10 Best Survival Crops for Guerilla Gardening!

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  • 10 Best Survival Crops for Guerilla Gardening!
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Komentáře • 496

  • @SurvivalLilly
    @SurvivalLilly  Před měsícem +75

    Here is a complete list of the crops I have mentioned in this video:
    1. Potato
    2. Jerusalem Artichoke
    3. Black Salsify
    4. Common Salsify
    5. Sugar Root (Skirret)
    6. Onions
    7. Garlic
    8. Tiger Nut (Earth Almond or Chufa)
    9. Radish
    10. Strawberries (the small version)

    • @martinmyers1113
      @martinmyers1113 Před měsícem +4

      Thank You Lilly...you're the best!!!

    • @bennick69
      @bennick69 Před měsícem

      Elephantjuice

    • @222mmax
      @222mmax Před měsícem

      Spanish salsify

    • @tobyalsip9403
      @tobyalsip9403 Před měsícem

      Thank you I really enjoy watching your programs

    • @user-nr8uh9ur4p
      @user-nr8uh9ur4p Před měsícem +6

      Potatoes stored together with charcoal in a dark place will last several months.

  • @luckylarry5112
    @luckylarry5112 Před měsícem +244

    I'm homeless and have maybe a dozen Guerilla gardens throughout the feral areas around town. I grow garlic, onions, carrots, Jew chokes, sweet potatoes, tiger nut, sugar beets and all the other stuff in summer. I store my stuff under water, very cold water in a watertight container. Much of my summer crop I air dry it. I will be adding burdock, Thanks

    • @bobbader4789
      @bobbader4789 Před měsícem +58

      Dude, you should start a CZcams Channel!

    • @SuperRaymondbrown
      @SuperRaymondbrown Před měsícem

      For real!!​@@bobbader4789

    • @lindastrang8703
      @lindastrang8703 Před měsícem +14

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @micheloff-grid4248
      @micheloff-grid4248 Před měsícem +7

      That great it have to be very cold water vacuum the air in it ..the time you have your food under water …? My self I am at 55 latitude

    • @luckylarry5112
      @luckylarry5112 Před měsícem +49

      @@micheloff-grid4248 The river I use stays around 44f, it's off Cascades snow pack year round. In the winter to get to the food it's frozen over the top sometimes. I do use a vacuum sealer on dried food stored. I rent a small storage building in town that has electric. I have a small apartment fridge, vacuum sealer and dehydrator. I also keep my electric bike batteries charged from there and from solar at my camp. I built the bike and 4 extra batteries. I'm not your stereo typical homeless, no drugs or habits unless Mt. Dew counts! I'm homeless by choice. I'm 69 with Social security. I REALLY enjoy the freedom and my bills are only about $300 a month. Everything else goes into savings. This time of year I wash windows when people are spring cleaning mode.
      I love my life!!!

  • @ahicks414
    @ahicks414 Před měsícem +63

    I appreciate the way Lilly says the name of what she's talking about, again & again. Instead of saying "it" or "them" all the time.
    It helps me NOT lose my place if I am multitasking or if I start the video over again in the middle. Makes my life easier & learning faster. THANK YOU! 😀

    • @De5O54
      @De5O54 Před měsícem +3

      Hugely important and massively helpful. - A natural teacher and communicator.
      Talking in ambiguous generalities drives me frustrated + loopy also.

  • @edwinhageman9377
    @edwinhageman9377 Před měsícem +59

    The really tiny potatoes that most people laugh at me for saving for decades! =boiled right after harvest = are very tasty with salt pepper butter!

    • @alicerafferty9595
      @alicerafferty9595 Před měsícem +8

      Creamed peas and potatoes are a good meal for small potatoes. I throw them into soups.

    • @edwinhageman9377
      @edwinhageman9377 Před měsícem +5

      @@alicerafferty9595 yes they are! It's very surprising how just a few vegetables can be so versatile when making different dishes and tasting so good even when varying the amount changes the taste =flavor!

    • @kathymcmc
      @kathymcmc Před měsícem +6

      I wash the tiny potatoes and throw them in a crock pot with a roast.

    • @edwinhageman9377
      @edwinhageman9377 Před měsícem +4

      @@kathymcmc I went to school in the 60s&70s! Had older parents! Depression kids! I was tought "wasn't not want not!"
      Good Tasting Food!

