The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Experiments, Garden design, Seeds

Planting Seeds the Easy Way (Redux)

Tom Bri comments on TB’s guest post Planting Seeds the Easy Way: “I have stopped ‘planting’ squash, pumpkins, tomatoes, sunflowers,…
Videos

Staggering Crops to Extend Your Harvests

I recently created a video for Prepper Advantage on staggering crops. In this case, beans: I’ve got some yellow wax…
Composting

She buried a rotten chicken carcass!

Karen used the melon pit idea from Compost Everything and fed rotten chicken to her squash with amazing results: “I…
Articles

#LifeGoals

This guy wins: “A man in the Ukraine is applying for the Guinness World Record for having the largest family…
Announcements, Videos

Starting Gardens from Scratch

A few months ago when we started clearing the garden lot, I filmed a 37-minute presentation titled “Starting Your Spring…
Tools, Videos

Testing Out the Stihl Brush Cutter Buzzsaw Blade

It’s fun! Next I need a plasma torch. Have a great weekend.
Videos

Still the best video I ever created

It’s as close to perfect as we can ever hope for in this fallen world.
Garden design, Hugelkultur

Why no Hugelkultur?

People keep asking me why I’m not doing hugelkultur at the garden lot. In Tuesday’s video, I shared the answer:…
Books, Interviews

An Interview at Castalia House

Happy Independence Day! In a new post at the Castalia House blog, Scott Cole asks me some questions about my…
Beans, Crops

A Simple Bean Trellis Made of Sticks

My Lazy Housewife beans have betrayed me. They aren’t a bush bean. They are a pole bean – and pole…
Crops, Fertilizing, Yams

The Dog Food Fertilizer Experiment

At this point, you’ve probably seen my two videos on using dog food as fertilizer. I sent the first of…
Crops, Pineapple

Pineapple Growing Advice

On my post featuring Adam’s giant pineapple success, Scott comments: “Every time I eat a pineapple I plant the top…