13+ Survival Gardening Crops To Grow To Live Off Your Garden

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  • čas přidán 22. 06. 2024
  • Today I am going to talk to you about the Survival Garden. This is a garden designed to meet the majority of your nutritional needs in difficult times, to get you by for weeks or months without access to a grocery store and produce a majority of your food, even when times are good! Imagine being able to rarely make a trip to the grocery store and instead take daily trips to your garden for your sustenance along with your health and happiness! This video focuses on 13+ crops key for the survival garden.
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  • @Robin.Greenfield
    @Robin.Greenfield  Před 4 lety +204

    For those of you in colder climates, the video for you is here!
    The Easiest, Most Abundant Edible Plants to Grow in a Garden - Gardening in a Cold Climate:
    czcams.com/video/IRtD-6fWLZY/video.html

    • @aleenaprasannan2146
      @aleenaprasannan2146 Před 4 lety +13

      I don't know if you already know this, but in South India we use moringa's flowers, seedpods and the stem of plantain as well for cooking.

    • @arcusgaming5064
      @arcusgaming5064 Před 4 lety +7

      @@aleenaprasannan2146 we sometimes also eat moringa flowers in the philippines too

    • @WATCHER71B
      @WATCHER71B Před 4 lety +5

      Thanks for doing the Cooler Climate version. Was enjoying but despairing of your wonderful garden full of warmer climate produce that I know and love.....but sadly mostly will not do well in my cooler climate (I wish they would! I would be very happy! You are blessed!) Appreciate it!

    • @bulanbintang145
      @bulanbintang145 Před 4 lety +1

      Rob Greenfield https:www.youtube.com

    • @edyperez2206
      @edyperez2206 Před 4 lety +6

      Hy my friend. I have a type of white Cuban huge sweet potatoes. If you want some contact me. My name is Edy....

  • @bigbobexD
    @bigbobexD Před 4 lety +301

    I wish they would teach more gardening and foraging in schools! I grew up thinking you need a big garden with good soil to be able to grow anything significant. This is a whole new world! Thanks Rob

    • @davidcliatt1314
      @davidcliatt1314 Před 2 lety +9

      I agree that they should teach gardening, but not with teaching foraging.
      I would not like to see the whole population trampling and striping nature.

    • @faithlilis
      @faithlilis Před 2 lety +3

      1 yr later now December 2021, did u do a garden, mini small or went big? Gosh i kill even 1foot long plants like strawberry 😭 😫

    • @faithlilis
      @faithlilis Před 2 lety +5

      Agree 100% and hope theyd teach about communist too, all this is essential to appreciate this freedom and green

    • @Amelia_R4
      @Amelia_R4 Před 2 lety +12

      @@davidcliatt1314 I would rather see people eating things like dandelions, thistle and chickweed than poisoning it.

    • @davidcliatt1314
      @davidcliatt1314 Před 2 lety +1

      I only mean that in an emergency many people would use (worse case) the wild to fill a market need like what happened to water birds and doves in the 18 hundreds.

  • @tallguytrav
    @tallguytrav Před 4 lety +965

    You should for sure watch the video all the way through, but I was looking for this comment afterward watching and couldn't find it.
    1. 1:42 Sweet Potatoes
    2. 2:57 Cassava/Yuca
    3. 4:44 Yam (Dioscorea alata)
    4. 6:56 Potatoes
    5. 7:33 Bananas
    6. 9:14 Papaya
    * 10:50 Zucchini (Thanks for catching that one Eternal Source!)
    7. 11:49 Seminole Pumpkin
    8. 12:45 Pigeon Peas
    9. 13:40 Beans & Peas
    10. 16:21 Moringa
    11. 17:21 Katuk
    12. 18:15 Chaya
    13. 19:55 Perennial Spinaches
    Holistic Health:
    21:28 Tumeric/Ginger
    22:13 Elderberry
    Bonus:
    23:05 Peppers
    23:25 Herbs (ex.Cuban Oregano, African blue basil, dill)
    24:26 Daikon Radish
    25:07 Tomatoes
    25:40 Garlic/Onions
    Thanks for all the info Rob!

    • @mjk9388
      @mjk9388 Před 4 lety +40

      You're amazing. Thank you for taking the time to put this down!

    • @chialara5302
      @chialara5302 Před 4 lety +8

      Thank you!

    • @eternalsource4655
      @eternalsource4655 Před 4 lety +14

      10:50 Zucchini

    • @kristermartinez4989
      @kristermartinez4989 Před 4 lety +3

      Thank you, do you happen by chance know how to spell the yam's scientific name? I wish to research to ID it in the wild in hopes of foraging and getting rid of the invasive species.

    • @t.h.nguyen5193
      @t.h.nguyen5193 Před 4 lety +5

      Thank you, tallguytrav, for taking the time to compose the list.

  • @triniparadisewakeup4351
    @triniparadisewakeup4351 Před 3 lety +28

    The creator is truly my portion and inspiration...God put the medicine in the food of the earth

    • @quercus4730
      @quercus4730 Před 2 lety

      And when god got pissed off he drowned " everything ".

  • @jillaltomare8861
    @jillaltomare8861 Před 3 lety +58

    I am a teacher in Central Florida and I take care of our school garden. I will share this info with my students! Thank you!

