The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

David The Good

Announcements

Merry Christmas!

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This…
Uncategorized

Testing Postmatic

This is just a quick test of the “subscribe by e-mail” function. After some technical issues last week, it appears…
Citrus, Videos

Marmalade and Campari: The Steve Zissou Citrus

My favorite movie is The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. I know, I should have played like I was super…
Poisonous plants, Yams

Edible Dioscorea bulbifera

I’ve written multiple times on edible vs. non-edible air potatoes but what I haven’t covered much is the edible Dioscorea…
Bananas, Fruit trees, Videos

Self-delivering bananas

I was going to go out and do a video on how I cut down a banana tree in order…
Announcements, Books

Just in Time for Christmas: The Best Gardening Books

Okay – I finally updated my dedicated page that lists… …drumroll, please… The Best Gardening Books I’ve now listed…
Announcements, junk

Discuss Among Yourselves

We’ve had a few technical issues here that are still being sorted out. Some of the widgets were malfunctioning and…
Coconuts, Fruit trees

Easy Way to Open a Coconut

I spent a lot of time trying to find an easy way to open a coconut when I was a…
Experiments, Melons, Mystery plants, Plant propagation, Pumpkins and squash, Seed saving

A Watermelon Pumpkin Cross?

In yesterday’s post on garden experiments, Shane Arthur Swing commented on a possible watermelon pumpkin cross he may have created.…
Composting, Encouragement, Experiments, Fertilizing, Florida gardening, Illegal gardening

Better Gardening Through Experimentation

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve gotten some great gardening field reports from folks that have been experimenting with…