Grow Your Own Prepper Survival Garden
No matter whether you are in a survival situation or simply trying to supplement your family’s diet with nutrition, growing your own food is one of the best skills you can train in as a savvy prepper. Gardening is no longer out of style, as many people are learning gardening to save money or make a sustainability statement by having a garden.
In 2020 as the Covid pandemic took hold across the U.S., even many Americans felt the worry of food security magnify and many people lined up for food handouts that never imagined they’d be running out of food. Gardening solves this problem completely and gives your family security through almost any type of disaster.
Having seeds on hand will ensure that if there’s a food shortage, you will be able to sustain your family and grow your own produce. Ideally you’ll have a store of food that will last for a while while your survival garden takes off. Keep in mind that it takes several months to grow even the quickest growing foods. For example, lettuces are fast growing, but you still need about 5 to 6 weeks with the best weather conditions before you can harvest.
The three products recommended below are very popular and are all rated highly on Amazon. The germination rates are also very high - this is confirmed in the ratings and also by my experience growing sample crops of these exact products over the past few years in the Florida climate. When you’re in a survival situation and growing your food is the only source you will have, a reliable germination rate could be equal life or death.
You should ideally store a few sets of reliable seeds from different producers in your prepper stockpile: this gives your survival garden a greater genetic spread which gives strength to the plants you will grow, and then re-grow again year after year. If a certain strain of cucumber struggles to grow in your climate, then maybe another strain will be successful.
Try growing your seeds in times of peace so that you can learn the nuances of how to nurture plants for food production. You might want to invest in a green house to extend your growing season through hot or cold weather extremes. Obviously a green house won’t help you if you have to flee your house - but these seed value packs are highly transportable to wherever you need to shelter.
Simply having seeds are a powerful bargaining tool in an emergency too. But true security comes from having seeds AND having the skills to grow them, which takes several years to learn the intricacies of how to grow food successfully in your climate. The best advice to gain food security is to start prepping now!
Here are three cool seed products to get you growing:
Survival Essentials 100 Variety Premium Heirloom Non Hybrid Non GMO Seed Bank – 17,880+ Seeds - All In One Super Value Pak…Veggies, Fruits, Medicinal/Culinary Herbs – Plus FREE Microgreens Kit
This variety pack comes with 100 varieties of non-GMO, open-pollinated fruits, vegetables, berries, and herbs; plus a microgreens pack. The seeds come packaged in plastic bags with silica packets to keep moisture out, which allows your seeds to be stored for a longer time before growing. The Survival Essentials seed varieties included should grow in most climates of the U.S.
Buy Survival Essentials Seed Bank 17,880+ Seeds
Survival Garden 15,000 Non GMO Heirloom Vegetable Seeds Survival Garden 32 Variety Pack by Open Seed Vault
This is a great starter pack with 32 varieties of non-GMO, open pollinated seeds. It includes mostly vegetables. Open Seed Vault has a great review rating and the reliability for germination is high. These seeds have grown well for me too- so far I’ve tried several lettuces, bell peppers, corn, squashes, okra, and carrots. This pack keeps your seeds fresh for a long time with the mylar resealable packaging, which takes up little space in your bug out pack if you need to evacuate your homestead.
Buy Open Seed Vault Survival Garden 15,000 Seeds
Back to the Roots Organic Mushroom Growing Kit, Harvest Gourmet Oyster Mushrooms In 10 days, Top Gardening Gift, Holiday Gift, & Unique Gift
The Back to the Roots mushroom kit grew so fast: it was amazing to watch it double in size every day. Mushrooms provide protein and can be grown with minimal water, making them an excellent survival food for preppers to store. As long as you keep the mushroom box dry and in a cool place, you can store the mushroom kit for a long time. The box is a little bulky if you have to pack out, but it’s extremely light weight and the nutrition is very high. Back to the Roots has several cool counter-top kits available and if your growing kit has a problem, their customer service response is excellent.