  • @aquietplace5832
    @aquietplace5832 Před 3 lety +68

    So am I the only one who started a garden and got addicted during the pandemic? 😁 Happy Gardening everyone!🍷🍷

    • @marykayrudzinski3787
      @marykayrudzinski3787 Před 2 lety +1

      Me too!!! Only I live in snow country ....4 mo of growing!🍷

    • @eliz222003
      @eliz222003 Před rokem

      Me, three! What a joyous activity... Happy Gardening 💚😊

    • @WorldOfARandomVegan
      @WorldOfARandomVegan Před rokem

      Nope, me too!!

    • @kevinjohnson8596
      @kevinjohnson8596 Před rokem

      I've not hardened since before the pandemic. I've got the itch. Driving me crazy that cold weather is on the way. Going to have to double up on my cymbalta...lol

  • @sharonlynn3358
    @sharonlynn3358 Před 4 lety +133

    There is a reason you did what you did for a year... to teach us all!! Thank you so much!

    • @goodlifehomestead6876
      @goodlifehomestead6876 Před 4 lety +7

      I'm certainly inspired to have a go at eating only what I produce or forage for a year. The idea has captured my imagination.

    • @artistaloca4
      @artistaloca4 Před 3 lety +6

      I feel that what he's learning would be useful as required standard learning in public schools

    • @lisalph8922
      @lisalph8922 Před 2 lety +4

      @@artistaloca4 , public schools don't seem to be so good at teaching useful things. It's more about obedience to authority and how to be a good little citizen. :(

    • @ireddit1505
      @ireddit1505 Před 2 lety

      Lisa LPH Got to learn the useful knowledge ourself

    • @newlycreated1864
      @newlycreated1864 Před 2 lety

      I'm in the middle of listening to "Weapons of Mass Instruction". The government school system was designed to make obedient workers who consume. Self-reliance, living debt free is definitely not something they'd teach in those prisons.

  • @fabiomoura9532
    @fabiomoura9532 Před 2 lety +52

    Hi Rob, it's nice to known your channel.
    Here on our property we plant yams, cassava, bananas and papaya. With green papaya, we make soap. Papaya contains an enzyme, called papain, which has an antibacterial action and is an accelerator of the healing process. It is an excellent bath soap for those who live in the countryside. All the best. Fábio from Brazil

    • @cosmichef75
      @cosmichef75 Před rokem +2

      Also the seeds kill gut parasites

    • @mamabest3599
      @mamabest3599 Před rokem

      Interesting.. How do you make soap with green papaya?

  • @dolanjustin
    @dolanjustin Před 3 lety +23

    Being able to grow all the calories you need in your front yard is an important thing to prove and keep proving. There is much debate on how much land a person needs to full fill his or her needs. Nothing beat the experience of actually doing it. This is why you are my hero.

  • @elmalindsay8701
    @elmalindsay8701 Před 4 lety +232

    I grew up eating yams, cassava and sweet potatoes, mangos, cashew fruit, soursop, jack fruits and much more. I grew up at the northeast of Brazil.

    • @LuisRodriguez-lv2zo
      @LuisRodriguez-lv2zo Před 4 lety +1

      Wow, what else did you eat?

    • @wordsbymaribeja1470
      @wordsbymaribeja1470 Před 4 lety +10

      A very (West) African diet.

    • @Mensetcor
      @Mensetcor Před 4 lety +13

      Glad to see co-patriots watching this channel.
      Living in North of Brazil, in the state of Rondonia, I kind of eat daily or seasonally rambutã, pitomba, dig up manioc, cupuaçu, taioba, green beans, caju, okra, guava, jabuticaba, cuchá, acaí and his close cousin, bacaba.

    • @Natasha-oz6ik
      @Natasha-oz6ik Před 4 lety +6

      Elma Lindsay same for me as I grew up in the Caribbean

    • @tokoraider1942
      @tokoraider1942 Před 4 lety +5

      I ate the same food growing up in a South Pacific island

  • @Nee96Nee
    @Nee96Nee Před 2 lety +12

    Carrots are biannual, used as an annual. Allow 2 carrots from each cultivator that you grow to stay in the ground. The following year it will put all of it's energy into growing seeds. Parsley is the same. There's a lot of plants that we grow and eat as an annual, however they're biannual.

    • @TaraBhairavi
      @TaraBhairavi Před rokem

      Actually carrot and parsley belong to the same family.

  • @nainoapeterson7871
    @nainoapeterson7871 Před 2 lety +15

    As a beginner gardener looking to be independent from grocery stores here in Hawaii, I would like to say thank you for all of your helpful videos you put out. it is truly golden content 🤙🏿

  • @lollipop7458
    @lollipop7458 Před 2 lety +1

    I’m so jealous right now…I can almost feel the the temp, climate, humidity(😩), w/ listening to the birds & all the plush green…*sigh. So peaceful.

  • @taraconnelly2348
    @taraconnelly2348 Před 4 lety +77

    Daikon Radishes are awesome! Maybe even my fire escape space can be a garden! The more we talk about these things, the more we'll think about these things, the more we will shift into this world as it's completely necessary. I'm waking up finally!

    • @SlinkyDrinky
      @SlinkyDrinky Před 4 lety +2

      They are my favorite crop to grow, along side sweet potatoes ^^
      I had a daikon radish plant grow over 2 meters tall, the radish was as thick as your thigh (but was hollow)

    • @solfeinberg437
      @solfeinberg437 Před 4 lety +5

      Have you seen Sepp Holtzers explanation of a balcony garden? He has a planter box with a hole in it and a water collection thing under it - he taps into the downpipe for the rainwater - and it fills the collection thing when it rains and overflows back into the downpipe when it's full. He has a log that goes through the hole in the planter into the collection container that wicks water into the planter. It's planted to mushrooms. He has vines coming up the outside of the building and when they get to your container you put a rock on it and it roots in your container. Imagine the outside of a building covered in grapes that are one big plant that's rooted in multiple placers / heights. It's totally ridiculous. But now you can go on vacation and your garden takes care of itself.

