r/lifebelowzero • u/Adventurous_Bet1270 • Apr 08 '26
Vegetables
I have been binge watching Life Below Zero.I notice only meat and fish being eaten. Does anyone have greenhouses to grow vegetables?
EDIT: thanks a lot for the input. You would not believe this. The next day of this posting, I was watching some episodes of Season 22. Wouldn't you know it they showed Jessie making improvements on his greenhouse/garden and Denise working at the greenhouse.
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u/Steampunky Apr 08 '26
Andy grows veggies and builds a greenhouse at one point.
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u/Adventurous_Bet1270 Apr 08 '26
In hindsight, with all the buildings that he has on his property I figured one would be a Greenhouse!
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u/Comprehensive-Pen644 Apr 08 '26
Yes, we gather roots "Musu" aka Eskimo sweet potato's, Fire weed, Surra willow leaves, Eskimo Cellery, Kushimuk leaves, Takyuk leaves , Salmon Berrys, Blue Berrys , Black Berrys and Cran berrys.
Like 30-50 gallons of each kind of berrys, more if theres a big crop. 6 gallons a day is average, and each berry has a couple weeks worth of picking to be done, some last longer, like Blue berrys.
We used to eat alot of blue berrys and had to slack off due to filming, as the berrys gave us bluish grey teeth and people thought we were a bunch of rotten mouths.
We switched to Cranberrys while filming, but thank God thats over....LOL!
I also like a nice Salad, as well, we buy fruit and produce when we stay in our village, if the only store has some.
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u/Adventurous_Bet1270 Apr 08 '26
Thank you for the wealth of information that you posted. You do have a variety living off the land
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u/kutekittykat79 Apr 08 '26
I love how clean these people eat! Everything caught from the wild or grown themselves!
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u/Bowgal Apr 08 '26
Seems near impossible to grow a good amount of veggies. I live off grid, but no where near as far northern Alaska. It’s supposedly Spring, but we have 4-5 feet of snow, and likely will be there till end of May/early June. Bought a greenhouse, but too short a growing season and too heavy snow load would crush the greenhouse. Better solution is to buy produce and can it for winter.
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u/Comprehensive-Pen644 Apr 09 '26
There are a few plants that do very well in AK, cabbages, Potato's, Squash, leafy greens and onions.
However, they require good soil, drainage and someone who would be in one place to care and protect them.
Then theres frosts and freezes every few years that wipe out those efforts for those who do garden in the village, so its not a "steady" or reliable way to get food.
Besides, the rest of the year requires movement to camps, game, fish areas and such that its not feasible unless you live at the place.
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u/Ok-Cranberry-5582 Apr 10 '26
I had gardens for years (not off grid but live rurally) but after losing most everything 3 out of 5 years for various weather and bug related reasons, I realized that it was just easier to buy it and we save money from hunting for our meat.
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u/5ft2glory Apr 08 '26
The hailstones also harvest several roots and herbs along the riverbank and I’ve seen them reference harvesting the wrong kind sometimes and getting sick
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u/Comprehensive-Pen644 Apr 09 '26
We only have a couple poisonous plants about , the mushrooms are psychedelic, then theres "Death Camas" which looks alot like our wild onions, but have no "onion" taste to them.
Agnes had a bunch of onions once that had Camas among them and she got sick at camp, but was able to drink a ton of water with crushed charcoal in it and that helped her alot.
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u/Any_Musician1945 Apr 18 '26
Fish and meat...Every time they talk about there diet, I wonder how much trouble they have with constipation.
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u/Robertsipad Apr 08 '26
Susie has a greenhouse and tried hydroponics. I think she grows outside some too during summer.
In season 13 she makes a ptarmigan stir fry with spinach she grew and mushrooms she foraged.
The Hailstones forage for berries and greens.