremely easy to grow
during crisis times you can grow cilantro very easily in five gallon or
smaller containers and they add a nice spice a nice zest to your salads to
anything that you cook and it's just so easy to grow at home I have grown
cilantro under grow lights very easily I have also grown them in aluminum trays
by just using sand or perlite or compost so all in all cilantro is extremely easy
to grow in your home garden leafy greens like lettuce are excellent to grow
during crisis times just because they keep you very full greens like lettuce
which can come in a variety of different flavors that you can grow at home can be
easily harvested and eaten as a salad you can throw in some olive oil some
nuts and it makes a really wholesome dish or food that you can consume which
will not only provide you a lot of fiber to keep you full but will also keep you
very healthy by providing essential vitamins and minerals and there are many
varieties of lettuce that you can grow at home and they can also be grown very
easily in small containers and in small spaces let's now move to fenugreek
another green that you can easily grow in your home garden and this was my
first fenugreek video where I had grown fenugreek in a whiskey barrel container
and got an abundant harvest and fenugreek can be used in many different
ways and you can also grow these in wider containers as you see fenugreek
grows very quickly it's a very healthy delicious leafy green and also produces
seeds that you can use now some of these greens can also be very easily grown in
something like just play sand or just pure compost and you can grow them very
easily and keep harvesting them during extreme times when your grocery stores
have run out of herbs and essentials mint is another easy to grow green or
spice or herb in your home garden you can just take some mint cuttings put
them in water with a little bit of dirt and once they start rooting you can
plant your mint plant into containers as you can see here we are using this small
container just a 5 gallon one and this produces excellent quality mint
and you can use this to zest up your food your salads and your dishes
number three is radish radish is extremely easy to grow during extreme
times or during crisis times just because they grow very quickly these
early maturing radishes take anywhere from 30 to 40 days to mature and give
you an excellent harvest that can be eaten raw or cooked and some of these
radish varieties are so quick maturing that you can just sow the seeds
in any shallow tray or any shallow container and with no time you will get
an abundant harvest of radish radish grown at home is not only very fresh you
can eat the radish bulbs or the root as well as the greens and they taste
amazing I have grown radish in extremely shallow containers as shallow as six
inches or so and they come in a lot of colors the white radish the red crimson
lot of different colors extremely easy to grow at home during crisis times and
this is one vegetable that I definitely recommend that you start growing if you
haven't tried already just because it's very easy to grow especially for a new
gardener or someone who's just getting into gardening but even for experienced
gardeners this is a very easy crop to grow in your home garden number four on
the list is tomatoes now the grocery stores have all run out of tomatoes and
potatoes and you can easily grow tomatoes very nice fresh and delicious
tomatoes at home I have posted a lot of videos on how to grow tomatoes they come
in a lot of colors like the Sun Gold select tomato variety as well as the red
tomatoes and quick maturing Tomatoes like the early girl that you see here
but the big boy they are very easy to grow at home and will produce a lot of
tomatoes and during these extreme times anything that you grow at home using any
method will be far superior to what you can find at the grocery stores just
because there's a severe shortage of all these products now if you thought you
needed a lot of space to grow tomatoes you may be wrong this red pride hybrid
tomato grows to about a foot or so and produces abundant Tomatoes and not only
is a plant short and easy to maintain it also produces tomatoes that are
extremely delicious and you're getting a lot of
tomatoes from just a 1 foot or 2 foot plant which is quite amazing now while
you can grow heirloom tomatoes like the Black Krim or the Cherokee purple these
are excellent tomato varieties as far as taste goes they are slightly more
difficult to grow compared to the other varieties that are more disease
resistant these heirloom tomato varieties are quite delicious
they have a very unique taste and they look very different compared to the
other Tomatoes the hybrid or the disease resistant tomatoes so if you get a
chance you should be growing these tomatoes but for the average gardener or
for most people I recommend that you stick to some of the tomato varieties
that you see here they are easy to grow and they produce abundantly without a
lot of hassle and last but not the least something that's packed with protein and
is very delicious beans we've been growing bush beans in very compact areas
for quite some time and they produce abundantly bush beans can be grown not
only in raised beds but also in several types of containers and there are a lot
of different types of beans that you can grow here is the asparagus bean which is
also packed with protein and is very delicious
you have the green beans French beans and the yellow wax beans and I've grown
beans in smaller containers as well as larger containers bush beans grow
extremely well in almost any type of container and produce abundantly as you
can see this is a bush type bean and it's producing abundantly in just a
small space and beans are extremely delicious when you grow them at home
they're crunchy they're flavorful and they're very nice and they also contain
a lot of fiber to keep you full and it also has a lot of protein that will keep
you strong and healthy now I've grown bush beans in smaller containers like
these 5 gallon containers very easily and if you have the space go ahead and
plant pole beans pole beans take up a lot more space to grow however you can
grow them vertically using the EZ trellis method that I have shared in my
previous video and they do produce abundantly just because they have a lot
of area to grow in but no matter how you grow your beans or wish
type of beans you grow beans are very prolific and a very good survival crop
that you can grow during extreme times so there we have it folks that was our
episode on growing 5 survival foods during extreme times let us know what
your choices are for growing foods during this time I know a lot of you are
at home and are trying to grow something in your home garden so do share with us
what you are growing during these extreme times I hope you're all well and
healthy take care during these extreme times stay at home grow these survival
crops and you'll be perfectly fine see you again soon happy gardening