Self-sufficiency is a journey and one huge part of the journey is knowing how and where to start. In this video, a collaboration with Liz Zorab, we outline the 6 ultimate vegetables to grow for self-sufficiency as well as 3 great alternatives. Check out Liz’s inspirational channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0Ha5QljsCV5UqIkobBrcQ
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Try garlic kale. It’s gorgeous.
Potatoes, carrots, beans, beets, onions, cabbage- best for survival imho. To add flavour I would include tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms.
Hello Huw, as a normally non english speaker it would help me so much when you could prompt the main words (like here the names of the 6 vegetables) into the video. I wanted to search what the vegetable at 08:33 is but just hear "sweets" which is definetely not correct. =D
Hey Huw, where did you get those plastic clamshell style germination pods? (I hope I'm describing them correctly). I am not sure if you're in NZ or UK. I'd love to try some of those. Please put a link so you can get compensation. They seem to really protect the roots. Thanks!
Does anyone know where to get those seed starter pods that he has the beans in at 6:25? Been trying to find them, don't know what they are called.
I sow broad beans in January and plant them very deep and hard. You will get an early crop and occasionally get a second burst but another sowing in spring will give a later crop as wel.
I love growing beetroots, but I grow them to harvest the leaves as a tasty gree, because i unfortunatly cannot stand the flavour of the roots. I grow them as a perennial green.
I love beets, but they are too high in oxalates.
Wow I didn't know you could do so much with parsnips. I've only ever eaten them in soup or roasted.
I completely agree with everything you said about leeks and onions. I came up with a similar ratio myself after the year I had so many onions, half ended up rotting before I could eat them but I didn't have anywhere close enough leeks. Now I plant leeks 2-3xs more than bulb onions.
Could you please write down the name of the plants you're recommending? I'm not a native English speaker, and it's a bit difficult for me to get the name of the plant, especially those 'Swids' things. :)))
Everything in the garden regrow if we let the plant do the cycle flowering and the seed fall on the compost soil and regrow when the temperature is ok for The legumes
Spinach regrow 0 -4C
24 vege regrow in cold climate
Between 0 -10C harvest cold crop
Free garden permaculture
Why you dont take off the off the oignon cut in small pieces put in freezer it’s excellent in a winter soup….
Can you cover any of the beans with mulch to keep them going for the following year? Ps Your tips are brilliant!
I forgot to ask when did Liz plant her parsnip seeds? I am struggling to germinate mine in a greenhouse on the Isle of Wight, I put them in end of April.
Broad beans shell them nice in salads
No carrots? I have better luck with them than beets, germination is a non-issue. I space them on a 1” grid and they grow to touch each other, it is quite the sight when you pull back the greens to see the mass of carrots poking out. I watered a neighbors garden two years ago while she was away and stole her carrot spacing after seeing the results. She used seed tape but I just sprout them in a baggie with a damp paper towel, spread out so the roots don’t intertwine if you don’t check them often enough and they grow leggy. I pour simmering water over them first. Then after six days usually, I plant, the root doesn’t have to point down. Use tweezers. No thinning necessary or extra sowing, if you keep it moist. Should start to emerge in two days. This method and the spacing are complete game changers.
Love the choices but I would have to include potatoes and carrots
Ok just want to clarify my translations/analogues to North American parlance, please correct if necessary:
Broad beans = Fava beans?
Runner beans = similar to snap beans?
Parsnip = similar to turnips or carrots?
Swedes = ???????
You're a thinker as much as a doer
Get on with it
Did field beans this year…very abundant, smaller but high producing and winter hardy. Nice early crop too…eat the tops, as spinach, then the beans
Hello Huw – thanks for your inspirational clips. What is the seedling cell with a side that opens called? You took out the beetroots at 6'30" Cheers, from Australia.
what about potatoes? We eat them nearly every day -surely they need to be on the list?
1. Broad beans / Runner beans
2. Beetroot
3. Swedes / Parsnips
4. Kale / Red Cabbage
5. Leeks
6. Asparagus
Wonderful presentation! We live in the State of Tennessee, USA. We grow very similar crops here. We are in zone 6b. We grow several types of beans. Mostly those that are dual purpose. Fresh eating, canned and dried beans. We grow beets. Onions, garlic, but haven't grow leeks, yet! We have always grown greens. I just found you both today! I have subscribed to both of you. GOD bless
What are broad beans called in the usa?
I figured the 6 would be tomatoes, potatoes, beans, cabbage, carrots and onions. Here in Florida, we have 2 opportunities to get crops and sweet potatoes and peppers grow in the heat of summer (Zone 10a). Enjoyed the collaboration with Liz- just found your channel and am binge watching to catch up!
I like red beets (beetroot) raw in salads and occasionally cooked in vinegar. I really love the yellow and white varieties – very sweet and not so strong, plus they don't bleed so much.