Gardening for survival requires a high level of persistence. The growing conditions are usually not optimum and the growing sites may be widely scattered. If you are considering survival gardening, you need to understand that in the beginning stages, it may be a lot of hard work.
Finding good, safe growing spots, selecting plants, doing soil improvements, etc. all take a lot of time and energy. But just like building raised beds, once the initial setup is completed, the work load goes down dramatically.
Hauling soil in small batches and hauling small amounts of water to widely scattered places can be quite time consuming. If at all possible, choose place that are close together or, best, choose one larger plot that can be disguised. You will save a lot of work if the growing places are close together.
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It's easier to do square foot gardening in raised beds as well. One thing any new gardener should know is that there will be failures, but not everything will fail. Lord willing there will be next season, or even later this season, for trying a different variety or different crop altogether.
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