13+ Survival Gardening Crops To Grow To Live Off Your Garden

Today I am going to talk to you about the Survival Garden. This is a garden designed to meet the majority of your nutritional needs in difficult times, to get you by for weeks or months without access to a grocery store and produce a majority of your food, even when times are good! Imagine being able to rarely make a trip to the grocery store and instead take daily trips to your garden for your sustenance along with your health and happiness! This video focuses on 13+ crops key for the survival garden.
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[@Robin.Greenfield]

For those of you in colder climates, the video for you is here! The Easiest, Most Abundant Edible Plants to Grow in a Garden - Gardening in a Cold Climate: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4PXdWBsm7x_kLs

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

I don't know if you already know this, but in South India we use moringa's flowers, seedpods and the stem of plantain as well for cooking.

[@arcusgaming5064]

@@aleenaprasannan2146 we sometimes also eat moringa flowers in the philippines too

[@WATCHER71B]

Thanks for doing the Cooler Climate version. Was enjoying but despairing of your wonderful garden full of warmer climate produce that I know and love.....but sadly mostly will not do well in my cooler climate (I wish they would! I would be very happy! You are blessed!) Appreciate it!

[@bulanbintang145]

Rob Greenfield https:www.youtube.com

[@edyperez2206]

Hy my friend. I have a type of white Cuban huge sweet potatoes. If you want some contact me. My name is Edy....

[@tallguytrav]

You should for sure watch the video all the way through, but I was looking for this comment afterward watching and couldn't find it. 1. 1:42 Sweet Potatoes 2. 2:57 Cassava/Yuca 3. 4:44 Yam (Dioscorea alata) 4. 6:56 Potatoes 5. 7:33 Bananas 6. 9:14 Papaya * 10:50 Zucchini (Thanks for catching that one Eternal Source!) 7. 11:49 Seminole Pumpkin 8. 12:45 Pigeon Peas 9. 13:40 Beans & Peas 10. 16:21 Moringa 11. 17:21 Katuk 12. 18:15 Chaya 13. 19:55 Perennial Spinaches Holistic Health: 21:28 Tumeric/Ginger 22:13 Elderberry Bonus: 23:05 Peppers 23:25 Herbs (ex.Cuban Oregano, African blue basil, dill) 24:26 Daikon Radish 25:07 Tomatoes 25:40 Garlic/Onions Thanks for all the info Rob!

[@mjk9388]

You're amazing. Thank you for taking the time to put this down!

[@chialara5302]

Thank you!

[@eternalsource4655]

10:50 Zucchini

[@kristermartinez4989]

Thank you, do you happen by chance know how to spell the yam's scientific name? I wish to research to ID it in the wild in hopes of foraging and getting rid of the invasive species.

[@t.h.nguyen5193]

Thank you, tallguytrav, for taking the time to compose the list.

[@bigbobexD]

I wish they would teach more gardening and foraging in schools! I grew up thinking you need a big garden with good soil to be able to grow anything significant. This is a whole new world! Thanks Rob

[@davidcliatt1314]

I agree that they should teach gardening, but not with teaching foraging. I would not like to see the whole population trampling and striping nature.

[@faithlilis]

1 yr later now December 2021, did u do a garden, mini small or went big? Gosh i kill even 1foot long plants like strawberry 😭 😫

[@faithlilis]

Agree 100% and hope theyd teach about communist too, all this is essential to appreciate this freedom and green

[@Amelia_R4]

@@davidcliatt1314 I would rather see people eating things like dandelions, thistle and chickweed than poisoning it.

[@davidcliatt1314]

I only mean that in an emergency many people would use (worse case) the wild to fill a market need like what happened to water birds and doves in the 18 hundreds.

[@jillaltomare8861]

I am a teacher in Central Florida and I take care of our school garden. I will share this info with my students! Thank you!

[@skimmer521]

Dont bother. knegahs dont grow things. They only kill and destroy.

[@ancientonessanctuary1139]

Bless you.

[@fabiomoura9532]

Hi Rob, it's nice to known your channel. Here on our property we plant yams, cassava, bananas and papaya. With green papaya, we make soap. Papaya contains an enzyme, called papain, which has an antibacterial action and is an accelerator of the healing process. It is an excellent bath soap for those who live in the countryside. All the best. Fábio from Brazil

[@cosmichef75]

Also the seeds kill gut parasites

[@mamabest3599]

Interesting.. How do you make soap with green papaya?

