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Discussion: Starting a garden or Gardening 101.  Lots of information packed to assist you with your upcoming edible landscaping.

Why gardening?

More Info: Survival Tactics: Hunting and Farming at the Correct Times

Economic collapse scenario

Population over 315 million people leads to food shortage

Lots will be hunting

People have nearly extinced many species

Need to learn to farm before this

You will then be glad that you turned to farming

Soil

More Info: Making a Garden Plot: How to Make Soil Nutrient Rich

We destroy soil today

Tilling

Plants root at depth that they thrive at based on soil layers

Forest soil

14 in leaves as mulch

Constantly breaking down

Organic, rich humus, or dirt

We recreate this process:

Newspaper or cardboard

2-3 inches

4 inches of mulch

Late fall, early winter

Helps breakdown

Water area every day

Square foot gardening

More Info:

Square Garden Design: Guide to Square Foot Gardening Spacing

How to Get Plants to Grow (Raised square garden design)

Intensive management system

Uses high density companion planting

4×4’ raised bed

1 foot squares

Non-pleasing informational guide

Way to get started

Companion vegetables

More Info: Planting Companion Vegetables and Herbs

Benefits

Systematic

Symbiotic relationship of plants

Soil

Pests

Healthy insects and predators

Permaculture

Cuba was a mainly permaculture recovery

Build this into your systems and bug out locations

More Info: The Best Bugout Location ( BOL ) Development Ideas

Swales

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