When preparing to grow a survival garden, the number of calories a crop offers is an important consideration. Although veggies like tomatoes and cucumbers are nutritious, they won't keep you full. That's why when planning your survival garden, you also want to include lots of high-calorie crops.

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A good survival garden has crops that are easy to grow and produce a lot of food. Here are 12 great choices for beginners.

Self-reliant living starts with re-skilling, and unless you have a mentor handy, there's no better way than hitting the books. These are my favorite books for self reliant living, and they're taught me more than

Learn about the concept of permaculture gardening and how it promotes sustainability and self-sufficiency in garden design.

Traditionally preppers have been heavily focused on buying and stockpiling gear and supplies in an effort to be prepared for a future SHTF event. More and more preppers today, however, are discovering that growing their own food and raising their own livestock and then preserving that food is also a great way to supplement a ... Read more

Self-sufficient gardening is developing skills to help your garden thrive with less reliance upon and less influence from outside sources.

So, you’ve been thinking about building a survival homestead. Maybe you're tired of depending on grocery stores or dreaming of a simpler, more self-sufficient

If you could only grow one food as part of your emergency preps, which one would it be? If you ask me, it would most assuredly be this.

Many gardening tips which are used today can trace their origens to Native Americans and what they learned living close to nature.