The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Announcements, Jokes

Bro, Do You Even Vegan?

This is hilarious: Related: you can still get “100% Vegan Compost” t-shirts in time to bless that special someone in…
Composting, Fertilizing, Fishing, Videos

How To Make Homemade Fish Emulsion / Fish Fertilizer the Easy Way

In my new video demonstration, I share how I make homemade fish fertilizer: Fish emulsion, or “fish fertilizer,” is an…
Announcements, Books

New Book Coming Soon (UPDATE: Pre-order is ready!)

Happy Monday! I am very pleased to announce that I have a new gardening book coming out on January 1st:…
Crops, Gourds

Minnie Black’s Gourd Band

Continuing along the lines of gourd instruments, this is quite entertaining: Minnie rather reminds me of my own grandmother, Lavergne…
Music

Gourd Banjos

I really like these gourd banjos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyKhtmRtjgU Here’s a guy building one: It’s a different vibe than the traditional banjo.…
Composting, Invasive plants

Water Hyacinth as Fertilizer and Compost

Water hyacinth makes good compost, good fertilizer and a good compost pile activator when added as a “green” layer. Unfortunately,…
Crops

Fresh produce

It doesn’t get much better than this: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq900L6ltOr/ That represents a few minutes of casual picking over at our garden…
Announcements

What a week

I’ve been very busy offline, so my online presence has been sketchier than usual. I spent the last week getting…
Uncategorized

Marjory Wildcraft reviews Turned Earth

Check out Marjory’s review at Goodreads.com: “I am more than a little envious that David The Good has created a…
Uncategorized

My Calabash Stick Dulcimer

At long last, I finished it: It has a very nice tone, as you can hear here. I am surprised…
Crops, Pumpkins and squash

Cow Pen Pumpkins

D writes: I just wanted to drop you a line and show you the Seminole Pumpkins that grew out of…
Videos

The Easiest Way to Prepare and Plant a Bed of Corn

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