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Preparedness Seeds for an Emergency Garden and Urban Survival Supplies
Are you prepared to grow your own food? Preparedness seeds are also known as non-hybrid, open-pollinated, heirloom, non-gmo and survival seeds, and are a great addition to your survival gear. Some type of emergency garden or survival garden should be a part of your urban survival supplies in preparedness for a disaster. Preparedness seeds can also be used in your everyday garden too.
Preparedness seeds may be saved at harvest time and used to replant in next year's garden. Survival seeds may also be stored for long periods (years), making them a valuable item for your own emergency garden or for barter/trade. The seeds should be dried to their optimum moisture content to lengthen their storage life. Storage conditions and packaging affect the viability of the seeds. By keeping seeds cold, you can greatly extend their life expectancy. More details for seed collection and seed saving should be researched for each individual plant.
Compare this to the modern hybrid seeds, which cannot be harvested and planted from year to year. If you try to save hybrid seeds and replant, they will not look the same as the original plant. In this way, the seed companies keep you dependent on them to buy seed every single year. Not so with preparedness seeds. With the non-hybrid survival seed varieties you make an initial investment/purchase, and as long as you save seed at harvest every year, you will be able to produce delicious fresh food for you family indefinitely.
There are many different garden types out there, which range from container gardens, raised bed gardens, traditional garden beds to farming. It really varies. This depends on available land, climate and soil conditions and how much time you have to grow your own food. Just start small and expand as you gain more experience. I live in the city and have enjoyed using container gardening. Container gardens are suitable for getting maximum production out of small spaces, and are a great part of your urban survival supplies. When choosing a location for your garden, find a place that has full sun and is well drained. If your soil is dense clay, just add compost and gradually improve the mixture for better conditions.
An emergency garden, survival garden or your everyday garden should have a variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs and grains for a healthy diet. Non-hybrid varieties include vegetable garden preparedness seeds, fruit preparedness seeds, salsa preparedness seeds, culinary herb preparedness seeds, medicinal herbs preparedness seeds and ancient grains preparedness seeds. Proper nutrition is greatly improved with more food groups, and saves money for your grocery and health care expenses. It also helps your sense of well-being to have more choices of foods to eat. You could get pretty tired of rice and beans, if that is all you have for chow.
Preparedness seeds are suitable for rural gardens, city gardens, urban survival supplies and everyday gardens. Non-hybrid, open-pollinated, heirloom, non-gmo survival seeds are a step towards self-reliant living for your survival gear.
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Find emergency preparedness for a disaster, survivalist gear, storage food and a variety of survival kits. Susan Hovis provides self-reliance information and supplies to help in your emergency planning. SurvivalKitFood.com
Does anyone know of anywhere that I can get free vegetabe seeds?
I am in read need of Vegetable Seeds as I am not working right now due to a bad car accident. I would like to plant some seeds so that I can save some money since I have two children. Any info would be appreciated. I live in zone 5(Northeast PA) Thanks again, this site has been most informative and helpful with all of the great answers.
You can join GardenWeb as they have a seed exchange on there. Each trade is unique to the traders, some will take a trade for a SASE in exchange. You can find plants as well as vegetable seeds available to trade. Once you get going, you can collect your seeds and then begin offering those for trade too.
Best of luck and recovery to you.
http://www.gardenweb.com/
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How to Make Pumpkin Seed Butter
As Thanksgiving approaches fast, I'm sure you've been seeing all sorts of typical Thanksgiving recipes. Of course, I could talk about cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, roast turkey and green bean casserole until I'm blue in the face (and trust me, I could). However, I wanted to offer something a little different this Thanksgiving. I still associate pumpkins with Thanksgiving (c'mon – pumpkin pie!) so I went with this recipe for pumpkin seed butter.
OK, so I admit this is a far cry from traditional Thanksgiving recipes. But this recipe is great for a variety of reasons. For one, if you're adventurous enough to roast your own pumpkins for the big meal, this is great way to dispose of all those seeds. Two, if you happen to serve dinner rolls for Thanksgiving dinner, this is great to pair with them. And last but not least, this will make your post-Thanksgiving turkey sandwiches taste that much better.
Truthfully, this recipe came about from the last tine I toasted pumpkin seeds. They didn't toast evenly, which made for some bad snacking. Instead of tossing them, I made this tasty pumpkin seed butter. This is a great recipe for those with serious nut allergies as well.
Looking for more traditional Thanksgiving recipes? Be sure to check out the FaveDiets page on Thanksgiving Dinner Made Easy: 23 Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes.
Pumpkin Seed Butter
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups toasted pumpkin seeds
- Canola oil
- Pumpkin pie spice, to taste (optional)
- Honey (optional)
Instructions:
- Pour toasted pumpkin seeds into your food processor. I had pumpkin seeds that were already toasted and flavored on hand. Of course if you don't, go ahead and toast your pumpkin seeds and flavor them to taste.
- Turn on your food processor and blend until fine.
- While the blender is on, slowly pour in your canola oil until your pumpkin seed butter has reached the desired consistency.
- When you have the right consistency, turn off your food processor and add the flavorings of your choice. Give everything one last mix with a flexible spatula and place into a container of your choice.
This will stay good in your refrigerator for a few weeks, but for me it didn't last nearly as long. I wish I could give you a better estimate of how much oil to use, but it all depends on what consistency you prefer. I used pumpkin seeds straight from a pumpkin, so my pumpkin seed butter came out on the chunky side. I happen to like chunky peanut butter, so this worked out well. However, if you want a smoother consistency, use hulled pumpkin seeds.
If you're looking for some more Thanksgiving recipes, be sure to check out the FaveDiets YouTube channel for some great ideas.
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