The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

David The Good

Crops, Food Forest, Sweet potatoes

More Food Forest Sweet Potatoes: Gainesville Edition

I posted last week on our wonderful success growing no-work sweet potatoes in our front yard food forest. Two days…
Citrus, Food Forest, Frost protection, Moringa

Frost Protection for Moringa, Citrus and Other Tropicals

Since much of north Florida is facing its first frost tonight, I think it’s worth reposting this video on frost…
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Crash Gardening S2, Episode 2B: A Tour of My Food Forest (Continued)

Last week I posted part one of my food forest tour… here’s part two. Check out the wide variety of…
Crops, Hot Peppers, Recipes

Homegrown Pickled Jalapeno Slices Recipe

This year I started a bunch of hot peppers in the greenhouse for folks to grow in their gardens. Some…
Books, Foraging

Indian Pipe: A Rare and Beautiful Native

I was walking through the woods with a few of the children when my daughter suddenly called out. “Dad! What type of…
Crops, Food Forest, Frugality, Plant propagation, Sweet potatoes

Growing Sweet Potatoes in a Food Forest

For the last few years I’ve been growing sweet potatoes in various places. In Florida sweet potatoes are one of…
Food Forest, Fruit trees, Videos

Crash Gardening S2, Episode 2A: A Tour of My Food Forest

Last summer I posted a food forest video tour that proved to be rather popular. I’ve been asked for an…
Fruit trees, Japanese raisin tree

The Japanese Raisin Tree

I heard about the “raisin tree” (Hovenia dulcis) a few years back but have never seen one for sale… until…
Books, Reviews

The Market Gardener Review

I just finished reading Jean-Martin Fortier’s The Market Gardener and was quite impressed. Though his farm is based in Quebec, there’s…
Berries, Crops, Food Forest, Goumi berries, Nitrogen-fixers, Permaculture

Seven Reasons to Start Growing Goumi Berries!

I’ve been asked many times about growing goumi berries. Though my nursery is sold out for this year, I’ll be carrying…

2026 Reading List

Currently Reading

The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God
Don Quixote by Cervantes

Finished Reading

History of Rome by Michael Grant
Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rowlings
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus
The Persian Expedition by Xenophon (trans. Rex Warner)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2
Florida Foraging 1 by Billy Bailey
Florida Foraging 2 by Billy Bailey

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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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