If you have any space that can be used for such, you should be growing edible perennial plants.

Food prices are already getting insane and most of our countries aren't even officially in WWIII yet, so it's going to get absolutely bonkers as the military starts sucking up all the available calories on the market. Perennials take a few years to really get going, so if you want your "victory garden" to contain things other than annuals, you really want to start right now.

Something like a Siberian pea shrub can provide plentiful sustenance, act as a hedge and even fixes nitrogen, so it actively improves your soil.

Or maybe you'd fancy more something like a Mandarin melon berry tree? If you only plant a female, the fruit are naturally seedless.

The kiwiberry calls to you.

>>510917827 (OP)
Cool thread idea
* BUMP *

>>510917827 (OP)
Zoning regulations forbid this outside of agricultural areas.

>>510920426
Bullshit. You can grow food plants for yourself in residential areas.

>>510920040
Planting some berry bushes could save your life. It's not a big investment.

>>510917827 (OP)
>Join military
>Get free calories

Skull issue

>>510920778
You just have to give up your health, your sanity and your soul. You'll be tortured as matter of course in order to make you the ideal NPC soldier. But hey, at least they feed you corn syrup.

Plant potatoes

>>510920962
The area I'm in grows a *lot* of potatoes, so there's less incentive to. I'm planting some fartichokes, though.

>>510920703
I'll go even further , you should get some though wild berry bushes not the commercial weak stuff that dies because you watered it too much or too less or you looked at it wrong one day

>>510921399
You should absolutely check your hardiness zone and find plants that can survive at least one zone higher and lower. It'd suck to have one cold winter or hot summer and lose them.
If it's something that isn't necessarily to everyone's taste right off the bush, that also makes them less likely to get stolen.

Aronia berries have the most antioxidants of basically all fruits and making a jam out of them is easy as hell. It's even auto-fertile, so you only need one.

>>510917827 (OP)
I planted a fig tree last summer. It is still small. Maybe one day my grandkids will have figs.

>>510921642
Figs actually only take a few years. You might get a (modest) harvest as soon as next year.

>>510920897
>spend 10 minutes removing micro-thorns for shit-tier (((fruit)))
fuck cacti. grow something else

>>510922751
Protip: Use fire.

>>510918706
Kiwi in Canada?
>>510917827 (OP)
Nice figs. I planted one this year and plan to get more. I already have a few more cuttings from the one I planted which took. Bht I want to get a variety.

If you have very limited amounts of space, the recommended strategy is to plant a tree, then plant a fruiting vine that will climb the tree and then plant some shrubs to fill out the rest of the space.

You could hypothetically get a tree that has been grafted to produce multiple different fruit at the same time.

>>510923100
>Kiwi in Canada?
Surprising, I know. The kiwiberries (roughly grape sized, smooth skinned and can be eaten whole), specifically, are rather cold tolerant.
I didn't plant that specific cultivar, but it's one of the most eye-catching varieties so it makes more sense for these threads.
The colour is actually like strawberries where they get it from exposure to sunlight, so if you want them to really be vibrantly coloured you need to trim the leaves that cover the fruit.

>>510917827 (OP)
You can literally survive for dirt cheap on like $10 a week. There's plenty of videos on youtube showing how you can eat healthy for cheap. They even go to dollars stores and things and show you exactly what to buy.

>>510923256
Foraging and growing your own food are very cost-effective ways of supplementing your nutrition.

>Uncircumsized blueberries

Look at how ornamental this thing is.

>>510917827 (OP)
I live in Kansas and it gets quite cold here in the winters, but we wrap our fig trees in blankets to over winter them. I’m not sure there is a more succulent and kingly thing to eat than a fresh fig. We prefer the Chicago Hardi variety for the colder climate.

>>510925927
When you taste the difference something bred to be healthy and delicious vs something bred to have a long shelf life, you have trouble going back.
Grocery store fruit ends up tasting bland and you lose all interest in candy garbage.

