Important Plants for Emergency Gardening

These are just a few to begin with, but they all have tremendous uses during an emergency when resources are scarce.

Medicinal: Plus many of these are great for seasoning food

• Garlic:   Antibiotic, cold/cough
• Lady Fern:   Stings, Stingy Nettle
• Willow:   Pain Relief
• Mint:   Antiviral
• Catnip:  Cold Symptoms, Break Fever
• Sage:  Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Antifungal, And a great Meat Preserver
• Blackberry:  Anti-Diarrheal, Antioxidants
• Red Clover:  Detoxifier, Coughs/Colds
• Feverfew:  Headaches (Similar to Advil)
• Sweet Marjoram: Antifungal, Antibiotic, Disinfectant
• Sweet Violet:  Cold/Cough, Sore Throat, Aches
• Winter Savory:   Bites, Stings
• Lavender: Rashes, Cough/Cold, Antidepressant, Promotes Healing

Vegetables: These starchy foods provide high calories for a more active lifestyle

• Potatoes
• Carrots
• Beets

Survival

• Garlic:   Flea and Mosquito Repellent, Glue, Fish bait
• Alder Trees:  These grow fast (are harvest-able within 5 years),  and as Firewood do not require seasoning so you can burn them as soon as you cut them.