Episode-634- Container Gardening for the Modern Survivalist [ 1:03:31 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Today we take a deep look at a subject we really haven’t gone into for a long time, container gardening. I know many listeners have very small yards or no yards and are regulated to growing things on a balcony. Containers though to me are for everyone, they short cut soil prep time, offer many advantages and can be used in a variety of ways that improve your production regardless of your land or lack thereof.
Get ready and strap in, I am on fire today with information and resources, this is one of those shows that will overload and work your brain.
Join me today as we discuss…
- Why containers are for all gardeners
- Grow crops outside of your geographic zone
- Use your land for plants that really need the space
- Allows you to grow food anywhere you can find sun
- Opens up new spacing opportunities
- Turn some “annuals” into “perennials”
- Crops that are ideal for containers
- Greens of all kinds
- Tomatoes – Tumbler – Patio Princess – Tiny Tim – Yellow Cranberry – Bush Goliath
- Peppers – anything you want
- Patio Blueberries
- Carrots – Scarlet Nantes, Little Finger, Thumbelina
- Herbs – Basil – Oregano – Parsley – Sage – Rosemary – Chives
- Green/Bunching Onions
- Beans – hestia
- Peas – Tom Thumb (heirloom from the 1800s)
- Self Watering Containers
- Perfect for water conservation
- Actually a lite form of hydroponics
- Easy to fertilize
- Allow you to go a week or longer with out gardening
- Getting really creative
- No limit to container size
- Companion planting
- Getting permission to use the space of others
- Get started anytime of year
- Growing from seed, why not?
- Using vertical spaces to increase growing area
Additional Resources for Today’s Show
- Members Support Brigade
- TSP Gear Shop
- Safecastle Royal – (sponsor of the day)
- The Berkey Guy – (sponsor of the day)
- The Earth Box – A Cool Self Watering Container
- Seattle Peak Oil Awareness – Site I found the PDF on Self Watering Containers On
- How to Build a Self Watering Planting Container – Copyright (c) 2007 by Josh Mandel. (PDF so Right Click and Save As For Best Results)
- YouTube Video on a Bad Ass Way to Make a Self Watering Container by “BalconyGrow”
- BalconyGrow’s YouTube Channel
- A Large Selection of Self Watering Containers on Amazon.com
- How to find PDF Files and Cool Free eBooks – One of my YouTube Videos
- Hestia Beans – Dwarf Variety of Runner Bean I mentioned today
- Members Support Brigade
- Ron Hood’s Survival.com Magazine
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