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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Heirloom or Non Hybrid Garden Seeds for Survival Gardening?

By Viola Bontrager


Survival is not always about what is happening right now, the immediate danger that we must overcome or even the 72 hours that we must survive after a disaster. It can also be about the long term survival that we might have to endure; being prepared to live of the land and reinvent ourselves as providers from things we grow and produce from our immediate surroundings. Survival gardening is something that should be considered when you are stocking up your survival gear.

Selecting right survival seeds is important when you come to storing essentials as your survival gear. Do not be disheartened in case you know very little about gardening. In the face of an emergency, you need to learn fast. When a crisis breaks out, people buy and store more than their usual requirement, leaving the shelves of the superstores empty in no time. The normal food distribution chain needs at least three days for the shelves to be refilled. If the crisis continues more than three days, you are left to survive on your own indigenous produce.

You need to select a specific variety of survival seed for your survival seed bank. They are called heirloom seeds or non hybrid seeds. The rationale for buying the organic or non-hybrid seeds is that, each harvest they produce let the farmer gather a fresh bunch of seeds ready to be planted for the next crop.

Hybrid seeds or genetically modified seeds do not produce new seeds, so once you have planted them that would be it, no more seeds. You would need a continuous supply of seeds to keep your survival garden stocked, inevitably you will run out.

When planning your survival gardening you will only need to collect enough heirloom garden seeds to last 3 harvests; one set to plant, a set in case the first is whipped out and a back up emergency seed bank. Don't forget you will have a fresh batch of seeds equally as good as the first with every harvest.

Your survival seed bank should be stacked with non hybrid, heirloom seeds packed in a vacuum container. They are long lasting and have the ability to supply foods continuously for years. Any survivalist will plan his survival garden and will obviously want to keep his survival seed bank ready. In case a calamity continues and food becomes scarce for an uncertain period, keep yourself well-armed with your survival seed bank ready to ensure survival.




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