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You MUST Start a Garden NOW
The How Do Gardener ^ | February 26, 2022 | The How Do Gardener

Posted on 03/08/2022 8:46:33 AM PST by orsonwb

Rick Bickling, The How Do Gardener, describes how inflation, rising fuel costs, and the Russia/Ukraine conflict will cause food prices to rise dramatically and how many items will just not be available. See what the experts are forecasting and see why you must start a garden now.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtu.be ...


TOPICS: Gardening
KEYWORDS: carrotslovetomatoes; food; garden; gardening; inflation; oodaloop; prepper; preppers; rickbickling; shortages; shtf; squareftgardening; thehowdogardener; victorygarden
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To: GingisK

Time to plan and buy seeds and supplies.


81 posted on 03/08/2022 11:55:39 AM PST by orsonwb
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To: taxcontrol

Sounds like a good set up.


82 posted on 03/08/2022 11:56:16 AM PST by orsonwb
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To: Artcore

Indeed. Won’t be growing those in the garden.


83 posted on 03/08/2022 11:56:52 AM PST by orsonwb
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To: viewfromthefrontier

Absolutely. If possible, buy non-GMO organic seeds. That way you can collect and save some of the seeds from your crop to use as seed for next season. Seeds from the GMO ones may or may not produce.


84 posted on 03/08/2022 11:58:43 AM PST by orsonwb
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To: PUGACHEV
...don't forget to buy some cooking oil and salt. A few pounds of spices and dried vegetables would hurt either.

Definitely. Also water purification tablets, filters. Fishing tackle would very likely come in handy also.

85 posted on 03/08/2022 12:00:05 PM PST by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: caver

Tractor supply sells the spring door type, works beautifully


86 posted on 03/08/2022 12:10:25 PM PST by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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To: orsonwb
I container garden...I have 24 old cow / horse mineral heavy plastic buckets 2 ft tall...by 24 in wide.

Saves my back...and they sit on concrete..so less weeds.

This will be my 4th or 5th year...and I'm happy....

I only grow tom's, onion's, garlic, asparagus, and hot peppers.

Might do a compact yellow squash this year...also.

I want a coyote squash...I have a fence that would do well for that....

Cold here today...40F...Winter isn't done here in OK

87 posted on 03/08/2022 12:18:38 PM PST by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: orsonwb

Squirrels are tasty.

Maybe the best gravy ever.


88 posted on 03/08/2022 12:19:39 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (God is good, He loves us, and He is always with us.)
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To: Bob434

I still have collards, spinach and Swiss chard galore in my fall garden that made it through the winter.


89 posted on 03/08/2022 12:21:18 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Pollard

Nice!!!


90 posted on 03/08/2022 12:22:00 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Osage Orange; metmom

.I have 24 old cow / horse mineral heavy plastic buckets 2 ft tall...by 24 in wide.


We have stacks of those!

Our neighbor, who also repairs our tractor, grows his entire annual produce consumption in these mineral buckets. He drills small holes, near the bottom of each.

I may try a few, but, my latest thing to try are cloth Smart Pots. Just something different to try. We’re on acreage, too, but I love being able to set it up in different areas and start with my own soil mixes.

https://smartpots.com/


91 posted on 03/08/2022 12:26:11 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: pax_et_bonum

LOL...do you fry them up in your Presto pop corn popper?


92 posted on 03/08/2022 12:26:54 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Jane Long
Yeah, they work for me just fine.

I do Bonsai also...so some of the tubs are for that.

93 posted on 03/08/2022 12:35:35 PM PST by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: orsonwb; Red Badger; All

All are welcome to our Weekly Garden Thread. Posted every Saturday morning, after I’ve had enough coffee. ;)

A HUGE Brain Trust of experience there, so join in!


94 posted on 03/08/2022 12:48:43 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: orsonwb

One of the top requirements is to ensure your water supply. Without that, you are toast!


95 posted on 03/08/2022 1:07:26 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: woodbutcher1963

While that is laudable, I am cynical in such severe times, where even your friends would/could be forced to raid gardens to survive.


96 posted on 03/08/2022 1:12:08 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Do they still taste good? we used to do brussel sprouts over the winter-


97 posted on 03/08/2022 1:29:43 PM PST by Bob434
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To: orsonwb

Get a couple of cats. They’ll take care of ANY rat problem, bushy or baldtail. The ASPCA is overflowing with squirrel control officers.


98 posted on 03/08/2022 1:55:19 PM PST by Segovia
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To: drSteve78

I have bought a lot of canned green beans from walmart.
They ship them free to the house, it’s hard to beat..I don’t care for tomatoes, which make me a bit odd as everyone, save me, likes them.

I have stocked up on lots of stuff, the garden would be for when this stored food runs out.

What I need is seeds, I have ordered some seed catalogs.
I’m going to download a bunch of DIY gardening vids and put them on SSD drives in my secure storage boxes..

Just ordered more cat food for my kitty, it seems to be in short supply.

Also been ordering lots of medical stuff.. potassium iodide tablets are scarce.

Been trying to order two hospital-grade O2 generators but they won’t sell them to me... they only sell them to hospitals and clinics. odd that they would turn down a 7200.00 purchase. I can buy cheap 5LPM home type units but I want really good units that do 10 or 15LPM and are more robust.


99 posted on 03/08/2022 2:20:18 PM PST by Bobalu (The Deep State is the new Soviet Union)
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To: Bob434

I need to trade some my local wildlife for yours. It seems that every bug, bird, and little mammal (except maybe skunks), and my dogs pick the raspberries first...well, often not the whole thing, just 1 to 3 quarters then leave the rest hang to taunt you.


100 posted on 03/08/2022 2:30:38 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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