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Survival Gardening: How to Grow a Thriving Garden the First Year
Zach Buchel from Farm Table West shares the secret to growing a highly productive garden in the first year. Learn how to start a no-till garden, which crops to grow, and tips on succession planting to produce healthy food to feed your family. Follow Zach and subscribe to Farm Table West on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@farmtablewest5991 **FREE BACKYARD FARM LAUNCHPAD ?https://mailchi.mp/baad441eeace/backyard-farm-launchpad How to Grow Food Guide **Set up your growing space in No Dig style by layering cardboard, 6 inches of compost and woodchips in the pathway. (see Backyard Farm Launchpad for how to set this up yourself!) **Buy the following seeds at True Leaf Market https://bit.ly/TrueLeafMarketProvident -- Carrots (4 oz), Turnips (1 oz), Radishes (1 oz), Spinach (15 g), Beets (4 oz), Zucchini (7 g), Cucumber (3 g), Kale (1 oz), Bunching Onions (.25 oz), Parsley (3 g) **Sow weeks before/after the last frost in your climate Carrots (2 before), Turnips (2 before), Radishes (2 before), Spinach (2 before), Beets (2 before), Zucchini (1 after), Cucumber (1 after), Kale (4 before), Bunching Onions (4 before), Parsley (8 before) **Water with Wobbler sprinkler https://amzn.to/4fKYT0U for 2 hours 1-3 times a week if no rain and multiple times only if 90°F or above. **As you harvest each spring planting, re-sow a new crop for fall in the same space. (See fall planting calendar below) THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP. DOUBLE YOUR FOOD IN THE SAME SPACE. **Leave the Fall Carrots, Kale, Spinach, Radishes, Beets, Onions, Parsley, and Turnips in the ground until 25°F is in the forecast. ?SKOOL COMMUNITY? https://www.skool.com/backyard-gardening-101-5702 ?GARDENING 101 COURSE? https://www.homesteadmentors.com/a/2147783206/XWjfGm4r ?YOUTUBE? https://www.youtube.com/@farmtablewest5991 ?JOHNNY'S FALL SEEDING CALENDAR? https://www.johnnyseeds.com/growers-library/seed-planting-schedule-calculator.html We challenge you to grow some of your own food this year. Now is the perfect time to get started! Thanks for being part of the solution! Follow us! *Instagram – theprovidentprepper https://www.instagram.com/theprovidentprepper/ *Facebook – The Provident Prepper: Building Your Family Ark https://www.facebook.com/ProvidentPrepper *Pinterest – The Provident Prepper https://www.pinterest.com/TheProvidentPrepper/ TheProvidentPrepper.org is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This site also participates in other affiliate programs and is compensated for referring traffic and business to these companies. **Full disclosure - Some of our videos contain free products sent to us by companies for us to try out. We do not accept payment for recommending products. If you purchase the products through our affiliate links we make a small referral fee.