1 00:00:00,496 --> 00:00:02,238 Hey everybody, Rob Greenfield here and 2 00:00:02,238 --> 00:00:04,097 today I'm going to share with you some of 3 00:00:04,097 --> 00:00:08,072 the most easy and abundant foods to grow 4 00:00:08,072 --> 00:00:09,768 for those of you that are in a colder 5 00:00:09,768 --> 00:00:11,603 climate, so this applies to people across 6 00:00:11,603 --> 00:00:13,631 much of the Northern United States, 7 00:00:13,631 --> 00:00:16,700 Northern Europe and around many climates 8 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:19,310 around the world. So if that fits you and 9 00:00:19,310 --> 00:00:21,533 you want to grow a lot of food in your 10 00:00:21,533 --> 00:00:22,852 garden and have a lot of food on your 11 00:00:22,852 --> 00:00:25,583 table then this is definitely the video for you. 12 00:00:37,073 --> 00:00:39,145 A lot of you know me for my year 13 00:00:39,145 --> 00:00:41,753 of growing and foraging 100% of my food 14 00:00:41,753 --> 00:00:43,559 where literally everything that I ate 15 00:00:43,559 --> 00:00:46,621 for a year was either from my garden or foraged. 16 00:00:46,621 --> 00:00:48,713 But I did that in Florida in a very hot 17 00:00:48,713 --> 00:00:51,249 climate where I could grow food year 18 00:00:51,249 --> 00:00:53,593 around. A lot of people saw what I did 19 00:00:53,593 --> 00:00:57,775 and they thought "Oh, you can only do this because you're in a warm climate" 20 00:00:57,775 --> 00:01:01,041 but the truth is: warm climate, cold climate, 21 00:01:01,041 --> 00:01:02,742 as long as you work within your 22 00:01:02,742 --> 00:01:05,876 region you can grow an incredible amount 23 00:01:05,876 --> 00:01:07,342 of food, and a lot of the most 24 00:01:07,342 --> 00:01:08,929 self-sufficient people that I've ever 25 00:01:08,929 --> 00:01:11,456 met live in cold climate places like 26 00:01:11,456 --> 00:01:14,282 Wisconsin or Ohio or New York so there's 27 00:01:14,282 --> 00:01:16,482 so many foods that you can grow it's 28 00:01:16,482 --> 00:01:18,530 just about growing what grows well and 29 00:01:18,530 --> 00:01:20,882 abundantly in your area. So when I'm 30 00:01:20,882 --> 00:01:23,578 talking about easiest and most abundant; 31 00:01:23,578 --> 00:01:26,466 easiest means they grow really well, it's 32 00:01:26,466 --> 00:01:29,947 hard to kill them, even if you have what 33 00:01:29,947 --> 00:01:31,946 you consider a black thumb there's a 34 00:01:31,946 --> 00:01:34,099 good chance you'll be able to grow these 35 00:01:34,099 --> 00:01:35,582 and walk away feeling like you have a 36 00:01:35,582 --> 00:01:37,250 green thumb. 37 00:01:37,250 --> 00:01:39,169 And then abundant means that 38 00:01:39,169 --> 00:01:41,998 they produce a lot of food but there's a 39 00:01:41,998 --> 00:01:43,901 second part to that and that is that 40 00:01:43,901 --> 00:01:46,249 they produce a substantial amount of 41 00:01:46,249 --> 00:01:48,068 food on your plate and that they'll 42 00:01:48,068 --> 00:01:50,349 actually be able to fill yourself up and 43 00:01:50,349 --> 00:01:52,079 fill your pantry up to get through the 44 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:54,134 winter, because that's the key in the 45 00:01:54,134 --> 00:01:57,239 colder climates if you want to grow a 46 00:01:57,239 --> 00:01:59,851 large portion of your food - it's that you 47 00:01:59,851 --> 00:02:03,000 produce as much as you can during those 48 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,583 growing months during the growing season 49 00:02:05,583 --> 00:02:08,718 and then you store it in jars, 50 00:02:08,718 --> 00:02:12,066 in freezers, dehydrating it and such, 51 00:02:12,066 --> 00:02:13,883 in order to be able to make it through the 52 00:02:13,883 --> 00:02:16,250 winter with the food from your garden. 53 00:02:16,250 --> 00:02:17,801 So these foods are gonna help you 54 00:02:17,801 --> 00:02:20,302 drastically reduce the number of times 55 00:02:20,302 --> 00:02:22,251 that you need to go to the grocery store 56 00:02:22,251 --> 00:02:25,682 and drastically increase the nutrition and 57 00:02:25,682 --> 00:02:27,603 the abundance that you're getting 58 00:02:27,603 --> 00:02:30,652 straight at home or on your farm right 59 00:02:30,652 --> 00:02:32,726 where you are. 60 00:02:32,726 --> 00:02:37,008 I have to start with the potato. 