Organic Gardening

Organic Gardening Will Be Your Only Choice

SHTF Forced Organic Gardening

When, not if but, when the “Shit Hits The Fan” (SHTF), people who survive and are savvy enough to scratch out their survival will be forced to grow their food organically. I don’t mean that there will be gardening police that monitor your methods but rather, infrastructure will be down and there probably won’t be any chemicals available. If there are, it will be highly unlikely that you could afford them or even be able to transport them. Actually, this is probably one of the good things that will come from some sort of collapse or SHTF scenario. After all, people will return to a more healthy diet and lifestyle. The real shame is that it is not the norm now. Anyway, you will have to be able to grow your food without any artificial stimulation or protection and that means organic.

It is my opinion that rather than waiting for SHTF and then trying to figure out how to live, one should just start doing it now. You should do it now while you still have access to resources and can afford to make mistakes. Learning while using the resources that you can purchase now, you will get a feel for what it is going to take to do it organically. As you become more knowledgeable, you can convert slowly to an organic approach. If you start now, you will have the advantage when it all goes to hell in a hand basket and you won’t be freaking out. This thinking does go hand in hand with the whole idea of getting off the grid anyway. So, if you are doing it now, you won’t experience the pain that everyone else will when the time comes.

What Is Organic Gardening?

With that said, I will tackle the vast subject of organic gardening. I’m no expert. In fact, I consider myself a newbie but I’m real good at research and learning. I put into practice what I learn and I will report that back to you. I’m sure that 99 percent of the people that view this already know what organic gardening is however, for the rest that land here and are just starting to research this topic, let’s define what organic gardening is. According to blueegg.com (2011), “Organic gardening involves using natural mulch, compost, and fertilizers derived from living things to encourage healthy crops and discourage pests; no synthetic pesticides or chemicals are used.” (/Green-Glossary/Organic-gardening.html). I could find more quotes but they would all say basically the same thing and get boring so I’ll stop here. However, I do want to embellish on our understanding of organic gardening in light of an SHTF event. Organic gardening will be the only gardening we will be able to do in the aftermath of said SHTF event. Hence, the emphasis and subject matter of this article. Now I’m sure we’re all on the same page.

If you haven’t already deduced, organic gardening is one of the many subjects that will be addressed on suburbitat.com. I’m not covering it here because I’m some environmental tree hugging nut job that thinks he’s going to save the earth. I’m not some vegan yuppie that thinks I’m healthier than everyone else because I only eat organic vegetables. It’s the policies and cultural mindset of these groups, among others, that are helping to hasten the onset of some sort of economic collapse or SHTF situation. So, I’m learning organic gardening in order to care for and feed my family when that happens. What I learn will be documented at suburbitat.com for all to see.

Conclusion

Prepping is a lifestyle, not a hobby. Another way to look at it is your practicing your trade like a doctor or lawyer practices theirs. Because we prep for some future event we believe will change our lives completely, we might as well start living that way as much as we can now. This will eliminate or soften the blow when “The Shit Hits the Fan.” If we are forced to produce our own food, and we will be, doing it organically is more than likely the only way we will be able to do it. My advice is to start now.

References

Blueegg.com (2011). Organic Gardening. (/Green-Glossary/Organic-gardening.html). Retrieved August 10, 2011, from http://www.blueegg.com/Green-Glossary/Organic-gardening.html

Bradley, F.M., Ellis, B.W, & Phillips, E. (Eds.). (2009). Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening (Newly Revised And Updated). New York, NY: Rodale’s.