There are numerous plants that can be grown for their health benefits and medicinal value. One of the easiest plants to grow is Aloe Vera. Aloe Vera gel is used as a common ingredient in many commercially available lotions and food products. AloeVera extracts have even exhibited possible antibacterial and antifungal properties. Most people are probably most familiar with its use in lotions and sunburn creams.
The Aloe Vera plant is a succulent that is very drought tolerant and resistant to most diseases and insects. This combined with the fact that it is easy to grow makes it an excellent plant to considering growing as part of your preparedness efforts. Though not cold tolerant, they are easily grown indoors as a houseplant or outdoors in a greenhouse.
Here is a link with some simple tips on growing Aloe Vera plants:
http://monsterguide.net/how-to-grow-aloe-vera
Here is a link with some simple tips on growing Aloe Vera plants:
http://monsterguide.net/how-to-grow-aloe-vera
Aloe Vera plants also make a great barter item!
Staying above the water line!
Riverwalker
Yay Aloe - yep, got this growing around the house, and we introduced it out at the ranch as well. Great for sunburn. Pretty much replicates itself (sorta) and we hand out some to friends for their own plantings.
ReplyDeleteYou can also grow it in pots up North, as it doesn't take cold weather too well. Take it inside when it cools down - you should be able to keep it going year round.
Nice post Riverwalker, I have been wanting to get some Aloe growing myself.
ReplyDeletematthiasj
Kentucky Preppers Network
To: anonymous 7:17
ReplyDeleteI've got a bunch of it growing! Trade the extra plants for ones I don't have...saves money!
RW
To: matthiasj
ReplyDeleteNo time like NOW to get started!
RW
...Thanx RW,from me and the Mrs...ours were so-so at best,i told her,her aloes' could look like yer pics,she got some good info from yer linx...
ReplyDeleteMy patio is full of these little buggers...growing in everything I can put them in.
ReplyDeleteThey sure come in handy!
To: Ken
ReplyDeleteThe single plant pic was one setting in the yard and the other pic was from Mrs. RW's greenhouse I built.
RW
To: HermitJim
ReplyDeleteThey multiply fast and you don't need a green thumb! Thanks for stopping by Jim.
RW
BTW, Don't forget to e-mail me about getting together while I'm at training in Galveston.
This is a great idea--now to find myself some aloe vera...Up here we would definitely have to keep it inside, but it would be good to have on hand!
ReplyDeleteMy yard floods fairly frequently, at least once a year, this year has flooded three times so far (not in the house, but the neighbors got water in their house with one of the floods). So I feel it's safe to say they're flood resistant, since my aloe veras are at the front part of the yard that floods first (and deepest).
ReplyDeleteTo: Marie
ReplyDeleteThey make excellent house plants.
RW
To: shreela
ReplyDeleteBeing succulents they can absorb a great deal of moisture but will need to dry out at some point to avoid rotting.
RW
Ha ha! That's one of the few things that'll actually grow here! Got 2 great big pots of 'em....
ReplyDeleteThere is a company that advertises on the radio that makes a digestive tract cleanser out of aloe. It must work cause they spend a ton of money on advertising. My plant made it through the snow we had last year while under the patio cover. I was impressed.
ReplyDeleteTo: Mayberry
ReplyDeleteThey ought to grow real good down in your "neck of the woods".
RW
To: sanjac
ReplyDeleteOther than treating minor burns, simple cuts and minor skin irritations, it's use as a digestive aid is one of its primary uses. The use of aloe vera has been around a long time.
RW