61 00:02:37,008 --> 00:02:38,792 One thing that a lot of people 62 00:02:38,792 --> 00:02:41,327 have the hardest time with is calories, 63 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:43,525 now I wanted to show you this potato in 64 00:02:43,525 --> 00:02:45,259 particular, it might look crazy to a lot 65 00:02:45,259 --> 00:02:47,459 of you but this is a potato that has 66 00:02:47,459 --> 00:02:49,675 been stored in the pantry for about six 67 00:02:49,675 --> 00:02:52,809 or seven months now. I'm in Southern 68 00:02:52,809 --> 00:02:56,364 France and it's mid-May, and this was put 69 00:02:56,364 --> 00:03:00,210 into the pantry in around October or November. 70 00:03:00,210 --> 00:03:02,628 So these store for a very long time, so 71 00:03:02,628 --> 00:03:05,511 as far as your calories go potatoes are 72 00:03:05,511 --> 00:03:08,277 gonna be one of the most calorie dense, 73 00:03:08,277 --> 00:03:10,459 producing a large bulk of your food and 74 00:03:10,459 --> 00:03:12,526 they store really well so this knocks 75 00:03:12,526 --> 00:03:16,410 out two really important things and the 76 00:03:16,410 --> 00:03:17,976 potatoes that are left over that you 77 00:03:17,976 --> 00:03:19,643 don't eat - this one right here 78 00:03:19,643 --> 00:03:22,094 could be planted to produce more so that 79 00:03:22,094 --> 00:03:24,210 is the wonderful potato. 80 00:03:24,210 --> 00:03:25,364 The second one I 81 00:03:25,364 --> 00:03:27,463 want to share with you is pumpkins and I 82 00:03:27,463 --> 00:03:29,421 am in love with pumpkins, not just the 83 00:03:29,421 --> 00:03:30,656 ones you see that you make 84 00:03:30,656 --> 00:03:33,257 jack-o'-lanterns out of, there's many 85 00:03:33,257 --> 00:03:35,590 different shapes, colors and sizes of 86 00:03:35,590 --> 00:03:38,142 pumpkins. This is just a beautiful one at 87 00:03:38,142 --> 00:03:40,407 the farm that I'm staying at. Pumpkins 88 00:03:40,407 --> 00:03:42,241 are amazing because they store a really 89 00:03:42,241 --> 00:03:44,324 long time, again it's May and this is 90 00:03:44,324 --> 00:03:47,825 from the last season and it's just as 91 00:03:47,825 --> 00:03:50,308 good as can be and you can also eat the 92 00:03:50,308 --> 00:03:52,922 seeds, you can eat the skin - in a matter 93 00:03:52,922 --> 00:03:55,392 of fact I will take the entire thing 94 00:03:55,392 --> 00:03:57,791 except the stem and blend it up into a 95 00:03:57,791 --> 00:04:01,141 soup. So pumpkin and different winter 96 00:04:01,141 --> 00:04:04,840 squashes, they provide a lot of 97 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,625 sustenance, nutrients and a lot of them 98 00:04:08,625 --> 00:04:10,842 are very easy to grow. Grow the ones that 99 00:04:10,842 --> 00:04:13,591 are adapted to your climate. 100 00:04:13,591 --> 00:04:17,825 Now next I want to share summer squashes, 101 00:04:17,825 --> 00:04:21,441 so zucchini - this actually is more of a 102 00:04:21,441 --> 00:04:23,157 winter squash but it looks kind of like 103 00:04:23,157 --> 00:04:25,741 a summer squash so I'm using it. 104 00:04:25,741 --> 00:04:29,576 Now, zucchinis are truly amazing. 105 00:04:29,576 --> 00:04:32,907 I've traveled through Washington, through Wisconsin, through New York, 106 00:04:32,907 --> 00:04:35,559 all across the Northern United States 107 00:04:35,559 --> 00:04:37,792 and people tell me that they have so 108 00:04:37,792 --> 00:04:39,759 many zucchinis that they 109 00:04:39,759 --> 00:04:41,143 have to try to give them away but they 110 00:04:41,143 --> 00:04:43,160 can't because everybody has so many of 111 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,425 them. They get huge, you can eat him when 112 00:04:45,425 --> 00:04:47,523 they're giant or you can eat them when 113 00:04:47,523 --> 00:04:49,141 they're small if you want them to be 114 00:04:49,141 --> 00:04:53,477 more tender, so zucchinis are a must 115 00:04:53,477 --> 00:04:55,344 for a huge amount of sustenance and 116 00:04:55,344 --> 00:04:57,659 being extremely easy to grow. 117 00:04:57,659 --> 00:05:00,042 The next one I want to talk about is beans 118 00:05:00,042 --> 00:05:04,093 and beans are truly incredible, you can 119 00:05:04,093 --> 00:05:06,510 either eat them fresh, right off of the 120 00:05:06,510 --> 00:05:08,994 vine or the bush, there's there's pole 121 00:05:08,994 --> 00:05:12,043 beans and there's bush beans, you can eat 122 00:05:12,043 --> 00:05:14,628 them fresh, you can wait for them to dry 123 00:05:14,628 --> 00:05:17,643 on the vine to have dried beans like you 124 00:05:17,643 --> 00:05:19,377 would buy at the store, like your pinto 125 00:05:19,377 --> 00:05:22,710 beans or your black beans or your lentils. 