Prepping for the day the SHTF: A complete bug-out and survival plan for life after doomsday. by Benton Ken

Author:Benton, Ken [Benton, Ken]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-04-22T06:00:00+00:00

Warm Weather Fruit and Nut Trees

Almond

Pecan

Pistachio

Orange, Tangerine, Nectarine, and Tangelo

Grapefruit and Pummelo

Lemon and Lime

Sweet Cherry (also great for the wood)

Fig

Persimmon

Peach and Apricot

Plum

Fig

Avocado

Olive

Obviously, you cannot grow every one of these trees. You need to choose which ones are most practical in your region, and what types of tree crops your family will benefit from most. Talk to the local nursery about what does best in your specific area. Some of the cold weather fruit trees do not do well in extremely cold climates, and some of the warm weather fruit trees cannot handle extreme desert heat. Also, you will need to plant two trees of different cultivars for many of the fruit tree types in order to get cross-pollination so they produce fruit. Depending on your specific location and acreage, you will probably narrow the list down to three or four fruits and one or two nuts at the most. That’s fine. It’s more important to be efficient than to have a large variety. Do, however, grow at least one nut tree because they are a good healthy protein and can be ground to produce cooking oil.

Sunflowers are another good source of oil and will reproduce by themselves in dryer climates. You may wish to grow a small field of them and see how they do.

Olives are probably the best source of oil (and healthy fat), but these trees cannot survive extremely cold winters. Also, they are quite a bit of work to harvest and make oil from during the short harvesting window. However, they will grow anywhere, even in the worst rocky soil and on slopes where nothing else will grow. If your winters are not severe, you may as well have a couple olive trees growing among the rocks in the poor soil areas.

So, now we have your soil prepped for mini-farming, an orchard planted, potatoes in the ground, wild berries and perennial vegetables growing in different spots, and grapevines started. You are well on your way to a self-sufficient homestead. Even if you do nothing else, this land of yours now produces food all on its own. That’s a pretty good start.

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