    • @terribelle3
      @terribelle3 Před měsícem +1

      We won't laugh at that 😊❤

  • @judithwake2757
    @judithwake2757 Před měsícem +44

    Lilly, You don't need a root cellar to keep your potatoes.
    Every year for the last 60 years I have kept my potatoes all winter long from the time of harvest until the time of planting in a dark room in my house that has normal ventilation and does not freeze. It stays around 50° F. If I don't have a dark room I throw a loose weave cover over the potatoes on top to keep the light at a minimum.
    I dont wash all the dirt off my potatoes before storing them because it interferes in their skin's natural resistence to mold. I usually store my keeping onions yellow or red not white in another small well ventilated room in my house because the onions are sensitive to moisture given off by the potatoes breathing. Same with the apples I keep them with my onions. Squash I keep on wood not wire shelves close together but not touching. I make sure the stems are well cured before I store them in a room that does not go below 50°F. I check them for mold periodically and eat the ones right away that show signs of developing mold. The mold will spread quickly to the other squash if left for any time at all. This has been my life style for 60 years. I feel I can say that it's time tested.❤ 3:13

    • @pegsol3834
      @pegsol3834 Před měsícem +5

      Love this! In Texas I grow sweet potatoes. I've got glasses with them suspended in water with toothpicks and they are really vining up now! I pinch the slips of the potatoes when they get to 5-8 inches long and root them in the same water glass. Also trying for the first time laying the potatoes on top of dirt in a plastic planter and keeping moist. This is going very well. They are bursting with growth. The dirt way is less work because I don't have to change the water constantly and they are outside and out of my way. Cheers.

    • @helenclark7876
      @helenclark7876 Před měsícem +5

      @@pegsol3834 Keep growing.

    • @jvin248
      @jvin248 Před měsícem +2

      @@pegsol3834 Keep doing the dirt bedding as that is much more successful than the water tanks.

    • @pegsol3834
      @pegsol3834 Před měsícem +1

      @@jvin248 Good morning. The water glass method took off much faster than the dirt method. I actually didn't think laying the potatoes on the dirt was working at all. It was early Spring so kinda cool too. Now that it is much warmer the ones in dirt have exploded with growth. They are far outpacing the water method and very healthy and thick also!

    • @donaldbaker4160
      @donaldbaker4160 Před měsícem +4

      I cann potatoes and onions and green beans and ham with garlic and lots of red pepper it's a nre..meal Rady to eat in the jar..then you don't need to waste time on dishes and soap and cleaning your ass off 24 7...I use water bath..and pressure cooking techniques both are good..

  • @joette3477
    @joette3477 Před měsícem +34

    I am one of those lucky people with a root cellar, but before I had one, I kept the little potatoes in a brown paper bag in the back of my veggie drawer in the fridge.
    I could keep about 30-40 of the little ones, pull them out a couple weeks before I'm ready to plant and have another big crop! Potatoes are so easy to grow and I never have to buy seed potatoes anymore. Thanks Lilly! Love your videos!

    • @omegaman66
      @omegaman66 Před měsícem +6

      I also do not have a cellar. It would be an indoor swimming pool where I live. And I have successfully kept potatoes in a box in the house over the winter. Short mild winters where I live.

  • @miken7629
    @miken7629 Před měsícem +25

    If you grow sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes, the sweet potato leaves are edible (so are the roots), sweet potato leaves are good sources of protein, fiber, and minerals, especially K, P, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, and Cu

    • @highplains7777
      @highplains7777 Před měsícem +2

      Potatoes in the spring and/or fall. Sweet potatoes in the summer.

  • @Carolynfoodforest355
    @Carolynfoodforest355 Před měsícem +40

    Here in North Florida I plant my potatoes in winter. Cabbage, onion,broccoli, collards and other greens are planted here in winter. Spring I plant beans of all kinds. Tomatoes, and I grow my sweet potato slips. Summer I plant my sweet potato slips and oakra. Then I have enough fruit trees to give me some type of fruit all year long. I also have discoria alotta as a survival crop. Lots of the items you mentioned we don't have here. I also grow sugar cane in Spring and summer. Plus chickens. I live on one acre.

  • @xxkittymeowxx8093
    @xxkittymeowxx8093 Před měsícem +21

    Hello from N.Central Florida ! I LEAVE MY SWEET POTATOES IN THE GROUND year round. AND DIG ONE UP WHEN I WANT TO EAT ONE.I haven't needed to cure them , they are nice and sweet ready to eat.

    • @highplains7777
      @highplains7777 Před měsícem

      You live in the perfect climate for this. Awesome.

  • @kbdoneth
    @kbdoneth Před měsícem +20

    I live in northern Michigan, so winter is cold. We grow potatoes in 5 gallon buckets. Last year I decided to try something and I left the tiny ones in the soil in the buckets. Most of them have already started coming up so I'm hoping to get a good harvest from them. I also saved a few seed potatoes as well that we planted. But to see then ones I left out all winter are growing gives me hope that I could do this every year.

    • @samlikesfruit
      @samlikesfruit Před měsícem +5

      i leave mine in the ground all year....they too survive frost...i never have to plant new ones i just leave some in the ground ...only harvest what i need when i need it

  • @SouthernBear71
    @SouthernBear71 Před měsícem +72

    bury a broken fridge/freezer in your yard. that makes a root cellar

    • @5.dogsqueensland
      @5.dogsqueensland Před měsícem +9

      What a great idea, thank you ❤

    • @kennethhoppe2259
      @kennethhoppe2259 Před měsícem +1

      And a lank mark on your property.

