Practical Preppers Garden Chapter 1 – Introduction While rare, natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornadoes remain an ever-present fact of life for millions of people.  Even if you’re fortunate enough to live in a place where these sorts of things virtually never happen, the fact is that even a simple failure in the electrical […]

Practical Preppers Garden Chapter 2 – Plant Hardiness Zones & Nutrition In my introduction article on the practical preppers garden project, I mentioned one of our goals would be to focus on a garden that’s low-maintenance, and long-term.  In order to meet this objective I’ve decided to work exclusively with perennial plants.  For those who […]

Practical Preppers Garden Chapter 3 – Plant Selection In my previous article, we established our plant hardiness zone, as well as some basic human nutritional requirements.  With that information in hand we can now begin selecting plants for our practical prepper’s garden. To review, our goal is to focus on perennial plants, hardy to zone […]

Practical Preppers Garden Chapter 4 – Construction In my previous article, we decided what types of plants to grow in our practical preppers garden.  With the ground work done, it’s time to get our hands dirty and actually build it.  As with any project, planning is the first and most important step.  In order to […]