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Hey everybody, Rob Greenfield here.

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Today, I'm going to talk to you about

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the survival garden.

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What I mean by that is a garden

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where you don't have to go to the

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grocery stores or the restaurants, and

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you can live off of this. It can

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produce your calories.

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It can produce your nutrients.

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At the very least, it can get you

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through weeks or months

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of not having to go to the grocery store,

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so this is the survival garden.

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Okay, so why would I be the one

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to talk to you about the

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the survival garden?

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Well, I recently finished a year-long

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project of growing and foraging

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100% of my food.

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So, for one year, every single thing

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that I ate either came from my

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gardens or that I foraged from the wild.

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Down to the salt, the oil, all

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my calories, my nutrients,

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my protein, my fat.

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You name it.

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So I have quite a bit of experience

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and this survival garden that I'm

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going to be talking about today is

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specifically going to be for where I did

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this project, which is central Florida.

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This survival garden is more

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for a warmer climate, but

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there's a lot that you'll be able

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to learn from this video,

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no matter where you are,

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and, most importantly, wherever you are,

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you can grow an incredible amount of food.

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It's just a matter of adapting to

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the correct plants that are

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designed to not just survive,

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but thrive in your area.

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So, I'm going to start off

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right away with calories.

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#1, I'm going to share sweet potatoes.

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Sweet potatoes are a truly amazing crop.

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A lot of us know sweet potatoes

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for the potato itself, but what a lot of

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people don't realize

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is that the greens are edible as well.

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Between the nutritious greens

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and the calorie-dense tubers,

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they're one of the most important

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crops that can be grown as far as

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putting out an incredible amount

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of calories and nutrients.

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I probably grew 600 pounds of

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sweet potatoes in my year

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of growing and foraging all my food.

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I'm just blown away at how much

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you can grow.

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Now, a lot of people imagine these

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little orange ones at the grocery store,

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but they come in all shapes and sizes.

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I've seen sweet potatoes that are

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up to 13 pounds

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and I've been blown away

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at how much sweet potatoes

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you can grow in a

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relatively small amount of space.

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In a standard front yard,

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it's possible to grow

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all of your calories.

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Let me say that again.

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It is possible,

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in a standard front yard,

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to grow all the calories you need

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you need with different tuber crops.

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So, the second one

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that I'm going to talk about

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is called cassava or yuca.

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For those of you who still haven't

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heard either of those words,

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it is what tapioca is made out of.

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This is the true survival food.

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Over a billion people around the world

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depend on it for their very survival.

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It's twice as calorie-dense

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as sweet potatoes,

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at about 700 calories per pound,

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is what I've read,

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So, it is truly, truly calorie-dense.

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A couple of pounds of this per day

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meets your calorie needs.

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That said, it doesn't have a lot of

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nutrients, but we'll get into the

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nutrient crops soon.

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So, the beautiful thing about cassava

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is you literally just take a stick of it,

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a branch, you take that branch,

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you stick it into the ground,

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come back 12 months later and you've got

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yourself a whole cassava tree or bush

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or whatever you want to call it,

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with the tuber under the ground.

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You don't plant it like a potato.

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You plant it with a little cutting,

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basically, and you can actually

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eat the leaves as well.

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Now, cassava, or yuca, has cyanide in it,

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but a lot of foods have cyanide in it and

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it's just a matter of cooking it

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the right way.

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Again, a billion people live on this

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around the world.

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You just have to cook it.

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So, that's yuca, or cassava.

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One plant can put out 10, 20 pounds

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of tubers from one plant.

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The average one that I've gotten

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in central Florida is probably

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around 5-10 pounds of tubers.

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So, that is cassava or yuca.

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That's #2.

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#3 is another really great tuber,

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another calorie-dense crop,

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and that is yams.

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The genus and species that I've

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worked with is Dioscorea alata,

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if that's how you pronounce it.

