Growing protein in the garden | Becoming self-sufficient | Gardening Australia

How to grow your own protein.

Jerry grows more than 100 different food plants in his garden, supplying vitamins, minerals, fibre – and protein, which some people overlook in vegetables.

For each kilo of your body weight, you need 0.6-0.8 grams of protein a day, which for a 80kg male is 60grams! That’s the equivalent of a large steak, a piece of chicken, 10 eggs, a large slab or tofu or 315grams of dry chickpeas.

For protein, Jerry grows a range of legumes, seeds, fruit and even greens that cover cool-season and warm-season crops, annuals, perennials and trees, and their productivity is impressive.

Featured plants
Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) - a cool-season crop.
Mung beans (Vigna radiata) - a warm-season crop that you can harvest just 6 weeks after sowing. They can be eaten fresh but, for maximum protein content, the seed must be dried.
Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata) - 100g of sword beans produces 16-35g of protein, a similar level as soy beans, except soy beans are annuals and sword beans are perennials. A climber, it also takes up very little space.
Sesame (Sesamum indicum) - drought and heat tolerant, accepts infertile soil, and fast growing, so can provide 2-3 crops a year.
Chilean wine palm (Jubeae chilensis) - this fruiting trees drops edible seed daily all year around. Slow growing thought - it can take 7 years to germinate!
Bunya nut (Araucaria bidwillii) - a valued food source for indigenous people and can be boiled or roasted.
La lot (Piper sarmentosum) - a perennial groundcover from Vietnam and Thailand, related to black pepper. The spicy leaves can also be used raw in salads or as snack wrapping, like vine leaves around dolmades.




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[Rustyuoiman]

I saw this on TV and I'm glad I can watch it online now to refer back to!

[isnoo]

Oh how I miss that ending!! Soo many great memories. Learnt a lot today as well - Thanks

[thaodone]

So nice to see you grow La lot, it s very healthy and common leaves 💚

[drpk]

And you missed one the most (some people say the most) nutrient plant, the miracle tree Moringa.
Not only it has 9.4g / 100g protein in its leaves but it has a huge amount of vitamins and minerals too. Almost every part of it is edible too.

[Loogiemistress]

Good stuff, I’m going to try to find some La Lot

[NashvilleMonkey]

Cabbage leaves are used around holupchee, same food, different regions.

[jjeremyhegge]

great video! have you grown stinging nettles? extremely high in protein. make a great pesto or stir fry green after blanching

[debbierollason]

I can't find how to cook sword beans . I can find a lot of recipes for the green pod but not the beans. I've tried boiling them and the flavour was the best bean I've ever tasted but the outside was so hard 😊

[lientruong]

Beef wrapped in la lot is a delicious Vietnamese dish. Too bad la lot is not grown well in Melbourne.

[SamsAdventures]

Moringa leaves have 40% protein too ☀️🌱💪

[jenenamaughan]

Where can I buy the seeds of the plants in this segment? I live in western australia.

[chuguevara]

i need a lot first before growing la lot