[@sharonlynn3358]

There is a reason you did what you did for a year... to teach us all!! Thank you so much!

[@goodlifehomestead6876]

I'm certainly inspired to have a go at eating only what I produce or forage for a year. The idea has captured my imagination.

[@artistaloca4]

I feel that what he's learning would be useful as required standard learning in public schools

[@lisalph8922]

@@artistaloca4 , public schools don't seem to be so good at teaching useful things. It's more about obedience to authority and how to be a good little citizen. :(

[@ireddit1505]

Lisa LPH Got to learn the useful knowledge ourself

[@newlycreated1864]

I'm in the middle of listening to "Weapons of Mass Instruction". The government school system was designed to make obedient workers who consume. Self-reliance, living debt free is definitely not something they'd teach in those prisons.

[@elmalindsay8701]

I grew up eating yams, cassava and sweet potatoes, mangos, cashew fruit, soursop, jack fruits and much more. I grew up at the northeast of Brazil.

[@LuisRodriguez-lv2zo]

Wow, what else did you eat?

[@wordsbymaribeja1470]

A very (West) African diet.

[@Mensetcor]

Glad to see co-patriots watching this channel. Living in North of Brazil, in the state of Rondonia, I kind of eat daily or seasonally rambutã, pitomba, dig up manioc, cupuaçu, taioba, green beans, caju, okra, guava, jabuticaba, cuchá, acaí and his close cousin, bacaba.

[@Natasha-oz6ik]

Elma Lindsay same for me as I grew up in the Caribbean

[@tokoraider1942]

I ate the same food growing up in a South Pacific island

[@dolanjustin]

Being able to grow all the calories you need in your front yard is an important thing to prove and keep proving. There is much debate on how much land a person needs to full fill his or her needs. Nothing beat the experience of actually doing it. This is why you are my hero.

[@aquietplace5832]

So am I the only one who started a garden and got addicted during the pandemic? 😁 Happy Gardening everyone!🍷🍷

[@marykayrudzinski3787]

Me too!!! Only I live in snow country ....4 mo of growing!🍷

[@eliz222003]

Me, three! What a joyous activity... Happy Gardening 💚😊

[@WorldOfARandomVegan]

Nope, me too!!

[@kevinjohnson8596]

I've not hardened since before the pandemic. I've got the itch. Driving me crazy that cold weather is on the way. Going to have to double up on my cymbalta...lol

[@BuyMyBathwater]

This is your local West Coast Canadian here, confirming that yes, drive by and midnight zucchini attacks are a common occurrence.

[@hfortenberry]

LOL

[@thergreenpproject4179]

That's hilariously new information for me. But really, we should all do this for each other. :)

[@generalsmedleybutler340]

*drops off zucchinis* ".........sorry"

[@anyascelticcreations]

I would happily be the victim of a drive by zucchini drop off. 🤣

[@taraconnelly2348]

Daikon Radishes are awesome! Maybe even my fire escape space can be a garden! The more we talk about these things, the more we'll think about these things, the more we will shift into this world as it's completely necessary. I'm waking up finally!

[@SlinkyDrinky]

They are my favorite crop to grow, along side sweet potatoes ^^ I had a daikon radish plant grow over 2 meters tall, the radish was as thick as your thigh (but was hollow)

[@solfeinberg437]

Have you seen Sepp Holtzers explanation of a balcony garden? He has a planter box with a hole in it and a water collection thing under it - he taps into the downpipe for the rainwater - and it fills the collection thing when it rains and overflows back into the downpipe when it's full. He has a log that goes through the hole in the planter into the collection container that wicks water into the planter. It's planted to mushrooms. He has vines coming up the outside of the building and when they get to your container you put a rock on it and it roots in your container. Imagine the outside of a building covered in grapes that are one big plant that's rooted in multiple placers / heights. It's totally ridiculous. But now you can go on vacation and your garden takes care of itself.