    • @fredfred2363
      @fredfred2363 Před měsícem +3

      Good idea.

    • @xxkittymeowxx8093
      @xxkittymeowxx8093 Před měsícem +5

      Great idea !

    • @waynehendrix4806
      @waynehendrix4806 Před měsícem +9

      Or a hole with a 5 gallon bucket... etc. Cover in straw, or leaves, and then soil. Dig it up when you are nearly expired.
      You have to think like a 8th century serf.

  • @goingagainstthegrain
    @goingagainstthegrain Před měsícem +32

    We purchased heirloom seeds awhile ago. Most of our seeds came from the old garden, that had been in our family, since 1831. That house has a cold room too. We just plant what we like to eat. We haven't researched the medicinal herbs yet. Thank you, this vlog was a big reminder! Thank you, Lilly! 👍

  • @danielpearson4972
    @danielpearson4972 Před měsícem +9

    Having a rout cellar is great do not relie on a freezer. When driving a semi truck was in Maine north of Portland Maine. Had unloaded and found a small restaurant with truck parking. They had a boiled dinner consisting of potatoes, beets, turnips, carrots, onions, cabbage and corned beef or turkey. All rout cellar storage. They t9ld

  • @EireGenX
    @EireGenX Před měsícem +12

    I made a root cellar by berrying a garbage bin in the ground two thirds and stacked sand bags around so it won't flood.

    • @waynehendrix4806
      @waynehendrix4806 Před měsícem +1

      You sound much more reasonable than someone who mentioned burying a refrigerator above... outer container, waterproof, below ground and then cover with some insulation matter, and soil.

  • @deboral6989
    @deboral6989 Před měsícem +22

    Also turnip tops will feed sheep goats and chickens in the winter

  • @theirishcailin333
    @theirishcailin333 Před měsícem +5

    I'm in Ireland, my mother told me they made a 'pit' to store veggies in the ground years ago. They dug a hole, lined it with straw, put veg in, covered with straw and then put the clay back on. Theres no root cellars here. Always meant to try it but might have to give it a go!!

  • @tiooso393
    @tiooso393 Před měsícem +14

    Comfrey is great. Also known as boneknit for its healing.

  • @newtonburr3123
    @newtonburr3123 Před měsícem +3

    Ms. Lilly, you are truly the most remarkable woman I have ever seen! You have taught me so much. Thank you! Your husband is so blessed to have you.

  • @fredfred2363
    @fredfred2363 Před měsícem +11

    Tiger nut flour mixed with clean cold water 100g/L, then strained through a cloth bag makes "Horchata de Chufas" which is a Spanish tiger nut milk. Add sugar (i like a lot) to taste.
    There is a popular product in Spain called "Chufi", based on Tiger Nuts (or chufas). Tastes great. Have a search.
    Great video!

  • @georgejennings9959
    @georgejennings9959 Před měsícem +13

    Sugarroot I'm guessing is another term for Skirret (Sium Sisarum). Delicious, tastes like parsnip very sweet, tasty, crispy. Each plant is very bushy (lots and lots of stalks and leaves), each plant growing a mass of carrotlike roots. The first year I had around 5-15 offsets from each mother plant, and in the fall I pulled them off gently and transplanted. They are all sprouting this spring. Start the skirret seedlings in a deep raised bed with rich soil and you will not only have a great harvest but also a great number of offsets and you can quickly go from 100 to 400 (or more!) plants in just 1 season. The leaves are also edible. I also recommend Stinging nettle, it deters invaders :) you can plant stinging nettle in and around a corn patch and it spreads readily and is perennial coming back year after year. If thats not enough then plant burdock, just 1 burr provides hours of fun removing those prickly little burrs from clothing. I also like planting raspberries and nettle together so whoever picks berries also gets stung, requiring gloves and long sleeve shirt and pants. ❤

    • @zan4110
      @zan4110 Před měsícem +2

      Nettles are so nutritious..., soups with Burdock, dandelion root..

  • @julieweber6670
    @julieweber6670 Před měsícem +8

    I have heard that cattails can be made into a torch by soaking it in some type of oil? It also has other medicinal and useful purposes such as an alternative to down for warmth…. and the leaves can be made to weave mats.
    I enjoy all of your video content !

    • @jessecreegan9451
      @jessecreegan9451 Před měsícem +1

      The roots are delicious. Tastes like carrots but softer.

  • @gizmocarr3093
    @gizmocarr3093 Před měsícem +5

    I would add Butternut Squash to your list of garden crops, it is easy to grow without much attention. 👍

  • @deboral6989
    @deboral6989 Před měsícem +7

    Purple topped turnips....and they come back next year.
    So I plant alot and only take 50% to harvest

  • @alexsteele2939
    @alexsteele2939 Před měsícem +18

    Absolutely love the title of this video! Got my interest instantly! 😂 Love your videos, been a follower since close to the beginning! Keep up the great work.

