Landscape gardening for food

ozarkgoatman · Feb 13, 2007

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One of my "survival" gardens came about by accident. Had a neighbor who was really nice guy, but elderly. He subdivided his land and "sold" 20 acres to his son inlaw who moved up from the big city and promptly posted everything. No hunting, fishing on his half of the lake, no picking berries etc. The law said I had the right to do some of the things, fish etc, but with him and his wife yapping about trespassing on his land, it wasn't worth it. Well a few years back on one wet spring night when I knew they were going into Boston for a couple days, I helped some voulenter plants onto their land. Blackberry vines, jersulum artichokes, cat tails, wild roses, a few bushes I got from fish and game for my "wildlife area", some ay lilies, some asparagas, horseradish, a few of the more invasive herbs and such. Was a lot of fun figureing what I would like for long term survival garden and that would self reseed. Being a nice guy, I didn't plant Japanese Knot weed or anything really miserable. I started in the pond and changed the plants as I went up into the old pasture. Two years later you couldn"t walk through the area and it is full of a lot of hidden edibles. He got all upset about "nature" taking over his field and started to spray it. Being a good coservationist, I called the town on his using chemicals in the wetland and poluting the water and they come out and said that it would be a $5,000 fine if he continued and that it would be an additional $5,000 per day if he ignored the order. Being a good neighbor, I told him that for $50 an hour I would bring my tractor over and brush hog it in the fall. That keeps the trees and pucker brush down and lets the "good" weeds and brush propagate. It helps me towards paying for my tractor, there are several weeks of good survival food there in a pinch and there is a lot more wildlife around the pond. As an added benifit he pays me to check on the area and keep it from going "wild" and no longer threatens to call the cops every time he sees me walking on it. The only downside to it so far is that the bear make it impossible to keep a bird feeder, they love sunflower seeds, and the darn deer ate all of my strawberries and trim my shrubs. I have expanded the project, on other warm spring nights, to a couple other town owned wildlife areas, the flood control areas, and they "protect" my resource by prohibiting hunting etc. Even if I don't need to use it, I much prefer the look of the area to the former sterile "lawn" they had running down to the lake and it cut their use of the area by almost 100% and thus they don"t bother me about my use of "their" pond.
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I don't know where you live but acting like that around here would likely get your arse shot. From what I see you have no respect for another mans property and I'm glad as #E!! you aren't my neigbor!!!!!!

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Sojourner · Feb 26, 2007

Seacowboys, have you ever pickled the day lily buds? They make a good substitute for small dill pickles. All you need is vinegar, water and spices. Also make good sweet pickles.

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