7 Survival Crops to Grow for MAXIMUM Calories

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If you had to live off of your garden...could you? Here are 7 of our top picks for crops to grow for calories.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Beans
02:10 - Sweet Potatoes
03:33 - Quinoa
05:05 - Potatoes
06:24 - Amaranth
07:28 - Jerusalem Artichoke
08:58 - Rice
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@epicgardening Год назад

What did we miss? There are a TON more to cover (and grow) so let us know what you want to see next :)

@readyfuels17 Год назад

This video is a POWERHOUSE of caloric information.

@bobbun9630 Год назад

Fruit trees, if you can manage pests on them. Once established they'll yield a tremendous number of calories for the space they take. Winter wheat is a great option in much of the U.S. as it exploits a part of the growing season that you might not otherwise be able to grow anything in.

@christophersmith8014 Год назад

These are all good crops for calorie storage, but don't forget the calories in the edible green parts during the growing cycle. Sweet potato leaves have 60 calories per 100 grams, Amaranth has 23, and then there are things like purslane (20) and lambsquarters (43) that produce abundant yields. Greens have lower calorie densities than tubers and grains but they also take less energy to harvest and make edible. The net caloric yield from the total farming cycle is something to keep in mind.

@hawks9142 Год назад

Hazelnuts

@GenXHeart Год назад

Rookie here with a dumb question, are there any flower combinations I shouldn't mix with veggies? For instance is it OK to put a BES Hirta with a marigold and a tomato in the same big half barrel container? Last year it timed nicely that when my tomato was finished I lopped it off and the marigolds took over and made quite the fall show for my front doorstep. I was thinking adding in the Cardinal basil too... Are there flower/veg combos you enjoy?

@PlumpChickenButtocks Год назад

Are we doing another apocalypses survival challenge? Please :D

@ShaneLovesGardening Год назад

I second this!

@danfarkas5375 Год назад

Third!

@cynthiadenham7215 Год назад

Fourth !

@hawks9142 Год назад

I think I remember him saying he's going to do another one

@s.ummali9664 Год назад

Pleaaaase!

@FrozEnbyWolf150 Год назад

For sunchokes, slice them up and cook them in an acid like vinegar or lemon juice. This breaks down the inulin starch, which is indigestible to humans, into fructose and glucose. They will be noticeably sweeter after cooking, and have a higher caloric density since you've converted the starch into sugars. You can also pickle them in vinegar to achieve the same effect.

@epicgardening Год назад

Actually GENIUS

@huntsman12able Год назад

I grew Jerusalem artichokes last year for the first time and I found pickling them was one of the best ways to eat them

@BigboiiTone Год назад

You mean FARTichokes....LOL!

@FrozEnbyWolf150 Год назад

@@BigboiiTone Not if you cook them this way.

@BigboiiTone Год назад

@@FrozEnbyWolf150 it's funny

@karrtia.photography Год назад

I started growing amaranth for the grain, but after about 6 months of the same tangle of plants giving out new growth after new growth, I adore them for the leaves as a salad green absolutely full of iron. They weren't kidding about amaranth bring prolific, I physically cannot kill it haha

@atimnile2401 Год назад

It’s a staple vegetable in Uganda; grew up eating them weekly. Now that we’re in the states 🇺🇸; wanna give it A try😋.

@hanumanmonkeygod8719 Год назад

Sweet potato leaves are a tasty edible and are almost always overlooked.

@smuggafree Год назад

Kevin, you should be a teacher. Your videos are always well planned and informative. This one was very educational.

@epicgardening Год назад

Our team does a lot of work behind the scenes to help!

@Gongall Год назад

He is a teacher, on a much grander scale with much more efficient methods

@CandysGarden Год назад

Your garden gives people like me MOTIVATION to keep growing. 😊

@epicgardening Год назад

Glad to hear Candy...you got this :)

@generalsmedleybutler340 Год назад

Last year I successfully grew sweet potato and Jerusalem artichoke dry farming style with no watering and using rain water only. I used a thick layer of mulch to preserve the water in the ground throughout the season.