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In Florida, this has actually

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become invasive. It has made

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I believe it's originally from Asia,

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possibly Africa too,

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and it's a commonly grown crop

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for many people around the world.

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Now, when I say yam, a lot of people

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think of the orange ones

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that you get at the grocery store,

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which we call sweet potatoes and yams,

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interchangeably. No.

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A yam, the largest one that I've ever

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harvested was 150 pounds!

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Imagine, I weigh about 150, 155 pounds.

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The one I harvested, the biggest one

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was 157 pounds, so the size of me.

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They get massive.

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10, 20, 30 pounds is not abnormal.

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And the beautiful thing about all

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three of these first crops is that,

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most of them, you can largely set them

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and forget them,

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especially yuca or cassava.

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Those are drought-tolerant.

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They don't need a lot of nutrients

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and 12 months later, you come back

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and you can have a whole survival garden.

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You can do your fence around your property

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all with yuca and yams, and just have

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a living fence of serious calories

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to be able to come back to

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when it's needed

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or just when it's desired.

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But, back to the big yam, the average one,

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10, 20, 30 pounds, they're delicious.

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I actually prefer them over potatoes and

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they are a vining species,

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not an edible leaf, unlike the

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yuca and the sweet potato.

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Both of those have edible leaves,

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but this is just another

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beautiful calorie crop.

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that I want to mention is potatoes.

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The crops that I'm talking about

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are a little bit more for

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the warmer climates, although

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sweet potato is something that's

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grown throughout, but potatoes

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are a standard that can be grown

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all across many climates.

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It's not one that I have a lot of

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experience with. I have grown it

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in Florida, but that is a really wonderful

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crop that you can grow in huge volumes

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as your calories.

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So, those are four calorie crops.

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The next one I want to get into is,

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indeed, a calorie, but it's also

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a delicious fruit and a favorite food

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of many people around the world,

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and that is bananas, and I'm also

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going to talk about plantains.

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Bananas are a true survival food.

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You can take one --

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bananas, by the way, you don't

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which is basically a small plant.

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How bananas work is they send up

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babies or pups, little shoots

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out the sides. If there's

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a huge stand of bananas, you can just

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dig one of those up with

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part of the corm, plant it,

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and in a few years' time,

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you can have a whole stand of bananas.

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So, bananas in central Florida,

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where I did my year, for example,

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within about 12 months,

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they can be starting to produce.

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talking about huge quantities

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of bananas and plantains.

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fried, for example,

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or you can wait until they're ripe

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and you can eat them

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as a delicious banana.

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and the banana, whole,

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dehydrate it and then blend it

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to make a flour.

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are a staple of many, many, many

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people all over the world.

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Those can be eaten ripe,

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as a delicious sweeter flavor,

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when they are still green.

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You can grow hundreds

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and hundreds of pounds of bananas.

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You can start it with something

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that you can get for $10 or $20,

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The next one that I want to

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go into is papaya.

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Papaya is extremely versatile.

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Papaya is a tree,

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but it's not your typical tree.

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They will last, generally, about

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maximum seven years.

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3-5 years might be pretty normal.

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They're a very soft tree.

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You can basically push them over.

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just with one swipe of a machete,

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but the fruit is a beautiful fruit

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and it's very versatile.

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So, of course, you can wait

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until it's ripe and then it's

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a nice, sweet orange,

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or you can eat it

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while it's green,

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more as a vegetable.

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with it, a papaya kraut

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by fermenting it.

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use it green, as a vegetable,

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whether pickled or sauteed or raw.

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Thai green papaya salad, for example.

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I love to make a coconut curry

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out of my green papayas.

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a pest that often comes for the papayas,

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then the best thing to do is not wait

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for them to get ripe and eat them green.

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So, this is a great staple crop,

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not as calorie-dense as the

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earlier calories I mentioned,

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but very filling and very much

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has calories to it.

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Now, in a colder climate,

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something that actually

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somewhat resembles, in my mind,

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the papaya is the zucchini.

