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Letter Re: Perennial Food Crop, Vines, and Trees
Mr. Rawles,
I have a retreat in northern lower Michigan were I have begun staging my Get
Out of Dodge (G.O.O.D.) supplies. I have several containers full of non-hybrid
vegetable seeds, and a large amount of staples (wheat, corn, dry beans, dry
pasta,
amaranth etc.) approximately an 18 month supply for four adults. My question
is do you know of any plants I can put on the property that I can let grow
wild to help supplement my food storage until I can get my garden planted
and ready to harvest. I have planted some raspberry bushes, and blueberries
that have been thriving. I have also planted some amaranth, but have not
been able to get away to see if it has taken or not. I need something that
won't need a lot of attention. I manage to get up to the retreat several
times in the summer months and a few times every winter. - Scott from Michigan
The Memsahib Replies: A look at old homesteads will give
you a good clue what kinds of plants can survive through years of neglect.
The top of my list would be heirloom varieties of berry vines, apples, plums,
and rhubarb.