  • @chrisp308
    @chrisp308 Před měsícem +9

    It all depends on what growing zone you live in, here in the south East USA we plant a lot of corn, cowpeas and sweet potatoes. Potatoes should have been planted a month ago here, I plan on moving up north soon so I will have a lot to learn soon.

    • @mommypov4958
      @mommypov4958 Před měsícem +2

      Let me tell you, I'm still in the same zone, but moved from Louisiana to Texas and it's a whole new world!

    • @chrisp308
      @chrisp308 Před měsícem +2

      @@mommypov4958 that's also a fact because we have severe disease pressure here in South Carolina that the dryer climates out west don't have to deal with, if you can grow food in Louisiana you can probably grow food on Mars though because I know all about y'all's heat and humidity over yander 🤣

    • @mommypov4958
      @mommypov4958 Před měsícem +2

      @chrisp308 that's it exactly! They both have their negatives, just different, and i had 35 years if my life doing it there, lol, it was what i knew. There is no let the rain water the garden here, I may get 5-8 days of rain through the whole season, and out of those 5-8 days, 80% includes hail. And the pest pressure! Louisiana feels like your being smothered and texas desert feels like your being cooked!

    • @mommypov4958
      @mommypov4958 Před měsícem +2

      @chrisp308 Goodluck on your journey !

  • @bennyhill4228
    @bennyhill4228 Před měsícem +6

    Lily is a proper gem 👍

  • @jvin248
    @jvin248 Před měsícem +4

    Lilly, for a quick/inexpensive root cellar: get a (new) trash can or (food grade) barrel and bury it in the ground with space on top to pack straw and lay over boards or an old pallet. Put a few rocks in the bottom as a 'floor'. Use several of these. It's an old method historically using large crock pots (famously Korean Kimchi, German Sauerkraut, probably many others). Somewhat safe from zombies. I have missed a few potatoes while digging at harvest that actually overwinter, so last year I left most of my potatoes in the ground and lightly covered with herbicide-free grass/hay and see what comes up. We get frost down three feet. Some potato varieties contain less moisture (the ones used to make chips) and those might survive better through deep ground freezing than others.

  • @davidhello4777
    @davidhello4777 Před měsícem +4

    I like planting vegetables like radishes and carrots because they seem to grow like weeds for me.

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 Před měsícem +5

    There are lot of crops that can sustain you and people would not recognise them as food! Thus, you could grow them in the wild if you have no garden. It's probably illegal and risky, but beats not having any food...

  • @kennethhoppe2259
    @kennethhoppe2259 Před měsícem +6

    Ms Survival Lilly ROCKS

  • @elzbietazawalska1508
    @elzbietazawalska1508 Před měsícem +5

    Thank you, I watch your video from Alberta, wish you all the best 👍

  • @AaronC.
    @AaronC. Před měsícem +4

    Tiger nut here in Spain is called "Chufa", and you can make a very refreshing drink with it called "horchata" that's mainly consumed in the summer.
    It's at the same level as lemonade, in my opinion.
    Plus, if you need a root cellar, if I remember correctly a buried metal trash can work as it, but I don't remember if it needs wood chips/sand for insulation in the interior.

  • @zan4110
    @zan4110 Před měsícem +3

    Lots of Burdock around my town...growing wild....will check in May....and A man I know, has a whole football field of Jerusalem artichokes....he thought they were just flowers...he even said I could go harvest some....will ask him again when I see him.....Lots of wild edibles here...will be making dandelion pesto and freezing in ice cube trays..

  • @bigalno1
    @bigalno1 Před měsícem +4

    Have you ever tried Amaranth? I have been experimenting with it for around three years now. I got some heirloom red dye amaranth seeds and two years ago I was ready to give up trying them because they did not do very well, or so I thought. Last summer in the spring I had all kinds of red dye amaranth come up in my garden like a weed, so I looked into it. Turns out they call it a super food because it loves dry drought like conditions and you can eat almost every part of the plant. The leaves the flowers the seeds all can be eaten. And when I pull off some leaves to eat in a salad the amaranth just grows new ones. the seeds are like rye seeds and can be made in with bread and when the seeds are ready the flowers do not dye off they stay red, when you cut off a flower to get the seeds the plant just starts new flowers again. I ended up with a large coffee can full of seeds from them and they taste good when I put them into my pancake mix. The nice thing with the red dye amaranth is it looks like a big flower not like food and last summer we had a drought and it got around 8 feet in height. It can also make dye for your clothes or skin. Also the seeds can be ground into flower

    • @jewelweed7427
      @jewelweed7427 Před měsícem

      Wow I've got to try this! Something that can grow in a drought!

