Grow or Die Survival Gardening with David the Good Pt1

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Some benefits of growing your own food include economic survival, saving money, and being able to sail through economic crises, like the one in 2008, more smoothly.

"Grow or Die: The Good Guide to Survival Gardening" is a comprehensive guide to gardening using low-tech methods, aimed at helping people garden without relying on commercially available inputs like fertilizer and gasoline. It covers pest control, crop selection, water storage and irrigation, soil cultivation without modern tools, and how to start a garden using pantry seeds.

Garden space can greatly affect crop production depending on factors like climate, soil quality, and available resources. For example, a fertile tropical area might require less space to feed a family compared to a more temperate or arid region where soil quality is poor and growing seasons are short.

Non-commercial methods for pest control include encouraging predator species like wasps to control pests like caterpillars and aphids, mixing up plant species to confuse pests, maintaining hedgerows and natural habitats to attract beneficial wildlife, and foliar feeding plants with a homemade mixture of manure and compost.