The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Fall gardening

Fall Gardening in Lower Alabama/North Florida

The weather is cooling here in the Deep South, which means it’s lowered from the heat of an roaring furnace…
Videos

Grapes again

We got in some muscadines, at long last: I was going to use the little poles I found laying around…
Announcements

Lots of Rain, but Little Damage

Ida barreled through, giving us some wind and lots of rain, but all is well here. Some of the transplants…
freedom

Freedom Day, 2021

I didn’t know we’d end up here. We had a plan. We left the states for a tropical paradise, learned…
Pear

The Blessing of Pear Season

Yesterday afternoon we headed down the road to go pick pears from our neighbor’s huge sand pear tree. The days…
Garden design, Grocery Row Garden, Photography

Garden Pictures, Mid-August 2021

Though we’ve had a few weeks of dry weather, the gardens are still doing well – particularly the Grocery Row…
Beans, Crops, Survival Plants

Planting Beans For a Protein Supply if Meat Disappears

We’re planting beans right now to see if we can get find dry varieties for this climate. It’s important to…
Crops, Jerusalem artichokes

A 60′ Row of Jerusalem Artichokes

W shares pictures and some data on his Jerusalem artichoke garden in Pennsylvania: “Just wanted to share my 60’ row…
Videos

Thank You, Darling

I just had to take a moment to thank my camerawoman. Rachel has been such a trooper getting our videos…
Photography, Videos

The Beauty of a Vintage Helios 44-2 for Video

We filmed a new video over the weekend showing the work preparing the gardens for fall. During the filming we…
Uncategorized

Foundations for Farming vs. David The Good Gardening

I spent a wonderful weekend with Noah Sanders, author of Born Again Dirt and teacher with Foundations for Farming (formerly…
Garden design, Grocery Row Garden, Habitat

Helping Life Arrive in Your Garden

Much of the farming we see embraces death and destruction in order to get a yield. The “enemies” of a…