Survival garden in a hurry

Ludi · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject:

Yikes, I hope they didn't try to eat daffodils.... Shocked

strider3700 · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 6:22 pm Post subject:

Hard to say. If I was eating just potatoes and onions I'd be sick to death of them and they'd be gone in 2-3 weeks I'd guess. I don't know what the yield will be like on the pumpkins and zukini but based on previous gardens my mother had I know I'll be sick of them long before I've ate them all. Apparently I've planted too many of them Wink

Even so I'd assume that everything combined would last me 1 month tops, never mind how to store it all. Of course all my garden is giving me at the moment is strawberries, onions, and garlic. Most of it won't be ready until well after I've starved if it was my only source of food.

If I was aiming for my entire diet coming from my garden I'd Build at least 10 more gardens the same size except of course I don't have enough land to do that without clear cutting the woods in the back. The real issue I have is the dead period through winter. I'll be forced into hunting which I tend to do anyways. I do still intend to triple my garden space but I'll be doing it by making more smallish gardens similar to what I'm currently doing.
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Ludi · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a good plan strider. I'm enlarging my garden areas as well, making a number of small gardens right around the house, that I might be able to water with captured rain, or greywater in the future. Also, I'm looking into drought tolerant edible plants I can let fend for themselves. Some of those are yucky, but if I'm starving, I won't mind so much I don't think. Probably need to take up hunting as well, but we don't yet have a gun. I have a squirrel trap, so I might try eating squirrel one of these days soon. I need to figure out an efficient way of killing the little guys without a gun. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

strider3700 · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject:

Got me on how to get squirrels efficiently. I shoot at nothing smaller then big rabbits and I miss most of them anyways.
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Ludi · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 7:59 am Post subject:

Oh I can catch them easy enough in a trap, it's killing them I'm not sure about...cut off the head like a chicken, or what? Shocked

Wednesday · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject:

ludi i am curious how you solve this problem too, i will be raising meat rabbits at some point

i dont know if this city girl could strangle a rabbit

little bitty .22 pistol to back of skull???

Shannymara · Master Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 5389 Location: Oklahoma

Ludi · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 2:49 pm Post subject:

Can you describe how it's done?

Shannymara · Master Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 5389 Location: Oklahoma

Ludi · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject:

Thank you, that's very helpful. Smile

OldSprocket · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 6:25 pm Post subject:

Shannymara · Master Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 5389 Location: Oklahoma

Wednesday · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:25 am Post subject:

i made another 18 sq feet of garden space by demolishing my ugly
front yard planter

i have made a 3' by 6' frame to replace it, using sq.ft. gardening techniques

im planting pole beans, bush beans, yellow beans, 3 types of lettuce, snap peas and carrots

i also have some 6" tomato plants that were a gift and ill fill the rest with herbs and edible flowers

uNkNowN ElEmEnt · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:30 am Post subject:

I like snapping the necks better, drowning is too prolonged etc. I will add though that if you tie the feet together you can hang the chickens by the feet off a nail to bleed out instead of the messy flopping around. Shocked