What Is Landrace Gardening?

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TheBackwoodsHermit

TheBackwoodsHermit

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Creating landraces is the way humans have developed all of the food crops that we have today. I discuss the benefits and give my recommendation for Joseph Lofthouse's excellent book Landrace Gardening. This is the guide to self-sufficiency.
My video on the 5 best books on wild edible plants:
• The 5 Edible Wild Plan...
#gardening #selfsufficiency #seedsaving

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@sandraavalos4786
@sandraavalos4786 Місяць тому
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. 😊
@ragdollpreppers2648
@ragdollpreppers2648 Місяць тому
Very wise ! Thanks for this 🙏
@TheBackwoodsHermit
@TheBackwoodsHermit Місяць тому
Thank you for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed watching.
@user-tn7hc4ww3j
@user-tn7hc4ww3j Місяць тому
Natural GMO is the best GMO. I like your thoughts on letting nature choose the best variety for your area.
@erniescabin4256
@erniescabin4256 Місяць тому
Great advice i've been eating plants, berries, mushrooms fruit meat fish all from the wild all my life there is a lot of good food out there, and like you say every time i move to a new area more to learn, every few years i try growing stuff most of it fails, one plant i know you would have fun with if you don't already have is the EGYPTIAN WALKING ONION anyway great seeing you again I love this topic and looking forward to spring😊👍🌱☘🌿
@TheBackwoodsHermit
@TheBackwoodsHermit Місяць тому
I had Egyptian Walking Onion in my old yard and I know exactly what you mean. That stuff would spread everywhere and was one of the hardiest plants I've ever seen. Used to make me laugh in February when it was already a few inches tall and poking through the snow. Impressive grower. Spring is the best time of year.
@FatGuyinaLittleWoods
@FatGuyinaLittleWoods Місяць тому
I’ve already got blackberries growing naturally. I think I’ll start there. Thanks for the info
@TheBackwoodsHermit
@TheBackwoodsHermit Місяць тому
Excellent. Anything that grows wild without any work is great to have. Even if it's something you don't care for, chickens can eat it.
@wildernesshermit
@wildernesshermit Місяць тому
This is an interesting concept and I like it. Talk about returning to the land! Thanks Steve.
@TheBackwoodsHermit
@TheBackwoodsHermit Місяць тому
Thank you. I've always been pulled towards returning to the land. I'd like to become part of the local ecosystem rather than a master over it like modern gardening methods strive for. My aim is to just nudge the land in the general direction that benefits me and let nature determine how the details of everything will be worked out.
@wildernesshermit
@wildernesshermit Місяць тому
@@TheBackwoodsHermit Perfect.
@TestEric
@TestEric Місяць тому
Finally got Nature's Garden by Samuel Thayer based off your video. I also agree your video on the 5 best books on wild edible plants is excellent.
@TheBackwoodsHermit
@TheBackwoodsHermit Місяць тому
Thank you. Thayer's books are top notch.
@zedek_
@zedek_ Місяць тому
Powerful video that I stumbled upon at the perfect time. I recently bred my chicken flock for the traits that I wanted, combining Red Stars with Turkens... and I had been wondering how I should go about doing something similar for plants. This is an even better idea than I had been hoping for.
@TheBackwoodsHermit
@TheBackwoodsHermit Місяць тому
Excellent. Hope this information sets you off in the direction you're looking for. In the same vein as this book I'd also look into The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka and 2 books by Carol Deppe titled The Resilient Gardener and Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties. They also focus on breeding crops for sustainability rather than working hard to change the environment around them. I was thinking I'll do a video on my thoughts on breeding chickens at some point. I'm really curious what results you'll get from that cross. Please let me know how they turn out as adults.
@patriotpureblood
@patriotpureblood Місяць тому
100 % agree. Being able to feed yourself and your family if shit goes south is a high priority and seed saving is essential if you ask me.
@TheBackwoodsHermit
@TheBackwoodsHermit Місяць тому
Yes. I love guns and other outdoor stuff, but if one is concerned with preparedness, then producing food and saving seed has to be priority number 1.
@jeffreyjacobs6072
@jeffreyjacobs6072 Місяць тому
👍🤠
@hedyparks3772
@hedyparks3772 Місяць тому
Thanks so much 4 your info! Yeah, coming from the "rainbow farting" (permaculturist) side and having a new prepper, neighbor/friend I smile everytime she smuggles some best tasting "whatever " down here to mexico. I am pretty new at gardening but definitely focussing more on mark sheperd's STUN (shear, total, utter neglect) method (tree selection equivalent to landrace annuals landrace seed breeding) another important source if invaluable info: old, local subsistance farmers! Go talk with them and learn what they know about their soils and general growing conditions. You will learn a ton from them you can never find in any book or UKposts video. In mexico they have a special name for edible "weeds" and they are an important, healty and nutricios part of their traditional cuisine. Wild Amaranth varieties and purslane are only two I know by their english name. I am too lazy to baby finiky brandywine tomatoes, if the second/3rd best tomatoe variety gives my good crops.... thanks again for your informative vid! May your thumbs always be green, as DTG says
@TheBackwoodsHermit
@TheBackwoodsHermit Місяць тому
Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I agree completely with everything you've said here. I hope you'll also join in other conversations on this channel. I'm always happy to learn from the knowledge and experience other people have. I don't know much about Mexico, but am interested in the way things are done there.
@hippiechickoffgridmaine8625
@hippiechickoffgridmaine8625 Місяць тому
Wild food plots for humans seems to be lesser known but for game hunting its a big thing.
@TheBackwoodsHermit
@TheBackwoodsHermit Місяць тому
Anything edible that will grow wild without me having to do anything to it is perfect in my books.
@user-tn7hc4ww3j
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When I was a kid living in the burbs, I would practice guerrilla gardening in the runoff ditch that ran behind our home. It was watered from the runnoff at the golf course and the soil on the banks was always damp. I grew some of the best tasting melons and maters down there until the critters and bums discovered my food forest.
@TheBackwoodsHermit
@TheBackwoodsHermit Місяць тому
@@user-tn7hc4ww3j I love hearing stories of guerrilla gardening. Wish more people would do it. The more food growing everywhere, the better.
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