@jonih6809 Год назад

That's awesome! What type of climate do you live in?

@bruce-le-smith Год назад

very cool, that's the dream. working on improving my rain water harvesting and storage. mulch is the best

@generalsmedleybutler340 Год назад

@@jonih6809 Mediterranean with mild seasons and rainfall in winter but not in summer

@epicgardening Год назад

This is amazing to hear!

@jlseagull2.060 Год назад

@@generalsmedleybutler340 Central Valley CA? If so, I am in the same zone but I have to keep sun chokes well watered; otherwise, they wilt😢 They are in pots. Maybe that is the difference.

@D71219ONE Год назад

In my personal opinion, if the world is ending and you can only grow one plant that you have to live off of, it would be sweet potatoes. Nutrient and caloric dense tubers, and nutrient dense vines that are very much edible. But this is a great list. Depending on where you are, I’d add cassava, true yams (dioscorea), and taro. Maybe throw in moringa for likely the most nutrient dense greens possible and high caloric pods.

@arnoldreiter435 Год назад

I live in southern Montana and with only about 120 growing days one has to consider that also. sweet potatoes would require a lot of special handling to get any amount of food. In northern climates the lowly potato is the go to crop.

@epicgardening Год назад

I tend to agree, so long as you can store

@D71219ONE Год назад

@@arnoldreiter435 Yes, everything I listed would be primarily for zones 8-10.

@stevenschnepp576 Год назад

@@arnoldreiter435 Yeah, for us living in civilized reaches where there's winter, I'd say the potato, onion, beans, and greens are our staples. Most of those aren't terribly thirsty crops, they do well with our shorter growing seasons and in a garden, and (unless you catch blight) are pretty darn hard to kill. Between the four of 'em, you can get a lot of good meals and most of the nutrients and calories you'd need to get by.

@tk421dr Год назад

i weigh 560 lbs, i have a goal to only eat what i grow starting june 1st. i committed a long time ago, my plants are so tiny, im so scared, but im gonna do it.

@epicgardening Год назад

I believe in you

@honeybadger8942 Год назад

See Dr. Brooke Goldner on how she beat disease accidently while trying to lose weight.

@johnliberty3647 Год назад

Good luck, even if you have to cheat a little just keep eating what you do grow and only buy something that came from a garden and not shoved into a box at a factory

@cuomonover Год назад

Find a farmer's market near you. Not only can you supplement if needed but they can give you all kinds of tips for growing local to you (what to plant, when, etc). Baby steps!

@bruce-le-smith Год назад

good challenge. personally i found that just cutting out sugar/bread/pasta was a huge help. my uncle's doctor once told him to count calories for meat, oil, sugars (including drinks, that's where all the sneaky calories are!), carbs, starch, etc. and stay under 2000 per day, but to not worry about vegetables at all just eat all the greens you want/can. so if you have to make a healthy choice and buy from a farmers market i think that would be a reasonable compromise p.s. your primal brain patterns might go into a fearful 'fight or flight' mode for the first year or two, just try to keep calm and carry on, it does get easier after a while

@danieladeutsch1708 Год назад

Dear Kevin, I would like to add, that all the plants, that you have mentioned are good for the stabilization of your sugar level and keep you sated for a long time. I try to eat them every day and within eating them I am loosing weight too. So that´s another benefit when eating them :)

@MerwinARTist Год назад

If you will ferment the Jerusalem Artichoke .. like Sauerkraut .. it will take the gassiness out. You can then eat them like pickles .. tasty!

@jesswelsh9838 Год назад

Thanks for the seed sale! I'm anxious to use your seeds for my fall crops : )

@epicgardening Год назад

Of course, enjoy!

@cloudgklog5421 Год назад

Could you please make time in one of your upcoming videos about lentil? I really want to know how to grow them in a bed🙏

@bruce-le-smith Год назад

that would be very handy!

@alexjames879 Год назад

Excellent list! I think grain sorghum would be a good addition to this list. It’s heat and drought tolerant, high yielding, self-fertile, and tolerates somewhat infertile soils, so it can easily be grown on a small scale. It’s relatively easy to thresh and is one of the best textured gluten-free flour options for those of us with celiac.