126 00:05:22,710 --> 00:05:25,310 Or you can can them, these are 127 00:05:25,310 --> 00:05:28,028 canned ones for example and another way 128 00:05:28,028 --> 00:05:31,177 to store them is freezing them, so the 129 00:05:31,177 --> 00:05:33,592 freezer is a really great way to store 130 00:05:33,592 --> 00:05:36,178 food, it generally costs only a few 131 00:05:36,178 --> 00:05:38,527 dollars a month to run a deep chest 132 00:05:38,527 --> 00:05:40,677 freezer and you can store a few hundred 133 00:05:40,677 --> 00:05:43,228 pounds of food. So again, one of the most 134 00:05:43,228 --> 00:05:46,277 important things in the colder climates 135 00:05:46,277 --> 00:05:49,377 is storing the abundance. Canning is one 136 00:05:49,377 --> 00:05:52,611 way to do that, freezing is another and then 137 00:05:52,611 --> 00:05:57,358 there's drying as well and then jams, I'll 138 00:05:57,358 --> 00:05:59,262 show those as well there's also the 139 00:05:59,262 --> 00:06:01,611 pantry for things like potatoes and 140 00:06:01,611 --> 00:06:03,812 carrots that can store in the pantry. 141 00:06:03,812 --> 00:06:06,028 So there's a lot of different ways to store 142 00:06:06,028 --> 00:06:08,646 your food and that's the key. Beans are 143 00:06:08,646 --> 00:06:11,077 very easy, very abundant and I also want 144 00:06:11,077 --> 00:06:13,546 to mention peas which are kind of my 145 00:06:13,546 --> 00:06:16,345 runner up to beans but very easy to grow 146 00:06:16,345 --> 00:06:18,246 for a lot of people, some people have 147 00:06:18,246 --> 00:06:20,744 problems with them and they're not 148 00:06:20,744 --> 00:06:23,829 nearly as filling as beans but peas are 149 00:06:23,829 --> 00:06:25,746 another really great crop as well. 150 00:06:25,746 --> 00:06:27,912 Alright the next one is carrots, this is 151 00:06:27,912 --> 00:06:29,612 definitely a favorite for me although to 152 00:06:29,612 --> 00:06:32,129 be honest I just love all foods that 153 00:06:32,129 --> 00:06:34,996 grow really abundantly and easily, I mean, 154 00:06:34,996 --> 00:06:37,862 so this is a great video for me to be 155 00:06:37,862 --> 00:06:40,478 filming because this is my passion. 156 00:06:40,478 --> 00:06:42,780 But carrots, now these carrots have been 157 00:06:42,780 --> 00:06:46,980 stored in boxes of sand in a cold pantry, 158 00:06:46,980 --> 00:06:48,746 again these have been stored for about 159 00:06:48,746 --> 00:06:51,180 six months so they're not your fresh, 160 00:06:51,180 --> 00:06:54,329 super crisp ones, but let me give this a 161 00:06:54,329 --> 00:06:58,431 bite - (chews) that's still pretty crunchy 162 00:06:58,431 --> 00:07:02,430 these are about six months stored, well, 163 00:07:02,430 --> 00:07:07,130 it's actually uh, wow, they're even sweet still, 164 00:07:07,130 --> 00:07:10,712 nice, not as flavorful as some carrots 165 00:07:10,712 --> 00:07:13,030 that I've had, but sweet, so these 166 00:07:13,030 --> 00:07:17,330 can be stored, they can be canned as well, 167 00:07:17,330 --> 00:07:19,114 I love to make carrot juice, I mean 168 00:07:19,114 --> 00:07:21,345 that's one of my favorite things so 169 00:07:21,345 --> 00:07:23,031 carrots that's an important one. And I 170 00:07:23,031 --> 00:07:26,229 want to mention with carrots - beets, now 171 00:07:26,229 --> 00:07:29,361 for a lot of people beets are super easy, 172 00:07:29,361 --> 00:07:31,413 some people beets have been a challenge 173 00:07:31,413 --> 00:07:34,879 so I don't necessarily consider them the 174 00:07:34,879 --> 00:07:35,813 most easy but I have to mention them 175 00:07:35,813 --> 00:07:38,180 because they can be very abundant for 176 00:07:38,180 --> 00:07:40,280 some people, they're very easy but if you 177 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,362 grow beets you have to eat the greens, if 178 00:07:42,362 --> 00:07:44,348 you're wasting the greens 179 00:07:44,348 --> 00:07:46,581 you're wasting some of the best 180 00:07:46,581 --> 00:07:48,816 nutrients and taste, they're one of the 181 00:07:48,816 --> 00:07:52,327 most incredible greens if you ask me. 182 00:07:52,327 --> 00:07:54,431 They're, they're absolutely my favorite 183 00:07:54,431 --> 00:07:56,432 or one of my top favorite greens so 184 00:07:56,432 --> 00:07:59,964 carrots and beets. To continue on I want 185 00:07:59,964 --> 00:08:02,681 to mention a few more root vegetables 186 00:08:02,681 --> 00:08:05,580 and that would be radishes and turnips. 