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How To Grow a Garden for Survival & Self-Sufficiency

Plan Ahead for Your Self-Sustaining Garden

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How much do you need to grow?

Do the math before planting.

What do you and your family like?

Focus on growing the fruits and vegetables that you like.

What do you use the most?

The foods that you use the most should be at the top of your growing list.

Allergies to consider?

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Food tolerance and safety is a top priority when you are growing for self-sufficiency.

Think About Space

Corn is popular, but it takes up a lot of space. Consider the value and usefulness of large crops and maximize garden square footage

What about herbs

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Herbs take up little space, benefit other plants, and have both culinary and medicinal uses.

Think what you can grow to feed meat animals

What can be grown to be used for barter or trade

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