    • @SlinkyDrinky
      @SlinkyDrinky Před 4 lety +2

      @@solfeinberg437 That is such an interesting technique for built up areas! thanks for sharing that Sol. :D

    • @guardiandogoargentinos1385
      @guardiandogoargentinos1385 Před 4 lety +1

      @@solfeinberg437 your name is sol? As in the Sol-stice/the 🌞

    • @synthyeusebe1112
      @synthyeusebe1112 Před 4 lety +1

      @@solfeinberg437 thanks for sharing this info. Ive alwzys wanted to know how to grow grapes in a warm climate

  • @truthexposed839
    @truthexposed839 Před 4 lety +133

    Yes let’s build a wall of 🌿 herbs and natural medicine

    • @johndoetoptek6505
      @johndoetoptek6505 Před 4 lety

      And let's become complete soyboys thereby

    • @barryminor616
      @barryminor616 Před 3 lety +1

      You're on to somethin....
      amaze US and share...🍉🥥🥦🌶🍇🍋💓💖💓🤝🍒

    • @kindcolt2747
      @kindcolt2747 Před 3 lety +1

      @@johndoetoptek6505 lol john doe?

    • @anyascelticcreations
      @anyascelticcreations Před 2 lety +1

      Blackberries could make a pretty nice fence. Not many people would want to casually walk through it because of the thorns. 👍

  • @julesosaz7974
    @julesosaz7974 Před 3 lety +3

    My family used to do cassava and yam gardening in Nigeria as a kid. Miss it. Also pineapple, avocado, plantain, mango, cashew, guava , lemons, orange , coconut, palm fruit , corn , papaya and lots more right in our backyard.

  • @zoenjeri4010
    @zoenjeri4010 Před 3 lety +75

    Oh my! most of these crops are indigenous to Kenya, East Africa where I'm from. I remember harvesting yams with my grandma when i was a little girl. We'd roast it over the hearth fire and take it with tea! And the cassava, we actually eat it raw too as a snack when working around the garden. It peels so easily. We just avoid the center 'root' or stem. Pigeon peas, we grow in plenty and our favorite thing to do is harvest before they dry out and boil some then fry with heavy coconut cream. We have papayas, plantains, moringa and so much more too. I miss the farm life.. City life can get so shitty.

    • @This_is_my_real_name
      @This_is_my_real_name Před 2 lety +1

      I'd _love_ to be able to eat bananas as a staple food! Unfortunately, bananas, as well as most of the _other_ staple crops in this video, are acclimated to very _warm_ climates, and would never be able to grow into more than a year's worth of _compost_ here in Michigan.
      I wish that videos like this would include something in the title to indicate that it's aimed at people living in the tropics. It'd also be nice if he'd make a video for people living in the _temperate_ region of North America (i.e., _most_ of us!)

    • @yeahnahyeahnahprivateacc
      @yeahnahyeahnahprivateacc Před 2 lety

      Sounds awesome why not go back

    • @zoenjeri4010
      @zoenjeri4010 Před 2 lety +2

      @@yeahnahyeahnahprivateacc I still live in Kenya, just in the city. That was my grandma's land, I'd need to own my own, which I'm saving towards.

    • @lemmingscanfly5
      @lemmingscanfly5 Před 2 lety +1

      @@This_is_my_real_name Yeah, we gonna have to make due with Potatoes and broccoli...

    • @This_is_my_real_name
      @This_is_my_real_name Před 2 lety

      @@lemmingscanfly5 --Well, it's not quite _that_ grim :) But, thankfully I do like potatoes and broccoli, a lot.
      At least we can grow okra, tomatoes, tomatillos ("vine" ripened they're like tropical fruit, or "giant ground-cherries"), garlic, onions, leeks, etc., etc., etc.
      Sure would be nice to be able to grow bananas, though (without a greenhouse).
      BTW, there's a guy with an indoor orange grove in _Iowa!_ He uses geothermal heat, and has quite the nice operation going. There's a video here on YT about him, as well as various online articles.
      And when I was growing up in the Bronx (circa the 1950s) I would sometimes visit "the hothouse" as we called the New York Botanical Society (if that's the _real_ name!) in Bronx Park.
      Different sections had different climates, including desert, jungle, and so forth. They _did_ grow tropical fruits! I remember picking coffee beans "on the sly" and gnawing on the seeds I dug out of the berries. (I don't know if they'd have arrested a nine year old, but that was enough of an excursion into "the life of crime" to cure me of going down that road when I got older! :)
      OK, "this old man" will stop rambling now. (I do wish I was wealthy, though, so that I could have a nice _tall_ greenhouse to grow bananas!)

  • @BuyMyBathwater
    @BuyMyBathwater Před 4 lety +80

    This is your local West Coast Canadian here, confirming that yes, drive by and midnight zucchini attacks are a common occurrence.

  • @judyvg2000
    @judyvg2000 Před 3 lety +3

    I love Sweet Potatoes 🍠🍠😋😋
    I'm growing them for the first time this year, store bought, red Japanese and Gensing variety. I've been harvesting the leaves, each one taste different.