[@SlinkyDrinky]

@@solfeinberg437 That is such an interesting technique for built up areas! thanks for sharing that Sol. :D

[@guardiandogoargentinos1385]

@@solfeinberg437 your name is sol? As in the Sol-stice/the 🌞

[@synthyeusebe1112]

@@solfeinberg437 thanks for sharing this info. Ive alwzys wanted to know how to grow grapes in a warm climate

[@nainoapeterson7871]

As a beginner gardener looking to be independent from grocery stores here in Hawaii, I would like to say thank you for all of your helpful videos you put out. it is truly golden content 🤙🏿

[@miguelguzman2672]

Cuban oregano grows incredible well indoors, I've had my plant for two years (adding new soil twice into the same pot) . It lives in total shade for 10 months out of the year, and it just keeps growing. It is by far my most resilient plant.

[@angelmercy1497]

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[@debra-annwillis781]

Im Jamaican and almost everything you mentioned is grown here. Moving towards being more self sufficient! Cant wait to grow all these amazing foods.

[@zoenjeri4010]

Oh my! most of these crops are indigenous to Kenya, East Africa where I'm from. I remember harvesting yams with my grandma when i was a little girl. We'd roast it over the hearth fire and take it with tea! And the cassava, we actually eat it raw too as a snack when working around the garden. It peels so easily. We just avoid the center 'root' or stem. Pigeon peas, we grow in plenty and our favorite thing to do is harvest before they dry out and boil some then fry with heavy coconut cream. We have papayas, plantains, moringa and so much more too. I miss the farm life.. City life can get so shitty.

[@This_is_my_real_name]

I'd _love_ to be able to eat bananas as a staple food! Unfortunately, bananas, as well as most of the _other_ staple crops in this video, are acclimated to very _warm_ climates, and would never be able to grow into more than a year's worth of _compost_ here in Michigan. I wish that videos like this would include something in the title to indicate that it's aimed at people living in the tropics. It'd also be nice if he'd make a video for people living in the _temperate_ region of North America (i.e., _most_ of us!)

[@yeahnahyeahnahprivateacc]

Sounds awesome why not go back

[@zoenjeri4010]

@@yeahnahyeahnahprivateacc I still live in Kenya, just in the city. That was my grandma's land, I'd need to own my own, which I'm saving towards.

[@lemmingscanfly5]

@@This_is_my_real_name Yeah, we gonna have to make due with Potatoes and broccoli...

[@This_is_my_real_name]

@@lemmingscanfly5 --Well, it's not quite _that_ grim :) But, thankfully I do like potatoes and broccoli, a lot. At least we can grow okra, tomatoes, tomatillos ("vine" ripened they're like tropical fruit, or "giant ground-cherries"), garlic, onions, leeks, etc., etc., etc. Sure would be nice to be able to grow bananas, though (without a greenhouse). BTW, there's a guy with an indoor orange grove in _Iowa!_ He uses geothermal heat, and has quite the nice operation going. There's a video here on YT about him, as well as various online articles. And when I was growing up in the Bronx (circa the 1950s) I would sometimes visit "the hothouse" as we called the New York Botanical Society (if that's the _real_ name!) in Bronx Park. Different sections had different climates, including desert, jungle, and so forth. They _did_ grow tropical fruits! I remember picking coffee beans "on the sly" and gnawing on the seeds I dug out of the berries. (I don't know if they'd have arrested a nine year old, but that was enough of an excursion into "the life of crime" to cure me of going down that road when I got older! :) OK, "this old man" will stop rambling now. (I do wish I was wealthy, though, so that I could have a nice _tall_ greenhouse to grow bananas!)

[@triniparadisewakeup4351]

The creator is truly my portion and inspiration...God put the medicine in the food of the earth

[@quercus4730]

And when god got pissed off he drowned " everything ".

[@xuyahfish]

Raspberries can be grown under ALL kinds of conditions & harvest can be giant, then preserved for a spike in sugar & calories as well as necessary nutrition all year round. My grandma supplied several families with preserves from the the thorny bushes surrounding her garden that protected it from deer. Raspberries also do very well along forest edges & in bad soil conditions & don't need attention.

[@Hleagh]

Thank you ...I am trying to grow raspberry.

[@Wolftaktik888]

Great trip, thank you!

[@dearinsomniadontletthebedb9237]

Really? Even in the Caribbean?

