Posted on 03/03/2011 9:08:03 PM PST by blam
Yes, You Can Survive The Coming Economic Nightmare – One Family In California Grows 6,000 Pounds Of Produce On Just 1/10th Of An Acre
If you work hard and get prepared, you can survive the economic nightmare that is coming. All over the United States and around the world there are millions of people that are learning how to become more self-sufficient. For example, there is one family that is actually producing 6000 pounds of produce on just 1/10th of an acre right in the middle of Pasadena, California. In fact, they grow so much food that they are able to sell much of it to restaurants in the area. Video of this incredible "urban homestead" is posted below.
The key is to start with what you have. The family in the video below would like to have a large acreage, but for now they have turned what they do have into an absolute miracle. Yes, a horrific economic nightmare is coming to this country, but you don't have to be afraid. One of the main reasons why so many of us are trying to warn people about what is coming is so that they will wake up and take massive action to become self-sufficient like the people in the video below have.
If you are not already growing your own food, now is a great time to get started. According to The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the global price of food rose 2.2% during the month of February to a new all-time record high. In fact, this was the third month in a row that the global price of food has set a new record.
2.2% may not sound like a lot, but if the global price of food were to increase by that amount every single month during 2011 by the end of the year the global price of food will have gone up by 26.4%.
26.4% food inflation is something that is very, very serious - especially in those areas of the world where millions are already teetering on the brink of starvation.
As I have written about previously, the world is on the verge of a major food crisis. The price of corn has increased by 33 percent just since December, and according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. corn reserves will drop to a 15 year low by the end of 2011. Many other agricultural commodities are also in short supply and are experiencing significant increases in price.
So now is a great time to try to become more self-sufficient.
After all, do you really want to eat the garbage they sell you in the stores anyway? Today, virtually all corn and virtually all soy has been genetically-modified, and more "frankenfoods" are being approved by the government all the time.
But it isn't just genetic modification that we need to be concerned about. The reality of the situation is that most of the food that we buy is complete and total garbage. The next time you go to the grocery store just take a few moments and read some of the labels of the products that you are buying. The truth is that our foods are absolutely loaded with chemicals, poisons and toxins.
Those that learn to grow their own food will end up a lot more healthy in the long run.
But food is not the only area where we should be striving for self-sufficiency. Water is being called "the oil of the 21st century" and already some very significant shortages are being reported in many areas of the United States.
In fact, some cities have already started to turn toilet water into tap water. Fortunately this is not a widespread thing in the United States yet, but a number of localities are now seriously considering going to such a system.
Would you want to drink your own recycled toilet water in the future?
If not, perhaps now would be a great time to learn how to become more self-sufficient when it comes to water.
Even now, most localities are dumping massive amounts of fluoride and other toxic chemicals into our drinking water. The tap water in most cities is so absolutely disgusting that it is a wonder that anyone is still willing to drink it.
In any event, the key is not to focus on the problems once you realize the truth. Instead, the key is to focus on the solutions.
That is what one family in Pasadena, California is doing. As mentioned above, they are producing a whopping 6,000 pounds of produce each year on just 1/10th of an acre....
(click to the site to see a nice video of what they're doing)
Isn't what that family is doing absolutely amazing?
Well, you can do it too.
For most Americans, the coming financial apocalypse is going to absolutely blindside them.
But that does not have to happen to you. You know what is coming. You have time to get prepared.
As I have written about previously, there are many other ways that you can start becoming more self-sufficient.
If you are currently dependent on a job, you can start developing alternate sources of income on the side.
If you are enslaved to the banks, you can reduce your expenses and start paying down debt.
If you have never had any self-defense training, now is a great time to get started.
There are hundreds of practical ways that you can begin preparing for the coming economic nightmare right now. Just putting up some solar panels or starting a "victory garden" would be a great first step for many people.
The key is to stop fretting about things so much and to start taking action.
We have now entered a time in human history that is going to be extremely unstable, but that doesn't mean that we have to live in fear.
If you are new to all this and have no idea how to start becoming more self-sufficient, there are a lot of great websites out there that can help you out. Some of the most popular ones are Prepper.Org, American Preppers Network and The Suburban Prepper.
But it doesn't have to be complicated. Just start to take action. Your family is going to need food, water, energy and shelter when the economy collapses. Begin preparing now so that you will have those things when you need them.