187 00:08:05,580 --> 00:08:05,830 So radishes are one of the easiest foods 188 00:08:08,961 --> 00:08:10,011 to grow and you can actually harvest 189 00:08:10,011 --> 00:08:13,812 radishes in about 30 days, the small 190 00:08:13,812 --> 00:08:15,962 radishes, they're one of the fastest 191 00:08:15,962 --> 00:08:17,978 growing crops that there are and you can 192 00:08:17,978 --> 00:08:20,694 grow daikon radishes which get really 193 00:08:20,694 --> 00:08:24,229 huge and I grew a lot of daikon radish 194 00:08:24,229 --> 00:08:26,496 in Florida. And then turnips, turnips can 195 00:08:26,496 --> 00:08:29,262 be pretty easy to grow as well, they are 196 00:08:29,262 --> 00:08:32,607 a nice root they go really well with 197 00:08:32,607 --> 00:08:35,274 potatoes and beets and carrots baked 198 00:08:35,274 --> 00:08:37,191 together. I love baked turnip. 199 00:08:37,191 --> 00:08:39,425 Living off of garden doesn't mean living 200 00:08:39,425 --> 00:08:42,191 without flavor, in fact it can mean a really 201 00:08:42,191 --> 00:08:46,074 delicious garden full of flavor, this 202 00:08:46,074 --> 00:08:48,190 food can be grown right here and you can 203 00:08:48,190 --> 00:08:50,601 harvest it within moments before you're 204 00:08:50,601 --> 00:08:52,374 putting it on your plate so you can get 205 00:08:52,374 --> 00:08:56,359 some of the most delicious foods that you'll ever eat. 206 00:08:56,359 --> 00:09:00,108 But I really like, in order to have that for 207 00:09:00,108 --> 00:09:02,407 me there's some key ingredients - onions 208 00:09:02,407 --> 00:09:04,591 are one of them, herbs are as well which 209 00:09:04,591 --> 00:09:07,341 I'll get into pretty soon. Now onions can 210 00:09:07,341 --> 00:09:10,258 be extremely easy - I want to say that you 211 00:09:10,258 --> 00:09:13,425 might have a hard time getting those big 212 00:09:13,425 --> 00:09:15,908 giant onions that you would get at the 213 00:09:15,908 --> 00:09:17,792 store, that's not something that every 214 00:09:17,792 --> 00:09:19,792 gardener or beginner gardener will be 215 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:22,191 able to get. It's more likely that you'll 216 00:09:22,191 --> 00:09:24,491 be able to be successful with small 217 00:09:24,491 --> 00:09:27,759 bulbs and the other thing that's really 218 00:09:27,759 --> 00:09:30,024 one of the easiest is bunching onions 219 00:09:30,024 --> 00:09:32,076 and you can eat the greens. Now you can 220 00:09:32,076 --> 00:09:34,992 eat the Greens of all onions as well and 221 00:09:34,992 --> 00:09:37,526 actually if you eat just the right amount 222 00:09:37,526 --> 00:09:40,808 you'll get a crop of green onions and then 223 00:09:40,808 --> 00:09:43,109 a crop of the bulbs as well. So the 224 00:09:43,109 --> 00:09:46,276 smaller ones are generally easier 225 00:09:46,276 --> 00:09:48,110 for beginner gardeners. 226 00:09:48,110 --> 00:09:52,194 Another one that I want to mention is garlic. 227 00:09:52,194 --> 00:09:55,726 Now garlic is super important to me, it's a 228 00:09:55,726 --> 00:09:57,393 wonderful medicine, it adds an incredible 229 00:09:57,393 --> 00:10:00,228 amount of flavor. For some people they 230 00:10:00,228 --> 00:10:03,010 found garlic to be super easy, it's a 231 00:10:03,010 --> 00:10:04,643 little bit more of a challenging one 232 00:10:04,643 --> 00:10:06,810 because you plant it in the fall and 233 00:10:06,810 --> 00:10:08,627 then harvest it in the late spring. It 234 00:10:08,627 --> 00:10:11,094 sits under the snow for the winter so 235 00:10:11,094 --> 00:10:14,210 that makes it not quite the easiest, it's 236 00:10:14,210 --> 00:10:16,410 a little more challenging especially for 237 00:10:16,410 --> 00:10:18,912 beginners but it can be pretty easy. With 238 00:10:18,912 --> 00:10:21,877 garlic this is a clove - pop that in the 239 00:10:21,877 --> 00:10:25,044 ground, starts to sprout and then you've 240 00:10:25,044 --> 00:10:27,529 got garlic. Now if you're not successful 241 00:10:27,529 --> 00:10:30,244 with the bulbs you can grow it just for 242 00:10:30,244 --> 00:10:34,594 its greens and you can get really, really 243 00:10:34,594 --> 00:10:37,428 productive, abundant greens out of garlic 244 00:10:37,428 --> 00:10:39,812 and they're very strong - that was quite 245 00:10:39,812 --> 00:10:42,729 strong just like garlic. So onions and 246 00:10:42,729 --> 00:10:45,077 garlic, those are also extremely 247 00:10:45,077 --> 00:10:47,695 important for preserving food when 248 00:10:47,695 --> 00:10:51,115 you're canning, and adding to soups, 249 00:10:51,115 --> 00:10:53,762 those really fill out the meal and add a 250 00:10:53,762 --> 00:10:55,495 whole lot of flavor. 