My Top 6 Crops for Food Security

Join me as I share the top 6 crops I'm most excited to grow this year to increase my food security!
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[@diannevaldez8670]

Hey there! Directed here by Jess at Roots and Refuge and as usual she hasn’t steered us wrong. Great info. Thanks

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Thank you so much for the kind words and thanks for watching! 😁

[@JudyEddy]

Dianne Valdez Same❤️

[@sarahpoe2272]

Sent by Jess too. Thanks for this great info!

[@RainyJo715]

Omg’sh, that’s so funny! I actually just started watching Jess’s channel a couple months ago, and I just found this channel on my own, but when I watched the tomato 🍅 planting video, I said, that’s how Jess plants her tomatoes! Now I know where Jess learned it! Lol Small world! 🌍 You’re an amazing wealth of knowledge and a great gardener! I subscribed!! 👍👍👍

[@TrishInThePiedmont]

Jess is how I got here also!😂

[@tomstepp6945]

I found you through the channel "Roots and Refuge Farm". Thank you for sharing.

[@cynthiawebb389]

Ditto

[@carolecolquhoun7551]

me, too

[@raiganmtz]

Me 3

[@davidcaldwell3526]

Congratulations on making it through your first year teaching!

[@bigjimcountryboy]

keep making videos. Not only do people enjoy them ,but people need them don't forget you are a teacher on youtube also. Thank you for making the video. As a fellow youtuber I enjoyed watching and I learned about produce I never heard of before. A+ * * * * *

[@aleset1]

Thank you so much. You are so personable and have so much great information to share.

[@deakemarschall2992]

Great list. Thanks for reminding me about yard long beans.

[@latrice8262]

Hi I just found your page and subscribed! Fell in love watching the Tumeric video!

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

This is a great video. Well done!! I want to try that squash!

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

They are great! They have a larger seed cavity but the make up for it in size and flavor!

[@desertdanblacksmith1394]

Thanks for suggesting to come here .....going to try these Sunchokes in Arizona Desert....Many Blessings! Subscribed!

[@GinaSiska]

I was laughing at how you said there were so many beans you didn’t know what to do with! I ordered beans and thought I was getting a special kind of bean...can’t remember the name...and instead I saw this gigantic long bean growing on my trellis, and I was like what the heck and then I figured out it was the yard long, lol 😂

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Hahaha I bet that would be a little bit of a shock 😂

[@PurePondering]

Just an FYI - greens can grow through the winter in warmer climates. Mine are still going strong, and I'm watching a snow cloud head this way down one of the mountains.

[@ASimpleLifewithChrisTara]

Great info. Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed.

[@shellymillion9268]

wow! Thanks! That was great!

[@denvermason2467]

I just found your channel and it's a huge help. Subscribed and thank you!

[@sherricantrell]

Recently discovered your channel. I really enjoy your teaching. Thanks

[@1MSally1965]

I grew the Chinese noodle red ones and they’re awesome. I LOVE THEM!! You don’t have to string them when young. They’re delicious canned, pickled, frozen. Also, lettuce can EASILY be grown in a cold frame. Mine continued to grow through 9 degree temps here. I was seriously impressed. I think the key is placement and piling the dirt up around the bottom 2” inside and outside the frames. LOVE SUNCHOKES!!! They’re fantastic pickled! Inulin in them makes them diabetic friendly. You should add asparagus as a perennial, good king Henry and Egyptian walking onions.

[@daviddeane3163]

Awesome and congratulaions! Glad to know you're teaching. Been wondering why I hadn't been getting any updates for some time. Being self sufficient is a very important skill to have, especially these days. Best of luck to you and your students.

[@Ianniebammy]

Thank you for an awesome video. You mentioned getting into Canning and vacuum sealing. You didn't mention dehydrating. I would suggest you trying that. I have been doing dehydrating and canning for a year now. Recently I took a lot of dehydrated onions and running g them through a coffee grinder and making onion powder. I am wanting to start growing tumeric, ginger and garlic and possibly dehydrating them and making powder. Good luck I'm your teaching. I come from a long line of teachers and principals. Best wishes.