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Zucchini, in a colder climate,

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is a true survival crop.

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I hear stories all the time about

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people saying that,

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in the northern climates,

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they have so many zucchinis

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that they have to put them on

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their neighbors' doors

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to try to get rid of them,

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but their neighbors hide from them

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because they don't want them

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because they have so many.

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The reason it reminds me of papaya

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is because they can grow very large

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and in extreme abundance, and

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they can be cooked in a similar manner,

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and they don't, again, have

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an incredible amount of calories,

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but they have a large amount

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of sustenance and can

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really fill you up.

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So, that's the papaya and,

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for some people, the zucchini.

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Speaking of zucchini, what I have

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to mention for the survival garden

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that I'm talking about is a

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heat-loving, heat-tolerant squash.

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For me, that is the Seminole pumpkin.

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It's amazing what you can do

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with one seed.

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Most people, with their pumpkins

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and with their squash, when they

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buy them at the grocery store,

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what do they do?

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They take those seeds out and they

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throw them in the garbage.

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At the very least, you

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could compost them, but what

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you can actually do is plant them

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especially if they're a

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local variety.

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When I had dinner with a friend,

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I took home the pumpkin seeds

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from Seminole pumpkins.

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From two pumpkins,

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the seeds of that turned into

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hundreds of pumpkins,

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many, many, many meals to come.

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The Seminole pumpkin is

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my favorite pumpkin, personally,

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my favorite squash.

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Wherever you are, your survival garden

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can definitely include squashes.

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The next thing that I want to move on to

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is talking about a little bit of protein.

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For me, one of my favorite sources

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in the garden is pigeon pea.

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Now, pigeon pea is a perennial crop.

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It's not a bean that has to be planted

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year after year. It's actually

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a tree that will continue to put out

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pigeon peas and sometimes

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multiple times per year and

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even throughout the year.

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They're a truly delicious --

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they're called gandules.

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They're very popular in Puerto Rico

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and other parts of the Caribbean,

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other parts of Latin America as well.

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They are truly, truly delicious.

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I have eaten a large amount of them

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and have never once got

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sick from them at all.

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In fact, my friend and I actually even

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made tempe from them.

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So, there's a lot that can be

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done with them.

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So, that is pigeon peas and,

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along those lines, the next one

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I want to talk about is ground cover

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beans or peas.

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For me, my favorite one

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is the southern peas.

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Now, there are many types of

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southern peas. You've

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probably heard of

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black-eyed peas, for example.

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There's many different types of these

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and I don't know the names of

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all of them, but

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we're talking about spreading the seed

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on the ground.

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It creates a wonderful ground cover

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and it produces a lot of

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healthy food.

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It can also be used

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as a cover crop

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and as a nitrogen fixer to

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add nitrogen to your garden.

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Now, these can be eaten fresh or they

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can be left to dry on the vines,

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harvested once they're dry,

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and they can be stored.

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The same goes for the pigeon peas as well.

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So, talking about survival,

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these are foods that, when dried,

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you can have these lasting in your pantry

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for years. That's an important part

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about this, storage.

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Now, in the warmer climates,

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like Florida, for example,

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you can grow food year-round.

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In the northern climates,

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the key to success with

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the survival garden is producing

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as much food as you can

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during that window of time that you have

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and then preserving it for the fall.

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Now, for all the people out there

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who are saying, "Oh, you can only

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do this in Florida,"

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I have to say, the most extreme abundance

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that I've ever seen

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was in the fall in places like

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northern Wisconsin, where I'm from.

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The abundance of nuts and different

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fruits, like apples and plums

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and pears and berries,

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is incredible -- so much more

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than I've ever seen in

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some warmer climates,

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so you just have to work

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with your area.

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So, those are a few examples

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of protein. We've covered calories.

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We've covered some protein.

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Now, I want to get into some of

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the very nutrient-dense foods.