  • @sheenapearlbarandino3776
    @sheenapearlbarandino3776 Před 3 lety +2

    Rob is basically Filipino. A lot of these plants we eat in tge Philippines. I especially love moringa aside from being nutritious, its delicious. You can cook it with green papaya and coconut milk. Thank you for the videos by the way. You are an inspiration. ☺️

  • @xuyahfish
    @xuyahfish Před 3 lety +73

    Raspberries can be grown under ALL kinds of conditions & harvest can be giant, then preserved for a spike in sugar & calories as well as necessary nutrition all year round. My grandma supplied several families with preserves from the the thorny bushes surrounding her garden that protected it from deer. Raspberries also do very well along forest edges & in bad soil conditions & don't need attention.

    • @Hleagh
      @Hleagh Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you ...I am trying to grow raspberry.

    • @Wolftaktik888
      @Wolftaktik888 Před 2 lety

      Great trip, thank you!

    • @dearinsomniadontletthebedb9237
      @dearinsomniadontletthebedb9237 Před 2 lety +1

      Really? Even in the Caribbean?

    • @paopreedeewong4412
      @paopreedeewong4412 Před 2 lety +4

      My front yard: papayas, lemongrass,basil,Thai egg plants, Okinawa spinach,Chinese gooseberry, Brazillean peppermint, flowers,green onions, kalamancis, and many more herbs.
      Back yard: passion fruit,ti-leaves, holy basil, lemongrass basil, sweet basil, Thai lime leaves, Mexican broccoli, off course Thai chilies, pandas leaves, ferns, flowers, oregano, rosemary,mints, and many more kind of herbs.
      We rent. Thanks from Oahu.

    • @SouthFloridaSunshine
      @SouthFloridaSunshine Před rokem

      I need a tropical raspberry love them. Dwarf ever bearing Mulberries are great though.

  • @debra-annwillis781
    @debra-annwillis781 Před 4 lety +24

    Im Jamaican and almost everything you mentioned is grown here. Moving towards being more self sufficient! Cant wait to grow all these amazing foods.

  • @chezhelene2409
    @chezhelene2409 Před 4 lety +37

    Thanks for this video. I'm in NC. I've had the same Swiss Chard for several years. I just chop up a few leaves and add to whatever I'm cooking. I also grow Figs in pots, propagate from cuttings and share with my neighbors.

    • @carriec910
      @carriec910 Před 3 lety +2

      I have also had the same Swiss chard for years, it is a must for a survival garden in Texas

    • @agnel47
      @agnel47 Před 3 lety

      I'm gonna watch your videos next.

    • @GrowingwithAnastasia
      @GrowingwithAnastasia Před 2 lety

      Wow I thought they only lasted two years?! I learned something today!!

  • @benaires07
    @benaires07 Před 4 lety +8

    I've got NOTHING against you Rob: You are a TRUE Survivalist!!! We NEED more brothers like YOU to teach these kids about healthy eating and to grow their OWN food. I know it depends on the Temperate Zones in the U.S or wherever you like, but this is worth LOOKING into!!! Do your thing. TEACH on brother!!! TEACH ON!!!!

  • @alecxapelingon48
    @alecxapelingon48 Před 3 lety +6

    We used to call the coconut as tree of life too here in Philippines because every part of the tree is useful in many ways. Like for example, the dried coconut can be like a scrub on wooden floors just to make it shiny and can be a great material to make charcoal. Dried leaves can be use as roofing and etc.

  • @arceliacody5151
    @arceliacody5151 Před 4 lety +41

    Awesome presentation! The tapioca can be harvested at six months. You can boil it in coconut milk and excellent to eat with seafood. It can be be processed into tapioca flour. Cookies and cakes are made from it. Excellent for diaper rash for babies. Thanks for ur sharing. Keep them coming.

    • @bonniegarber9915
      @bonniegarber9915 Před 2 lety

      Thank you. What if you don't harvest all of them? Will they keep growing? Will they rot in the ground? Will they die down then come back the next year? 🤔

    • @arceliacody5151
      @arceliacody5151 Před 2 lety +2

      Bonnie Garber where we are. We never have enough of them tapioca. It’s one of the delicacy food. When we process the tapioca into flour. The meat will be fed to the pigs and the chickens. The roots will rot if not harvest. We harvest them as soon as we can. So not to invite the rats into the plants area. The roots which we eat do not reseed. The stem is the part that we cut it up into 12” and replant. Hope this will help. Ask again to learn more.

  • @rebeccahenkins1697
    @rebeccahenkins1697 Před 4 lety +67

    A friend just gifted me a pigeon pea and I had no clue that was a tree! I love them in rice dishes.

    • @america6545
      @america6545 Před 4 lety +5

      Check out Puerto Rican food recipes. They use a lot of the food Rob talks about.

    • @Snowiethemaltipoo
      @Snowiethemaltipoo Před 4 lety +5

      Indian recipe too:)

    • @judithjay9312
      @judithjay9312 Před 4 lety +6

      West Indian as well.

    • @sharonperez7780
      @sharonperez7780 Před 3 lety +2

      Arroz con gandules pa ti. If you want I can link you to a great puertorican cooking channel :)

    • @sabin97
      @sabin97 Před 3 lety

      there are two main ways of cooking them, one is when they are still green, or barely ripe. you cook them with your rice...and add some colour to make the rice yellow.
      or you can also dry them, and then you boil them apart from the rice.....
      they are delicious both ways.

