Self Sufficiency Blog Series 2-Fruit Plants(part 1 of 2)

As detailed in part 1, the number one thing to get going IMO are fruit plants. Trees, bushes, vines, whatever. Doesn't matter. Just fruit plants. In general, you can eat as much fruit as you want to consume, although there are some exceptions. The most important thing provided by fruit is without a doubt vitamin C. People in the modern era mostly see vitamin C as a cold and flu scam cure all (or an actual cure all if they don't know it's a scam) and not much else. In reality, vitamin C can't be stored in your body, is constantly flushed out, you must have a constant and consistent source of it, and to go without it for too long means scurvy. And scurvy means that your body simply falls apart. The collagen that bonds your cells together literally starts becoming unglued, which shows up first as bleeding from the gums. If it progresses too far, it can't be reversed. Vitamin C has been stuck in almost as many products as HFCS due to how important it is. Needless to say, you don't want scurvy today, tomorrow, or ever. And you prevent scurvy and other vitamin C deficient ills by making sure you get vitamin C. Of course, citrus fruits have the most, but you're not growing those easily except in south Florida or California. Anywhere else, you're left with other types of fruit and now I'll go over what I've got so far and what I've learned...the hard way.

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Published on June 15, 2023 06:29 Tags: animal-husbandry, essay, farming, self-sufficiency
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