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The really good news is that

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a lot of these nutrient-dense foods,

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whether you want to be self-sufficient

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and being able to exist without

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a grocery store or restaurant at all,

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these nutrient-dense foods

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are a no-brainer for everyone

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because they take very little work.

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They can save a lot of money.

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They're some of the healthiest foods

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out there that you can eat and,

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environmentally, they're one of

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the most logical things to grow at home

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because shipping greens is one of the

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least efficient things that we can ship.

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So, I'm going to talk about

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perennial greens and the first one

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that I'm going to talk about

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is moringa. Now, moringa is

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also called the vitamin tree

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or the tree of life, and it is

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truly the tree of life.

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it's one of the most nutrient-dense

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plants on Earth.

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Supposedly, it's about 20% protein

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00:16:36,355 --> 00:16:38,373
by weight, as well, so a lot of

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greens and vegetables actually

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do have a lot of protein in them

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as well.

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Moringa is a perennial.

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You can start it either from seed or

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you can take a cutting, stick it in

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the ground and have a moringa tree.

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You can make a wall around your

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property with moringa.

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You can dry moringa leaves,

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turn it into a powder, and

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00:17:02,011 --> 00:17:04,520
you have your own multivitamin

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00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:05,909
that you can travel with, and

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00:17:05,909 --> 00:17:08,151
it's also a really great crop

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00:17:08,151 --> 00:17:10,173
that you can trade.

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You can trade others this

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nutrient-dense powder that you make

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00:17:13,856 --> 00:17:15,660
for other things that you need,

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or you can actually make a little

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business out of it and sell it.

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The next green that I want to talk about

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is katuk.

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Katuk is another perennial green.

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By perennial, what I mean is you plant it

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and it produces year after year

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after year.

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Up in a northern climate,

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a beautiful perennial is rhubarb.

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An average rhubarb plant can last

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for 25 years!

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Imagine you plant it and 25 years,

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every spring, it just keeps coming back.

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Annuals, you plant once

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(for example, carrots)

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and when you pull it, you eat it,

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and it's dead.

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Then, in between perennials and annuals is

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self-seeding annuals.

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These are ones that you let go to seed

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and they keep spreading their seed

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and they keep coming back.

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Once you've got them going,

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you've got them going.

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So, in the survival garden,

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I highly recommend working with

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perennials and self-seeding annuals

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as much as possible.

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So, I mentioned katuk and the next one

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that I want to talk about is chaya.

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Chaya is an ancient food.

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It's been eaten for thousands of years.

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I don't remember if it's the Mayans

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or the Aztecs, or possibly both,

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that have had it as a staple part

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of their diet.

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It is also called tree spinach.

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Very calorie-dense.

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This one also has to be cooked because

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it has cyanide in it, just like

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I mentioned with the cassava or

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the yuca, but again, it's just

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a matter of preparing food right.

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All things have to be prepared right,

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whether it's coffee or chocolate

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or the way you're producing your

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beverages, like beer and wine.

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Once you start to connect with

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your food, you see there is a process,

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a way of doing things.

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But chaya is a beautiful one.

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This is one where you can literally

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just take a stick of it,

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put it in the ground and,

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after you have a few trees of chaya,

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you can be spreading chaya to your

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entire neighborhood.

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Another one that's very drought-tolerant--

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With the survival garden, the key is

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planting things that are

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00:19:25,847 --> 00:19:28,943
very tough, that don't need to be

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00:19:28,943 --> 00:19:30,482
consistently watered,

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00:19:30,482 --> 00:19:32,418
that don't need a lot of nutrients,

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that don't have too many pests,

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and all of these things apply, generally,

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to perennials over annuals.

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So, the survival garden is one that

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00:19:41,693 --> 00:19:43,328
you can walk away from and,

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00:19:43,328 --> 00:19:45,384
three months later, you come back

534
00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:47,333
and your food isn't gone;

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00:19:47,333 --> 00:19:50,142
you have more food than when you left.

