The Survival Gardener
by David The Good
David The Good
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Coming in May: “Compost Everything!”
My new book “Compost Everything, the Good Guide to Extreme Composting” is with the publisher and should be released within…
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Asimina parviflora in my food forest
That’s one of three native Asimina parviflora pawpaws currently growing in my food forest. Here’s a shot of its tiny…
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Muscadine grapes are looking good
I have a patch of about 10 grape vines growing in my backyard that I planted 3-4 years ago. They’re…
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Survival Plant Profile: Florida Soapberry or Soap Nut Tree
If you’re a back-to-the-land sort or an alternative health, organic-market-shopping type, or a plant lover… you may have come across…
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Tonight @ the Gainesville Gardening and Preparedness Network
First of all, my wife found a great picture of herself picking coconuts this week: Quite a babe. In more…
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More Chickasaw plum grafts – Grafting successes and failures
We had almost a 100% success rate with our Chickasaw plum grafting this year. Behold! Those two grafts are from…
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A magnificent result: check out my perennial garden bed!
I’m really loving the way this perennial garden bed is looking: This is not only a food bed, it’s also…
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Want a FAST food forest? Try a crazy cover crop seed mix!
Behold my epic cover crop seed mix! That’s right boys and girls – I mixed roughly 1.5 trillion different types…
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African Yam propagation from minisetts: it worked!
I posted on my “yam minisett” experiment last month. Here are the results: Not all of the pieces emerged. I…
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SATURDAY: I’m speaking in Volusia County and bringing fruit/perennial vegetables for sale!
Come on down! Details here: http://www.meetup.com/volusiacountybasegroup/events/221665279/ I’ll be talking about spring gardening, answering questions, sharing some from my new book…
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History of Rome by Michael Grant
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1
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Florida Foraging 1 by Billy Bailey
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Mao: A Life by Philip Short
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David The Good
I’m David The Good, gardening author, homesteading, survival gardener, nursery owner and plant geek. Let’s grow some food!
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