The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Garden design, No-till, Videos

10 Reasons Not To Dig

h/t permieflix I’m not sold on “no dig” methods, though I understand the reasoning. This is a good overview…
Videos

My awesome new experiment

This is just fun:
Books, Reviews

A review of The Suburban Microfarm

I read this book last week and was quite impressed. Amy and I share a similar approach to gardening. As…
Announcements

Rest in Peace, Wayne

A long-standing pillar of my home town has passed: H. Wayne Huizenga, whose restless entrepreneurial spirit led him to…
Invasive plants, Weeds

Will Goats Eat Cogongrass?

Will goats eat cogongrass? The short answer is no. A couple of years ago I posted this video on cogongrass:…
Garden design, Wide Spacing

Is Wide Garden Spacing Wasteful?

Tiny yards, tiny houses, tiny garden beds. Over the last few decades, “tiny” has gotten big. This is especially true…
Composting, Fertilizing

Using Seaweed as Fertilizer (the easy way)

I picked up some seaweed from the beach on Sunday afternoon and put it in my garden yesterday: I wrote…
Announcements

How to Grow Half Your Own Food – Free Viewing Today

Just a reminder – you can start watching How to Grow Half Your Own Food for free today: Marjory…
Crops, Pumpkins and squash

Seminole Pumpkins in Ormond Beach

Robert sent some pictures of my favorite Florida pumpkins: The Seminole Pumpkin is so special it gets its own chair.…
News

Change Your Life With This One Weird Trick

All you have to do is see Bigfoot: “Claudia Ackley, 46, filed a lawsuit against the California Department of…
Announcements, Jokes

You can now subscribe to comments (and here’s something hilarious)

Earlier this week Duke Norfolk commented: “BTW, it sure would be nice to have some kind of comment alert function…
Fruit trees, Grafting, Pear

The Curse of the Bradford Pear

I used to have a Bradford pear tree at a house I owned in Tennessee. The flowers were beautiful but…