The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Soil, Terra preta

The Quest for Terra Preta

Later today I am putting out a video showing the beginning of my quest to create terra preta soil in…
Videos

Managing Crop Nutrition (vs. Pest Management)

Via Steve Solomon: I am watching now.
Announcements

It is snowing outside!

Just a few flakes, but my kids are amazed. After growing up in the tropics, this is quite an experience…
Food Forest, Invasive species

Please Don’t Plant This (Name Scary Invasive Plant Here)

On an older post about silverthorn, I recently received this comment: “Please don’t plant this plant: it’s a terrible invasive…
Plant propagation, Seminole pumpkins

Seminole Pumpkin Dropping Fruit

Karen has a question about why her Seminole pumpkin is dropping all its fruit: “I had beautiful vines (the leaves…
Frugality

Stretching Potting Soil to Ludicrous Levels

We can stretch potting soil so far we don’t even need to buy potting soil: Though we did buy some…
Experiments

The Difference in Taste, Appearance and Health is Impressive

Here’s a final video looking at the 12-bed amendment trials: The turnips and radishes certainly varied from bed to bed…
Articles, Experiments

An Excellent Summation of my Amendment Tests

Via Josh Centers at theprepared.com: Spring is just around the corner, and many of you are itching to start your…
Videos

7 Steps to Improve Terrible Soil the Epic Way

If you want to fix bad sandy soil, these seven steps should help immensely: Note that this video premieres at…
Pumpkins and squash, Seminole pumpkins

A Seminole Pumpkin Growing Tip

Carrie writes: “We have been experimenting the last few years with Seminoles and find that starting them at the base…
Biochar

Making Nutrient-Rich Biochar the Easy and (Almost Free) Way

See what we’re doing in my latest video, then read on for a transcript and further notes: Welcome back. If…
Turnips, Videos

Harvesting the Remainder of the Turnips

So ends the turnip portion of the single-row gardens we planted back at the beginning of October: 52lbs for us,…