This years tomatoes

[Binnie]

(3 October 2013, 16:39)Mortblanc Wrote: I have to agree with growing what the area will sustain. If you are growing something with the assistance of poly tunnels, artificial heat sources, irrigation or aqua phonics I would not want to rely on that as a food source post-SHTF.

Probably the best guide would be to find out what the crops of your area were before the introduction of greenhouses and commercial agriculture.

I'll bet you will find they were fast growers like peas and beans, hardy greens like the afore mentioned chard and kale, and a strong group of root crops like onions, carrots, parsnips, beets and turnips.

You also have to remember that the Romans were a very smart group of pre-industrial people. They were not adverse to wasting a few lives to obtain a bit more good land for food production or tap into recourses for tribute. Therefore, Hadrian's wall was placed where it is for a reason. Is it possible that the land above that wall was simply not worth fighting over?

thats what we WANTED them to think haha

some of the best produce (and alcohol!) in the world comes from the other side of that wall lol