251 00:10:55,495 --> 00:10:57,346 I want to talk to you about greens now 252 00:10:57,346 --> 00:11:00,413 and greens are where you get a lot of your nutrients. 253 00:11:00,413 --> 00:11:02,262 They're one of the things that makes the 254 00:11:02,262 --> 00:11:03,878 most sense to grow locally rather than 255 00:11:03,878 --> 00:11:06,446 having them be shipped, they take up a huge 256 00:11:06,446 --> 00:11:09,663 amount of space and they really are just 257 00:11:09,663 --> 00:11:11,597 one thing that does not make sense to be 258 00:11:11,597 --> 00:11:14,164 shipping long distance. So this is kale 259 00:11:14,164 --> 00:11:16,730 right here and some of the beginner 260 00:11:16,730 --> 00:11:18,613 greens that are really easy would 261 00:11:18,613 --> 00:11:26,197 include kale, arugula, lettuce, mustard greens, swiss chard, spinach and amaranth. 262 00:11:26,197 --> 00:11:29,297 Those are 7 of the easier ones to grow. 263 00:11:29,297 --> 00:11:31,447 Amaranth, what's really special about 264 00:11:31,447 --> 00:11:33,430 that is it's often self seeding and once 265 00:11:33,430 --> 00:11:35,296 you get it going you'll have amaranth 266 00:11:35,296 --> 00:11:38,030 coming back time and time again. 267 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:40,462 So greens are one of the most nutrient 268 00:11:40,462 --> 00:11:43,913 dense foods out there and if you can eat 269 00:11:43,913 --> 00:11:48,381 greens every meal you are, you have the 270 00:11:48,381 --> 00:11:49,963 ability to change your life if you're 271 00:11:49,963 --> 00:11:54,163 not eating healthy and they make a huge difference. 272 00:11:54,163 --> 00:11:56,998 Now greens are generally what you're 273 00:11:56,998 --> 00:12:00,464 going to be eating during the the months, 274 00:12:00,464 --> 00:12:03,098 during the the growing season. A lot of 275 00:12:03,098 --> 00:12:05,414 people don't preserve their greens so 276 00:12:05,414 --> 00:12:08,279 much. You can and one of the greens 277 00:12:08,279 --> 00:12:13,547 that's easiest to preserve is sauerkraut. 278 00:12:13,547 --> 00:12:16,263 So this here isn't exactly sauerkraut, 279 00:12:16,263 --> 00:12:19,731 this is more like preserved cabbage, 280 00:12:19,731 --> 00:12:22,413 sauerkraut though comes from cabbage and 281 00:12:22,413 --> 00:12:25,614 you can store away jars and jars and 282 00:12:25,614 --> 00:12:29,348 jars of sauerkraut. It's just salt, cabbage 283 00:12:29,348 --> 00:12:32,030 and not even water. And then you add 284 00:12:32,030 --> 00:12:34,513 other things if you want like herbs. 285 00:12:34,513 --> 00:12:37,165 But literally just salt and cabbage stores 286 00:12:37,165 --> 00:12:41,299 easily for through the winter and it's 287 00:12:41,299 --> 00:12:44,264 delicious, adds so much value to your meal. 288 00:12:44,264 --> 00:12:47,583 The fermentation of it through wild fermentation 289 00:12:47,583 --> 00:12:50,097 actually increases the nutrient value of it 290 00:12:50,097 --> 00:12:53,347 so cabbage is one that grows pretty well, 291 00:12:53,347 --> 00:12:57,281 stores and makes a really value added food 292 00:12:57,281 --> 00:13:00,348 to add to each of your meals. Can't say 293 00:13:00,348 --> 00:13:03,347 enough about sauerkraut. And if you're 294 00:13:03,347 --> 00:13:05,698 interested in wild fermentation check out 295 00:13:05,698 --> 00:13:11,998 Sandor Katz's book called 'Wild Fermentation' - it is a must read if you're going to 296 00:13:11,998 --> 00:13:14,481 get into the storing and fermenting of foods. 297 00:13:14,481 --> 00:13:16,382 Alright, next I want to talk to you about herbs. 298 00:13:16,382 --> 00:13:18,514 These add incredible amount of flavor to 299 00:13:18,514 --> 00:13:21,237 your meals, you can make teas with them and 300 00:13:21,237 --> 00:13:24,432 they are often one of the absolute easiest things to grow. 301 00:13:24,432 --> 00:13:26,983 Some of the herbs that I am going to mention 302 00:13:26,983 --> 00:13:32,949 are basil, dill, cilantro, oregano, rosemary, thyme and mint. 303 00:13:32,949 --> 00:13:36,082 Here is basil, this is being grown in a 304 00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:38,416 greenhouse to get it started, i want to 305 00:13:38,416 --> 00:13:41,319 mention one thing about basil and that's 306 00:13:41,319 --> 00:13:43,283 that it likes heat. So this is more of the 307 00:13:43,283 --> 00:13:44,466 peak of the