The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Composting, Worms

Give Black Soldier Flies a Chance!

HL writes: “David, Recently I watched a video of yours in which you mentioned not being thrilled with black soldier…
Construction, Tools, Woodworking

Amy’s Beautiful Produce Weighing Stand

Happy Independence Day to my American readers. I hope you all get to spend some quality time with family while…
Announcements

In Other News…

Let’s cover a few interesting items from this week. Pickling/Fermenting David comments on my article about vinegar pickling vs. traditional…
Composting, Videos

Questions about Dave’s Fetid Swamp Water

In which Rachel joins me for a very entertaining video: Learn more about Dave’s Fetid Swamp Water and many other…
Encouragement, Pruning

Even When Everyone Disagrees… You May Not Be Wrong

On Monday I posted a video showing how I was pruning at the solstice to keep fruit trees small in…
Announcements, Books, Florida gardening

The South Florida Backyard Garden Plan Legend

We discovered an error in the first printing of The South Florida Gardening Survival Guide. The small yard food production…
Cooking, Cucumbers, Fermentation

Pickling with Vinegar vs. Traditional Live-Fermented Pickling

My sister has been getting lots of produce from her garden. Recently, she wrote to tell me that she made…
Cows

Real Food for Breakfast

“The health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible.” -Sir Albert Howard We have been on a…
Cooking, Food

Homemade Pickles

We have been picking cucumbers and peppers from the garden this last week. Traditional live fermented pickles are one of…
Crops, Pigeon peas

Pigeon Peas: The Swiss Army Knife of Permaculture Crops

Pigeon Peas are Amazing Down on the island of Grenada when I attended Grace Lutheran, we’d sometimes have church get…
Florida gardening, Food Forest, The Great South Florida Food Forest Project

12 Years Old! A Tour of the Great South Florida Food Forest Project

Last week I did a crash tour of Florida to promote my new book Create Your Own Florida Food Forest.…
Vertical Gardening

A Good Cattle Panel Trellis System Garden Hack

When I visited the Ocala area earlier this week, I stopped in at some friends of friends to see their…