Homestead vegetable and fruit selections

In this episode we cover pretty much every category of veggie and fruit we can think of off the tops of our heads. the most important thing to know is to grow what you want to eat, not just fancy things that no one knows what to do with. Covered in this episode: 

Root veggies

Greens

Legumes 

Grains 

Squash 

Melons 

Fruit trees 

We also touch a bit on the acquisition of the seeds, both with a recommendation for rareseed.com and what you can buy from the store and plant. We talk a bit about how long it takes to fruit, how to make sweet potato slips and pre sprouting your grains/beans. 

The tree for this episode is the Housin Oriental Pear 

The plant for this episode is the Patty Pan Squash 

The skill for this episode is salt cured egg yolks and their uses 

 

The news and things to watch out for in this episode are the purchase of grains and corn by the Chinese government from South Africa and bypassing the American market. Maybe part of BRICS? 

 

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