Emergency Food - need Help !

[newmannewy]

hi folks,

right im a fully paid up member of end of the fincnaical world scenario. I 100% believe that our economy is over. Capitalism is dead and all were seeing now is the slow collapse of what Maggie Thatcher started, ie. privatisation and de-industrialization..

Anyway.. what im wondering is are there and vegetables or food types, that i can go scatter some seeds around a few places and have food grow, die and grow back year on year ?

Is there any such vegetable like this ? That if i dont eat it one year it will re-grow the next year and continue, without me doing anything ?.

Any ideas or suggestions welcome.

regards
newy

[I fully understand ppls views etc on the collapse, so please dont fill the board with posts about it'l never happen etc as ive heard it all before ]

[greengas]

I guess fruit trees and bushes would be good also perrenial herbs.

[lettucegrow!]

Easy life,eh!
Fruit bushes ,apple trees, strawberries,herbs chard if you don't decimate it the year it's growing but most stuff needs a gardeners loving touch.

[Jeanied]

Jerusalem artichokes - leave any tubers in the ground and the patch re-grows.

[Bigmallly]

Rhubarb........? Potatoes (Have heard stories of unexpected crops)

[womble]

Learn to garden properly and save seed, you'll never survive on what you are planning.

[smallfrog]

Why bother with the whole growing business and simply embrace the hunter gatherer within.

Stinging nettles are a good source of iron and there plenty of recipes on the vine. The theres wild garlic, Apples, Sloes, Blackberries and mushrooms. Trap a rabbit, catch a fish keep your eyes peeled for a road kill deer. As you aren't the one to hit the poor thing you can take it home.

Read Collins Gem - Food For Free by Richard Mabey. Learn it off by heart and then use it to start a fire.

Seriously if you go mushrooming or foraging make sure your a 100% sure you've identified the right mushroom or plant. If you get it wrong you will DIE!!! or at least be very ill.

Good luck sell your house and find a cave before they all fill up with rest of us. :O)

[smallblueplanet]

Here you go - off your own links...

Survival Seeds - The Survival Seed Bank Provides a Lifetime Food Solution for Families

Or you could just learn to garden?

[Two_Sheds]

[womble]

Here you go - off your own links...

Survival Seeds - The Survival Seed Bank Provides a Lifetime Food Solution for Families

Or you could just learn to garden?

Just what you need in a survival situation, 900 French breakfast radishes!

[Sanjo]

Keep a few chickens for eggs and meat, though you'd need a cockerel for sustained supply. Eggs are fine but how do you feel about killing and preparing your meal?
I do understand where you are coming from. Sometimes wonder myself where it will all end. Then the sun shines and I think "sod it". No good if I'm the only one who planned in advance and I had no company or somebody bigger than me came and pinched it all because they were hungry and hadn't had my foresight!!!!

[Flummery]

To be serious, you can find many free foods lots of threads on here of people finding walnuts, hazelnuts, berries of all kinds (be sure you know the poisonous ones) mushrooms (ditto) and leafy veg (like good) King Henry. However, to ensure a year-round crop you need a bit of land and a knowledge of growing - keep reading The Grapevine!

Winter and early Spring you need greens to harvest and dried beans - get sowing these now.

[Hilary B]

Beans (if neglected) just might self-seed, but I wouldn't bet on it. Might also apply to root crops, cabbage etc, but yields from 'self-seeded' will be pretty pathetic. Otherwise it's the spuds (if they don't get blight) J Artichokes (OK if you live in a very well ventilated home), maybe 'tree onions', and fruit trees/bushes (which still need a bit of TLC from time to time).
Asparagus requires a LOT of weeding, but otherwise might fit your requirements.....

[Two_Sheds]

are there and vegetables or food types, that i can go scatter some seeds around a few places ... and grow back year on year ?...without me doing anything ?

It would have to be something that nothing else likes to eat: something that doesn't appeal to birds, browsing mammals or insects? Jerusalem Artichokes, there you go.

[Glutton4...]

I wouldn't bother mate. If things are that dire, you may as well just eat Macky Dees for the rest of your short life, it won't make that much difference!