>>510926086
difference between* something bred
Accidentally a word

>>510917827 (OP)
I've been growing figs for years. I've got 24 trees. I grow them in 10 gallon pots and bring in them to my basement over the winter. I've got a bunch of varieties - Chicago Hardy, brown turkey, RDB, Malta black, Armenian, brooklyn white, alma, nordland, and more. There is nothing like a fresh fig. They sometimes sell them at the grocery store, but they are all picked a little early because they have basically zero shelf life and won't hold up to transport when fully ripe.

They are super easy to grow from cuttings, so if you like growing things and have room in a garage or basement (or live somewhere warm enough to be able to grow them in ground) give a go. It is so much fun to order a stick in the mail, watch it grow root and leaves, then a year later have an impressive looking tree. They grow like weeds.

>>510926429
Do you like eating yours whole or are you one of those guys who tears it open and sucks out the inner flesh?

If it was a little bit warmer, I'd probably grow some adzuki, too. These things are so fucking underrated.

I live in MN on a quarter acre
...

I have 6 apple trees, 6 cherry trees, 6 peach trees, and a bunch of raspberry and blueberry bushes and a raised bed garden.

If shit really hits the fan I can till my rich soil and plant corn or wheat, I guess.

>>510927097
You should replace your grass with clovers. They fix nitrogen.

Don't just limit yourself to "normal" stuff!

How about a coconut that is filled with JELLY?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI3rfseseb4

Or maybe you like the idea of a banana that is filled with jelly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTjclbTv1ko

Find something cool that grows in your climate, Anon! There are so many cool things for you to put in your face hole. Why eat the same boring things as everyone else?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbZzbGfksts

Grow something cool!

>>510921642
fig trees grow super fast bro

Try bacopa and mushrooms

>>510928213
>bacopa
How do you use it?

>>510920638
You know nothing.

>>510928211
The stuff that takes a long time tends to be stuff like nuts.
>>510928302
It's commonly done throughout both our countries. In fact, my town is planting fruit trees all over the place itself.

>>510928211
>1st year: nada
>2nd year: handful
>3rd year: enough to make a bit of preserves
>4th year+: full production

My tree is on year three this year after getting murdered by cold. Last run was 7yrs. I got used to those figs and was sad when I realized it was gonna be years before I was swimming in them again.

>>510928271
It's a nootropic herb. Improves your memory and mood.

>>510928617
I'm sorry to hear that, Anon.
>>510928833
>Similar effect to adderall on memory
Holy shit

>>510917827 (OP)
I have 5 raised garden beds and have such abundance, it's hard to give the stuff away. People like a few cucumbers and squash, mayne some tomato's. We force them on people. they often say that they're good when we ask if they want more. I freeze and can so much shit.
I have gained weight because I feel like i shouldn't waste such delicious food.
Gardening rocks especially when you get the hang of it. All organic too

>>510923110
Dude that's brilliant. I have a bunch of baby apple trees I can do that with.

>>510929014
Which zone are you in?
I'd be growing some maypops if it was just a bit warmer in my area.
Look at how fucking INSANE the flowers look.

>>510917827 (OP)
i grew all these tomatoes and have already canned 6 quarts of pasta sauce with garlic and basil i grew. harvested some of my potatoes and made 17 pints of blackberry jam. also picked my first watermelon of the season and my first butternut squash is in the oven.

>>510926620
I eat them whole. Never heard of the way you described, but it sounds like heresy.

>>510929468
>butternut squash
These things are fucking heavenly. You should try making butternut pudding.

>Glowies at work RN, incapable of eating any of the delicious foods we put on their screen
I bet most of you didn't even know raspberries come in purple.

You'll never find thimbleberries in stores. They simply do not survive transport, but they're even better to grow yourself because they have no thorns!

these two will find your figs

>>510930445
I honestly don't mind sharing some of my fruit with the birds and squirrels.

>>510917827 (OP)
Already did it. Best decision ever!