[@paopreedeewong4412]

My front yard: papayas, lemongrass,basil,Thai egg plants, Okinawa spinach,Chinese gooseberry, Brazillean peppermint, flowers,green onions, kalamancis, and many more herbs. Back yard: passion fruit,ti-leaves, holy basil, lemongrass basil, sweet basil, Thai lime leaves, Mexican broccoli, off course Thai chilies, pandas leaves, ferns, flowers, oregano, rosemary,mints, and many more kind of herbs. We rent. Thanks from Oahu.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

I need a tropical raspberry love them. Dwarf ever bearing Mulberries are great though.

[@Nee96Nee]

Carrots are biannual, used as an annual. Allow 2 carrots from each cultivator that you grow to stay in the ground. The following year it will put all of it's energy into growing seeds. Parsley is the same. There's a lot of plants that we grow and eat as an annual, however they're biannual.

[@TaraBhairavi]

Actually carrot and parsley belong to the same family.

[@arceliacody5151]

Awesome presentation! The tapioca can be harvested at six months. You can boil it in coconut milk and excellent to eat with seafood. It can be be processed into tapioca flour. Cookies and cakes are made from it. Excellent for diaper rash for babies. Thanks for ur sharing. Keep them coming.

[@bonniegarber9915]

Thank you. What if you don't harvest all of them? Will they keep growing? Will they rot in the ground? Will they die down then come back the next year? 🤔

[@arceliacody5151]

Bonnie Garber where we are. We never have enough of them tapioca. It’s one of the delicacy food. When we process the tapioca into flour. The meat will be fed to the pigs and the chickens. The roots will rot if not harvest. We harvest them as soon as we can. So not to invite the rats into the plants area. The roots which we eat do not reseed. The stem is the part that we cut it up into 12” and replant. Hope this will help. Ask again to learn more.

[@lollipop7458]

I’m so jealous right now…I can almost feel the the temp, climate, humidity(😩), w/ listening to the birds & all the plush green…*sigh. So peaceful.

[@julesosaz7974]

My family used to do cassava and yam gardening in Nigeria as a kid. Miss it. Also pineapple, avocado, plantain, mango, cashew, guava , lemons, orange , coconut, palm fruit , corn , papaya and lots more right in our backyard.

[@truthexposed839]

Yes let’s build a wall of 🌿 herbs and natural medicine

[@johndoetoptek6505]

And let's become complete soyboys thereby

[@barryminor616]

You're on to somethin.... amaze US and share...🍉🥥🥦🌶🍇🍋💓💖💓🤝🍒

[@kindcolt2747]

@@johndoetoptek6505 lol john doe?

[@anyascelticcreations]

Blackberries could make a pretty nice fence. Not many people would want to casually walk through it because of the thorns. 👍

[@chezhelene2409]

Thanks for this video. I'm in NC. I've had the same Swiss Chard for several years. I just chop up a few leaves and add to whatever I'm cooking. I also grow Figs in pots, propagate from cuttings and share with my neighbors.

[@carriec910]

I have also had the same Swiss chard for years, it is a must for a survival garden in Texas

[@agnel47]

I'm gonna watch your videos next.

[@GrowingwithAnastasia]

Wow I thought they only lasted two years?! I learned something today!!

[@alecxapelingon48]

We used to call the coconut as tree of life too here in Philippines because every part of the tree is useful in many ways. Like for example, the dried coconut can be like a scrub on wooden floors just to make it shiny and can be a great material to make charcoal. Dried leaves can be use as roofing and etc.

[@judyvg2000]

I love Sweet Potatoes 🍠🍠😋😋 I'm growing them for the first time this year, store bought, red Japanese and Gensing variety. I've been harvesting the leaves, each one taste different.

[@rebeccahenkins1697]

A friend just gifted me a pigeon pea and I had no clue that was a tree! I love them in rice dishes.

[@america6545]

Check out Puerto Rican food recipes. They use a lot of the food Rob talks about.

[@Snowiethemaltipoo]

Indian recipe too:)

[@judithjay9312]

West Indian as well.

[@sharonperez7780]

Arroz con gandules pa ti. If you want I can link you to a great puertorican cooking channel :)

[@sabin97]

there are two main ways of cooking them, one is when they are still green, or barely ripe. you cook them with your rice...and add some colour to make the rice yellow. or you can also dry them, and then you boil them apart from the rice..... they are delicious both ways.

