Plant those 3 crops NOW in October to Help with Coming Food shortages | Uk Prepper

[@emmsue1053]

You have done well Ana, this summer hasnt been good for growing at all. Thank you.

[@ibrstellar1080]

I put the copper wire pot scrubbers around my brassica plants worked rather well and coffee grounds underneath them .

[@lanajack404]

Ana your garden veg is looking great! i think it's awesome that seeds you save in garden have memory so after a few seasons they learn your own garden conditions and do well. looking forward to seeing your indoor garden.

[@innocentbystander4650]

Well done for persevering after a set-back. It's very rewarding when your vegetables are growing well.

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Thank you 🥰

[@susanw9630]

I live in rural Lincolnshire and not a single one of my 8 ft by 4 ft bed of dwarf French beans survived. I was blaming slugs, but eventually realised it was pigeons eating them as they poked their heads up!. Then they started on the leek bed, just crushing them and pulling out the grass-like seedlings, presumably for nest building - so we had to net the leeks. Pigeon pie might be on the menu when SHTF!.

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

I hear pigeon pie is rather lovely do fatten them up now 🙁

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

I was going to say, you have to be out first light with an Air rifle, then it makes sense. But, If you're not gardening full time then that's probably not an option. My dad used to grow the beans inside an arch of fencing wire, if he saw pigeons in the garden, he'd get the dog to watch them (a Westy), get him all wound up, and if they went in the arch for the beans he'd let him out and he'd often get one.

[@susanw9630]

@@emmaearnshaw3282 Thanks for the tips, Emma - we've tried the air rifle option but definitely need some target practice! Your dad's technique sounds fun! x

[@BraveNewUs]

Iv already thought about that pigeon pie 😂

[@StabbinJoeScarborough]

Adding cans to my pantry almost daily now , thanks Ana !

[@BraveNewUs]

New sub cant wait to binge watch your videos 😊

[@Queen.of.chickens129]

New subscriber here. A Brit in Belgium 🇧🇪. Great to find your channel.

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Hi and welcome 😁🎉

[@bradlafferty]

You have a plan, the resources, and the will to make your winter crops bring you fresh food when it’s cold and dreary. Good on you! Best.

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Very true! Thank you 😊

[@suemac7536]

I would not call that a rubbish garden, I'm in the UK we've had dreadful weather, in light of that you did very well.

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Thank you 🥰

[@davidlacey-goodman4711]

Thanks Ana. I have found growing this season quite challenging. Some crops have done well, others not so well. I try to have storable food crops, given what is coming to us. Can I just recommend jerusalem artichokes. They grow anywhere, in almost any conditions. I planted mine in the spring, and gave them absolutely no attention, come rain or shine. They produce a huge crop, and can be left in the ground all winter until reqired. You will inevitably miss a few when harvesting, and these will multiply to give another crop next year - so almost perpetual. Probably not my very first choice of crops, but reliable and versatile - especially when you are hungry!

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Thank you 😊 I used to grow globe ones in old house, they were lovely never tried Jerusalem, I think I must . Thank you 😁

[@lf4061]

My Jerusalem Artichokes are in flower right now when everything else is dying back. The yellow flowers are bright and cheery like sunflowers. The Jerusalem Artichoke plants are very tall, eight feet, and straggly looking through most of the summer; so I would recommend planting at the back of a border or in a corner of the yard. I have found that if you pinch the top of main stem and leaves when the plants are a couple feet tall, the plant will branch out and not get quite so tall but still flower.

[@susanw9630]

@@AnasFoodLifestyle They are quite tasty, especially in a soup, but do contain indigestible sugars which give you terrible wind - be warned!

[@kidzngrandkidz840]

No preppers are quitters, well done for getting back out there, growing our own food is a learning curve, I’ve had disappointing results this year too, but I’ve also had successes, at the moment we can see that nature is doing it’s best to show us things are still possible, things that naturally die back and return every year are a good example, also gifts dropped by birds, they get no special care and yet still thrive, and of course we can still grab a few bits with our weekly shop to squirrel away, while stock is affordable and available.

[@anonet78]

Ana you never ever give up We are preppers.

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

We are indeed 😊

[@coastlinecleanupwales]

Good effort, it's always good to see a fellow gardener having success ❤

[@mariee2688]

Well done! I hope your carrots come back - mine have - and they were single bare stalks! Apparently, they will still grow beneath the ground. Love that you're real! Just be you. It's good to know we're not alone. ❤ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Thank you very much 🥰

[@ibrstellar1080]

I have cattle weld mesh that I use as a vertical planter as it's a great way to maximise space as I hook the planters like the one your carrots are in with as I place them 6ft high to stop carrot fly and the plants like Parsley and Basil underneath as they do better in shade.

