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General Topics => Preparedness and Survival => Topic started by: TeamSDSHawaii on March 04, 2012, 12:34:04 AM

Title: Spinach for me!
Post by: TeamSDSHawaii on March 04, 2012, 12:34:04 AM

I'm not much of a farmer or have time to do much gardening at my house but wanted to share my spinach growing...

It makes a great SHTF food... Easy to grow in Hawaii year round...

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Have a patch of spinach growing in my front yard... It is very durable... in fact when it got too bad, i pulled it out. Couple weeks later the keikis came back in full force! Great plant... have boiled it with salt, pepper, butter, good side dish. Put it in the lau lau when i ran out of luau leaf... close enough... and cleaned and eaten fresh for salads... good stuff.

Very easy to grow  and easy shtf veggie!

btw... have given to my chickens and my pet parrot and they love it too!

Title: Re: Spinach for me!
Post by: hvybarrels on March 04, 2012, 09:56:39 AM

Nice! My chickens won't touch the stuff yet, but that's because i'm spoiling them with scraps.

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Post by: 808shooter on March 05, 2012, 06:30:50 AM

nice, good info :thumbsup:

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Post by: kala201 on March 05, 2012, 07:13:20 AM

Thanks, definately something I'll have to add to my gardern.  :shaka:

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Post by: Jaydawg on March 05, 2012, 07:41:03 AM

Thanks for the info! 

Title: Re: Spinach for me!
Post by: TeamSDSHawaii on March 08, 2012, 01:21:08 AM

Turned on my prepper friend to the wild spinach... he stay trippin...

Break off the little nuggets that grow on the side and plant um'.... very easy....give some water and baaaammmm spinach patch.

Clean the leaves and use um for salads.... boil the leaves and stems for make almost like luau leaf....

With this current rains, I'll have to cut um back, thats how fast they grow! :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Spinach for me!
Post by: Kulafarmer on March 08, 2012, 09:28:13 AM

we got that stuff growing wild all over by our house, had a small patch and then it sorta got away when we had a big rain one time, that an pipinola,,, the pipinola is a good one too, can eat the squash, and the shoots and leaves,,,

Title: Re: Spinach for me!
Post by: TeamSDSHawaii on March 09, 2012, 11:36:24 PM

^^^^ Rajah that.... all edible.... ;D

Title: Re: Spinach for me!
Post by: Kulafarmer on March 10, 2012, 09:17:26 AM

I think the new zealand spinach is a cleansing food too, helps your system clear toxins like NBC agents,

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Post by: Jaydawg on March 20, 2012, 02:49:44 PM

K-mart has a sale on Burpee garden seed packets.  Buy 1 get one free.  Now till March 24.

Title: Re: Spinach for me!
Post by: mishka on March 21, 2012, 09:23:41 AM

That's cool, I'm an apartment dweller, have to look at the possibility of indoor growing.

I think sprouts are the ultimate survival food though.  Very easy to grow, you don't need light, or soil.  Just a few days and you have edible super nutrient packed sprouts!  If stored properly, seeds can be good for several years, longer if refrigerated or frozen.  And there are so many things that can be sprouted!  Not just alfalfa, mung bean, broccoli, onion, and clover, like we see in the stores.  But other grains, grasses, and beans.  Plus, seeds are very compact and lightweight.  Learn to love the simple sprout!  :geekdanc:

Title: Re: Spinach for me!
Post by: nf9648 on July 30, 2012, 07:56:19 AM

Kale is good too, grows easy sun or shade.