I was doing the math on calories on easy to get food yields, from my place, some is speculative, some I have done. Olive oil is speculative, grows well here, but needs to be pressed, I figure I need about 3 gallons a year, so trees are not large enough for this yield yet.
This is inspired by Carol Deepe, and publications from the how to grow more vegetables people ( one circle, etc...) and other sources of how to get the most calories for the least work, and they are right as to best yields for space and work. I am in poor physical health, and dont spend much time in garden, and when I do, I am alot slower than healthier people. So, it seems to me, that if I can easily grow or tend enough food for me, a healthier person could do more and provide for a family by scaling up.
Does any one else do this, or at least think about how htey would do it ? Always good to practice now (prove the concept, so it can be scaled up later)
Per week :
1 pound hard cheese 1828 calories current fats/higher proteins/vitamins
1c olive oil 1908 theoretical
1 qt fluid goat milk 800 current
1 dozen eggs 920 current
( 1/2 pint chicken 377 current, but I give this away or feed to dawg)
1 pnd sweet potato 400 proved concept carbs/vitamins (carb based proteins)
2 pnd potato 700 proved concept
1 butternut squash 250 current
1 lb wheat 1520 proved concept
1/2 pound beans 790 proved concept
dried flour corn
dried fruits & fresh 500 current sugars/vitamins/variety
canned fruits/jams 300 current can easily provide more calories
fruit juice/wines 600 current
kale/chard/etc..greens current vitamins/variety
peppers current
tomatoes current
cucumbers/pickles current
green beans current
misc veggies current
This is fine for one older person per week of nutrients and calories
It is also easy to grow chestnuts, but likely that could be a chicken food base. Animal feeds are bought in right now, excess milk and eggs are sold to buy alfalfa and grains. Right now I go thru 1 bale of alfalfa a week ( as we keep our own buck too) and 25 lbs of wheat and some peas for the chickens per month. Easy to grow goat forage is : Mulberry leaves, comfrey, while for chickens it would be chestnuts and pigeon pea and comfrey-- and various other perenials. If able, I intend to try out the concept of these perennial feeds.
This is not the ratio of what I currently eat though. But, It would likely be healthier. I do not eat that much sweet potato and winter squash and I eat more grains ( wheat, oats and rice). I also eat less cheese and eat butter and nuts. I have been altering my diet based on the easy to grow , healthy foods, and so I am working on increasing sweet potato and winter squash. Eat what you can grow.
even if you do not grow enough for the whole year right now, it would be good to try out eating your planned home grown food now, to make sure you are fine with it, get teh kids used to it, so even if buying it, if you thought you would grow alot of high-carb veggies and beans if the SHTF, then good to have at least some meals with this now