[@AT_Videography]

Hmm. I never would have thought that sunchokes could be stored right where they're planted. Good to know! Thanks!

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Definitely makes them handy! Thanks for watching Josh! 😊

[@karentohm881]

I heard about you from roots & refuge. Never heard of sun chokes had to see what they are. Intresting.

[@petalandposeboudoir]

Came over from roots and refuge, subscribed to you too. Thanks for the great video

[@michelleyard1022]

Just found your channel, and here in my part of HTX, we have the WORST squash vine borers. I have fought them for years. Next spring, I'm going to try growing them in big pots on my screened porch. I love squash and borers have been my kryptonite.

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

That’s one of the few pests that I have no real good solution for. Glad I could move back to north Texas where we don’t have them 😅 screened porch should work unless one of the moths come in while the door is open

[@cavymomma]

Surplus greens (especially kale etc) can be dehydrated and added to smoothies, soups, stews later in the year. I will (Yah willing) have enough to can this year too. They aren't a pleasing in texture as fresh, but nutrition on hand is a worthy trade-off 🙂

[@mayfieldmanor5344]

Thank you for the very informative video. You can tell that you are a teacher.

[@cmisita]

Thank you. Great list. Excited for gardening this year. Food security is HUGE!!!!

[@ldg2655]

Me too! I followed the link from Roots & Refuge... I’m looking forward to learning a lot..

[@Sierra-cl9xr]

Love this channel. I really want to grow micro greens now

[@habibishapur]

microgreens are great for quick turnover and year-round availability of fresh greens. The problem, from a food security perspective, is that unless you dedicate a good chunk of the garden to growing plants for seed, you're dependent on a seed bank being able to ship you the seeds.

[@gwenwilliams5940]

One of my top greens is swiss chard. I live in Weatherford, TX and I have had swiss chard live for 3 years. That plant was 4 foot tall before it gave out! We ate it sautéed with a squeeze lemon during the summer, during the winter...for a long while. Glad to see you posted a new video... And look at all the new peeps who found this video!

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

That’s awesome! I want to plant some Swiss chard. Says I can plant from March-May so we’ll see if it will grow without burning up! Only about 1.5 hours away from you so sounds like worth a shot!

[@jeanniepalmer9012]

Add Malabar spinach to that list! It's not actually a spinach but the fleshy leaves can be cooked and eaten the same way. It vines 6' or more and tolerates summer quite well and it doesn't bolt when temperatures climb. Since it can be trellised it won't take up as much ground space. It's also a perennial in some areas. I stumbled on your channel accidentally while scrolling videos on youtube, but I'm delighted to have found you.

[@bettygentry9672]

Sunchokes are new to me. The others are great choices!

[@boitoiful]

Just found you. I'm in Sonoma Co CA. Really enjoy your video's. So I am on board. J

[@EarthVoiceOnline]

The best food security veggies list I've seen. Great job!

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Thank you so much!

[@owezone4804]

I use TURMERIC as a supplement, and if hyperinflation hits, I want to have my own source, because it's already expensive ... thanks for all your info!

[@valeriecallaghan]

Great video!!

[@jennifreesjourney9817]

Hi from Edinburgh Scotland !! Was sent over from Jess at roots and refuge farm to see what you’re up to blessings!

[@purplethumb7887]

Love this episode, and I agree with your choices. What do you teach? I bet you are a fantastic teacher. Your students are very fortunate. Keep up the great work. Love your videos.

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

I teach advanced plant and soil science for mostly high school seniors 😊 and as of right now I also teach physics 😂

[@purplethumb7887]

@@TheMoreYouGrow Awesome!

[@troyyarbrough]

Thanks for the information, especially about the sunchokes. This sounds like a crop I really want to grow. I have a couple of spots in my backyard garden area that would be perfect for them. Keep up the awesome work.

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

Like everyone else, I'm here from Roots and Refuge. Great list.

[@christinacrabtree1369]

Watching after being recommended to by the Roots and Refuge channel. I also live in N Texas! New sub!

