Knowledgebase
Welcome to the BTL Knowledgebase. Ever since we started lining ponds, creating covers, and helping people with their projects, we've gotten asked a lot of questions. Many of these questions are repeatedly asked, so we put together the BTL knowledgebase to help answer any questions you had about a particular subject. We are adding new questions every month, so continue to check back often!
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How much should I grow to last through a food shortage?
Determining how much food to grow to last through a food shortage can be solved through research and looking back at how much you typically consume on a normal basis.
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How do I feed my family in a food shortage?
Feeding your family in a food shortage can be completed by stocking up, planting a garden and preserving your crops.
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Why are shelves at the store empty?
Empty shelves signify product scarcity, staggering shipments of products and less workers.
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What's causing the food shortage?
The food shortage is being caused by various factors in our country and in the world.
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How is there a food shortage?
While there is a surplus of food in the world, it requires a massive amount of people and work in order to harvest, store, transport, and prepare food to appear in our stores.
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How do I size a greenhouse?
In order to decide the size of your greenhouse, you'll want to take stock of you're available space, and how big the plants you're planning to grow are, not to mention how many you're going to grow.
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Will there be a food shortage in the U.S.?
High prices and empty shelves are becoming more common across the U.S. as Covid-19 and international conflicts complicate worldwide supply chains.
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Will a garden protect me from a food shortage?
A garden is an excellent way to bolster your extra food, eat healthy seasonal vegetables yearround, and protect your family from the effects of food shortages like empty shelves or high prices.
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Can a garden feed a family for a year?
With proper planning and storage, it's perfectly possible to grow and tuck away enough food to last a family through the year (with a few staples like rice and pasta additionally perhaps).
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What foods should I grow in a food shortage?
The best foods to grow in a greenhouse during a food shortage are what you and your family would like to eat, which would last the longest in storage and which produce would be the most beneficial for your household.
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Can I feed a family with a garden?
Yes! It is recommended to allot around 10-20 plants per person per household.
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Is a greenhouse affected by a food shortage?
Greenhouses may be affected by food shortages, but not nearly as much as a grocery store would be.
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Can you buy seeds in a food shortage?
While some specific varieties of seed may be harder to source than others, they are less likely to be completley wiped from store shelves.
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Can you buy gardening supplies in a food shortage?
Gardening supplies may be harder to find in a widespread supply shortage, some possible solutions include: sharing with neighbors, creating a tool loan program, building some tools by hand.
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How many people can a greenhouse feed?
How much you need to grow will depend on how many mouths you have to feed, and what you're growing.
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How much food can a greenhouse grow?
A greenhouse can be sized as little or large as you need it to be, from a few cold frames to an entire additional building.
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How much food should I store for a food shortage?
You'll want to store more food, or develop long-term solutions, the longer you expect the food shortage to last.
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Can a greenhouse protect a family from food shortages?
A greenhouse can be used to grow healthy food year-round, mostly unaffected by food and supply shortages as long as the gardener is prepared.
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How do you store greenhouse food?
Greenhouse food can be saved and preserved in a variety of ways; items can be dried, dehydrated, frozen, or canned in order to protect them for long periods of time.
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Can a greenhouse feed a family for a year?
Greenhouses can be heated in order to grow out-of-season vegetables year-round, and can be built at any scale in order to feed even the largest family.
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Can a greenhouse help with food shortages?
Greenhouses can be utilized yearround, they protect plants from freezing temperatures, pests, and maintain ideal conditions to grow happy, healthy plants.
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How do I stock up on food?
Creating an organized, cool and dark place to store your goods is ideal, especially if its in a weather-safe part of your house.
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How much food does a family eat in a year?
A family will consume varying amounts of food, depending on their dietary habits and the age of those in the family.
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How can I prepare for a food shortage?
Short term preparation looks like storing canned items and dried staples like wheat and grain. Long term preparation looks like creating sustainable alternatives, like gardening, managing a greenhouse, fishing from a pond, hunting, raising animals, etc.
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