[@AnnBearForFreedom]

Everybody has heard of "food forests". Now Rob is introducing us to "food fences", hee!

[@barryminor616]

Perrrrfect ideas DUDEs

[@hoperules8874]

Colonial American favorite. Way less work for creating multiple paddocks.

[@benaires07]

I've got NOTHING against you Rob: You are a TRUE Survivalist!!! We NEED more brothers like YOU to teach these kids about healthy eating and to grow their OWN food. I know it depends on the Temperate Zones in the U.S or wherever you like, but this is worth LOOKING into!!! Do your thing. TEACH on brother!!! TEACH ON!!!!

[@HappyHealthyandFree]

I seriously need you to come here, live in my backyard and help us get a garden going and find food we can eat that’s already here! Love your channel!

[@marionsgray]

Your next surviver list must include Callaloo (Amaranth leaves) It can grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 2 through 11. You typically do not have to water mature callaloo unless there is a drought. Thanks for sharing.Love your selections, when I move to Fl I will be looking into planting many of them. 😍

[@gladmama]

I grow callalo here in summer in U.K. I freeze and use in stews year round. It’s delicious and so healthy.

[@followchristwithme37]

Self sufficiencg is the true essence of being free. Thanks Rob :)

[@sheenapearlbarandino3776]

Rob is basically Filipino. A lot of these plants we eat in tge Philippines. I especially love moringa aside from being nutritious, its delicious. You can cook it with green papaya and coconut milk. Thank you for the videos by the way. You are an inspiration. ☺️

[@chargermopar]

I grow most of these and in addition encourage the Muscovy Ducks to live in the garden. Their eggs and meat make survival food a delicacy!

[@jg8087]

You actually did this for a year?! That deserves a like and follow 👍🏻 But here in Hawaii you would have to include Kalo or Taro to the list. Definitely a nutritional staple 🤙🏼

[@brianmorris364]

Taro, manioc, and kasava are all great starches to add to a garden if possible.

[@argabiana]

We grew Cassava and Yam in the philippines. These crops were use to make delicious desserts and a perfect ingredient in cooking soup (pork-meat-chicken) as well.

[@smitharasheed5894]

These plants are normally grown here, but no one knows the important of these plants, prefer sandwich, burgers and imported fruits now. Thank you , you are close to nature Rob 🙏🌷

[@NathanSpeir]

I love the delivery and presentation in this video. It was very easy to follow, focused, and SO helpful! I can’t wait to watch the next video on colder climates. I live in NC and have a blend of warmer and colder options. Great video, great energy, got me excited about gardening.

[@dustman96]

Great video. As you indicated that's just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands upon thousands of edible plants. As a vegetarian people always ask "what do you eat?", I say "the other 99 percent of food in the world."

[@fmfdocbotl4358]

I'm not a vegetarian but I do eat a lot of veggies, my goal is to grow 80% of what I eat

[@guardiandogoargentinos1385]

@@fmfdocbotl4358 great goal brother, i pray you reach it by next year! If you need some encouragement, keep doing research. I just got 5 beehives, 50 banana plants were donated to my private ecclesiastical membership association, I just bought 25 ice cream banana plants, 70 chickens and am currently trying to raise funds for a giant prawn and tilapia farm. I only need a couple thousand to be able to get a small fish farm set up. Check out Charitable Miracle Beekeepers on KZbin and FaceBook to get involved, or show some love and support!

[@truepeacenik]

Love the retort! And it’s true, to boot. I’m trying to lessen my sarcastic response impulse.

[@barryminor616]

win winWIN winWIN

[@danielbtwd]

Yes it's odd that people ask that question. Like everything, except meat.

[@karenrivers3123]

I have watched a lot of videos on gardening, and I appreciate that you have mentioned plants that others have not.

[@raquelkuntz342]

I just seen this Video, I'm so happy featuring all the crops you mentioned, I remember my younger years. Yeap, I experience it all, I'm an Asian, with those you mentioned, I was so proud that I grew up with all of them, we never buy veggies & fruits from the store.As long as you know how to plant, you won't get hungry... I'm happy for you, Good luck & God Bless You Always.

[@jenniferbrown7659]

I've got to listen to you more than twice. You're very informative. Thanks

[@Mustafa-Kamal-Satar]

Green fields all around you Mr Greenfield, you've done a great jobs turning these fields green, nobody can rob it from you Rob. Greetings from Malaysia.