[@jkid9942]

Hey YT content creator gardeners - can you pretty pretty pretty please put a little note in your “About” area or the info area underneath the videos as to where you’re located? It would be so easy to do and would help us know if our situations are similar enough to use your ideas. I love your videos and I know you have no control over what others do, I’m just hoping some will read this and take a moment to do it. Thanks!!!😊

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

J Kid I am in north Texas right in between zone 7b-8a. I will definitely go do that. Thank you for the suggestion!

[@jkid9942]

Thank you for taking the time to help us 👍🏻

[@davidcaldwell3526]

A have a quick question. When you take nectar out of the refrigerator, is it necessary to bring it to room temperature before offering it to the hummingbirds?

[@tlnelson7598]

From a retired teacher to a new teacher, keep students first and always.

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Always. I get so much joy out of seeing them feel so accomplished during their garden project

[@solarbeau8594]

Hello, I've learned something today, I didn't know about yardlong bean. What about potatoes, they store well and make a descent yield, beetroots and rutabaga also store very well.

[@cornishbackgardenernewallo1793]

Great video just joined

[@trvlswitrv]

Glad to see that you are back! Really enjoy your videos.

[@bramblesbriarsfarm7007]

Found you via Roots & Refuge, great information. Thank you for sharing.

[@YairaSparkle]

I, too, came bc of Roots & Refuge. This is a great video!!

[@manta965]

Hey man i just found your channel love your videos. I'm getting my MS in science education this next year. Hopefully I can end up at a school with an awesome gardening and horticulture program like your school. Good luck with distance learning till next year.

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

I went on a very similar route with my MS. Keep working hard and you will be great. Things get stressful but in those stressful times always remember your “why”. Why you wanted to become an educator. I have to do that with myself a lot lately lol just don’t let things drag you down when things get hard. I’d also say if you end up at a school and it doesn’t have a horticulture program be the one that starts it! My classes fall under CTE. When you get around to your certifications you might consider getting CTE certified. Best of luck to you!

[@ThirdCoastGardening]

I’m growing a couple different verities of Butternut squashes and spaghetti squash. I even bought an arching trellis to grow them on.

[@owezone4804]

Heidi in RAIN COUNTRY in WA state may have good ideas on Turmeric, she makes supplements

[@stevenridings7880]

Great site, I subscribed after the first video. I live in northern Arizona and grow alot of okra, enough to get through the winter. What do you think about other yams. I want to try growing purple yams.

[@lisamorgan9151]

Can you do a follow up on how to care for a dragon fruit, how to divide and support Thx

[@louislaryssa]

Found your site through Roots & Refuge.

[@carlinkay1151]

Nice to see you back...

[@NUGGETSHOOTER]

Man love your stuff, your oyster Mushroom series was a big help. Shine on my friend

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Thank you and thank you for watching!

[@RobertaHoyle]

Hi there! I'm here and subbed thanks to Jess at Roots & Refuge! Thanks for the great info!

[@patriciapoole9983]

Where do u get your seeds from ......thanks for this God bless

[@dianehaunfelder6275]

Came from roots and refuge

[@roseporter7548]

great info

[@busychrisgardening]

Thank you for this video, its taken me ages to find such a video. what about dried beans?

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

To make enough beans to make to make it worth it you would have to have a large amount of space, but at present dry beans are just too cheap to buy in bulk if food security is your goal that it wouldn’t be cost effective to grow that much

[@busychrisgardening]

@@TheMoreYouGrow thank you. cost effective is my goal. also... why do your sun chokes look so different to the artichoke hearts that I see? are you showing us the roots?

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

@@busychrisgardening Jerusalem artichokes and sunchokes is just a name they were given. They aren’t related in any way haha

[@organicgrow4440]

Hi, welcome back. How is your Mamey Sapote seedling going?

[@brettchampagne4440]

Seems like you grow in a warm Summer climate, I'd add high producing black tail mountain watermelons, Suyo long Japanese cucumbers, edamame soy beans for protein, and rattlesnake pole green beans to make it 10. Walking onions, bunching onions, and Chinese chives are easy perennials in warm climates. Good luck keeping 50 sweet potato plants from taking over everything.

