So I am a fan of the doomsday shows, Doomsday Preppers, Doomsday Bunkers, and Doomsday Castle. And the last of which has an episode where a couple of the castle kids are tasked to build a garden for their castle. They consult a friend of the family that specializes in survival gardens and he gives them an awesome garden design that produces more food than other gardens of similar sizes. It was an ingenious design and I wanted to share it on my blog.
"Plants in nature often grow in concentric circles where the tallest plant (often a fruit or nut tree) provides shade underneath it for shade-seeking plants, and outside of that shade, a layer of shrubs like blueberries and blackberries can grow. Outside of that circle of shrubs, herbs can grow. Herbs in this position have the added benefit of attracting insect pollinators as well as predatory wasps, which will feed on many of the “bad” bugs that would normally attack the fruit on the central tree and berry bushes. These herbs, in a way, provide a defensive perimeter around the fruit, nuts, and berries that bad bugs must cross at their own peril. Finally, around the herb layer is a lower level of ground cover, which often accumulates nitrogen (a natural fertilizer) that these plants take from the air, and make it available to the surrounding plants."
This paragraph was obtained from the following link: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/doomsday-castle/articles/plant-your-own-secret-survival-garden/
This link also has a lot of other good gardening ideas. Through this link I was able to follow to amazon a recommended book that is filled with awesome prepper home gardening concepts. This book is:
Secret Greenhouse of Survival: How to Build the Ultimate Homestead & Prepper Greenhouse (Secret Garden of Survival) (Volume 2) by Rick Austin (Paperback)
"Plants in nature often grow in concentric circles where the tallest plant (often a fruit or nut tree) provides shade underneath it for shade-seeking plants, and outside of that shade, a layer of shrubs like blueberries and blackberries can grow. Outside of that circle of shrubs, herbs can grow. Herbs in this position have the added benefit of attracting insect pollinators as well as predatory wasps, which will feed on many of the “bad” bugs that would normally attack the fruit on the central tree and berry bushes. These herbs, in a way, provide a defensive perimeter around the fruit, nuts, and berries that bad bugs must cross at their own peril. Finally, around the herb layer is a lower level of ground cover, which often accumulates nitrogen (a natural fertilizer) that these plants take from the air, and make it available to the surrounding plants."
This paragraph was obtained from the following link: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/doomsday-castle/articles/plant-your-own-secret-survival-garden/
This link also has a lot of other good gardening ideas. Through this link I was able to follow to amazon a recommended book that is filled with awesome prepper home gardening concepts. This book is:
Secret Greenhouse of Survival: How to Build the Ultimate Homestead & Prepper Greenhouse (Secret Garden of Survival) (Volume 2) by Rick Austin (Paperback)
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