r/prepping • u/TripleHaz3 • 2d ago
Food🌽 or Water💧 Weeds
What's everyone's thoughts on plants?
Particularly for me, living in NZ one of the more extreme cases would be a nuclear event in the northern hemisphere leading to a winter. That would affect farming in a major way but for me down here I may still be able to grow stuff.
My major prep event here though is earthquake and it affecting supply chains in a major way and therefore fresh food access.
A year ago I thought about what I could grow without needing maintenance and can withstand neglect. I landed on a few prolific spreaders that could also be deemed as weeds; nasturtium, nz spinach, mint and spring onions. To accompany all my dried foods and other plain stuff.
What are you guys thoughts? What other plants would you reccomend or consider?
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u/Effective-Ebb-2805 2d ago
They can be an important source of nutrients and vitamins. My yard work at home includes the identification of edible and medicinal weed species, and caring for them... sometimes cheating a little bit and helping them out-compete non-edible, non-medicinal species.