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Those are all ready suggestions! I will have to add some of those to the list. Haha yes the sweet potatoes will go everywhere. I have a 48 foot raised bed I plan to use them as the ground cover for so I’m just like they can go as crazy as they want in that thing haha

[@dianehuff2758]

We live outside of Fort Worth. I should be able to grow sun chokes when I find them. Thanks

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Yes they will grow well!

[@PreachingTruth]

Like so many others, I came via Jess at Roots and Refuge. LOL. Good info. I planted sunchokes or Jerusalem Artichokes this year. God blessed me with a bag of free ones. I ate several, planted several and shared them with someone (with a warning LOL). I knew they get out of control, but that's part of what I like. Food that never stops. I will pick some of the leaves and flowers too. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I like Sweet Potatoes as well and the leaves are also edible, Just don't over pick until harvest time.

[@WICKEDHAMBURGER]

Hello! Directed here by Roots and Refuge. Great video. Good info! Question- where do you purchase your seeds and micro green seeds from.

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

I got my seeds from Johnny’s select seeds. Have a great variety! Hoping to grow some of my own this year to cut down on the cost. We shall see how that plays out! Thanks for watching!

[@jenettekreitler201]

I found you from Roots & Refuge.... Can't wait to hear more about plating sweet potatoes.

[@kevinmayfield3564]

Good video, Bud. Coworker of mine substitutes sunchokes for potatoes on his keto diet. I've never had them, but I think I might get some now.

[@gardenlady1293]

Happy Easter

[@Troupe112]

Could you please give us some tip@ for determining when Spaghetti Squash is ready to harvest???

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

When it turns a deep yellow color 👍 and don’t worry if the vines die back before it looks ready.

[@emilyramirez6459]

Any updates on the mamey sapote tree?

[@melissamills9307]

Here from direction from Roots and Refuge also!

[@Johnathan-kf9px]

So seeds can grow by Light or does it need to be sunlight.

[@lisettesyummygarden2299]

You can make easy flat bread with sweet potatoes.

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

That sounds amazing! Is there a link or recipe you could share? If I get lots of sweet potatoes I might try it!

[@lisettesyummygarden2299]

@@TheMoreYouGrow I will ..super simple. Driving now !

[@colleenrodamer6230]

Lol ur teaching n by the way the kids love u n how u teach . Where r u getting ur slips I can’t find any . Where did u get ur sun chokes I’d like some

[@EvolutionWendy]

🌻🌻🌻

[@EvolutionWendy]

dude yr videos are the most generous and smartest on gardening. I was surprised you were in a wheelchair __ I am disabled & can barely move, but I have an intense desire to garden ❣️🙏🌲

[@liamvantot5615]

My parents always watch your vids

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Tell them thank you so much for me!

[@bettygentry9672]

Will sun chokes grow in Florida zone 8b even though we seldom have a frost?

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Yes they should

[@sharonabner3156]

Roots and Refuge recommended you. Master Gardener that specializes in vegetable gardening.

[@CraftTeaLady]

How many pounds of sunchokes would you suggest to start with?

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Planting? Oh boy not much haha. I started with 2 plants. I gathered the tubers from that last spring and planted maybe 10 plants. Now I have more than I will ever need lol plant conservative for sure

[@CraftTeaLady]

@@TheMoreYouGrow thank you! I'm putting in an order with azure standard today. I appreciate your time to reply.

[@genevievegreene1595]

Jess from Roots and Refuge just mentioned you. So here I am. Hopefully some of what you suggest can be grown here (Barbados).

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Not sure how easy or hard they will be to find in your country but I know the sweet potatoes would grow great!

[@genevievegreene1595]

@@TheMoreYouGrow yes I commented before you got to the sweet potatoes but my dad used to grow them in the east field. I will try some. I have planted some squash and watermelons, okra, spinach tomatoes and sweet peppers and some fruit trees and herbs. My nemesis is the drought and heat.