[@schex9]

Herbs: also parsley, onion tops, rosemary (perennial), thyme. Also, consider growing large sunflowers to eat the seeds!

[@barryminor616]

Turmeric

[@Nee96Nee]

Thyme, oregano, marjoram, sage, tarragon, and many many more herbs are perennials. Basil is a perennial in warmer climates or in a green house. If growing in containers, bring your herbs in a sunny room for year round fresh herbs. It just depends on your climate and how you tend them. I lived in northern Utah and eastern Oregon and both areas I had success with my herbs.

[@edi9892]

I love herbs, but most of them don't love me :-( I don't have much space and grow most indoors, but still, pests, mildew, and rot affect nearly every plant half of them to fatal conditions! The only herb that grows like a champ is basil. From my memory: sage: mildew, every single time! (kills it) mint: rot (black spots) (dies even faster than sage) pineapple sage: grows near as well as basil, but draws pests in (like a shop customers on black Friday; seriously, it's crazy), including larger ones that eat it. Moreover, it's very prone to spider mites. Rosemary, Oregano, and lavender: I don't know what it is, they just grow poorly and aren't as green as they are supposed to be. I can't see any pests, diseases, or other obvious causes. Lemon balm: gets covered in mildew badly.

[@soundpitch1]

@@edi9892 u might wanna use a trick my grandfather taught me: pour your wad all over your plants, they might not grow better but they’ll make u come big time

[@portialicorish-ashby3194]

Hello you can stew the pigeon peas with coconut, make soup and the tasty rice and peas, thanks for sharing this video

[@subhadramahanta452]

You can eat the leaves and flowers of pumpkin, they are delicious!

[@nunyabiznes33]

Deep-fried pumpkin flowers

[@dillonjolly7155]

Great time for a victory garden like they did back in WW2 everyone had a garden to save food for soldiers over the pond fighting

[@carriec910]

If more/most of us were gardening, we would also be doing more to help our bee and wild bird populations.

[@Tsuchimursu]

You mention rhubarb living 25 years... We have heirloom rhubarb roots that go down a few generations. The roots have been moved and split along the years but in essence it's the same root as 50 years ago! And still prospering.

[@ShikoKamiri1617]

I'm so ready to start my own garden now! This is comprehensive and detailed. Thank you!

[@ashurean]

I think it's also important to discuss smaller gardens that don't fully replace your shopping needs. As cool as it is in concept, it's led to an absolutist idea that either you spend most of your time tending a garden to cover all your food needs, or there's no point. When in actuality, any little bit counts. Grow herbs on your windowsill, tend a little garden that maybe only nets you a couple of things a week. It might not make that much of an individual impact, but if millions of people were doing it, those little bits add up fast. A better philosophy is that anything is better than nothing.

[@brianmorris364]

As expensive as herbs and spices are, it's worth growing them exclusively if nothing else. I agree.

[@oceancitynutrition2125]

Starting small with berry bushes and fruit trees here in Maryland ❤️ adding little by little

[@marthalucas1221]

Rob thank you so much! I’ve been gardening for 50+ years and learned a lot from you today. 🙏🔥👏👍

[@agri-lifeorganicfarm2466]

So far this is the best video I have found to explain what food plants to grow for a year round sustainable garden to have enough different foods to eat. if anyone know of other videos to show what to grow so you always have some food to harvest, I would like to know. The best I can guess is, you need to combine growing food with preservation methods like canning so you always have food to eat.

[@danielmcbride8923]

love you Rob, thank you for following your heart

[@docjody8624]

Rob, this is your BEST video-- EVER! Just the ticket as I'm building my edible yard on 3.87-acres. I've made organic Kombucha every week for 15 YEARS. Just planted 25 fruit trees. Picked 52-Qts. dewberries on my land, in the freezer now. Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans growing up on my chain-link fencing. My own grocery store.

[@synthyeusebe1112]

Happy customer can you plz post a pic of your dewberries ....would like to see how it looks

[@LoganCowan]

What can I move in?

[@TacklingTheGiants]

Kumbuncha recipe please?

[@docjody8624]

@@TacklingTheGiants Google "Kombucha Recipe" for many hits.