  • @subhadramahanta452
    @subhadramahanta452 Před 3 lety +6

    You can eat the leaves and flowers of pumpkin, they are delicious!

  • @smitharasheed5894
    @smitharasheed5894 Před 3 lety +4

    These plants are normally grown here, but no one knows the important of these plants, prefer sandwich, burgers and imported fruits now. Thank you , you are close to nature Rob 🙏🌷

  • @AnnBearForFreedom
    @AnnBearForFreedom Před 4 lety +136

    Everybody has heard of "food forests". Now Rob is introducing us to "food fences", hee!

    • @barryminor616
      @barryminor616 Před 3 lety +3

      Perrrrfect ideas DUDEs

    • @hoperules8874
      @hoperules8874 Před 2 lety

      Colonial American favorite. Way less work for creating multiple paddocks.

  • @followchristwithme37
    @followchristwithme37 Před 4 lety +14

    Self sufficiencg is the true essence of being free. Thanks Rob :)

  • @HappyHealthyandFree
    @HappyHealthyandFree Před 2 lety +1

    I seriously need you to come here, live in my backyard and help us get a garden going and find food we can eat that’s already here! Love your channel!

  • @jg8087
    @jg8087 Před 2 lety +14

    You actually did this for a year?! That deserves a like and follow 👍🏻
    But here in Hawaii you would have to include Kalo or Taro to the list. Definitely a nutritional staple 🤙🏼

    • @brianmorris364
      @brianmorris364 Před rokem +1

      Taro, manioc, and kasava are all great starches to add to a garden if possible.

  • @argabiana
    @argabiana Před 4 lety +7

    We grew Cassava and Yam in the philippines. These crops were use to make delicious desserts and a perfect ingredient in cooking soup (pork-meat-chicken) as well.

  • @miguelguzman2672
    @miguelguzman2672 Před 3 lety +32

    Cuban oregano grows incredible well indoors, I've had my plant for two years (adding new soil twice into the same pot) . It lives in total shade for 10 months out of the year, and it just keeps growing. It is by far my most resilient plant.

  • @chargermopar
    @chargermopar Před 2 lety +1

    I grow most of these and in addition encourage the Muscovy Ducks to live in the garden. Their eggs and meat make survival food a delicacy!

  • @ashurean
    @ashurean Před 2 lety +2

    I think it's also important to discuss smaller gardens that don't fully replace your shopping needs. As cool as it is in concept, it's led to an absolutist idea that either you spend most of your time tending a garden to cover all your food needs, or there's no point. When in actuality, any little bit counts. Grow herbs on your windowsill, tend a little garden that maybe only nets you a couple of things a week. It might not make that much of an individual impact, but if millions of people were doing it, those little bits add up fast.
    A better philosophy is that anything is better than nothing.

    • @brianmorris364
      @brianmorris364 Před rokem

      As expensive as herbs and spices are, it's worth growing them exclusively if nothing else. I agree.

  • @marionsgray
    @marionsgray Před 4 lety +29

    Your next surviver list must include Callaloo (Amaranth leaves) It can grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 2 through 11. You typically do not have to water mature callaloo unless there is a drought. Thanks for sharing.Love your selections, when I move to Fl I will be looking into planting many of them. 😍

    • @gladmama
      @gladmama Před 4 lety +3

      I grow callalo here in summer in U.K. I freeze and use in stews year round. It’s delicious and so healthy.

  • @Mustafa-Kamal-Satar
    @Mustafa-Kamal-Satar Před 4 lety +3

    Green fields all around you Mr Greenfield, you've done a great jobs turning these fields green, nobody can rob it from you Rob. Greetings from Malaysia.

  • @portialicorish-ashby3194
    @portialicorish-ashby3194 Před 3 lety +2

    Hello you can stew the pigeon peas with coconut, make soup and the tasty rice and peas, thanks for sharing this video

  • @raquelkuntz342
    @raquelkuntz342 Před 3 lety +2

    I just seen this Video, I'm so happy featuring all the crops you mentioned, I remember my younger years. Yeap, I experience it all, I'm an Asian, with those you mentioned, I was so proud that I grew up with all of them, we never buy veggies & fruits from the store.As long as you know how to plant, you won't get hungry... I'm happy for you, Good luck & God Bless You Always.

  • @karenrivers3123
    @karenrivers3123 Před 4 lety +4

    I have watched a lot of videos on gardening, and I appreciate that you have mentioned plants that others have not.

  • @oceancitynutrition2125
    @oceancitynutrition2125 Před 4 lety +11

    Starting small with berry bushes and fruit trees here in Maryland ❤️ adding little by little

  • @jenniferbrown7659
    @jenniferbrown7659 Před 3 lety +1

    I've got to listen to you more than twice. You're very informative. Thanks

  • @agri-lifeorganicfarm2466
    @agri-lifeorganicfarm2466 Před 3 lety +1

    So far this is the best video I have found to explain what food plants to grow for a year round sustainable garden to have enough different foods to eat. if anyone know of other videos to show what to grow so you always have some food to harvest, I would like to know. The best I can guess is, you need to combine growing food with preservation methods like canning so you always have food to eat.

  • @Tsuchimursu
    @Tsuchimursu Před 4 lety +4

    You mention rhubarb living 25 years... We have heirloom rhubarb roots that go down a few generations. The roots have been moved and split along the years but in essence it's the same root as 50 years ago! And still prospering.