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So, that is chaya.

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The next thing I want to get into

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00:19:54,793 --> 00:19:56,613
is another green and that is

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00:19:56,613 --> 00:19:58,525
perennial spinaches.

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So, there are all sorts of

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perennial spinaches.

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00:20:01,694 --> 00:20:03,124
There's Brazilian spinach and

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New Zealand spinach,

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Okinawa spinach, longevity spinach,

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00:20:07,445 --> 00:20:09,232
just to name a few.

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Malabar spinach is another one.

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There's probably a good dozen or so that

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00:20:13,939 --> 00:20:17,030
are grown in the area where I have done

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00:20:17,030 --> 00:20:18,745
most of my growing.

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00:20:18,745 --> 00:20:20,769
Again, these are perennials that you can

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00:20:20,769 --> 00:20:22,318
plant once and they can keep on

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00:20:22,318 --> 00:20:23,800
coming back and coming back.

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00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,767
So, with those perennial spinaches

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and the chaya, the cassava leaves,

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the katuk, and the moringa,

556
00:20:33,665 --> 00:20:36,428
that right there is quite a bit

557
00:20:36,428 --> 00:20:38,582
of diversity in itself.

558
00:20:38,582 --> 00:20:40,846
So, there is a saying and that is,

559
00:20:40,846 --> 00:20:42,633
"Let thy food be they medicine

560
00:20:42,633 --> 00:20:45,319
and let thy medicine be thy food."

561
00:20:45,319 --> 00:20:46,974
Now, in 2020, that is,

562
00:20:46,974 --> 00:20:48,802
"Let your food be your medicine

563
00:20:48,802 --> 00:20:50,749
and let your medicine be your food."

564
00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:52,359
Pretty basic.

565
00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,037
Now, the beautiful thing is that,

566
00:20:54,037 --> 00:20:56,868
yes, our food is our medicine,

567
00:20:56,868 --> 00:20:59,682
but there are some especially

568
00:20:59,682 --> 00:21:02,149
medicinal plants that we can grow

569
00:21:02,149 --> 00:21:04,298
to really give ourselves

570
00:21:04,298 --> 00:21:07,600
that important immune boost and to really

571
00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,750
just take care of ourselves.

572
00:21:09,750 --> 00:21:11,784
I'm talking about holistic medicine,

573
00:21:11,784 --> 00:21:14,067
holistic healthcare, taking into

574
00:21:14,067 --> 00:21:16,697
account everything that we're doing --

575
00:21:16,697 --> 00:21:19,558
our food, our water, the way we move

576
00:21:19,558 --> 00:21:21,646
our body, the way we live our lives,

577
00:21:21,646 --> 00:21:23,508
but we can grow

578
00:21:23,508 --> 00:21:25,142
a lot of our own medicine.

579
00:21:25,142 --> 00:21:27,275
The #1 that I recommend in

580
00:21:27,275 --> 00:21:30,113
this survival garden is turmeric

581
00:21:30,113 --> 00:21:31,759
and ginger.

582
00:21:31,759 --> 00:21:33,733
Turmeric, you take those little rhizomes,

583
00:21:33,733 --> 00:21:35,415
you stick them in the ground, and

584
00:21:35,415 --> 00:21:37,425
7-9 months later, you'll have

585
00:21:37,425 --> 00:21:38,868
a lot more turmeric.

586
00:21:38,868 --> 00:21:40,231
Most of my friends' gardens,

587
00:21:40,231 --> 00:21:41,571
who have turmeric,

588
00:21:41,571 --> 00:21:42,932
they have more than they

589
00:21:42,932 --> 00:21:44,267
can deal with.

590
00:21:44,267 --> 00:21:46,815
Ginger takes a little bit longer.

591
00:21:46,815 --> 00:21:48,676
It takes more like, I think, about

592
00:21:48,676 --> 00:21:50,178
a year and a half.

