Want to Plant the Ultimate Survival Garden This Spring? You Better Start Planning Right Now

Do not quit, give up or be ashamed if you fail a few times. My first gardens were as shameful as my first few building projects. That is how you learn, trial and error.

Reminds me of how my social, religious and political skills / views were when I was young. OH my. Give the kids a break, we made mistakes when we were young.

Please keep growing yourselves.

Women do not loose our desire for a man after menopause, just our animal hormonal crazy sex impulse, that part can still be aroused by a man but he has to be more trust worthy to make it happen, not wait for the hormones in us to kick in, to do it for him. More friendship, lacking impulse. Older men know this, they are the most beautiful. Young men all look and act the same to me, superficial, stupid arrogent, but an old man.......... so beautiful, how can I count the ways I love old men, they are the best, most beautiful creatures ever created when you find a good one. Old muscles and bodies and scars that have been through hell and back, the lines on the faces tell every tell, the experiences, talents and skills, I could go on forever how much I love old men.

There is nothing Biblical about the idea that Christian ladies cannot do agricultural work that I am aware of. It just is heavy labor.

The basic Biblical relationship is between a husband and wife within Christian marriage and it is for joy as well as to satisfy our innate desire for romance, friendship, and to have and care for children.

There is nothing Biblical about putting out which I find sounds like a distasteful perversion of romance akin to permitted rape.

That post is ardently bigoted against men and is sad, pathetic, and would induce loneliness. If adopted, it would be ruinous and bring about alienation and extinction.

There is nothing Biblical about the idea that Christian ladies cannot do agricultural work that I am aware of. It just is heavy labor.

The basic Biblical relationship is between a husband and wife within Christian marriage and it is for joy as well as to satisfy our innate desire for romance, friendship, and to have and care for children.

There is nothing Biblical about putting out which I find sounds like a distasteful perversion of romance akin to permitted rape.

That post is ardently bigoted against men and is sad, pathetic, and would induce loneliness. If adopted, it would be ruinous and bring about alienation and extinction.

What some people do is convert an old food disposal and hook that up outside to a faucet. Then run their food waste into a slurry which they catch in a bucket. And they dump that on the compost pile, even adding a little diluted urine to really accelerate the breakdown, and then turn it.

It is a little bit of trouble, but some rig up a plastic or metal barrel which is on rollers and put their lawn clippings in there. So they end up with a LOT of compost in short order.

If you read up on growing potatoes on top of the ground, and you screw up and use hay instead of straw, then you just planted a bunch of alfalfa as the seeds drop. Straw is missing the seeds. Beginners make that kind of error.

Have leather gardening gloves not cloth. You see a thistle and remove it with cloth gloves an next thing you know is you have the worst rash all over your fingers. Warn your kids too. When a dig up a yard, a bunch of weeds will also grow.

Wheelbarrows are useless. You want a decent garden cart to save your back muscles. All that shoveling and putting down mulch and dragging something heavy ends up straining your intrinsic lower back muscles. That hurts for a whole week.

Manure when fresh is full of weed seeds. You put down composted manure and especially over winter.

Bunnies hate human hair. It freaks them out as they think of predators. Go to a beautician and get floor sweepings for free. Otherwise you just prepare a banquet for rabbits. Can't blame 'em as they are cute rascals.

Squirrel, birds, cute little chipmunks, snakes, etc will all pay visits to eat and likely to prey on some. Your cat may chow down as some field mouse takes a bite of squash or a tomato.

It takes a lot more than a pack of seeds and a shovel to enhance your food security with a backyard survival garden. You need a solid, practical plan. Maybe you’ve never planted a single seed before, or maybe you’ve been working in the family garden since you were old enough to walk. Either way, there’s work you should be doing right now, even if the ground is frozen. You can start planning ahead.

Look Back to Gardening History Before Looking Ahead
Many Americans planted “Victory Gardens” during World War I and II, with the goal of increasing the nation’s food supply. In 1943, for example, there were more than 20 million war gardens in the U.S. The need and interest were there, and the citizenry responded. This patriotic planting produced an estimated 8 million tons of food, which was nearly half of the food consumed that year in the nation.

Jumping forward to last year, Americans responded to a crisis once again by rolling up their sleeves and getting dirt under their fingernails. For those who were paying attention to the self-reliance boom that took place at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, you may have noticed that a lot of stores ran out of basic gardening supplies and seeds. This spring, supply chains are in much better shape than those at the end of winter and early spring of 2020, but it’s wise to remember those empty shelves. Buy the things you need when they are available. Late winter is a great time to buy seeds and garden supplies. You can get them before the spring rush hits and you’ll have the best selection. If you want to grow the ultimate garden this spring, you don’t want to wait until the resources are “picked over” in late spring.

Scout the Best Survival Garden Location
Abundant sunlight and good soil are two of the biggest factors in a successful garden, and these are features that you can begin scouting for even in the winter. If you can get a soil map of your area (these are usually available at your local agricultural extension office), you can get some great insight into the type of soil you already have. You can also get a soil test, to determine your soil type and which nutrients are lacking. And even when the leaves are down from deciduous trees and the winter sun is lower in the sky, you can still get an idea about sunny locations. It’s a major rookie mistake to build your garden where a tree or some structure will cast a shadow across it. You’ll want at least 10 hours of uninterrupted sunlight shining down on your garden, though more daylight is better.



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What some people do is convert an old food disposal and hook that up outside to a faucet. Then run their food waste into a slurry which they catch in a bucket. And they dump that on the compost pile, even adding a little diluted urine to really accelerate the breakdown, and then turn it.

It is a little bit of trouble, but some rig up a plastic or metal barrel which is on rollers and put their lawn clippings in there. So they end up with a LOT of compost in short order.