  • @docjody8624
    @docjody8624 Před 4 lety +57

    Rob, this is your BEST video-- EVER! Just the ticket as I'm building my edible yard on 3.87-acres. I've made organic Kombucha every week for 15 YEARS. Just planted 25 fruit trees. Picked 52-Qts. dewberries on my land, in the freezer now. Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans growing up on my chain-link fencing. My own grocery store.

    • @synthyeusebe1112
      @synthyeusebe1112 Před 4 lety +1

      Happy customer can you plz post a pic of your dewberries ....would like to see how it looks

    • @LoganCowan
      @LoganCowan Před 4 lety

      What can I move in?

    • @TacklingTheGiants
      @TacklingTheGiants Před rokem

      Kumbuncha recipe please?

    • @docjody8624
      @docjody8624 Před rokem

      @@TacklingTheGiants Google "Kombucha Recipe" for many hits.

  • @NathanSpeir
    @NathanSpeir Před 2 lety +16

    I love the delivery and presentation in this video. It was very easy to follow, focused, and SO helpful! I can’t wait to watch the next video on colder climates. I live in NC and have a blend of warmer and colder options. Great video, great energy, got me excited about gardening.

  • @adidwikamovie8864
    @adidwikamovie8864 Před 3 lety +3

    Your food is a common food in Asia specialy in Indonesian, wow you even know tempe, tempe here is very very common food that is like protein to us, good to know that my brother in another continent grow food like in Asia 😂😂, i salute you brother 🙏🙏👍👍

  • @shenick100
    @shenick100 Před 4 lety +20

    Hey rob ! Thanks for the amazing content. You should make a cookbook using the foods/plants mentioned or if you already have please share :)

  • @dillonjolly7155
    @dillonjolly7155 Před 4 lety +27

    Great time for a victory garden like they did back in WW2 everyone had a garden to save food for soldiers over the pond fighting

    • @carriec910
      @carriec910 Před 3 lety +3

      If more/most of us were gardening, we would also be doing more to help our bee and wild bird populations.

  • @sohinam9738
    @sohinam9738 Před 3 lety +7

    FYI, to remove the cyanide from cassava, we boil it two times. Boil cassava the first time, and once it reaches a rolling boil, let it continue to boil for another 5 to 10 mins and drain and throw the water away. Wash with some hot water and continue to boil in container with hot water. Chop into small pieces before boiling otherwise it will take a long time to cook.

    • @TacklingTheGiants
      @TacklingTheGiants Před rokem

      Do you eat the leaves and do the same for them?

    • @sohinam9738
      @sohinam9738 Před rokem

      @@TacklingTheGiants No, we don't eat the leaves.

  • @danielmcbride8923
    @danielmcbride8923 Před 3 lety +2

    love you Rob, thank you for following your heart

  • @ShikoKamiri1617
    @ShikoKamiri1617 Před 3 lety +19

    I'm so ready to start my own garden now! This is comprehensive and detailed. Thank you!

  • @dustman96
    @dustman96 Před 4 lety +66

    Great video. As you indicated that's just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands upon thousands of edible plants. As a vegetarian people always ask "what do you eat?", I say "the other 99 percent of food in the world."

    • @fmfdocbotl4358
      @fmfdocbotl4358 Před 4 lety +13

      I'm not a vegetarian but I do eat a lot of veggies, my goal is to grow 80% of what I eat

    • @guardiandogoargentinos1385
      @guardiandogoargentinos1385 Před 4 lety +7

      @@fmfdocbotl4358 great goal brother, i pray you reach it by next year! If you need some encouragement, keep doing research.
      I just got 5 beehives, 50 banana plants were donated to my private ecclesiastical membership association, I just bought 25 ice cream banana plants, 70 chickens and am currently trying to raise funds for a giant prawn and tilapia farm. I only need a couple thousand to be able to get a small fish farm set up. Check out Charitable Miracle Beekeepers on CZcams and FaceBook to get involved, or show some love and support!

    • @truepeacenik
      @truepeacenik Před 3 lety +1

      Love the retort! And it’s true, to boot. I’m trying to lessen my sarcastic response impulse.

    • @barryminor616
      @barryminor616 Před 3 lety +1

      win winWIN winWIN

    • @danielbtwd
      @danielbtwd Před 3 lety +3

      Yes it's odd that people ask that question. Like everything, except meat.

  • @marthalucas1221
    @marthalucas1221 Před 3 lety +4

    Rob thank you so much! I’ve been gardening for 50+ years and learned a lot from you today. 🙏🔥👏👍

  • @markdemell3717
    @markdemell3717 Před 3 lety +1

    Rob has gone down the tubes. Excellent video. Halleluyah.

  • @yardleyj9391
    @yardleyj9391 Před 3 lety +4

    Covid panic: for Rob, it's business as usual! Kudos to your wisdom and foresight.

  • @MarelisaFabrega
    @MarelisaFabrega Před 3 lety +3

    Rice with pigeon peas (arroz con guandú) is delicious! Great video, thank you.

  • @TripleDDDD
    @TripleDDDD Před 3 lety +3

    For my survival i would need about 2 acres of coffee plants :-)

  • @drrajj9041
    @drrajj9041 Před rokem +1

    Calorie-, protein-, nutrients (minerals and vitamins) & not the least - flavour and medicinal value Crops - Clear expression and concrete concepts..
    Highly appreciated 👌👍🙏

  • @schex9
    @schex9 Před 4 lety +31

    Herbs: also parsley, onion tops, rosemary (perennial), thyme. Also, consider growing large sunflowers to eat the seeds!