>>510917827 (OP)
>just do a bunch of work, goy
No thanks, I’ll just find some of these plants and kill anyone who tries to stop me from eating them.

>>510930699
If you get shot with 8 or 9 pellets of 00 buck, odds are you're dead before you hit the ground.

>>510921642
>>510921759
>>510917827 (OP)
I got a 6' fig tree that's already pushing fruit. It's the green ones in my case. I also have a small pomegranate tree as well.

>>510930854
>pomegranate
Very nice. I'm a solid 3-4 hardiness zones too cold for those.

Remember when democrats banned buying seeds during their lockdowns?

>>510930954
The "liberals" did the same thing here in Canada. I could buy candy at the store, but not exercise equipment or gardening stuff.

>>510930790
Exactly.

>>510931764
You won't live long if SHTF. You'll just be that memory someone represses.

>>510917827 (OP)
Interesting, I have a pretty large fig tree in my backyard. I'm in new Mexico and I watered it quite a bit, it's producing a bumper crop but the birds are trying to feast. I've got like 5 freezer bags of figs, I guess I'll have to make some pies.

If you live somewhere hot, you could also grow something like date palm.
Dates are fucking amazing and there are a million things you can make with them.

>>510932572
Dates are amazing, but they take a fuck long time to grow to the point of bearing fruit

>>510932663
It takes several years, yeah, but that just means you should be planting sooner than later, eh?

>>510917827 (OP)
I have 3 fig trees in my yard and 2 peach trees and 2 pomegranate bushes. Just moved in 2 years ago so it'll be a while before I get some good fruit

>>510932792
WW1 lasted more than 4 years.
WW2 lasted just over 6 years.

Then, keep in mind that a LOT of farmland will likely get destroyed and the manpower for harvesting stuff will be dramatically lowered, so food prices will remain high for a long time.

>>510933010
Yeh, I plan to plant more in March. Plums and grapes and maybe an apple tree. My fig trees are producing, but they have shallow roots still and the figs aren't good yet. I also had a hummingbird nest in my fig tree this spring it was cute

I just love fruit trees and growing a food forest

>>510933348
Nice birb :D
There are a bunch of prunus hybrids that are worth checking out, too.
Like there are cherry-plums (chums) or plum-apricot (pluots or plumcots) and there are even some where both the flesh AND the almond are edible.

If it's warm enough in your area, you could also grow citrus. Kumquats are a bit more cold tolerant than the others and they're also neat in that the skin is edible, so you eat them whole.

>>510932713
Or shell out for an already mature plant. I've also heard there are varietals that fruit much faster, but I doubt their fruit is very good

>>510933710
Whatever fits your budget.
Growing from seed is very affordable.

>>510932572
True date palms only produce fruit in a dry arid climate. You can grow them in Florida, but they'll never flower.

>>510934311
These threads apply to anyone anywhere. I'm not just going to post zone 5 stuff.

I started a lemon tree from seed about 8 years ago and still haven't gotten 1 lemon

>>510917827 (OP)
Food comes from the supermarket noob.

>>510917827 (OP)
I caught my little bunny friend munching on my zucchini leaves today. He ate 2 leaves. I'm okay with it tho.

>>510934910
How big is the tree?

>>510934910
Those can take more than a decade to bear fruit
Will be nice when it finally does though
I would make so much limoncello
Enough to gift to family and friends during the summer

>>510917827 (OP)
It's like the rich are literally take up space and time to prevent exactly this.

>>510927180
My grass is full of clover, for weed killer like in the sidewalk cracks and around my central air unit i use this recipe in a sprayer
>1 gallon vinegar
>1 cup of salt
>1 tablespoon of dish soap

>>510935467
you are making that up, animals hate plants with fuzzy leaves

>>510936122
They have thorny leaves
I'll take a picture and post it here tomorrow

>>510928169
>munching butthole peaches
What an insufferable faggot.

>>510936061
Don't bother fucking around like that, just hit it with a propane lance.