@celestealtus1687 Год назад

Aww your poor brother! He was ahead of his time.

@fiffihoneyblossom5891 Год назад

I grow amaranth to add to my quail feed. It's got a decent amount of protein for a bird. And they don't mind over sowing, are low maintenance, require one large dump of fertilizer or manure with sowing and nothing more until they're done. And they are gorgeous.

@TinMan445 Год назад

I’m growing amaranth this year for the first time. Seems to be a slow starter but excited to see how big they get

@JumpingSpider37 Год назад

Grew it last year and despite pretty intense drought conditions, it performed REALLY well. Totally spot on with the slow start observation though. Took a bit for me as well

@FrozEnbyWolf150 Год назад

Use a heat source like a heat mat to germinate them, and keep them in a warm place, like a greenhouse if you have one. Amaranth is a hot season crop, and will grow very quickly in the middle of summer. You can intercrop them in the Three Sisters as kind of a fourth sister, serving a similar function to the corn.

@Amazing_Uriel Год назад

Might be the best channel on RU-vid. Never disappoints. Thank you for being you!

@cadenlemley5329 Год назад

I learned about the Jerusalem artichoke in my anthropology of food class this last semester in college. I planted a few as well as a yaupon holly because of that class… and then I started a garden. I love this channel, and I have definitely learned a lot from the Epic Gardening crew.

@1lorddevn Год назад

I live in FL, where Yaupon Holly is native. I just learned about it yesterday lol. High in caffeine too

@BigboiiTone Год назад

You mean you learned about FARTichokes lol

@BiancaZombie Год назад

Great video, just got into gardening, loving it

@donovan3562 Год назад

I enjoyed the different take on the possible things to grow, keep up the good work. I learned a lot

@NonRenderedBush Год назад

Super well done video, thanks for everything you do homie.

@mjreyes3884 Год назад

Love learning from you.

@HisGlory768 Год назад

Thank you for the visuals!! Really helpful

@a.l.a.7847 Год назад

Fantastic information and I loved the visuals and figures you provided. Really persuasive in providing how valuable that home garden can be. Thanks, Kevin!

@yonowaaru Год назад

Very informative, love your work!

@kara9726 Год назад

I grew tons of cranberry beans last year. We ate them all year long and still have a couple gallon bags of frozen "fresh ones" and a quart jar of dried ones. Scarlett runner beans were also great and we still have a half gallon jar of dried ones, though we used all of the frozen "fresh" ones.

@nyleramos8198 Год назад

I find it interesting and cool how 6/7 of these plants originated in the Americas, Indigenous farmers really know what they're doing

@NotPalliot Год назад

So potatoes, amaranth, green beans? I already love those things!

@fairyprairiefarm Год назад

Thanks for the sale Kevin! I was able to stock up on new flowers I’ve not seen anywhere else! Can’t wait to add them to the farm!

@epicgardening Год назад

Glad to hear this!!!

@MikeBeauchamp Год назад

This is awesome. Thanks for the info!

@nildaotero2933 Год назад

Excellent video, thanks for the info

@justinarnold7725 Год назад

Another great video Eric

@sixtwoinak Год назад

Great video! I'm looking forward to the nutritional video you mentioned. 👍💪🙏

@rad1calreal15t Год назад

After watching one of your videos with Chris, I decided to give Trionfo Violetto Bean Pole a try and man, I am having great success. Huge crunchy yummy pole beans and that's usually my morning snack this season!

@apsilveiraa Год назад

Learned a lot, thank you!

@carriecooper4187 Год назад

I love sweet potatoes! I’ve been growing for about 4 years and added more, another variety, this year. Learning as I go for sure but I feel accomplished with these because I’m growing them in MIchigan.

@carolann1906 Год назад

I am in Michigan too😊

@stevenschnepp576 Год назад

How do you do it? I'm looking to start because my wife dearly loves them.

@maydayhomestead Год назад

This was an amazing video, I am so behind LOL. Hearing about the amount one can do in a square small bed if done well, I am now newly motivated!! Thank you!!

