Why are TRUE Yams Such an Incredible Survival Crop?

What makes yams a top survival crop? Our yams (Dioscorea spp.) have had no pest or disease issues and are easy to grow, making them a very good survival crop, as I cover in these books: Florida Survival Gardening: https://amzn.to/3NchEil Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening: https://amzn.to/3Nau2zm The Huge 2nd edition of Create your Own Florida Food Forest: https://amzn.to/3Rs08ZY The South Florida Gardening Survival Guide: https://amzn.to/3uNkZOE And here are some the yam articles posted at The Survival Gardener website: https://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/?... Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thesurvivalgardener.us3.list-... Compost Your Enemies t-shirts: https://www.aardvarktees.com/products... David's gardening blog: http://www.thesurvivalgardener.com Growing yams is easy once you know a few tricks. Today I talk about why yams are a good survival crop, how yams can replace potatoes, how yams are starchy, not sweet, how yams can be propagated, and yam varieties that grow up north as well as yam varieties for zone 8.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about True Yams (Food Security on a Backyard Scale)
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about True Yams (Food Security on a Backyard Scale)

Harvesting a Tip-Top Staple Crop (14,000 calories in TEN FEET of Row!)
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Harvesting a Tip-Top Staple Crop (14,000 calories in TEN FEET of Row!)

Your Lawn Doesn't Need Fertilizer — It Needs This $2 Amish Powder
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Your Lawn Doesn't Need Fertilizer — It Needs This $2 Amish Powder

How to Propagate Yams the Easy Way (The Minisett Method)
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How to Propagate Yams the Easy Way (The Minisett Method)

Why Growing Pink Pineapples Is Illegal
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Why Growing Pink Pineapples Is Illegal

Planting True Yam is easy and rewarding.  Not a sweet potato or potato, true yam is an edible tuber.
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Planting True Yam is easy and rewarding. Not a sweet potato or potato, true yam is an edible tuber.

DIL Threw My Hand-Knit Baby Blanket in the Trash — My Son Called Sobbing: "What Was Inside It?"
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DIL Threw My Hand-Knit Baby Blanket in the Trash — My Son Called Sobbing: "What Was Inside It?"

6 Banned WWII Soil Hacks Corporations Prayed You’d Never Find
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6 Banned WWII Soil Hacks Corporations Prayed You’d Never Find

America Spent $12.5 Billion Fighting the Emerald Ash Borer. The Woodpeckers Did It For Free
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America Spent $12.5 Billion Fighting the Emerald Ash Borer. The Woodpeckers Did It For Free

Jamaican /African Yellow and White yam harvests plus how to store yam to last up to a year
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Jamaican /African Yellow and White yam harvests plus how to store yam to last up to a year

After My Wife Passed Away, My Daughter-in-Law Smiled At The Inheritance Meeting!! | Calm Dad Stories
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After My Wife Passed Away, My Daughter-in-Law Smiled At The Inheritance Meeting!! | Calm Dad Stories

How to Discover the EASIEST Survival Crops for Your Garden (No, it's not the cow)
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How to Discover the EASIEST Survival Crops for Your Garden (No, it's not the cow)

How To Propagate  Yam Through Minisetts Technique
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How To Propagate Yam Through Minisetts Technique

I Spent 90 Days Building, Cooking and Surviving in the Rainforest: Solo Bushcraft (Full)
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I Spent 90 Days Building, Cooking and Surviving in the Rainforest: Solo Bushcraft (Full)

YOU Can Grow Infinite Ginger At Home!
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YOU Can Grow Infinite Ginger At Home!

My Top Southern Survival Food Crop: Harvesting and Keeping True Yams Through Winter
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My Top Southern Survival Food Crop: Harvesting and Keeping True Yams Through Winter

Sustainable Yam Farming: Grow More, Spend Less
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Sustainable Yam Farming: Grow More, Spend Less

The Amish "Lazy Stack" Method That Grows 100+ Pounds in 4 Square Feet
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The Amish "Lazy Stack" Method That Grows 100+ Pounds in 4 Square Feet

Harvesting 2000+KG of Giant Cabbages and Taking Them to the Market for Sale – Taking Care of Poultry
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Harvesting 2000+KG of Giant Cabbages and Taking Them to the Market for Sale – Taking Care of Poultry

Why Amish Farmers Never Rototill Their Soil And W
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Why Amish Farmers Never Rototill Their Soil And W