The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

David The Good

Birds

Live at the Gallery East

Not only did rycamor and I play at the mural dedication at Gallery East in Belleview today… we also became…
Birds

Playing at the Audubon Society mural dedication

Though I unfortunately didn’t get asked to paint the mural (though perhaps that’s a good thing for the local AS,…
Encouragement

You can’t grow that here! You can’t do that! It won’t work!

I laugh when people tell me one of my gardening ideas is impossible. Sure… some things are almost impossible. For…
Frugality

You must be kidding

Another claim that it takes roughly a bazillion dollars to raise a child: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/household-bills/9823143/Cost-of-raising-a-child-hits-record-222000.html Who are these people? I’ve got…
Reasons To Grow Your Own Food

And so Big Ag made a factory farmer…

With apologies to Paul Harvey (and Dodge), I present the following: And on the 666th day Big Agriculture looked down…
Chickens, Composting

Paul Gautschi of Back to Eden talks about chickens and GMOs

Paul Gautschi of Back To Eden gives us plenty of food for thought here. Paul isn’t feeding his flock of…
Cabbage, Crops

British cabbages

Because I like cabbages, I enjoyed this article. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/healthyeating/9806192/Britain-its-time-to-embrace-the-cabbage.html Obviously, Florida doesn’t have the perfect climate for cabbages… but…
Videos

And so God made a farmer

The best ad of the Superbowl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMpZ0TGjbWE Farming was the very first profession. When you take up the shovel, the…
Mother Earth News

My letter to the editor on Aminopyralids at Mother Earth News

I wrote Mother Earth News a letter to the editor a few months back and I see it’s hit the…
Chickens

Illegal chickens – viva la revolution!

Illegal chickens? Yep. The push for urban chickens continues both legally and illegally: Underground Chickens: Episode 99 of The Perennial…