    • @bigalno1
      @bigalno1 Před měsícem +1

      @@jewelweed7427 when you look at the size it got too,8 feet high that means it had roots thet would have been 3 to 3.5 feet deep or maybe deeper so there would have been no problem for it finding water that deep. And it never needed fertilizer since there is an abundance of nutrients that deep.

  • @8762usma
    @8762usma Před měsícem +5

    Outstanding video. The Jerusalem artichokes sound really interesting.

  • @jeffday2574
    @jeffday2574 Před měsícem +5

    Asparagus grown in a mountain draw with a wet bottom is a good choice and it is forever self spreading

    • @lxmzhg
      @lxmzhg Před měsícem

      What do you mean by "mountain draw with a wet bottom" ? Also what climate zone are you in?

    • @jeffday2574
      @jeffday2574 Před měsícem +2

      @@lxmzhg well I live in a zone 4 or 5 but I was thinking a zone 6 area would probably work. I live in the Colorado rockies. We have lots of public lands with canyons or shallow canyons we call a draw. The water seeps in these areas even in dry weather we find berries in these areas. Burdock grows there and wild raspberry and chokecherry. Elderberry thickets are common I hunt grouse and snowshoe hares in those places. Asparagus requires water and it's perennial but it does best in undisturbed locations.

  • @andrewsteele7663
    @andrewsteele7663 Před měsícem +4

    Good morning, Lilly, I bet you're prepping madly at the moment. In regard to keeping potatoes long term. The main thing is darkness and the cool spot, like you said. But we live in the sub tropics, and we keep potatoes for months by putting them in hessian bags in the coolest part of the house. But in a pinch, get a s&#t load of white rice in kilo bags, vacuum pack them. You'll have plenty of carbs. Or better still move to Oz. Its the best country in the world to get through the Zombie apocalypse. Cheers

  • @MikeMac1980
    @MikeMac1980 Před měsícem +3

    I’ve been seeding potatoes all around my area for a few years now for SHTF, and other crops, but a few new ones here, thank you lovely👍🏻

  • @jonathanfreedom1st
    @jonathanfreedom1st Před měsícem +5

    We Love Lilly. Thanks for your dedication to share some knowledge 🙏🏻

  • @kimsrurallife8775
    @kimsrurallife8775 Před měsícem +7

    I’m first! Love your videos! Watching from my Wisconsin Farm!

  • @Nathanhiggerz
    @Nathanhiggerz Před měsícem +2

    Cow parsley, garlic mustard, hawthorns bushes, primrose, stinging nettles, hogweed and goose grass grow everywhere and are super nutritional

  • @zeb781
    @zeb781 Před měsícem +4

    Hello Lilly from Maine, Thank you very much for this video !

  • @bio-techlarry9602
    @bio-techlarry9602 Před měsícem +1

    Hi Lilly, Yes, a root cellar is like gold. I have my garden ready to plant as soon as the rain stops. I'll be transplanting my strawberries. Then plant a couple of rows of peanuts this year. Maybe some sweet corn a s well. I may plant some Tiger Nuts. Also Field Corn can be ground in a blender to make grits or finer into corn flour. Yes I do have some land I haven't farmed in years. Thanks for all the cool crop suggestions. 🙂

  • @jessecreegan9451
    @jessecreegan9451 Před měsícem +3

    I have 70 feet of lake shore, i left 30 feet for recreation and planted the last 40 feet in cattails. They spread out to the 400 feet along the wildlife recreation area next to my land. Best crop i have ever planted and never have to maintain. I pull about 50% of it every year with hundreds of pounds of root and it all comes back.

  • @MarkM-ke6cn
    @MarkM-ke6cn Před měsícem +2

    "weeds" are easy foraging and often very nutricious.
    burdock, yellow dock, dandelion, purslane, mallow, plantain, mustards, chives, cleavers, nettle, clover...etc.