593
00:21:50,178 --> 00:21:52,446
I've successfully grown ginger,

594
00:21:52,446 --> 00:21:54,671
but it takes longer to get it

595
00:21:54,671 --> 00:21:58,516
to be a large amount and to get a lot

596
00:21:58,516 --> 00:22:02,070
to harvest, but very, very easy to grow.

597
00:22:02,070 --> 00:22:05,238
So, turmeric and ginger, very easy to grow

598
00:22:05,238 --> 00:22:09,379
and very, very important medicines.

599
00:22:09,379 --> 00:22:11,214
There are many different medicines.

600
00:22:11,214 --> 00:22:13,295
One that I recommend growing

601
00:22:13,295 --> 00:22:16,163
is elderberry. Along with honey

602
00:22:16,163 --> 00:22:18,048
that you can get from your bees,

603
00:22:18,048 --> 00:22:20,017
you can make elderberry syrup and this is

604
00:22:20,017 --> 00:22:21,691
one of the most incredible

605
00:22:21,691 --> 00:22:23,446
natural medicines

606
00:22:23,446 --> 00:22:26,217
that prevents cold and flu.

607
00:22:26,217 --> 00:22:28,338
I like to take a spoonful of

608
00:22:28,338 --> 00:22:30,048
my elderberry syrup

609
00:22:30,048 --> 00:22:31,410
every single day.

610
00:22:31,410 --> 00:22:33,082
It's one of my favorite things and

611
00:22:33,082 --> 00:22:35,184
it's also an extremely delicious treat.

612
00:22:35,184 --> 00:22:37,909
So, I've covered calories,

613
00:22:37,909 --> 00:22:39,850
I've covered some protein,

614
00:22:39,850 --> 00:22:42,268
and I've covered greens as nutrients.

615
00:22:42,268 --> 00:22:43,900
Those three things right there

616
00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:47,444
can take care of a massive, massive

617
00:22:47,444 --> 00:22:50,892
amount of your entire needs.

618
00:22:50,892 --> 00:22:54,857
You could probably live just off of that,

619
00:22:54,857 --> 00:22:56,654
but there's no need to because

620
00:22:56,654 --> 00:22:58,438
there's such an abundance

621
00:22:58,438 --> 00:22:59,639
of other foods.

622
00:22:59,639 --> 00:23:01,371
I'm going to name a few other things

623
00:23:01,371 --> 00:23:03,263
right now that are really easy

624
00:23:03,263 --> 00:23:04,826
and important to have as a part

625
00:23:04,826 --> 00:23:05,991
of this garden.

626
00:23:05,991 --> 00:23:07,572
That would be peppers.

627
00:23:07,572 --> 00:23:08,807
I grew serrano peppers,

628
00:23:08,807 --> 00:23:10,087
starting from one seed

629
00:23:10,087 --> 00:23:11,962
from a pepper from my friend's garden.

630
00:23:11,962 --> 00:23:13,681
I, for a year and a half, had

631
00:23:13,681 --> 00:23:15,781
a serrano pepper plant that put out

632
00:23:15,781 --> 00:23:18,111
well over 1,000 peppers.

633
00:23:18,111 --> 00:23:20,055
Wherever you are, there are peppers

634
00:23:20,055 --> 00:23:23,112
that will survive and thrive.

635
00:23:23,112 --> 00:23:26,377
Peppers are a great part of any garden.

636
00:23:26,377 --> 00:23:28,019
Then, herbs.

637
00:23:28,019 --> 00:23:31,203
Herbs add flavor to your food.

638
00:23:31,203 --> 00:23:33,811
Living off of your garden does not

639
00:23:33,811 --> 00:23:36,587
in any way mean not eating delicious,

640
00:23:36,587 --> 00:23:38,604
delicious food. In fact, it's often

641
00:23:38,604 --> 00:23:41,038
far more delicious.