[@tonette6592]

Good for you.I am concerned, and I really need a greenhouse because of all the conditions here that are adverse to growing food.

[@danam.8709]

I've used plastic bread clips to slip over the stems of beans, peas, herbs... I select for seed saving. This way I don't accidently harvest them for other purposes .

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

That’s a very good idea 😊

[@jamiecampbell4437]

Love to try gardening. Totally washed out here in Scotland.

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Hi , well I live in Wales and it rains A LOT ! every year is different so don’t give up and give it ago

[@jamiecampbell4437]

@@AnasFoodLifestyle definitely will with good honest hard working gardener's like yourself helping people like me .

[@viv8117]

Great!

[@asmremporium4735]

❤❤❤thank you

[@Janet-v7v]

Thank you gardening is always a challenge and a new experience sharing on my local PHA channels

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Thank you 🥰

[@melindakenton8307]

Just found you and really happy about that. Growing turnips, first vegetable ever. Looking forward to learning from you

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Thank you and Welcome🥰

[@Lee_Proffit]

Glad that you are back out there Ana Have a good weekend for your "special" occasion 😉😉

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Thank you! 😃

[@TheEnglishladyskitchengarden]

Slugs have been the bane of my life this year.

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

I could not have done it without nematodes this year.

[@AngelaH2222]

Kick start next season with "houseplants" of sweet peppers. They often started at Christmas, but I plan to start a couple of seeds at fortnightly intervals from next week to see how far they will get ahead

[@buffabee7130]

@AngelaH2222 great idea!👍 My pepper from seed has x5 fruits and I've picked x2 already but 75 days until turning red is killing me! I don't have a greenhouse so it's outdoors or kitchen🤷‍♀️ poor plant has to be made of tough stuff!

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Yes brilliant idea, I’m on it 😊

[@OutdoorPrepper2025]

You've still got a good bit left to harvest so it's happy days and none will go to waste and the rest Will make good compost,I think it's been the same all over the UK,my grapes are poor this year and my rhubarb wasn't as thick stemmed as it usually is,I've got leeks in now,but it's all trial and error as you know and when you find out what does well you will just end up growing that,that's what I do,at least your girls can get in there once you start getting stuck in removing the waste,I found that potatoes in containers is the way forward,I've had plenty of carrots and raspberries and onions that were grown from sets, going to try and grow them from seed next year, going to get some munure to throw on the raised beds over winter as well as some worm casts, your chilis look amazing so you've obviously done something right 👍.

[@barrybailey5094]

It is said you do not have a slug problem, you have a duck deficiency, ducks love slugs!!.

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

I don’t think my husband will allow me to have anymore animals 🤣

[@louisebran5406]

Those slugs! I have put all my pots on sheep wool with a few bowls of ale and yeast dotted about and they have kept most off my plants

[@Aidan1444]

"Nonetheless!" 😁🤗

[@angelabrooke5059]

Your hen is gorgeous. I had a Mrs Speckles who was rather like her. ❤️

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Thank you 😊 she is a big girl and very fast 😁

[@angelabrooke5059]

@@AnasFoodLifestyle She's gorgeous and looks so relaxed and well cared for. 😊

[@noggindoo]

Nice to see u growing some winter crop but you will need more than a few carrots and cabbage to survive a winter. And what is going to get worse as nothing is really bad yet.unless u have a small holding of course 😊

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

The food shortages that are coming this winter are an issue. As a prepper I have pantry full of tins and cans as well 🥰

[@thecookreporting]

Good netting

[@Dingleowl1582]

👍

[@ebnanaann5644]

A small garden with little or no sun

[@andreer-k6136]

Hi Ana, where are you based? 😊

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Hi, South of Wales

[@andreer-k6136]

@@AnasFoodLifestyleI visited there there last year, soo appreciate the courage of the Welsh, standing up to bullying the English even though there’s no real border, unlike Scotland. Must be that Celtic spirit?! (I’m English hahaha!)

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

I’m not Welsh though 😊 born in Eastern Europe , lived in Brighton for most of time until few years when moved to Wales 😁

[@andreer-k6136]

@@AnasFoodLifestyle Romania? We took our family All over Eastern Europe (quite a while ago!🤪)😊😊😊😊😊

[@buddymojo]

But I thought you ,'didnt; have chickens

[@buffabee7130]

I thought she said she borrowed them to eat the slugs🤷‍♀️

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

🤣

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Yes I have borrowed one, just for the video shoot 🤣

[@nedcramdon1306]

I like to watch your videos but you talk so fast, it's like your voice is sped up 4 times. My head hurts. You got a like from me regardless.

[@AnasFoodLifestyle]

Thank you , I do that when I get excited 🤣