Start a Survival Garden With Heirloom Seeds

Starting a survival garden will not only save you money in the long run but would also be very essential if there was a catastrophe in which the shops ran out of food. Eating healthy is all the rage these days.

In grocery stores you will see the regular fruits and vegetables then you have the organic ones. I feel that the only way to really know what is genuinely organic or not is if you plant the food or kill the animal yourself. So, starting a survival garden with treasure seeds is the best way to really know what vegetables and fruits you are getting, while also having a sustainable and reputable food source.

About Treasure Seeds

The next question to answer is: what are treasure seeds? Treasure seeds, also called heritage seeds, are seeds that are usually 50 years old and older. These treasure seeds are important for a couple of different factors. One reason is that the veggies taste much better than what you buy at the shop. Also, there is a much bigger choice of vegetables and fruits than what can be found at the grocery store and, the reason that they are popular amongst preppers or survivalists, they produce seeds that can be collected and used in the next planting season.

If you are going to start a survival garden able sufficient to produce vegetables and fruits long after a catastrophe, you will want a garden that produces a range of delicious produce. At the grocery store, the range of items you will find is rather little. Normally you will just find 1 type of each vegetable that really restricts the flavors you will get. The selection of treasure seeds for your survival garden is nearly ludicrous. You can generally find 30 - 50 different types of each vegetable and fruit. If you don't like orange carrots, you can try a white or yellow carrot. Having a variety is always great, but much more so when a catastrophe strikes and no food is left in the supermarket.

The fruit and vegetables that comes from your survival garden will also taste better than what you usually buy. The fruit and vegetables will probably not look the very same and can even have a different shape than what you may think of for a specific vegetable. The flavor can also be somewhat different but will provide you different tastes to keep you from getting bored with what you grow.

The most important element of your survival garden is that it needs to be sustainable. The basic seed packets you can buy are hybrid seeds. Hybrid seeds have been genetically customized to offer much larger harvests that look more uniform and can produce larger veggies. The downside to these seeds is that the majority of the harvest does not produce more seeds, and/or the seeds will not produce vegetables if planted. A heirloom seed might not produce the biggest harvest, but they are more valuable than a hybrid harvest as the seeds can be saved the next year to replant your crop.

As you can see, with a survival garden, treasure seeds would be necessary if you plan to have crops each and every single year. Heirloom seeds can really lead to self-sufficiency and can even cause profit by offering some of your harvests and/or the seeds. When there is a catastrophe, and the main source of commerce is the barter system, your survival garden may save your life and allow you to stock up on products. The price of treasure seeds might be a little higher than standard seeds, but the benefits are so great that there is no factor these seeds need to not be contributed to your survival stockpile.

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