[dagogo redux]

Been prepping for years now - I like your manual, and will have to study it in more detail. Thanks for the link to it.

The manual, however, unless I overlooked it, seems light on growing long-term survival food. Using only part of a small plot of land, I’ve been able to make an almost sustainable dent in our food needs by raising survival chickens (http://www.survivalblog.com/2008/02/the_home_chicken_flock_for_sel.html) that lay throughout the year, dry beans that grow and store well in my climate, and potatoes that do the same. Those who live where corn grows well can add a nice grain as well. Heirloom stuff only, of course, and don’t bother with luxuries like lettuce and tomatoes until you’ve got the basics covered (The chickens will destroy those crops anyway!).

[Kartographer]

"The manual, however, unless I overlooked it, seems light on growing long-term survival food."

You are right, other than the Seed List there isn't a lot about growing food, mainly because I've try to stick close to the main purpose of the manual that of just getting prepared. Of course the Manual does cover survival basics, but is intended to just get one started. Growing food both plants and animals for survival would be a book of its own and as my manual is at better than 400 pages. I am not sure how much of it I could cover and still leave the manual manageable. But I will consider expanding that subject to some degree in my next revision.

[jda]

. . . survival chickens . . .

Where did you take them for survival training???