  • @andrewcoates6641
    @andrewcoates6641 Před měsícem +2

    I don’t know if you have ever heard of a method of storing your potatoes called a potato clamp. This involves lift as many potatoes as you wish to store and putting them aside then pick the location you want to store the potatoes, for your purposes I would think of a remote corner of a field that is well drained start by marking out a rough circle and turn over the sod to stop the grass and weeds from growing. Next obtain several large bales of short cut straw and lay down a Ben of straw covering the circle to about 100mmto150mm depth(4 to 6 inches thick) on the straw set out a layer of potatoes and another layer of straw to the same depth. Cover the straw with a layer of soil and carry on layering soil, straw, potatoes, more straw, more soil until all of the potatoes are covered and cap the heap with a double layer of soil and make sure that all traces of the straw are well covered with soil. This method of storing potatoes is a very good way of storing potatoes over winter, but until you get used to doing it you will have to monitor your clamps to make sure they don’t become waterlogged and you don’t get any smells of rotten potatoes or any animals digging in to your clamps. I would suggest that you start by making only small clamps to learn how to spot any problems and then when you do open the clamps up do it one clamp at a time and completely empty each clamp before starting the next opening. When you empty a clamp try to store the potatoes in hessian sacks in a cool dry dark location and watch out for any shoots starting to grow and try to use any potatoes that do develop eyes and shoots first or start planting for your next crop. If possible move your clamps every year to new clean soil or risk potato blight attacking your food storage. Carrots and similar root vegetables can similarly be stored inside in-trays of sharp river sand that is dried. Again make a layer of sand and check each carrot for damages or disease as you set them on their sides making sure that they don’t touch one another and cover each layer with more layers of sand and finally lay a sheet or two of newspaper on top of the final sand layer. My father used old wooden drawers from broken furniture and old kitchens that he had been replacing for people who wanted a new kitchen and he would keep a small supply of drawers stacked in the corner of his shed. Don’t try to store any root vegetables that have any cuts in the skins and remove any leaves by pinching and twisting them off the crop. Carrots, parsnips, salsifrey and other vegetables can be stored like this as long as they will fit in your boxes without damage and each variety has its own box. Finally keep them dry but cool and check the crop regularly for pest damage( rat or mouse knawing or other problems).

  • @lindamarconi2913
    @lindamarconi2913 Před měsícem +4

    Thank you wonderful Lady ! Watching in Arizona

  • @mh13750
    @mh13750 Před měsícem +3

    Looks cold where you are Lilly. Thanks for the informative video

  • @GimmeADream
    @GimmeADream Před měsícem +1

    I planted a large amount of sunchokes last year around my riding arena. They are prolific but I don't think they are invasive by nature. What they are is great animal fodder which is important to me. Horses, cows, goats and chickens all love to munch on it. Some of my horses and chickens will actually dig up the bulbs and eat them. I have a fairly big acreage and I think I'll spread them out some more for fall fodder because pastures are something I'm short on if I continue to take in more boarder horses. I have forested acreage that I can turn to pasture but for only my personal animals, I have enough.

  • @barbarcreighton6726
    @barbarcreighton6726 Před měsícem +1

    I find that Runner Bean and French climbing bean are the heaviest cropping per metre squared , and they mostly occupy the space upwards and they are MUCH easier than carrots/ beetroot/ tomatoes etc . Also climbing courgette - grows upward , and is prolific ( Black Forest
    )

  • @emilybh6255
    @emilybh6255 Před měsícem +3

    Very timely video! People should be thinking about self sufficiency more than ever now. Burdock is a wonderful suggestion. It is a "go to"in Macrobiotic cooking and I have made a Macrobiotic recipe using it along with carrots and I think some onions and some vinegar and it was scrumptious! [ The recipe I made had 2 teaspoons of toasted sesame oil, 1 onion, cut into half moon slices; seas salt to taste; 1 1/2 cups matchstick size burdock pieces and 1 1/2 cup matchstick size carrot pieces, spring water, soy sauce, and 1 t. kuzu dissolved in one T. cold water, 2 stalks celery thinly sliced on a diagonal and 1 T. brown rice vinegar People ought to know that Burdock is very anti-cancer and cleansing to the
    What do you think about "Lovage" ? It takes 5 years to reach full maturity but it sounds like it might be worth growing from what I've heard. It supposedly tastes like celery.

  • @davidpotter9462
    @davidpotter9462 Před měsícem +2

    I have some wild lettuce, and wild mustard blooming. I found some asparagus growing up in an old fence row where no one lives. I'm getting the greenhouse closed in before the rain gets here Saturday. I'll have all the sheet metal on it today, so I will be planting in it tomorrow or something. I would have had it done but it got stormy and there were tornado 🌀 🌪️ chances today. I bought a stainless steel sink for it last week. I have to hook it to the pump in the stock tank. I have one receptacle, adding another, so I can use a small heat lamp in colder weather 🌡️☁️. My goal is to have fresh tomatoes for Thanksgiving. An old goat shed my uncle used to use has some half rotted straw, a pickup truck load, so I'm adding that to the garden for mulch. The area is three times bigger than last year's garden area was. I'm going to build a fence around the garden to keep it away from view of the road. I am getting some cow manure from the neighbor who has thirty cows. Up by his bale feeder, there is a good amount of fertilizer I can use. It will be pretty good dirt by fall. I'll be planting beets and garden beans this week. I already have several tomato plants growing. I only planted two watermelon 🍉 plants because I got ten melons off one plant last year. I haven't had any squash for the last three years because of the bugs killing the plants. So now I can finally get some started inside. They're saying that it's going to rain 🌧️ Saturday, a lot of rain 🌧️. So I'll use the water 💦 in the stock tank tomorrow to plant some stuff. I'm going to look for seed potatoes tomorrow morning. I got some onion sets to put out, that makes the big ones that they make onion rings out of. I'll be getting more canning jars this weekend. I didn't know if I was going to need very many so I have some, but I can use more now. I am in much better place than last year. The dirt in the raised garden is really good now. I have plenty of okra seeds, two kinds. So I'm going to put some out and see how it goes. I have enough room for a few popcorn 🍿 plants. I have a small wood stove that I made a few years ago out of an old gas hot water tank. I'm going to find a good spot for it and get it ready to use. I should be able to extend the growing season if the winter isn't too harsh. I really like your videos because I think you will have good results. I have heard that our gas ⛽ is going to get expensive now, so I'll be making less trips to the city. The plants they have there are costly. But I have somewhere to have them out of the weather, so I will get a few things. I hope you do well with your growing. It's always a challenge to have a good garden. This year is going to be very hot weather because of the Grand Solar Maximum coming. So it may be tough on the plants. I'll be here a lot of the time trying different things this summer just to see what works the best. It seems like food goes up in price every time I go to the city. A garden is going to be worth a lot. Good luck with your plans. I'm going to be cutting some wood 🪵🪓 this week before it gets too hot 🥵. I figure it will be the next thing to be more expensive than it should be. It's awful times ahead.

