07-12-2013, 12:46 PM
I have so many things I want to say about all of this, but will try and keep it short. It is an absolute necessity that I shop at walmart for food for my kids. Cant feed them any other way. I am also a bit of a prepper and have certain foods planted out on my lot that will be producing soon, with the idea of sustainable food. I have some pigeon pea bushes that should start producing a constant stream of legumes with little or no cultivation. I also have 3 "spinach trees" that someone gave me that are used mostly in the carribean. YOu can harvest up to 50% of their leaves at one time- and these cook up like spinach. Again, with little or no cultivation. I am also going to be planting a fodder beet type tuber that can grow up to 2 pounds! (but this may rot- I will experiment). This combined with various fruit trees and wild strawberry guava should help feed the family. But, milk and meat is still an issue and growing kids need this (IMO). I will just be glad when school starts again and they can eat breakfast and lunch everyday at school.