Apr 17
If you have read my previous posts in regards to food and hyperinflation you know that I think food prices are going to go up and we may also have food shortages.
In addition to storing up storable food you may want to consider planting a food garden.
I am new at this and I actually find planting a garden a little intimidating. However I was able to plant a few fruit trees and hopefully I will get ambitious enough to start a small garden this year as well.
May 10th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
We have a 20′ x 30′ fenced garden. It took me three years to get the soil just right. Now we have vegetables three seasons. It is a lot of hard work, but my husband helps me by tilling twice a year. I try to use no pesticides, but it is important to use some kind of fertilizer because our soil is sharp sand.
I think people with good health who are not afraid of hard work for an hour a day could have a good garden.
In the spring we harvest about 10 lbs of asparagus, 100 heads of lettuce, 45 – 50 heads of broccoli and about 100 bulbs of onion. Also spinach and about 5-7 lbs of snow peas.
Summer vegetables are tomatoes (I canned about 24 quarts last summer), peppers and eggplants. Fall crops include butternut squash, more lettuce, spinach, and broccoli. We live near the coast of NC and I had broccoli into January.
I hope you have good success with your garden.