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I live in AZ, also have very bad dirt in my yard. I put in square foot garden (SFG) beds last year and we still haven’t eaten all the green beans, squash, cucumbers and tomatoes that we grew. Only planted 192 sq feet, too. That’s 6 beds, 4’ by 8’ each, dirt about 9 in deep.
The Arizona extension calls it “high-density gardening” and they recommend it.
If you’d like to know more about SFGing, let me know.
Dude, you are blessed with the best soil on God’s green earth, and don’t even need irrigation to use it. If you own a small piece of Iowa, and have a bit of gumption, you’ll never starve.
Any farmer can clarify for you that this post is bravo sierra. There’s a reason farmers leave fields either (a) fallow for a season, or (b) plant clover in that field for a season. Soil is renewable but it only contains a given amount of nutrients.
Do vertical gardening. You can buy good soil.
I hate hippie leftards more than the next Freeper but they are self-sufficient...not asking me for a hand-out or subsidies from us, the taxpayers.
Any farmer can clarify for you that this post is bravo sierra. There’s a reason farmers leave fields either (a) fallow for a season, or (b) plant clover in that field for a season. Soil is renewable but it only contains a given amount of nutrients.
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It’s called composting/fertilizing. I compost the droppings from our chicken house along with used bedding straw, grass clipping and other misc plant matter, then till the aged compost into the garden beds every spring. Have had the same raised beds for 15 years, this year will be the 16 year straight with superb results. If your just starting out, use commercial manure until you have sufficient compost.
I like the one hour meltdown guys list of attributes for a place to survive, mainly because, after reading it, I realized it nailed the farm we bought in KY. I honestly believe the Lord directed us to that place.
Here’s the list:
You just need to relocate to an area that is more lightly populated than a big city. The area you select should meet the following minimum criteria:
1. It is not on a major freeway or interstate.
2. It is at least several hundred feet above sea level.
3. It is surrounded by farm land, dairy cows, and other typical farm livestock such as horses, pigs, sheep, goats, and chickens.
4. It has a history of good average rainfall (not too much rain or too little rain).
5. It has a reasonable supply of trees and forest timber land.
6. It has a few nearby manufacturing facilities of any size.
7. Its residents still have the right to own firearms to protect themselves.
8. It has short mild winters.
That list NAILS central Kentucky.
Indeed, scientists are taking this idea to the next level: 8-12 story buildings that are essentially controlled-environment greenhouses that could grow just about anything essentially year-round, with no worries about amount of sunlight, amount of water, amount of nutrients and even weeds and insect pests! Because of the potential to grow a huge amount of food year-round, it has one big advantage with such a greenhouse if located in a city: transportation costs are going to be extremely low (no more shipping food hundreds to thousands of miles!) and with a greenhouse environment, almost anything could be grown.
No big city here, but we do get 90” rain/year. We grow trees, weeds, moss & mud.
The city with the most rain in the lower 48 states is: Mobile, Alabama with 67 inches.
Hilo, Hawaii: 126 inches annualy.
A bumper sticker here reads, HILO, WHERE RAIN REIGNS
I expect that the Federal or State government will shut down this enterprise very quickly! Can’t have anybody causing problems with the supply/demand you know. Not as free as you think...
But you will freeze to death....
I’m enthusiastic about expanding my own growing capacity this summer, but I’m envisioning a time in the not-too-distant future when those of us in the suburbs will have to guard our tiny cropland 24-7 to keep our neighbors from stealing it. When all the layabouts see my blooming yard they’re going to want a piece of that.
(O God, please let the great disaster hold off until I can get OUT of here and into the deep country!)
Yeah, if the weather doesn’t cooperate, you aren’t going to get a good crop. You can be an agricultural genius, but it is no substitute for good weather. On the other hand, food grown indoors tastes like crap. I would rather take my chances with nature.
Are you kidding? The weather in So. Cal is such where it takes little of anything to grow just about anything...
You can grow large gardens here on very meager stingy drip systems...
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Hippies? lol....While you spending top dollar at the store every single week to survive off foreign products, these people are almost totally self sufficient, in the suburbs yet.
I’ve spent thousands of dollars on great dirt, at about $30 / Yard. When TSHTF, I can grow about 50% of my dietary requirements in the beds I’ve prepared already.
If I got really busy, I could probably completely feed myself; but I’d need another fence to keep the deer out of my next garden plot.
Hydroponics.
You can grow *anything*. Tomatoes, orchids, or bud.
Just sayin’
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