Emergency self-sufficiency garden: Ten fruits and vegetables to grow
Created: 11/18/2022, 2:30 p.m
By: Ines Alms
Self-sufficient people have long known that growing fruit and vegetables in the garden provides a great supply, even for emergencies.
Some varieties are particularly suitable.
1 / 10Radishes have the advantage that they are ready to harvest just a few weeks after sowing.
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2 / 10Natural Potatoes: Depending on the variety, they provide nutrients from spring to autumn.
Easy to grow.
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3 / 10The main harvest of carrots is from June to November, and they can also be stored for a long time.
What more do you want?
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4 / 10The perennial Jerusalem artichoke grows like weeds, saturates well and is in season from October to March in winter.
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5 / 10The musk squash can be stored for up to a year.
Depending on the variety, pumpkins are in season from August until frost.
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6 / 10Seed onions can be stored longer than onion sets.
The main harvest is from June to September.
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7 / 10A jack of all trades among vegetables: White cabbage can be stored and preserved for a long time.
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8 / 10Anyone who pays attention to storable apple varieties such as Topaz or Ontario when growing them will be supplied with vitamins for many months.
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9 / 10Pears can produce a high yield from July to winter even with little space.
Winter varieties store well.
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10 / 10Berries like raspberries, strawberries or blackberries don't have a very long season, but they are perfect for canning.
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Every self-catering person knows the good feeling of making yourself independent of supermarkets with your own fruit and vegetables from the garden.
There are numerous good reasons for this, from cultivation in which you have control over the crop protection yourself, to a particularly aromatic taste of the fruit, to secure supplies in times of crisis.
Even if or precisely because it always takes a while for fruit and vegetables to ripen, it makes sense for garden owners to plan ahead so that the selected varieties and their harvest times are spread over the year or can be stored well.
After all, it would be a pity if you could only draw from the lavish supply of tomatoes, strawberries, etc. in August.