Two Letters Re: How Does Your Garden Grow? (After TSHTF)


Sir: We live in a rental property that unfortunately has a lawn that was poisoned by several years of chemicals sprayed on it to kill weeds. So, we have tried to grow a few items in raised beds. One learning experience we had may keep someone else from making the same mistake. We had never...

Sir:

We live in a rental property that unfortunately has a lawn that was poisoned by several years of chemicals sprayed on it to kill weeds. So, we have tried to grow a few items in raised beds. One learning experience we had may keep someone else from making the same mistake. We had never heard of black walnut trees causing a toxic effect on tomatoes. They all died because we have three black walnut trees in our yard. Cabbage, eggplant, peppers, and potatoes are sensitive to the toxins plus a few fruit and field crops. We planted the tomatoes this year...

Three Letters Re: How Does Your Garden Grow? (After TSHTF)


Dear Editor: Regarding the recent article How Does Your Garden Grow? (After TSHTF), I'm writing to recommend a very good book by Brett Campbell: Survival Food Plants. It is available as a free PDF. I appreciate your good work. Thanks, - Solardoggy Hello JWR, I enjoyed the recent SurvivalBlog...

Dear Editor:

Regarding the recent article How Does Your Garden Grow? (After TSHTF), I'm writing to recommend a very good book by Brett Campbell: Survival Food Plants. It is available as a free PDF. I appreciate your good work. Thanks, - Solardoggy

Hello JWR,

I enjoyed the recent SurvivalBlog article titled "How Does Your Garden Grow". I like the...

Picking the Ideal Location for your Garden

One of the first things do decide when starting a new garden is to choose its location. This is
usually decided by several factors: How you will water it, how much shade it needs, etc. Some of these questions
can be very important in deciding whether your garden lives or dies, so don't take them lightly. You need to
take each one into special consideration:

1. Choose the climate to suit the plants you want to grow,
2. How are
you going to water it?
3. Sun versus shade.

http://www.survival.org.au/garden_location.php

How Does Your Garden Grow? (After TSHTF), by Tom from Colorado


Gardens will supply a large portion of our food after TSHTF. Those who already garden know that, in many cases, additional amendments and plant foods/fertilizers are necessary for a good crop. While a compost pile will help a great deal in keeping your soil in good shape, there are...

Gardens will supply a large portion of our food after TSHTF. Those who already garden know that, in many cases, additional amendments and plant foods/fertilizers are necessary for a good crop. While a compost pile will help a great deal in keeping your soil in good shape, there are many other sources for fertilizers/plant foods that will be easily accessible after TSHTF. I'll detail several of them and the manner in which to make and/or use them in this article.

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