summer. If you try to grow 308 00:13:44,466 --> 00:13:47,449 this while it's cold in the beginning of the 309 00:13:47,449 --> 00:13:50,255 year you're gonna have a really hard time. 310 00:13:50,255 --> 00:13:51,719 And that's an important thing, growing 311 00:13:51,719 --> 00:13:55,121 the right things at the right time of the year. 312 00:13:55,121 --> 00:13:57,455 Now another herb that I want to mention, 313 00:13:57,455 --> 00:14:01,421 this one is just, I mean for a lot of 314 00:14:01,421 --> 00:14:03,671 people it's a problem because it's so 315 00:14:03,671 --> 00:14:06,839 successful and it reproduces so well 316 00:14:06,839 --> 00:14:09,087 that it takes over a garden. So when I'm 317 00:14:09,087 --> 00:14:11,121 talking about easy and abundant, 318 00:14:11,121 --> 00:14:15,021 mint is the picture plant for that. It 319 00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:17,071 reproduces through these roots and they 320 00:14:17,071 --> 00:14:21,688 just spread through the soil. So all you 321 00:14:21,688 --> 00:14:23,339 have to do is take some roots from a 322 00:14:23,339 --> 00:14:26,055 friends garden, put those down and those 323 00:14:26,055 --> 00:14:29,505 will produce mint. So mint is definitely 324 00:14:29,505 --> 00:14:32,539 one of my top recommendations and it 325 00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:34,372 can end up being a problem, so if you 326 00:14:34,372 --> 00:14:37,489 do plant it, I mean for me when I was a 327 00:14:37,489 --> 00:14:39,405 beginner gardener I said that any plant 328 00:14:39,405 --> 00:14:40,939 that becomes a problem is a friend of 329 00:14:40,939 --> 00:14:44,389 mine and I still generally feel that way. 330 00:14:44,389 --> 00:14:47,040 One thing I want to mention about herbs 331 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,355 and that is some herbs grow really well 332 00:14:49,355 --> 00:14:55,772 from seed, like for example coriander, cilantro. 333 00:14:55,772 --> 00:14:58,923 These are really great to plant from seed. 334 00:14:58,923 --> 00:15:01,589 Now on the other hand mint is a 335 00:15:01,589 --> 00:15:03,907 difficult one to start from seed so for 336 00:15:03,907 --> 00:15:05,207 the one's that are difficult to start from 337 00:15:05,207 --> 00:15:07,840 seed I would recommend buying those 338 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,189 as already started plants from your 339 00:15:11,189 --> 00:15:17,006 local nursery or another gardener or a plant sale or something of that sort. 340 00:15:17,006 --> 00:15:19,640 So, herbs galore, there are so many. 341 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,539 I just named seven but there are 342 00:15:21,539 --> 00:15:23,874 a lot of other easy herbs to grow as well. 343 00:15:23,874 --> 00:15:25,724 Now I want to talk to you about fruit trees 344 00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:27,306 which are totally different from a lot of 345 00:15:27,306 --> 00:15:29,557 these crops, most of these are annual 346 00:15:29,557 --> 00:15:33,277 crops that you have to plant again and again each year. 347 00:15:33,277 --> 00:15:34,958 If you can invest in fruit trees you're 348 00:15:34,958 --> 00:15:37,427 investing in your future. You can plant 349 00:15:37,427 --> 00:15:40,843 fruit trees and now the thing is, you are 350 00:15:40,843 --> 00:15:43,028 investing in the future. To start getting 351 00:15:43,028 --> 00:15:45,344 a lot of apples might take a few years 352 00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:47,712 before you get your first apples and 353 00:15:47,712 --> 00:15:49,845 five years before you start to get a lot, 354 00:15:49,845 --> 00:15:53,578 but you'll have apples for decades to come. 355 00:15:53,578 --> 00:15:55,696 So fruit trees that I recommend - 356 00:15:55,696 --> 00:16:00,560 apples, pears, plums, mulberries and cherries. 357 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,513 Those are some the easiest ones to grow 358 00:16:02,513 --> 00:16:04,960 in those more northern climates. 359 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,212 Apples can store just like this through 360 00:16:07,212 --> 00:16:11,128 the winter, you can freeze them, you 361 00:16:11,128 --> 00:16:13,960 can make jams - there's so much that you 362 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,610 can do with your fresh fruits and you 363 00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:18,908 can also just enjoy incredible amounts 364 00:16:18,908 --> 00:16:21,193 of them during the season. So fruit trees 365 00:16:21,193 --> 00:16:23,942 are definitely a must, you can plant those 366 00:16:23,942 --> 00:16:27,142 around the edges of the property and 367 00:16:27,142 --> 00:16:30,192 make use of that vertical space with fruit trees. 