Growing Food to Supplement Your Food Storage Supply

It is wise to learn how to garden and grow your own food to supplement your food storage in a survival situation.  Growing food is ideal because it will make you healthier and it will balance your survival diet with fresh vegiies.  Additionally, growing your own food will give you a consistent and a renewable supply of food.  Your food storage will also last for a longer period of time.  Learning how to grow a garden is enjoyable and can also give you something to do to stage off boredom (no electricity/internet/TV).

What to grow and what time of year to plant depends on the climate you live in.  The best case scenario is that you are living in a rural area far away from major cities.  If that is the case, you probably have space to grow vegetables.  If you are looking to buy some land for a retreat, consider setting up in a place where the soil is fertile and there is a good amount of rainfall. garden is a place with fertile soil and ample rainfall.  Washington state and other places in the Northwest of the U.S. are great places for this. However, if that is not an option for you, don't worry, you can still grow a decent garden anywhere.
The first step is to research which vegetables grow the best in the climate where you live or where you have your retreat.  Get a good variety. When you have a dozen or more, get a good vegetable planting guide for each of those vegetables.  Learn as much as you can about planting these specific vegetables.  It is a good idea to start now and practice your gardening skills.  This is not only fun, it is also healthy.  Here are a few bits of advice for growing your own garden no matter which vegetables you decide to grow:
1) Surround your garden with chicken wire to fence off the area you will be gardening.  This will protect your crop from rodents and wild animals.
2) If there is a body of water nearby, plant your garden close to the body of water and try to utilize an irrigation system to make watering your garden easier.
3) If you get heavy rainfall, make sure that your garden is on high enough ground to prevent flooding.
Here are some of the most common and easiest vegetables to grow:

• Zucchini
• Tomatoes
• Onions
• Potatoes
• Peas
• Lettuce
• Broccoli
• Carrots
• Beans
• Spinach
• Beets
• Radishes

You should be able to get seeds for these veggies at any garden store near you.  They should also be pretty cheap.  The great thing is that you only need to buy seeds once a season because you can get seeds from the crops that you harvest.  Save all of your seeds so that you have a renewable garden.
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