“You might not be able to “live” on peppers, but they are a great survival plant that just makes life better.” Prepper Project
When people think about “living off the land” or “growing all their own food,” they usually think about growing plants like grains or potatoes.
Maybe they imagine keeping some cattle, or perhaps planting a rolling pecan plantation.
I’m sure cayenne peppers rarely make anyone’s list. Even the beloved jalapeno is lucky to make the survival gardener’s notebook.
There’s a simple reason for this, of course. It’s because you can’t munch on hot peppers. If you were to harvest a basket of them, you could technically count them as food… but if you were to eat them like carrots, it would hurt, hurt, hurt.
So – why am I calling cayenne peppers a “great survival plant?”
Read on.
Cayenne Peppers Are Good Medicine
Believe it or not, hot peppers are really good for you – and cayenne are one of the best.
Did you know cayenne peppers can stop a heart attack. Check out what Dr. John Christopher had to say on the topic: Continue reading