Grow Food Fast Prepping For Pandemic Food Shortages - Covid 19 Series

Foods You Can Grow And Eat Quickly

If you're worried that you're 'too late,' or that you didn't start early enough, don't fret, because in this post, we'll also cover 20 foods that you can grow that will provide you with food in as little as 2 weeks.

If the Covid-19 "Coronavirus" Pandemic has showed all of us, it's that the shelves in the stores can remain empty for long periods of time.

It's not too late to start planning and planting your 'survival food garden.'





And with 'virtual schooling,' and the 'Stay at Home' guidelines that have been issued in 34 states as of the date of this post, starting a home food gardening project can help to alleviate boredom for parents and children alike, and in some cases, can also be applied to 'school work,' assignments in subjects ranging from math to physical science.

How To Start Your Very Own Food Garden

Creating your very own food garden isn't as difficult as many people think it is.  In fact, it can actually be pretty simple.  It really just comes down to what resources you have available and what kind of a lifestyle you live. 

Start With Foods That You Can Grow, Harvest, and Eat Quickly...

You may be thinking that it's too late to start growing your own food now, but luckily, it's not. 

Below is a list of vegetables that you can grow in anywhere, in 3 months or less. 


Including 4 foods that grow in less than one month, two of them in 14 days or less, and two more in just 2 weeks time.

There are many foods you can grow quickly and easily. And there are also quite a few foods that you can grow inside as well as outside. Below is a list of 18 foods you can grow and eat quickly, and easily.

Vegetables You Can Grow and Eat, Quickly...

21 Days or Less

Sunflower Shoots 12 Days - HowTo Grow Sunflower Shoots - video

Garden Cress 14 Days - EasyWay To Grow Cress - video

Radishes 21 Days - The Complete Guide To Growing Radishse - video

Green Onions 21 Days - HowTo Grow Green Onions - video

30 days

Lettuce 30 Days - HowTo Grow Lettuce From Seed, Indoors, In Just 1 Month - video

Spinach 30 Days - HowTo Grow Spinach In Pot Or Container - video

Kale 30 Days - How To Grow Kale All Year Round In Containers- video

60 days or less

Zucchini 40-50 Days - How To Grow Zucchini Vertically - video

Bush Beans 40-50 Days - How To Grow Bush Beans - video

Broccoli 40-50 Days - Easiest Method To Grow Broccoli At Home - video

Carrots 50 Days - How To Grow Carrots In Containers - video

Cucumbers 50 Days - Growing Cucumbers in Containers - video

Peas 6o Days - Growing Peas In A Pot - video

90 days or less

Potatoes 60-70 Days - How To Grow Potatoes In A 5 Gallon Bucket - video

Sweet Potatoes 70-90 Days - How To Grow Sweet Potatoes In Containers - video

These 15 vegetable crops should be enough to get you through until you can grow and harvest other foods.

What about fast growing fruits?

While there are some fruit trees that will produce fruit in their first year, such as the peach tree and the papaya tree, a year is still quite a long time to wait for fruit. 

Three fruits that you can also grow quickly are cantaloupe, watermelon, and honeydew.

• Cantaloupe normally take 90 days to grow from seed to ripen.
• Watermelon grow from seed to a 10lb fruit in 65-90 days.
• Honeydew take between 45 and 60 days to bear fruit.

Each of these three delicious fruits can be grown, harvested and eaten in no more than 120 days, or 4 months.

All three fruits are vines, and in a traditional garden, would require a 4 sq ft per plant to allow for the 'sprawl,' of the vines. 

Thanks to 'trellis gardening,' you can reduce the amount of space needed for these (and other viny plants like summer squash, zucchini, pumpkin, and cucumbers) foods down to as little as 1 square foot per plant.

You can also grow blackberries that you can eat in the first year.

Now that you've got a comprehensive overview of what to do to get your own food garden started, start planting...

This post is part of the " Prepping for Pandemic, The Covid-19 "Coronavirus" Series."

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