You certainly can barter with it, even in economic crisis. If you have extra money and have the basic prepper/survival stuff covered as well as self-defense, gold is a great next option. The self-defense part is important, however, because of that.
Multiple countries have faced civil collapse; in those situations, gold really does become a way to get out somewhere, go somewhere or bribe someone really fast compared to a possibly failing currency. Gold holds value, currencies don’t in many situations.
Gold isn’t going to help you in a nuclear exchange or apocalypse situation, though. You also need quite a large garden in order to sustain more than one person. Quite a large one; growing the correct crops as well. Becomes a lot harder the farther north you are. Vitamins/nutrients and what not.
I was thinking about that comment and a neighbor who grows okra with very little water and gets a good yield, because I always thought ones requires plenty of water. Searching said without with water, the nutrient uptake is poor, so you can eat it, but I’m guessing nutrition is low.
I’ve grown Okra! The water thing is true if you grow Okra in it’s own area by itself. There’s a collective “water-burden” crops can have when you’re growing certain ones together. Okra can soak up plenty of water if you give it plenty of water; from other plants even! Certain plants that suck up water quicker/need more water will draw water from other slower plants which is why it’s good to separate your garden.
If I was in a survival situation I think I would just absolutely fill my garden with root veggies and hopefully be able to procure some more vitamin supplements because of where I live. Potatoes, tubers, jamaican yams in containers. Shit loads of walnut trees around here too. I don’t think there’s anything I can grow in the winter.
Yeah when we grew it we had a separate patch and made sure it had water, so I was astonished my neighbor grows it with so little. I was going to suggest okra for our comrade but had a hunch there was a catch, so when I read that, I didn’t say anything. Root veggies are nutrient dense, assuming soil and water conditions are good. And ofc organic fertilizer is preferable to manufactured fertilizer but we do what we can. Humans are surprisingly adaptable and resilient, but at the end of the day, we’re still humans and needs unmet for too long has real negative impacts.
You certainly can barter with it, even in economic crisis. If you have extra money and have the basic prepper/survival stuff covered as well as self-defense, gold is a great next option. The self-defense part is important, however, because of that.
Multiple countries have faced civil collapse; in those situations, gold really does become a way to get out somewhere, go somewhere or bribe someone really fast compared to a possibly failing currency. Gold holds value, currencies don’t in many situations.
Gold isn’t going to help you in a nuclear exchange or apocalypse situation, though. You also need quite a large garden in order to sustain more than one person. Quite a large one; growing the correct crops as well. Becomes a lot harder the farther north you are. Vitamins/nutrients and what not.
I was thinking about that comment and a neighbor who grows okra with very little water and gets a good yield, because I always thought ones requires plenty of water. Searching said without with water, the nutrient uptake is poor, so you can eat it, but I’m guessing nutrition is low.
I’ve grown Okra! The water thing is true if you grow Okra in it’s own area by itself. There’s a collective “water-burden” crops can have when you’re growing certain ones together. Okra can soak up plenty of water if you give it plenty of water; from other plants even! Certain plants that suck up water quicker/need more water will draw water from other slower plants which is why it’s good to separate your garden.
If I was in a survival situation I think I would just absolutely fill my garden with root veggies and hopefully be able to procure some more vitamin supplements because of where I live. Potatoes, tubers, jamaican yams in containers. Shit loads of walnut trees around here too. I don’t think there’s anything I can grow in the winter.
Yeah when we grew it we had a separate patch and made sure it had water, so I was astonished my neighbor grows it with so little. I was going to suggest okra for our comrade but had a hunch there was a catch, so when I read that, I didn’t say anything. Root veggies are nutrient dense, assuming soil and water conditions are good. And ofc organic fertilizer is preferable to manufactured fertilizer but we do what we can. Humans are surprisingly adaptable and resilient, but at the end of the day, we’re still humans and needs unmet for too long has real negative impacts.