Survival garden in a hurry

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Best food value (calories and nutrition as opposed to cost) for the space used in our environment (cascadia northwest):

Must Haves even in a Small Setup:
Potatoes
Winter Squash
Tomatoes
Carrots
Parsnips
Onions & Garlic
Pole Beans (green beans)

If you have enough space for an adequate sized patch:
Dried Beans (pinto, kidney, navy)
Flint/Dent Corn for cornmeal

Lots of other good things go in the garden - but the above list is the basis for the real calorie production and basic meal prep. We grow lots of other items that then augment the above staples with taste and nutritional additions - such as:

Lettuce
Spinach
Snap Peas
Shelling Peas
Peppers
Summer Squash
Kale
Cabbage
Brocolli
Brussel Sprouts
Kohlrabi
Collards
Turnips (also a good staple but our family does not like them enough for that)
Celery
Herbs

We also grow the following fruits:

Strawberries
Cranberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
Rhubarb (technically not a fruit but we treat it as one)
Blueberries
Huckleberries

And we forage the native berries from our area to supplement our own production. Our neighbor has a giant apple tree and shares the harvest with us each year for our help in picking.
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