642
00:23:41,038 --> 00:23:44,258
Some of the absolute survival herbs

643
00:23:44,258 --> 00:23:47,023
that I've grown would be Cuban oregano.

644
00:23:47,023 --> 00:23:49,175
Grows like crazy.

645
00:23:49,175 --> 00:23:51,166
It's a huge oregano leaf.

646
00:23:51,166 --> 00:23:53,195
Then, there's lots of other ones.

647
00:23:53,195 --> 00:23:56,563
African blue basil grows into shrubs,

648
00:23:56,563 --> 00:23:58,956
brings in an incredible amount of

649
00:23:58,956 --> 00:24:00,790
bees and pollinators.

650
00:24:00,790 --> 00:24:02,783
So important to have different plants

651
00:24:02,783 --> 00:24:04,654
that can bring pollinators into

652
00:24:04,654 --> 00:24:07,083
your garden and herbs are

653
00:24:07,083 --> 00:24:09,354
one of the easiest things to grow.

654
00:24:09,354 --> 00:24:12,221
You have cilantro and basil and dill,

655
00:24:12,221 --> 00:24:14,323
just to name a few.

656
00:24:14,323 --> 00:24:16,860
Herbs are a very easy beginner plant too.

657
00:24:16,860 --> 00:24:18,845
If you're just getting started, herbs are

658
00:24:18,845 --> 00:24:20,731
a really great place to start.

659
00:24:20,731 --> 00:24:22,427
I'm going to mention just two more,

660
00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:23,935
even though there are so many

661
00:24:23,935 --> 00:24:25,227
more plants that I would

662
00:24:25,227 --> 00:24:26,444
love to talk about, but

663
00:24:26,444 --> 00:24:27,745
a truly amazing one

664
00:24:27,745 --> 00:24:29,489
is daikon radish.

665
00:24:29,489 --> 00:24:31,263
We're talking about a radish that can

666
00:24:31,263 --> 00:24:33,204
get this big, that can become

667
00:24:33,204 --> 00:24:34,918
self-seeding, that's coming back,

668
00:24:34,918 --> 00:24:37,013
that creates a great ground cover,

669
00:24:37,013 --> 00:24:38,788
that can be chop and dropped,

670
00:24:38,788 --> 00:24:41,544
and you can ferment this

671
00:24:41,544 --> 00:24:46,916
and make a wonderful radish kraut

672
00:24:46,916 --> 00:24:49,048
or mix it in with your different krauts.

673
00:24:49,048 --> 00:24:53,768
It's delicious, it adds a lot of value

674
00:24:53,768 --> 00:24:55,768
to meals, and you can produce

675
00:24:55,768 --> 00:24:58,252
incredible quantities with it.

676
00:24:58,252 --> 00:24:59,906
That's the daikon radish.

677
00:24:59,906 --> 00:25:02,464
Wherever you are, radishes can be a

678
00:25:02,464 --> 00:25:04,468
part of your game and radishes

679
00:25:04,468 --> 00:25:06,370
are one of the fastest foods to grow.

680
00:25:06,370 --> 00:25:08,163
You can get them in about 30 days.

681
00:25:08,163 --> 00:25:10,156
Now, a garden could be complete

682
00:25:10,156 --> 00:25:12,321
without tomatoes, but tomatoes

683
00:25:12,321 --> 00:25:15,538
add such an incredible value to life.

684
00:25:15,538 --> 00:25:17,934
Where I did my survival garden,

685
00:25:17,934 --> 00:25:20,352
that would be the Everglades tomato.

686
00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,829
In really hot climates, it's often the

687
00:25:22,829 --> 00:25:24,353
very small tomatoes that you

688
00:25:24,353 --> 00:25:25,985
want to work with,

689
00:25:25,985 --> 00:25:27,373
not the really big ones,

690
00:25:27,373 --> 00:25:28,672
but in northern climates,

691
00:25:28,672 --> 00:25:30,452
you can produce so much tomatoes that

692
00:25:30,452 --> 00:25:33,149
you could not possibly eat them.