@blasebaker Год назад

Loved ❤ this video. Thank you!

@yo388 Год назад

Experimented with growing rice this year, it was a success!

@iconicplay2237 Год назад

I took advantage of the deal. Thanks for all you and your team do

@epicgardening Год назад

Appreciate you

@MisterBaker5 Год назад

Yep, beans. From four 35L pots I grew so many green beans (climbing) that I have 2 drawers of my freezer full. Lucky if I eat them all before next season.

@EmmanuelBacena Год назад

Wow just heard you are half Filipino. I am a Filipino urban gardener in UK and been inspired by ypur videos. Thanks

@Kaukaveman Год назад

Great video brah

@LadySuza Год назад

TIL that I could grow rice without a rice paddy, very excited! Might try it out next year when I get/make a raised garden bed. I also liked the potato bit, did not know how easy they are. Amaranth is a bit of a surprise but it looks pretty so even if it isn't hit with the fam food wise at least it'll add some interesting foliage to the house.

@LordChumbley Год назад

Awesome video thanks

@kd1687 Год назад

Jerusalem artichokes definitely will take over . Here in iowa they are everywhere . I started with 1 and it took over my entire flower bed and around the shed its next too 😅

@Max_SiddiQ Год назад

yep, for us (if bs hits the fan) 1. Fava beans (broad beans) one of the best proteins next to meat 2. Sweet potatoes - much much better than normal potatoes (quality and quantity) 3. Pumpkins - very easy to grow, (plant and forget), amazing at storing over winters (last up to April) very nutrient dense, one big pumpkin for us, family of 4, soups/ grills etc lasts for 5-7 days & we have about 20-30 of them each winter

@godswordevangelism Год назад

Growing Amaranth. I have 5 plants and they are gorgeous. I have the red ones. Also trying to grow potatoes, three varieties.

@HeatherNaturaly Год назад

Amaranth can be eaten as a green vegetable well before it sets any seed. Vietnamese add it to soups.

@jahmaldujon9010 Год назад

Exactly what Ive been searching for on RU-vid.

@SimpleIdeaz Год назад

A lazy gardener and look for maximum yield and little work. This year I am focusing on building my perrenial garden. This gave me some ideas

@Markephillips77 Год назад

Just went and got a bunch of seeds on that amazing deal ok BI! Thanks for the great content and the excellent deals!

@epicgardening Год назад

Glad to hear this!

@farmwithbisase Год назад

Great suggestions I will try them . Currently I have purple sweet potatoes.

@katxfish Год назад

That ringtone is a FLASHBACK! Aye aye aye I'm a little butterfly~

@ThePhantomofFilm Год назад

I have 3 patches of Jerusalem artichokes on my property. I rarely harvest them but I think this year's gonna be the year. I hear pickling them reduces their gassiness.

@cassssss Год назад

Your ringtone sent me a blast from the past, I love it. 😂

@chadwick8107 Год назад

agree with another comment by rob would love to know which crops top the list factoring in how many times you can grow from seed to harvest in a season

@willmallory9085 Год назад

Excellent video Brother

@alexhudspeth1213 6 месяцев назад

I'm watching this in Jan 2024 from Central California, and am inspired! I especially love the emphasis on plants native to the Americas, as I am prepping my 3 Sisters Milpa, and wish to respect traditional foodways. I've just put down some cover crop (13 seed mix from No-Till Solutions), and will be doing 2 stands of cacahuazintle: one in rows, one in hills, both inter-planted with squash and beans. My goal is largely California (or generally American) native plants and as much food independence as possible. Thank you for this wonderful video, I'll definitely put in a rice patch!

@JL-ik1ig Год назад

I'm in love with this information about the Incas plant and their high caloriec density 💯✨

@jamesdagmond Год назад

Sweet potatoes produce fast where I live in Florida about 80-100 days. Same as regular potatoes.

@sarahkp729 Год назад

Omg that ringtone was my jam when playing DDR as a kid and you just brought me back 😅

@myhappyplace7861 Год назад

Would love a good resource for the upland rice. Live in the hot and humid south. If it’s good to try here would love info for purchasing! Love this channel!