368 00:16:30,192 --> 00:16:32,058 It's starting to rain here in the garden 369 00:16:32,058 --> 00:16:33,243 so I got to cruise through these but 370 00:16:33,243 --> 00:16:34,509 we're getting towards the end. 371 00:16:34,509 --> 00:16:36,590 Keeping along the lines with fruits 372 00:16:36,590 --> 00:16:38,691 I want to mention some berries. 373 00:16:38,691 --> 00:16:40,543 Raspberries and blackberries 374 00:16:40,543 --> 00:16:42,859 generally are the easiest and those can 375 00:16:42,859 --> 00:16:45,810 go crazy and become a problem for a 376 00:16:45,810 --> 00:16:48,476 lot of people. Blueberries, on the other 377 00:16:48,476 --> 00:16:51,109 hand need acidic soil so for a lot of 378 00:16:51,109 --> 00:16:53,376 people they are not a beginner. 379 00:16:53,376 --> 00:16:56,126 Strawberries also can be pretty easy 380 00:16:56,126 --> 00:16:58,725 however generally raspberries and 381 00:16:58,725 --> 00:17:00,110 blackberries are more abundant than 382 00:17:00,110 --> 00:17:02,511 strawberries. So raspberries and 383 00:17:02,511 --> 00:17:04,344 blackberries are my two biggest 384 00:17:04,344 --> 00:17:06,442 recommendations for berries. 385 00:17:06,442 --> 00:17:08,193 But I just want to say there's a lot of 386 00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:10,694 other ones out there, got to mention 387 00:17:10,694 --> 00:17:14,060 juneberries, also called Saskatoon or 388 00:17:14,060 --> 00:17:16,411 service berries are a really great one as well. 389 00:17:16,411 --> 00:17:18,111 Right here I am holding blackberry 390 00:17:18,111 --> 00:17:21,512 chutney, and jams are an incredible thing 391 00:17:21,512 --> 00:17:23,529 to make out of your raspberries and 392 00:17:23,529 --> 00:17:26,312 blackberries. You can store lots and lots 393 00:17:26,312 --> 00:17:29,277 of jam so that is a really, really great 394 00:17:29,277 --> 00:17:30,976 thing about those berries. 395 00:17:30,976 --> 00:17:33,845 Ok, next thing I want to mention is tomatoes. 396 00:17:33,845 --> 00:17:36,878 Tomatoes grow super abundantly for so many 397 00:17:36,878 --> 00:17:39,745 people, and with tomatoes you can make 398 00:17:39,745 --> 00:17:42,177 huge amounts of sauce. I've just realized 399 00:17:42,177 --> 00:17:44,563 how many times I've said 'huge and abundance' 400 00:17:44,563 --> 00:17:46,745 over the last twenty minutes of so but 401 00:17:46,745 --> 00:17:48,810 that's what we're talking about - plants 402 00:17:48,810 --> 00:17:50,428 that produce a huge amount. 403 00:17:50,428 --> 00:17:51,961 I've just said it again! 404 00:17:51,961 --> 00:17:55,095 So, tomatoes, one that I absolutely 405 00:17:55,095 --> 00:17:56,925 recommend in abundance. At my 406 00:17:56,925 --> 00:17:59,130 friend's house this weekend we just planted 407 00:17:59,130 --> 00:18:01,395 over a hundred tomato plants for a 408 00:18:01,395 --> 00:18:04,095 family of four. It's a lot of tomatoes are, 409 00:18:04,095 --> 00:18:07,195 I mean most people love them. 410 00:18:07,195 --> 00:18:10,462 Hot pepper is another one, this is something 411 00:18:10,462 --> 00:18:13,011 that can often grow in huge abundance 412 00:18:13,011 --> 00:18:16,161 and be very easy. I took one seed from a 413 00:18:16,161 --> 00:18:19,047 my friends serrano pepper plant and 414 00:18:19,047 --> 00:18:21,230 that produced over a thousand serrano 415 00:18:21,230 --> 00:18:23,980 peppers, just from that one seed. 416 00:18:23,980 --> 00:18:25,631 Another thing that I want to mention, 417 00:18:25,631 --> 00:18:28,196 sometimes this is a little bit harder but 418 00:18:28,196 --> 00:18:31,180 cucumbers for making pickles. 419 00:18:31,180 --> 00:18:33,346 Alright, I've got two last ones for you. 420 00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:35,297 And these are perennials and with that 421 00:18:35,297 --> 00:18:37,246 I want to mention that I really recommend 422 00:18:37,246 --> 00:18:39,797 perennials. These are plants that grow for 423 00:18:39,797 --> 00:18:43,347 year after year after year rather than 424 00:18:43,347 --> 00:18:45,379 things that you have to plant each year 425 00:18:45,379 --> 00:18:47,831 like carrots. So rhubarb is one of the most 426 00:18:47,831 --> 00:18:49,664 incredible perennials. You plant 427 00:18:49,664 --> 00:18:53,080 rhubarb and about, it will produce 428 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,147 for about twenty five years. 