Bushcraft: Wilderness Survival Info Sources

[user428]

I am super happy that I moved to Arizona, and stayed in the lower 48. Alaska seems like a depressing place to be, whenever I think about it. I really love the Southwest. It is an amazing place. I like being around the people down here.

[user428]

I have to order some fig seeds. I'm going to get some more lumber too, to wrap up all of these projects. I already have chicken wire mesh too, for the coop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgxefaaOGjo&pp=ygUbaG93IHRvIGdyb3cgZmlncyBmcm9tIHNlZWQg

[user428]

Oh, that guy just used a regular fig. I wasn't sure if that worked well. But I'll try that.

[user428]

So far for vegetables, all I know is that I want to grow squash. That is what my dad grew mainly in his yard. Also, I'm planning to do corn and peas too.

[user328]

Fig bushes produce a truckload of figs, so that would be a good crop to have. The Mountaineer hotel in Asheville had them planted in the flower beds along the fronts of the buildings. The owner was stingy with them even though he had way more than he could ever use. I guess he just wanted them to drop off onto the ground and rot.

[fungblain]

Fig bushes produce a truckload of figs, so that would be a good crop to have. The Mountaineer hotel in Asheville had them planted in the flower beds along the fronts of the buildings. The owner was stingy with them even though he had way more than he could ever use. I guess he just wanted them to drop off onto the ground and rot.

Yes but what is the nutritional content of figs? Mostly carbs sugar and vit C? You can't live on that alone. You need Iron and protein.

[user428]

I'm going to try to grow a field of corn. That would be awesome.

[user428]

I've seen a couple people do it in the small town near me. This guy had his whole front yard as just a field of corn.

[user328]

What's the soil like on your property? My grandma lived in northeastern Louisiana, about 20 or 30 miles from the Mississippi River. She had a huge garden where she grew everything. Several rows of corn, lima beans, purple hull peas and crowders, tomatoes, and I forget what else. There were blackberries growing wild along one edge of the garden. She had some fruit trees in the yard, but those didn't produce particularly well.

[user428]

The soil is pretty sandy. But, it is pretty loamy too. There are juniper trees, grass, and sagebrush. So it is pretty loamy. It's good soil.

[user428]

I've seen people do leafy greens in containers. I think that is pretty popular for indoor growing.

I think that the zones are mainly used to asses the cold temperature ranges for the plants. So if you are in a zone 1 then you could basically grow everything. If you're in a zone 7 like me then you would be able to grow 7, 8, 9, etc.

[Mister Obvious]

Sandy soil in zone 7 should be really good for growing sweet potatoes.

[user428]

Oh, nice. I love sweet potatoes. I have to look up more stuff to grow veg wise. I need to build a fenced in area for it, or greenhouse.

[user428]

Like a chicken coop, but for a garden.

[Mister Obvious]

I personally think container gardening is the #1 way to go.

The main reason I've never done gardening in a serious way is because of weeds...

Containers mitigate a lot of weed issues.

The biggest issue with it is keeping things watered well enough.

Raised beds, containers...

Absolute win, according to the research I've been doing.

I'm gonna start off small, with the most prolific leafy greens...

I'll have one container devoted to sweet potatoes and see how that goes.

Lil intimidated by the prospect of growing sweet potatoes, and I think it's because I like them so much.

We're gonna try it out though...

The way shit's going in society, lol...

I think we need to get serious about growing our own food.

[Mister Obvious]

Lead Farmer's channel inspired me...

Made me realize you just need to start planting in whatever containers you've got on hand.

Sweet potatoes are prolly gonna kick it in a storage bin I've got lying around.

Just gotta drill some holes in 'em.

[user428]

Oh, I watch some of his channel. Yeah trash bins work really well for root crops. I'm sure that is what you are thinking. Raised beds are awesome too though.

[Mister Obvious]

It's honestly beautiful how simple it can really be...

And I believe we'll be rewarded by nature if we do this.

[user428]

Yeah, it will help with your tan and your figure for sure. LOL. Yeah gardening is pretty simple, if you got a nice plot for it. I've grown in containers to, pretty easy.

[Acid Cat Redux]

I can't sleep...