@rob5333 Год назад

Love the idea for this video! Perhaps you could go even further and factor in the extra calories from multiple harvests in the same bed for vegetables that can be harvested and replanted multiple times per year. This year I am growing more of these types of veggies and less that take an entire season such as sweet potatoes. I'm hoping it will give me more net overall veggies from my garden over the course of the summer!

@epicgardening Год назад

Honestly that's a great call!

@ethanreynolds9842 Год назад

Take a shot every time he says "powerhouse"

@Kilithaza Год назад

I died.

@EchoLog Год назад

Alcohol is a good way to store carbs and drinkable water long term! Binge drinking bad tho yeah lol.

@hellkittyninja7237 Год назад

Lmao 😂😂😂

@epicgardening Год назад

I got too excited

@EchoLog Год назад

@@epicgardening fermentation series? Or did you already do that? Maybe theres some way to pre-digest those fartichokes... I'mma go research

@SunshineInCA14 Год назад

Wow I’m going to try growing rice thanks for all the helpful info! 🌱 💚 🌱

@brianmoore4299 Год назад

Thanks for the info Kevin. I tried amaranth last year but obviously a mislabeled seed pack because it was not amaranth. I have struggled with my potatoes because of racoons or skunks digging in tbe garden. Not any more because Jock convinced me to take advantage of your going out of business sale, I mean Memorial day sale. Ive already received my order and have set one of them up. Have to wait to set the other ones up because im growing things where those are going to be placed. So I wait til the fall. Got a bunch of seeds too. Thanks so much for the great sale. Hope you do really well because it was a great deal for me and I'm sure everyone else.

@epicgardening Год назад

Glad you got your order already! Keep on trying with potatoes, it can take a try or two

@Gkrissy Год назад

I love sweet potatoes and purple potatoes. I have never grown rice but I have seeds. Amaranth is also good. In the caribbean, we call green amaranth, Callaloo and eat it with cod fish.

@bobbyjones7505 Год назад

Awesome video my friend 👍👍👍👍👍

@TheGoatedFoot Год назад

Hi amazing video i might try growing quinoa

@grassrootsgardening Год назад

Very cool video!!

@AH-yr3ge Год назад

Hope you do another survival video soon!

@jordan1048 Год назад

my problem with beans last season was that it really doesnt grow well in regular bed soil. that sandy soil thing really helps it take off!

@shirleyn4677 Год назад

I’m growing three from your list this year: sweet potato (Okinawan purple), yellow bush bean, and amaranth. Fingers crossed. We’ve had an unusually cool wet spring for Texas and though it has help the growth so far it has delayed fruiting of my tomatoes. May be in for bumper crop next month?

@LeighLearning 3 месяца назад

Honestly, Kevin, the easiest thing to grow in the garden for calories is the worm that you put on the end of the fishhook… provided you know how to fish and you’ll eat fish. One of the best things about sweet potatoes though is you can kind of trellis them and just use a fence or pathway rather than a bed and keep them in their bags. I used to have them dangling off of the balcony in my apartment in college growing in plastic totes. One thing you might want to also consider is if you have to put in a shade tree, make it one that produces nuts or if you live far enough syrup.

@sunainamore3488 Год назад

Here in India we stir fry young Amarnath leaves with lots of garlic, a little salt and turmeric and chilli powder for taste.. do give it try…cover and cook till the stem cooks through. Put over white rice and yummy dinner rich in Iron is ready for you to enjoy!

@nooie99 Год назад

Interesting. Shame we cant get the tower stalks in uk. Perhaps you could look into getting them in your shop over here. Please.