693
00:25:33,149 --> 00:25:35,649
So, tomatoes are just a beautiful,

694
00:25:35,649 --> 00:25:37,615
beautiful thing to have

695
00:25:37,615 --> 00:25:38,918
in the garden.

696
00:25:38,918 --> 00:25:40,731
Then, one last thing that I'm

697
00:25:40,731 --> 00:25:43,329
going to mention is garlic or onions

698
00:25:43,329 --> 00:25:45,236
really add an incredible

699
00:25:45,236 --> 00:25:46,731
amount of flavor.

700
00:25:46,731 --> 00:25:48,522
Garlic is also a great antimicrobial

701
00:25:48,522 --> 00:25:51,181
and antibacterial, a really important one

702
00:25:51,181 --> 00:25:53,234
for fighting off sicknesses.

703
00:25:53,234 --> 00:25:55,158
In central Florida, my big ones

704
00:25:55,158 --> 00:25:57,828
would be garlic chives and then

705
00:25:57,828 --> 00:25:59,632
society garlic.

706
00:25:59,632 --> 00:26:01,229
These are perennials

707
00:26:01,229 --> 00:26:02,546
that do really well.

708
00:26:02,546 --> 00:26:03,925
I also grew garlic.

709
00:26:03,925 --> 00:26:05,978
That's harder in the southern climates,

710
00:26:05,978 --> 00:26:07,726
but I did it successfully,

711
00:26:07,726 --> 00:26:09,295
but in the northern climates,

712
00:26:09,295 --> 00:26:12,211
garlic is an easy one.

713
00:26:12,211 --> 00:26:14,997
So, that is my survival garden.

714
00:26:14,997 --> 00:26:17,928
I've covered your calories, your protein,

715
00:26:17,928 --> 00:26:19,847
your greens.

716
00:26:19,847 --> 00:26:21,632
There are more things than that;

717
00:26:21,632 --> 00:26:24,448
however, if you have just this going

718
00:26:24,448 --> 00:26:26,133
and you work with the perennials

719
00:26:26,133 --> 00:26:28,008
over the annuals, we're talking about

720
00:26:28,008 --> 00:26:30,894
almost never having to take a trip

721
00:26:30,894 --> 00:26:32,660
to the grocery store.

722
00:26:32,660 --> 00:26:36,533
This is my tips, especially focused on

723
00:26:36,533 --> 00:26:38,433
a warmer climate.

724
00:26:38,433 --> 00:26:41,360
In future videos, I will have some

725
00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:43,896
that are specifically focused on

726
00:26:43,896 --> 00:26:45,576
colder climates, so make sure

727
00:26:45,576 --> 00:26:47,045
you come back and

728
00:26:47,045 --> 00:26:48,510
tune in for that.

729
00:26:48,510 --> 00:26:51,089
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730
00:26:51,089 --> 00:26:52,828
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731
00:26:52,828 --> 00:26:54,626
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732
00:26:54,626 --> 00:26:56,211
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733
00:26:56,211 --> 00:26:57,963
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734
00:26:57,963 --> 00:26:59,552
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00:27:01,358 --> 00:27:03,247
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737
00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:07,131
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738
00:27:07,131 --> 00:27:09,060
grocery stores and without

739
00:27:09,060 --> 00:27:11,193
restaurants, and live in a way where

740
00:27:11,193 --> 00:27:13,411
we are working with the Earth,

741
00:27:13,411 --> 00:27:15,208
rather than against it and

742
00:27:15,208 --> 00:27:17,961
where we can live happily and healthfully

743
00:27:17,961 --> 00:27:20,677
with food sovereignty

744
00:27:20,677 --> 00:27:22,341
right in our own communities.

745
00:27:22,341 --> 00:27:23,875
Love you all very much.

746
00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:28,208
See you soon.