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Everyday Homesteading

A Green Beret's Guide to a REAL Survival Garden (With Sam Coffman)

Everyday Homesteading

Homesteading Family

Home Management, Home & Garden, Organic Gardening, Arts, Simple Living, Herbal Remedies, Sustainable Living, Education, Leisure, Food, From-scratch Cooking, Homestead Pantry, Homesteading Podcast, Self-sufficiency, Food Preservation, Raising Livestock, Modern Homesteading, How To

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What would it really take to feed your family if the grocery stores closed tomorrow? In this episode of Everyday Homesteading, Josh talks with survival expert and herbalist Sam Coffman, author of Survival Gardening: Grow Your Own Emergency Food Supply, about how to build a garden that truly sustains life. Learn how to choose calorie-dense crops, build living soil, and use every layer of your garden for maximum yield. Sam shares practical steps to start small (whether you’re growing in a backy...

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0:00.0

Hey, you guys, this is Carolyn from homesteading family. You know, there are a lot of podcasts out there

0:04.8

and a lot of content. And more often than not, it seems like that content is filled with

0:10.6

impractical and maybe untried homesteading advice, which ends up wasting your precious time and money.

0:17.8

And that's exactly why we created the everyday Homesteading podcast as a place for

0:22.8

homesteaders who want practical, tested solutions that cuts through the chaos with clear

0:29.0

plans tailored for busy beginners to reclaim their family's health and independence.

0:35.2

Now that we're releasing our brand new podcast here with everyday homesteading,

0:41.8

we really are looking to be able to reach out to more and more beginning homesteaders who are really

0:48.0

interested in changing their lives. And that's where you come in. You can partner with us to

0:53.8

reach more homesteaders by taking a moment,

0:57.5

subscribing, rating, and reviewing the podcast today. We really appreciate your help. And of course,

1:05.2

if you love it, take a second and share it with a friend who might like it. Thank you.

1:10.4

What's the reality if we had to start tomorrow? And there's no more, there's no more

1:15.2

civilization in a way we know it that you can run down to the store. What's the reality? And so

1:19.0

my idea was first five days, first five weeks, first five months, first five years. You know,

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how could you kind of break it down into that from sprouts, you know,, to micro greens, to, you know, as you move your way up.

1:31.3

Welcome to Everyday Homesteading, the show for busy families who want more self-sufficiency

1:36.0

without burning out.

1:37.6

I'm Josh.

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And I'm Carolyn from Homesteading Family.

1:40.4

And in every episode, we share time-tested knowledge on topics from growing and preserving

1:46.5

your food to raising livestock, to herbal medicine, and anything homesteading in between.

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