  • @DanielRobinsonDanielSun
    @DanielRobinsonDanielSun Před měsícem +1

    Hi Lily from Auckland New Zealand. I watch all of your videos but I especially love the survival gardening ones. Please make more. Cheers.

  • @hihi-nv4kf
    @hihi-nv4kf Před měsícem +3

    Hello everyone from Tennessee

  • @bwbailey5187
    @bwbailey5187 Před měsícem +3

    ❤ garlic, great presentations, thank you

  • @MrMakulit1959
    @MrMakulit1959 Před měsícem +4

    great suggestions, thanks

  • @hArtyTruffle
    @hArtyTruffle Před měsícem

    This is great info Lilly. Thanks so much ✨🫶🏻✨

  • @bobbader4789
    @bobbader4789 Před měsícem +2

    Learned a few things Lily! Thanks!

  • @p.a.turner8240
    @p.a.turner8240 Před měsícem

    You're the greatest Lilly! Loved this episode!

  • @feoxorus
    @feoxorus Před měsícem +1

    Thank you Lilly, I appreciate hearing your thoughts and hearing them in English. ;) Your perspective as an Austrian is worth more that 10k theorists in the USA. Many states here have the same kinds of restrictions you face with climate, personal protection and government overreach so your videos are relevant, even for those of us in less-restrictive states.

  • @anthonybarker2087
    @anthonybarker2087 Před měsícem +2

    Hi Lilly, I'm subscribed but haven't seen your posts for awhile. Thank you for this important info.

  • @jamescopeland5358
    @jamescopeland5358 Před měsícem

    Great video Lilly

  • @terencechandler845
    @terencechandler845 Před měsícem

    Great information lilly ❤

  • @estherjamack7717
    @estherjamack7717 Před měsícem

    This is a really useful video! Thank you!!

  • @PhinAI
    @PhinAI Před měsícem +1

    Thank you for the information and content you present in your channel. I really enjoy the topics you present.

  • @zenyeti3076
    @zenyeti3076 Před měsícem

    Hi Lilly- Excellent lesson on the potato! Thanks for sharing your grow methods. ❤ all the plants you have. ☮️&🌱

  • @BBQ1953
    @BBQ1953 Před měsícem

    Thank you, Lily! You’re the best!

  • @joselitochiyuto7875
    @joselitochiyuto7875 Před měsícem

    Great very practical in times of uncertainties

  • @ByDesign333
    @ByDesign333 Před měsícem +1

    I give 👍 for this channel 100%

  • @adhdbusybee
    @adhdbusybee Před měsícem

    Love this! Great information thank you❤

  • @tiakennedy1681
    @tiakennedy1681 Před měsícem

    Thank you 🙏
    I am so grateful for your videos.

  • @ionutsfetcu4550
    @ionutsfetcu4550 Před měsícem

    Thank you for the information

  • @everready19373
    @everready19373 Před měsícem +1

    Daylillies, hostas, dandelions, lambquarter.

  • @user-vd2tp4dq6p
    @user-vd2tp4dq6p Před měsícem +1

    The British used to harvest their fall potato crop AND replant the spring crop at the same time. I understand that they planted them a little deeper to help protect them in winter. Every spring I find potatoes growing in my raised beds from tubers I missed when harvesting in the fall, so I know they can survive an Ohio winter.

  • @leighnewzealand1843
    @leighnewzealand1843 Před měsícem

    Thank you for sharing your video Lilly, really awesome what you are doing

  • @sedatguc627
    @sedatguc627 Před měsícem +1

    Informative nicee video 👏👏

  • @ShadowScoutSwede
    @ShadowScoutSwede Před měsícem

    Awesome video and thank you for sharing your tips much appreciated.