[@Prophetess9738]

FYI, to remove the cyanide from cassava, we boil it two times. Boil cassava the first time, and once it reaches a rolling boil, let it continue to boil for another 5 to 10 mins and drain and throw the water away. Wash with some hot water and continue to boil in container with hot water. Chop into small pieces before boiling otherwise it will take a long time to cook.

[@TacklingTheGiants]

Do you eat the leaves and do the same for them?

[@Prophetess9738]

@@TacklingTheGiants No, we don't eat the leaves.

[@elliottblackwell8498]

This is really inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. As a beginning farmer, and someone who wants to live off grid or semi-off grid someday, I love learning about how many amazing food plants there really are.

[@LSinclair]

A wealth of information here, Rob!!! How fantastic to see photos of the actual Yam, and to hear that it doesn’t have edible leaves as the cassava does, but the root tastes really good! You are so interesting to listen to. No wonder you get paid to give lectures. Thank you so much for sharing what you know!

[@TheMelanda]

There are many varieties of cassava now that mature in 8 months and have no cyanide (they can even be safely eaten raw). These have been developed by National Agricultural Research Institutes in many African nations. Well worth looking into!

[@ancientonessanctuary1139]

Thanks

[@Amina88888]

here in brazil is called mandioca and we easily grow them.

[@Realatmx]

Waw that's really good

[@TacklingTheGiants]

Can you please provide the names of these varieties? Thanks.

[@Chickmamapalletfarm]

This is the second time I have watched this video. The first time was before I moved to coastal Mississippi... now I am settled in and have done a few things subtropical in the garden down here. I am excited to expand into many of these suggestions. Love your work Mr. Greenfield. 🙏👏😊

[@tcoll922]

Thanks for all of this wonderful info, Rob! You educate with such an awesome can-do attitude! I'm always looking forward to your next videos.

[@matt_aviz]

I live in central Florida as well. Regarding gardening videos, this is one of the most informative summations I've encountered on KZbin.

[@serenevilla5396]

Wow that's sustainability amidst pandemic...God bless you always Rob for inspiring more people to live simply and sustainability.

[@shenick100]

Hey rob ! Thanks for the amazing content. You should make a cookbook using the foods/plants mentioned or if you already have please share :)

[@LMKTinyForest]

I have been watching your videos over and over again. I have learned so many things from them. Thank you so much for sharing. Big heart from Thailand

[@patmelton43]

I am learning a whole new world of ideas. I never thought I could grow a garden until I started listening to all these videos. Wow! It looks like we all need to garden with the way things are now.

[@myveganpermacultureworld3478]

Thank you Rob for everything you'r sharing with us ! Inspiring as always. You are one of the reasons I decided to move toward a more sustainable lifestyle and started permaculture. And following your advices, in only one year I have been able to harvest so many fruits and vegetables. Thank you man !

[@innerpeacemeditations1613]

Love this, I keep adding to what I grow each year. It’s a process but so worth it 🙏🦋☀️💗🌺🌿

[@arnaudrobillart9724]

💚🌱🌳♻

[@OrganicAndrea]

Hallelujah! Thank you, Rob! I'm in Orlando and I wish this video existed 10 years ago when I started my trial and error gardening. You have given me some great new stuff to go on. I'm definitely going to make a casava fence! Also going to give Seminole pumpkins another go. And I have eaten my fair share of gandules, but now I can't wait to try to grow them myself. I had no idea they grew on a bush. Thank you, again!!

[@beAdeodatus]

Hi there. Orlando resident here. from Chicago where my gardens were ABUNDANT, here bad luck. SO glad to find this video. Let us have great gardens

[@therftchannel]

My wife and I are in central Florida, definitely inspired by the knowledge, just tilled the land and have started our journey, we appreciate the advise brother, blessings to ya.

[@jnac8857]

Love this video,planning to grow my own food now and luckily all the food that you mentioned are readily available where I am.Thank you so much.

[@angelajones423]

Hey Rob thanks!!! It's hard for me to find quality tropical gardening videos. I live in a costal town in Panama, the country. This helped solidify some things I had thought and experimented with. Also, in general really love listening to you. Great talk and excited to learn more from you. This is why the internet is epic.

