The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Chickens

I think we have to get chickens again

Now that we own a feed store, we have lots and lots and lots of chicken feed. Problem: we no…
Announcements

We Now Distribute for Meadow Creature!

12 years ago, I got my first Meadow Creature broadfork and tried it out. At the time, I had a…
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This Gardening Blog is NOT Written by AI

I posted this to YouTube and Instagram the other day: This week I added a note to https://thesurvivalgardener.com/ that reads…
Oaks

A Very Interesting Acorn

A woman came into Atmore Farm & Garden the other day with a bag of acorns. “I thought you would…
Atmore Farm &Garden

And now I am a poinsettia salesman!

I never cared much about poinsettias before. I always thought they were pretty – and I remember my grandma planting…
Jokes

Spider Plants…

I saw this spider plant graphic on Instagram and reposted it to our store’s Facebook page: Beneath it in the…
Persimmon

Beautiful Persimmons

Last night we had our first frost of the year. 27 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s a bit cold for Lower Alabama, so we…
Jokes

What have I become…

I am now a mum salesman. It’s amazing how many mums sell here in the Deep South. They are incredibly…
Grocery Row Garden, Pumpkins and squash, Seminole pumpkins

Fascinating Pumpkin Crosses: Grenada Black x Seminole

We saved seeds from a Grenadian black pumpkin way back in 2019 – and didn’t plant them out until 2024.…
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We Own our Own Farm and Garden Store

New video here!
Apple

He Hates Honeycrisp

This is interesting: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN_ioq1kpCS/?igsh=NWRzamUxODE0dms1 I have heard the variety is touchy.
Food Forest

Guilds: Does Nature Really Make Them?

This is a good video on natural tree guilds: Nature likes to make little patches of associated species. Sometimes, we’ve…