429 00:18:56,147 --> 00:18:57,847 Really recommend rhubarb. 430 00:18:57,847 --> 00:18:59,815 And then lastly we're going to finish 431 00:18:59,815 --> 00:19:03,931 it off with Jerusalem artichoke, also called sunchokes. 432 00:19:03,931 --> 00:19:06,014 And these another one where if you don't 433 00:19:06,014 --> 00:19:08,631 contain them, they can spread though your 434 00:19:08,631 --> 00:19:11,563 garden and they can become wild as well. 435 00:19:11,563 --> 00:19:13,014 They produce a huge amount, 436 00:19:13,014 --> 00:19:14,864 I just said huge again! (laughs) 437 00:19:14,864 --> 00:19:16,747 They produce an incredible amount of food 438 00:19:16,747 --> 00:19:20,581 and they're very tasty and I cook them 439 00:19:20,581 --> 00:19:23,497 basically like a potato. 440 00:19:23,497 --> 00:19:26,116 So there you have it, that is about forty 441 00:19:26,116 --> 00:19:28,232 of my top recommendation for the 442 00:19:28,232 --> 00:19:31,131 easiest and most abundant foods to grow 443 00:19:31,131 --> 00:19:33,227 in your garden, I just want to say there's 444 00:19:33,227 --> 00:19:36,277 a lot more out there. I picked a lot of the 445 00:19:36,277 --> 00:19:39,427 common foods that people have a lot 446 00:19:39,427 --> 00:19:42,311 of experience with and recognise 447 00:19:42,311 --> 00:19:43,927 because it's easier to get started with 448 00:19:43,927 --> 00:19:46,561 that, rather than plants that you might 449 00:19:46,561 --> 00:19:48,911 never heard of - like gooseberries which 450 00:19:48,911 --> 00:19:50,477 grow well in northern climates or like 451 00:19:50,477 --> 00:19:55,378 Moringa Kale and Moringa Kotuk and Chaya which are more 452 00:19:55,378 --> 00:19:58,127 southern climate. So I just want to say 453 00:19:58,127 --> 00:20:00,428 that I did kind of pick things that are 454 00:20:00,428 --> 00:20:01,778 more known but there is a lot of 455 00:20:01,778 --> 00:20:04,610 unknown foods that grow extremely well. 456 00:20:04,610 --> 00:20:07,594 I want to say try your best to get your 457 00:20:07,594 --> 00:20:11,227 seeds locally. Locally adapted seeds will 458 00:20:11,227 --> 00:20:13,312 grow much better in your area because they 459 00:20:13,312 --> 00:20:17,630 are adapted to that area. And then buying 460 00:20:17,630 --> 00:20:20,061 plants from local nurseries that are using 461 00:20:20,061 --> 00:20:22,012 varieties that have been grown in the area 462 00:20:22,012 --> 00:20:25,413 for decades helps a lot. Also for support 463 00:20:25,413 --> 00:20:28,495 join a community garden if you feel like 464 00:20:28,495 --> 00:20:30,378 you have a black thumb, it would be 465 00:20:30,378 --> 00:20:32,779 incredible helpful to be around other 466 00:20:32,779 --> 00:20:35,278 people. And then also volunteer at 467 00:20:35,278 --> 00:20:38,578 farms and gardens. That way you can be 468 00:20:38,578 --> 00:20:40,911 learning and you can be helping at the 469 00:20:40,911 --> 00:20:42,762 same time, and the amount of knowledge 470 00:20:42,762 --> 00:20:46,080 that you gain from volunteering at gardens 471 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:47,779 and farms is pretty priceless. 472 00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:50,029 I hope that this video has really inspired 473 00:20:50,029 --> 00:20:53,230 you to grow a lot of food this year and 474 00:20:53,230 --> 00:20:55,879 the years to come. Start small, don't feel 475 00:20:55,879 --> 00:20:57,964 like you have to grow all forty of these 476 00:20:57,964 --> 00:21:01,313 crops this year and add on each year as 477 00:21:01,313 --> 00:21:02,813 you start to get better and better. 478 00:21:02,813 --> 00:21:04,064 I'm excited for you to get the out there 479 00:21:04,064 --> 00:21:05,979 and start growing some of your own food. 480 00:21:05,979 --> 00:21:07,779 If you enjoyed this make sure that you 481 00:21:07,779 --> 00:21:09,430 subscribe to the channel. 482 00:21:09,430 --> 00:21:10,432 Lots more to come 483 00:21:10,432 --> 00:21:13,532 Comment below and also like this to 484 00:21:13,532 --> 00:21:15,464 help this get out into the YouTube world 485 00:21:15,464 --> 00:21:17,079 and inspire more people to start 486 00:21:17,079 --> 00:21:18,430 growing their own food. 487 00:21:18,430 --> 00:21:19,547 I love you all very much 488 00:21:19,547 --> 00:21:20,321 And see you again soon!