[@greengarden6447]

The brown coloured con shaped banana flower, is edible. Just remove the outer 5-6 layers. Cut into small pieces and stir fry.. very rich in fiber... Also the white cylindrical shaped stem deep inside the banana tree, which u may get from the already harvested banana tree, just boil it in water and so good for stomach problems. Both are detox for stomach.

[@egomeabsolvo]

How much LOVE I feel for you, you are an inspiring, beautiful man, God bless you Rob! ❤️

[@mesopable]

I enjoyed listening to all the birds in the background. Really good planting tips. Thank you.

[@PaddyNinja]

So much value in one video. Wow. You are such a fount of knowledge. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing with us.👍😊❤

[@keepingup2952]

You're doing what we're post to do. And you're a star...and you shine.

[@travhunterts]

Just started gardening in FL! Grateful for the time you spent on this solid info!

[@sbourg4972]

I love this video! Really informative. I have really been changing the last few months to grow more off my own food and waste less

[@naomidenisepinedaspirit-bo7955]

You make me smile . Thank you I am hopeful for my future in my garden/patch

[@patricianunez4025]

Love you too. Fabulous information. Sitting on that log giving life giving facts ... well you are a breath of fresh air. Can't thank you enough. Ms Pat from southern Indiana PS I am 72 and attempting one more time to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers. This time in totes elevated on chairs etc. So far, so good.🤗🌴 In all the garden videos I watch, not one of them say, "Love you all very much." That touched my heart. Thank you so much 💕.

[@yardleyj9391]

Covid panic: for Rob, it's business as usual! Kudos to your wisdom and foresight.

[@CH-hm8ud]

You just amazed me with so much perfect absolutely truth about all of those foods. The gandules contain 11g of protein per cup. I live in Central Florida and have a pretty big garden. I think God blessings all of us with soil, rain and ☀️ sun. Plenty of people are lazy and don’t want to use the source we all have around to keep us and our family heathy. God bless you for that knowledge. You made me feel happy.

[@twalton]

This is such a well produced video and so inspiring. Thank you.

[@balaylaahmad4999]

The tree you're sitting on has moss all over it, super awesome.

[@nelliesfarm8473]

I've got a homestead I began five years ago and I'm an herbalist, never heard of cassaava before ! I've learned a lot from this video. I'm still learning...how exciting!

[@mattwalker534]

Perfect person to make this perfectly timed video. Such a big fan!

[@silviaelizabethfernandez8666]

Thank you for the invaluable data you have just shared! I find it really useful and inspiring! .

[@hectormilambo4342]

Happy to have stumbled on your video. I will be your ardent follower. Keep on sharing. Thank you Rob.

[@Sharkdog11b]

I have so much respect for you for doing a whole year like that. So cool!

[@alancalkins2656]

This is a goldmine! I'm just getting started and I'm trying to shadow map and plan for spring. Thanks for the free knowledge! 🙏

[@albinlin1987]

ROB! You are so inspired regards to calories, protein, nutrients and even medicine! THANK YOU!!

[@batcatkitty4878]

Thank you! This is amazing! I do need more info for cooler climates and look forward to watching more of your video's!

[@KatalinFodor.]

oh man that setting at the opening scene!! WOW!

[@soniasia5558]

Thank you so much for sharing great tips with us. We really appreciate it and God bless to you and be safe.

[@samuelhoffmann5615]

Great work Rob. Such a comprehensive overview and with calories included.. Important to note.

[@ivylopez4338]

I love your information. I am passing this video to all my friends with a corner of soil in their houses. Thank you so much for all that info

[@SazzuHope]

I love to see this. I used to live in Tours in France. It would be lovely to go back and visit and see edible plants in the center of town!

[@babsinny]

I can't wait till the cold weather one. I love gardening, cant wait to get mine in!

[@christopheryoung2368]

Good stuff.

[@nomadicjourneys8693]

Another great video! Perfect timing too . The weather is just right and I was just thinking of setting up a garden for something to do while this whole virus thing has me locked down..ugh. Love your vibe! Looking forward to the next video 👍

[@Reeltinyphish]

If you make a raised bed, make sure you use untreated cedar. Cedar the termites wont destroy and no chemicals in your food.

[@nomadicjourneys8693]

That’s awesome! Thanks for encouragement

[@giojared]

Always a good time to start a garden! Grow on!

[@bevonviechweg7891]

Good morning you take me back just listening to you