Seed Storage and Food Production

Buying seeds at the store seem to be an inexpensive way to create a back-up food supply.  But keep in mind that unless you plan to use these seeds relatively soon the viability of those seeds could come into question.

Here is one strategy you might take starting now to have a guaranteed supply of heirloom seeds that will outlast your need should a long term emergency arise.

Five Year Plans
This is in honor of the old Soviet Style communist FIVE YEAR PLAN.  I used to get a laugh when listening to radio Bulgaria over the shortwave as a teenager as  it seemed they started a new five year food production plan every year.  I'm still not sure.  I suppose they failed to meet goals every year so they restarted another plan.  It was a joke.

A Stretched out Five Year Plan on the Cheap
A simple method to also guarantee that you aren't wasting your money is to buy a seed vault, open it, use it, but not all of it.  Use it over a five year period and see how it produces.  If you like what you find go ahead and get another container.  In the meantime, you can always ramp up your seed supply by purchasing heirloom seeds at the store or online.

An I'm Gonna Get Around to It Five Year Plan With Money Expenditure as your Main Effort
How about investing the cost of a sealed survival seed container once per year for the next five years and hope of course that we aren't hit with a big time SHTF event during that period that stops the music.  At the end of five years you can begin to use those long term storage seeds as your yearly production and of course see if you can save seeds from those crops.  By doing this you will also find out the viability and how vigorous the plants are they produce.  Weakened seeds for whatever reason may produce sickly plants that aren't strong enough to produce food as needed.

Here is a good article on seed storage but it doesn't really focus on long term sealed seed products but instead shows you the method for standard seed storage which is the ideal way to augment your high end heirloom purchase plan.   8 seeds you can store at least five years.

Whatever you do, make sure that you are in the business of growing some of your own food now rather than just having a seed storage collection with no food production experience.  It could mean the difference between freedom and the FEMA camp, and survival or starvation.  It's your call.

Here is an alternate view.  Why I won't be buying survival seeds. 

Survival Seed Comparison

Survival Seed Advice - good article and comparison

Prepping 101: Saving Vegetable Seeds

Here is a long term seeds supply company I have used.  You can probably find their products on Amazon as well.

http://www.mypatriotsupply.com/