    • @barryminor616
      @barryminor616 Před 3 lety +1

      Turmeric

    • @Nee96Nee
      @Nee96Nee Před 2 lety

      Thyme, oregano, marjoram, sage, tarragon, and many many more herbs are perennials. Basil is a perennial in warmer climates or in a green house. If growing in containers, bring your herbs in a sunny room for year round fresh herbs. It just depends on your climate and how you tend them. I lived in northern Utah and eastern Oregon and both areas I had success with my herbs.

    • @edi9892
      @edi9892 Před 2 lety

      I love herbs, but most of them don't love me :-(
      I don't have much space and grow most indoors, but still, pests, mildew, and rot affect nearly every plant half of them to fatal conditions!
      The only herb that grows like a champ is basil.
      From my memory:
      sage: mildew, every single time! (kills it)
      mint: rot (black spots) (dies even faster than sage)
      pineapple sage: grows near as well as basil, but draws pests in (like a shop customers on black Friday; seriously, it's crazy), including larger ones that eat it. Moreover, it's very prone to spider mites.
      Rosemary, Oregano, and lavender: I don't know what it is, they just grow poorly and aren't as green as they are supposed to be. I can't see any pests, diseases, or other obvious causes.
      Lemon balm: gets covered in mildew badly.

    • @soundpitch1
      @soundpitch1 Před 2 lety

      @@edi9892 u might wanna use a trick my grandfather taught me: pour your wad all over your plants, they might not grow better but they’ll make u come big time

  • @PaddyNinja
    @PaddyNinja Před 3 lety +3

    So much value in one video. Wow. You are such a fount of knowledge. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing with us.👍😊❤

  • @patricianunez4025
    @patricianunez4025 Před 3 lety +1

    Love you too. Fabulous information. Sitting on that log giving life giving facts ... well you are a breath of fresh air. Can't thank you enough.
    Ms Pat from southern Indiana
    PS I am 72 and attempting one more time to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers. This time in totes elevated on chairs etc. So far, so good.🤗🌴
    In all the garden videos I watch, not one of them say, "Love you all very much." That touched my heart. Thank you so much 💕.

  • @balaylaahmad4999
    @balaylaahmad4999 Před 4 lety +4

    The tree you're sitting on has moss all over it, super awesome.

  • @serenevilla5396
    @serenevilla5396 Před 4 lety +27

    Wow that's sustainability amidst pandemic...God bless you always Rob for inspiring more people to live simply and sustainability.

  • @CH-hm8ud
    @CH-hm8ud Před 4 lety +3

    You just amazed me with so much perfect absolutely truth about all of those foods. The gandules contain 11g of protein per cup. I live in Central Florida and have a pretty big garden. I think God blessings all of us with soil, rain and ☀️ sun. Plenty of people are lazy and don’t want to use the source we all have around to keep us and our family heathy. God bless you for that knowledge. You made me feel happy.

  • @will3002
    @will3002 Před 2 lety +1

    If your wondering where the happiest man on earth is..?...here right here..
    On survival garden...
    It's good to know there's one happy person out there.😃

  • @abrahamjangindra3748
    @abrahamjangindra3748 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow Awesome Rob, Thank you from Joe Abrams Thailand

  • @mesopable
    @mesopable Před 4 lety +5

    I enjoyed listening to all the birds in the background. Really good planting tips. Thank you.

  • @naomidenisepinedaspirit-bo7955

    You make me smile .
    Thank you
    I am hopeful for my future in my garden/patch

  • @keepingup2952
    @keepingup2952 Před 2 lety

    You're doing what we're post to do. And you're a star...and you shine.

  • @danlowery5552
    @danlowery5552 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow! You gave a great over all information. Am retiring come first of the year. I told my wife. Let's move to country on 20-30 acres. Gardening is one of my projects I want to do and learn. My wife loves flowers and plants. She has the green thumb. My is well let's say am learning. Haha .
    Will be watching more of your videos. Thanks for sharing.

  • @bevcandelario1035
    @bevcandelario1035 Před 4 lety +7

    thats why i started do my own food garden glad i have now e erything i need💖

  • @OrganicAndrea
    @OrganicAndrea Před 4 lety +7

    Hallelujah! Thank you, Rob! I'm in Orlando and I wish this video existed 10 years ago when I started my trial and error gardening. You have given me some great new stuff to go on. I'm definitely going to make a casava fence! Also going to give Seminole pumpkins another go. And I have eaten my fair share of gandules, but now I can't wait to try to grow them myself. I had no idea they grew on a bush. Thank you, again!!

    • @beAdeodatus
      @beAdeodatus Před 2 lety +1

      Hi there. Orlando resident here. from Chicago where my gardens were ABUNDANT, here bad luck. SO glad to find this video. Let us have great gardens

  • @hannahviolet927
    @hannahviolet927 Před rokem +1

    I can't wait to buy my own property and start my garden. I just turned 22 and I've been living in the city in an apartment since I was 18. My true passion is to heal others with natural medicine and herbs. I wish that I could do this as a nurse instead of using pharmaceuticals.

  • @nelliesfarm8473
    @nelliesfarm8473 Před 2 lety +1

    I've got a homestead I began five years ago and I'm an herbalist, never heard of cassaava before ! I've learned a lot from this video. I'm still learning...how exciting!