@bruce-le-smith Год назад

great video, thanks! quinoa and potato are also great for cutting carbs/sugars out of the diet, they're two of my daily 'go to's. those kids in your brother's school really missed out, hope they've learned their mistake since then. i do cook my quinoa with boullion and a bit of steak spice just to mellow out that slight ferny taste a bit. both of those plants still give you that feeling of satisfaction from the starch without the negative effects of bread and pasta. i'm a new gardener and only tried quinoa once, i let the seedlings get leggy, didn't harden them off, and i'm sure i damaged the roots when transplanting, so they were small but they still made some seed. can't wait to give it another go, a detailed video on tips and tricks for quinoa in different microclimates would be cool

@sandrajohnson9926 Год назад

Sweet potatoes maybe but not normal potatoes are lower in carbs. I love both.

@epicgardening Год назад

Agree - they're so filling!

@venusgarden959 Год назад

Wonderful video🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤

@amac9245 Год назад

A video on how and what to grow for meeting recommend daily requirement for minerals, vitamins and macos for 6 foot'ish a 200 lb male would be complex but also EPIC

@davidniemi6553 Год назад

Fascinating video and calculations. I'll note that Quinoa and Amaranth (and their relative Huauzontl) provide protein with a complete and balanced set of amino acids, which are difficult from pure vegetarian sources (though beans plus other vegetables do well too). Note that there are no plain greens on this list -- leaves tend to be calorie-poor, even if high in fiber and certain vitamins -- valuable as a supplement but not a staple.

@cristiewentz8586 Год назад

In my current grow zone (6, east cental indiana), sweet potatoes, black oil sunflower, milo (grain sorghum), and scarlet runner bean would be my goto as it stands right now. I have those in my garden, but in more limited quantities. I save seed from all from year to year, and tubers. Oh! I bought my first broad fork! Ill get another after we move this fall. If times get hard (er), we will be able to put the entire yard, and the neighbors yards, into food production.

@H4JI Год назад

Any tips on harvesting quinoa and amaranth?

@pamelacooley6457 Год назад

Sweet potatoes grow great here in Georgia…have had good success growing them

@BumblebeeAdventure 6 месяцев назад

🐝 Thanks for the great video 🌻

@elviebyers2145 Год назад

You should try callaloo our in antigua known as standing spinach, they grow quick can get a harvest within a month. idk if you would like the flavour but the taste good in spinach rice Edit: they give a lot ans can get multiple 7-10 harvests in a season

@babymarshmellow6077 5 месяцев назад

Hi ,new subscriber here from the Philippines 🇵🇭❤️☺️

@atlantaswelder Год назад

This is a great video!! I love the math

@ann7318 Месяц назад

I have Jerusalem artichokes here. Lots of them. I am not fond of eating them, but the flowers are lovely and attract lots of polinators. They get 10 to 12 feet tall here.

@huntsman12able Год назад

I grew Jerusalem artichokes for the first time last year and from 4 plants I got 30 pounds of tubers. Not only that but I dug 2 feet down and 2 feet out from where i planted them to make sure I got everything and I still had about 12 plants come up there this year. Still battling them as a weed

@BigboiiTone Год назад

That's very cool you grew FARTichokes for the first time last year

@jackiek4159 Год назад

You can never go wrong with growing any types of potatoes! 👌🥔

@carolann1906 Год назад

Planted pole beans in my Birdy bed. I can, so planting a lot. Also planting them at my lake house. No GMOs, all organic. Also potatoes, squash, tomatoes. All to be canned up!

@Temajuki Год назад

I feel so bad for your brother, I go through the same thing when I bring something homemade to a potluck. People like to eat foods they know and miss out on the good stuff. I'd like to grow quinoa for fun but I have to look it up if I can grow them in ground without them overtaking my garden since I don't have raised beds

@verdurejody Год назад

Maybe you can create a video that shared what kinds of flowers are in your garden. 😊

@Gushing69Granny Год назад

Nice subtle roast on your brother😂. Brotherly love lol

@edw8889 Год назад

I planted purple sweet potato about 5 yrs ago every year they come back. I planted them for a pretty ground cover. Didn’t even think I would get any sweet potatoes

@marlenepisani9887 Год назад

You guys are awesome!! Hey I get stumped when it comes to fertilizing,, I put a slow release fertilizer on my veggies,, and it says good for 3 months,, but is that all I fertilize?? do I supplement? what about when a plant starts putting out buds ,,, ??