Best overall garden food crop?

[bulrush]

What are the top 1 or 2 garden crops to grow in a primitive situation?

Ask yourself, will you focus on calories per pound, or vitamins per pound? How easy is the crop to grow? How much is it eaten by wild animals? How easy is it to preserve? Will it preserve all winter?

If you can take a wild plant and cultivate it, that counts also.

I would say potatoes. They have a lot of calories, plus a few vitamins, and can be made a variety of ways, and they keep for a long time in a cool cellar.

[trax]

I'd agree with potatoes, the other benefit being that they'll grow pretty much anywhere.

[Rick]

You would want a ground crop so bad weather won't beat it down. Potatoes would be good. So would squash.

[Beo]

I agree with potatoes, and the second would be beans.
Rick squash is nasty so I'd pass on that.

[Sourdough]

Potato's and Moose Meat. Yummm

[Rick]

You grow moose in your garden?

Beo - I thought about beans but you'd want to go with bush beans and even then the plants could be broken down by a strong wind. I was just going with his primitive scenario.

[nell67]

Asparagus,mmmm! prefer the wild variety,freeze it,or can it,whichever you prefer.And Beo,you better not say my food is nasty! LMAO!

[Rick]

You bet! I could do that.

[Beo]

Asparagus... ahhhhhhhhh nasty!!!

[nell67]

Asparagus... ahhhhhhhhh nasty!!!

I'm gonna beat you with an ugly stick,big brother!!!!!

[Beo]

Been hit by half the forest, didn't you see my pics with the flintlock

[nell67]

Yep,but I'm using the ugly stick,not the forest

[Rick]

Nell, small switch across thigh. That should do it. He'll scream like a girl.

[nell67]

Ouch,Rick,been there,that hurts like heck,dont wanna hurt him,just make him see the light???Some people are too picky about what they eat,LOL,gotta son like that. He is 21,5'4" and finally weighs 105 pounds! Dont know where he got that from

[Beo]

Well I'm 42, 6'4" and weigh 235 pounds. All lovable inch of me wants a switch whipp'n

[Rick]

Back up, kinky.

[nell67]

Remember who you're talking too here big brother,hold on a sec,and I'll pm prrrfukt with your request,LMAO!!!!!!MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Sourdough]

[QUOTE=Rick;28122]You grow moose in your garden?

Well KIND'OF, Plant tatters, Moose comes to eat vines, Pop'D'moose. Moose and tatter potpie. Yummmmmmm

[Rick]

That's a lot of meat. Why not just eat one leg at a time. It's not like it'll hobble off very far.

[trax]

That's a lot of meat. Why not just eat one leg at a time. It's not like it'll hobble off very far.

You should see the size of the pie plate he uses, talk about deep dish! I just realized that I like all the veggies listed here! With my opinion of veggies that's more rare than last night's eclipse.