  • @isabelladavis1363
    @isabelladavis1363 Před měsícem +1

    I live in a very hot humid climate and we don’t have root cellars so I always use a very open sided plastic container each potato is wrapped in Kraft paper or newspaper but not tightly so they are separated from one another .. put in a cool place and use as needed I just used my sweet potatoes from October of last year… for my garlic I add cloves to honey what a perfect combinations honey and garlic that has fermented about to weeks for the final product and it lasts very long I add it as a salad dressing super healthy learn plants that you can forage in your area and absolutely plant herbs for medicinal properties …flavors and nutrients… thank you for sharing… stay blessed yes plant is UNOBVIOUS PLACES

  • @SoloHiker1
    @SoloHiker1 Před měsícem

    Great video, Mahalo for sharing.

  • @EireGenX
    @EireGenX Před měsícem

    In Ireland people used to make a potato clamp to store potatoes and root vegetables. Burry the potatos in a large of straw.

  • @karenmiernicki9981
    @karenmiernicki9981 Před měsícem

    Thank you Lilly, I always enjoy your advice. I have never had much luck with potato growing HOWEVER: potatoes are often sold cheap at the end of our Canadian summer, so it's worth buying one or two large bags, boil, mash and freeze. You can even add the frozen mashed potato to your soups! Best regards from Canada.

  • @rock5138
    @rock5138 Před měsícem

    Great advice Lilly 👍🏻

  • @kathym5307
    @kathym5307 Před měsícem

    Thank you!

  • @phidaniels8293
    @phidaniels8293 Před měsícem

    Nice show.

  • @lookupparagliding
    @lookupparagliding Před měsícem

    Hi Lilly, I leave some potatoes in my raised beds and cover them with old galvanised garage roof sheeting from November through to March here in the UK (W. YORKS). When i remove the sheets, there are many blanched, leggy shoots showing and they appear to be dead. After 2 weeks though, they turn green and continue to grow. Perhaps not the best over wintering method for 'storing' seed or even eating potatoes but it's a good backup method to prevent rot and frost damage. 6 weeks after removing the sheets this year, the plants are looking strong and healthy.
    Hope this helps you Lilly and your viewers.
    Regards,
    Eggmeister.

  • @jennyjohnson5428
    @jennyjohnson5428 Před měsícem

    I love that this is potentially for guerilla gardening. I have an empty property behind mine for drainage or the water department or whatever. If I can't manage to turn it into a community garden, I'll sneak in some weed-seeming foods that they won't necessarily bother removing.

  • @rum-tumble
    @rum-tumble Před měsícem

    Thank you so much! I love your channel. 🙏🏻

  • @glenhac5973
    @glenhac5973 Před měsícem

    I live in New brunswick Canada! For my potatoes I make a mound and cover them alternating dirt and leaves! In the spring I use the leaves as mulch! We get -30 to -40 and as of yet had no problem storing till spring! Or on a warm winter day if I need some during winter! I make more than 1 pile and do the same for carrots ,parsnip and burdock! Cheers!

  • @lindabohl1358
    @lindabohl1358 Před měsícem

    Good one!❤❤❤

  • @Davidg1t1
    @Davidg1t1 Před měsícem

    Hello Lilly! I’m planting potatoes now & can’t wait to see how it goes!

  • @johnhunley602
    @johnhunley602 Před měsícem

    Great information, presents a lot of ideas I might be able to implement.

  • @raktoda707
    @raktoda707 Před měsícem

    Priceless information
    Thankyou forever for those who dont know it was possible

  • @roudydog3063
    @roudydog3063 Před měsícem

    Love the lilly! 😁

  • @scottwilliams5196
    @scottwilliams5196 Před měsícem

    Awesome topic thats been on my mind.

  • @chantallachance4905
    @chantallachance4905 Před měsícem +1

    All the oriental vege grow VERY FAST and LIKE COLD (I live in Quebec,Canada) in greenhouse no heat
    oignon,carrot, garlic, radish,white radishes, cabagge, bokchoi,lettuce,spinach,celery, potatoes

  • @willames363
    @willames363 Před měsícem

    Great vid, thank you

  • @Lostinthesand
    @Lostinthesand Před měsícem +1

    Another wonderful video. I am one day ahead of the video planting my potatoes. My last year potatoes lasted all winter. They were left with dirt on them. I have planted them in their beds. (Purple color potatoes. Got them as a gift , but they taste great each year they produce.

  • @calvinteeter2514
    @calvinteeter2514 Před měsícem

    Good lecture Lilly. Your post will provide good reference material.

  • @jonathanharvey8851
    @jonathanharvey8851 Před měsícem

    Great video I store a lot of my stuff in my crawl space works

  • @heatherconrad5308
    @heatherconrad5308 Před měsícem

    Sweet potatoes store well and you can sprout them the following year for new plants. You can also dehydrate them and grind them into flour to stretch baking. Seminole Pumpkin and Butternut squash can do the same as far as storage and a flour source. My potatoes are nice but they are the first to go. I might consider overwintering a plant indoors specifically for Seed Potatoes.