  • @Chickmamapalletfarm
    @Chickmamapalletfarm Před 3 lety +3

    This is the second time I have watched this video. The first time was before I moved to coastal Mississippi... now I am settled in and have done a few things subtropical in the garden down here. I am excited to expand into many of these suggestions. Love your work Mr. Greenfield. 🙏👏😊

  • @matt_aviz
    @matt_aviz Před 3 lety +4

    I live in central Florida as well. Regarding gardening videos, this is one of the most informative summations I've encountered on CZcams.

  • @greengarden6447
    @greengarden6447 Před 3 lety +1

    The brown coloured con shaped banana flower, is edible. Just remove the outer 5-6 layers. Cut into small pieces and stir fry.. very rich in fiber... Also the white cylindrical shaped stem deep inside the banana tree, which u may get from the already harvested banana tree, just boil it in water and so good for stomach problems. Both are detox for stomach.

  • @therftchannel
    @therftchannel Před 2 lety +2

    My wife and I are in central Florida, definitely inspired by the knowledge, just tilled the land and have started our journey, we appreciate the advise brother, blessings to ya.

  • @LSinclair
    @LSinclair Před 3 lety +3

    A wealth of information here, Rob!!! How fantastic to see photos of the actual Yam, and to hear that it doesn’t have edible leaves as the cassava does, but the root tastes really good! You are so interesting to listen to. No wonder you get paid to give lectures. Thank you so much for sharing what you know!

  • @elliottblackwell8498
    @elliottblackwell8498 Před 3 lety +12

    This is really inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. As a beginning farmer, and someone who wants to live off grid or semi-off grid someday, I love learning about how many amazing food plants there really are.

  • @bevonviechweg7891
    @bevonviechweg7891 Před 3 lety +1

    Good morning you take me back just listening to you

  • @luisacastro9092
    @luisacastro9092 Před 2 lety +1

    Yuca is one of the main foods in Colombia and grows so easily, specially in the lands of east 💚🇨🇴 Is delicious and healthy.

  • @DDJThomas01
    @DDJThomas01 Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences!

  • @kuyon6399
    @kuyon6399 Před 4 lety +8

    Cassava leaves can be cooked with peanut butter. Delicious when eaten with polenta or pap(sadza)🇿🇼

  • @jennifercarvallo1958
    @jennifercarvallo1958 Před 2 lety +2

    This is EXACTLY what I was looking for . I live in central Florida north of Tampa and am starting my self sufficient garden . Thank you

    • @ancientonessanctuary1139
      @ancientonessanctuary1139 Před 2 lety

      Grow papaya in small pot fruit miracle grow with quick start in it , warm south exposure but don't put into ground till waist height, cut top off at head height or it gets 40ft ! We get about 200 a year off each tree. Put cardboard box and comforter on top, wrap trunck with cardboard then tarps for cold . Irma winds and polar vortex bad very bad. We even put heat lamps and barrels of smoke during below 40.
      😎🌞 NASA

  • @KarleneE
    @KarleneE Před 3 lety +5

    My dream is to be self sufficient. This info was really helpful, thank you, I've subscribed! Cheers!

  • @innerpeacemeditations1613
    @innerpeacemeditations1613 Před 4 lety +20

    Love this, I keep adding to what I grow each year. It’s a process but so worth it 🙏🦋☀️💗🌺🌿

  • @jnac8857
    @jnac8857 Před 4 lety +3

    Love this video,planning to grow my own food now and luckily all the food that you mentioned are readily available where I am.Thank you so much.

  • @sinarenesapartmentstead1802

    This video may be a year old but, it is very very helpful for today….. thank you 🙏🏾

  • @summermucha5207
    @summermucha5207 Před 3 lety +1

    Ha! I’m harvesting the last of my red potatoes and Yukon gold here in the pacific nw today- late October... and had the exact same incredible smile on my face! 😃

  • @lainealonzo2926
    @lainealonzo2926 Před 3 lety +3

    Amazing! I love gardening too Philippines is a tropical country that really good to plant a survival plants All you have mentioned are the same plants in my garden that I really love to eat.

  • @TheMelanda
    @TheMelanda Před 4 lety +43

    There are many varieties of cassava now that mature in 8 months and have no cyanide (they can even be safely eaten raw). These have been developed by National Agricultural Research Institutes in many African nations. Well worth looking into!

  • @KellyBtech
    @KellyBtech Před 3 lety +1

    Nice work Rob. Admirable friendly presentation style.

  • @mitchthegamingidiot3516
    @mitchthegamingidiot3516 Před 2 lety +2

    The one fruit tree that I wish would make a return into people's lives would be the PawPaw(also called the Indian Banana).
    It is a native species to the Eastern US and was very popular in the early days of the USA. The downside to them is that they aren't really in season year round and are only ripe for like 2 weeks out of the year. They are very delicious and have a taste similar to custard.
    Also, the leaves, twigs, and bark can be made into a natural insecticide due to the presence of acetogenins.

  • @silviaelizabethfernandez8666

    Thank you for the invaluable data you have just shared! I find it really useful and inspiring! .

  • @angelajones423
    @angelajones423 Před 4 lety +6

    Hey Rob thanks!!! It's hard for me to find quality tropical gardening videos. I live in a costal town in Panama, the country. This helped solidify some things I had thought and experimented with. Also, in general really love listening to you. Great talk and excited to learn more from you. This is why the internet is epic.

  • @alancalkins2656
    @alancalkins2656 Před 3 lety +5

    This is a goldmine! I'm just getting started and I'm trying to shadow map and plan for spring. Thanks for the free knowledge! 🙏