The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Discover Our Latest Posts

Insectary plants, Insects

The Plant With Many Rude Names

This poor plant! How can it overcome its questionable appearance? https://www.instagram.com/p/BtMqjBYlqMR/ The first image… it’s obviously a milkweed! The second…
Crops, Moringa

A Source for Moringa Seeds

I was recently asked where to buy moringa seeds. You can get them here at ECHO. That’s where I bought…
Videos

Video Round-Up: Slash and Burn, Water on the Homestead and Giant Bamboo

I’ve been posting 5 videos a week on my YouTube channel lately. Here are a few of the most recent.…
Composting

Building a Pallet Compost Bin

You can build a pallet compost bin in minutes – for free – and start composting today: As we machete…
Nursery Business, Plant nursery

What About Propagating Patented Plant Varieties?

Can you get in trouble for propagating patented plant varieties in your back yard nursery? Kindell writes: Hey David, Got…
Coppicing and Pollarding, Trees

Identifying Good Coppicing Trees

Peter asks about identifying good coppicing trees: “Are you aware of any specific things to be looking for in a…
Bananas

A Momentous Occasion

This has both my best intro and my stupidest rap yet:
Citrus, Fruit trees

How to Tell a Seedling Citrus from a Grafted Citrus

If you can’t see the graft anymore, take a look at the thorns! In this video I’m clearing some vines…
Composting

Two Easy Tricks for Faster Compost
Grass

Versatile Vetiver

A friend of mine raves about the versatility of vetiver grass. She has it growing here and there around her…
Videos

Rock

This is one of my favorite videos so far this year: Does it teach anything? No. It is content-free. Perfect…
Foraging, Trees

Foraging for Hackberries

Scott has a great post on hackberries over at The Grow Network: I’ve been asked a number of strange and…