[@kentdesrochers4052]

Gig'em fellow Aggie. I am here in the Hill Country outside of Blanco. Considering our soils and the lack of rain we have, what do you suggest for sustainable food crops here?

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Okra is definitely a good one for dry soils and a heavy producer especially if you add in some compost.

[@kentdesrochers4052]

@@TheMoreYouGrow Thank you kind sir.

[@sherryw8017]

Glad you are back I was watching when you went to school lol how did your tree forest ever go? This virus suck but glad your vack and Congrats on classes on line for kids so they can still learn!

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

I will be doing and update in my next video. As with many of my projects had some things I hadn’t taken into an account but I might have something still! 😅🤣

[@hipretty]

Can you eat the leaves on the sun chokes?

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Not sure. I have not looked into that part of the plant. I would research it before trying

[@valeriemelanson4131]

Good choices! I love sunchokes aka fartichokes. Last couple of times I tried them with savory which reduced the aftereffects somewhat. Do you have any secrets in that regard?

[@jkid9942]

All those plants (sun chokes, beans, etc) that cause “rumblings” are less potent when you gradually increase the quantity at a meal. Start with a little and increase so your gut bacteria have time to ramp up their populations. They are actually eating the food for us!

[@valeriemelanson4131]

@@jkid9942 Quite right! I look forward to your next video.

[@pamt8430]

Teachers ROCK!!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@hotmessfarm]

I have never heard of sunchokes until I saw Jess at R&R refer to them and your channel. Where would I be able to buy some starts?

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Funny enough but I got my starts in an HEB grocery store lol Johnny’s select seeds sells them but the look to be back ordered so you may have to catch them at the right time

[@janetleeharrison]

Great to see you! I understand about school, what an INSANE first year for you. It can only get better from here, right?! So thankful to know we have teachers as determined & dedicated as you teaching our nations youth. Almost 10K subs! Really like the choices you made & learning why you chose them. Hadn't thought about Sunchokes & Rogosa butternut is new to me, I'll have to give these a try for sure! THX!

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Yes! First year of teaching is hard enough and this corona virus was kind of like throwing a dead fish on things! Haha thank you for the kind words and encouragement!!

[@janetleeharrison]

@@TheMoreYouGrow Can't wait for everything to level off one day & you're back on your old filming routine! Missed ya in FL!

[@theblueblazebeyond4766]

Can you offer a resource for black oil sunflower seeds? Thanks

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

As far as for food grade seed for micro greens I got my seed from Johnny’s select seeds

[@theblueblazebeyond4766]

@@TheMoreYouGrow - yep - love Johnny's Select Seeds. Thank you. Hadn't looked at their site for those.

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

I believe it’s under the “shoots” tab in their list

[@dianehuff2758]

Where are you located, state?

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

North Central Texas 😊

[@Citystead]

Eric: Sunchokes are easy to grow Me: somehow planted 6 and got zero out of them 😄

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Hmmm did they even sprout for you?

[@jenedge5949]

Sent by R and Refuge.

[@buskov]

16:11 winter ? where do you live ? Pretty sure youre not digging 4 foot of snow to find 5 foot deep frost ground . Please dont call that winter :)

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Well people have to take their local conditions into account when doing anything. I can only speak for the conditions I experience. If I covered every variable possible my videos would be 4 hrs long 😂

[@LycanWolf89]

Hey wassup man I didn’t know you had a KZbin channel. Sub from me man.

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Nate’s Fishing whats up man! Yeah I’ve had one going a few years now! Been a bit tougher with having the new job but trying my best haha! Thanks for the sub! You’ll have to start making more videos soon too!

[@LycanWolf89]

The More You Grow yeah been trying but I started new job working for a towing company being on call 24 hours a day makes it kinda hard. But next week the owner is going to let me start taking Wednesday’s off. So hopefully if all goes good I can get back to making videos again.

[@suewolhart3535]

Javelina and wild pigs will dig up sunchokes and leave nothing behind but disappointment

[@TheMoreYouGrow]

Most definitely! I am lucky to have mine planted were I don’t have to worry about the hogs. They would make short work of them if the could though!