The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

David The Good

Composting

Ramial Chipped Wood

I got an interesting e-mail recently from a reader regarding ramial chipped wood, a soil amendment I formerly knew nothing…
Mushrooms, Trees

Inoculating Trees Grown from Seed?

J. H. writes: “I was reading your article on growing trees from seed, and was curious if you inoculate with…
Bananas, Frost protection, Fruit trees

Time to watch the bananas frost

When bananas frost over, they die. Or at least the fruit die – depending on how cold it gets, your…
Broccoli, Crops, Survival Plant Profiles

Survival Plant Profile: Broccoli

Growing broccoli in Florida is easier than a new gardener might imagine. I used to think there was some magic…
Crops, Sugarcane

Planting Sugar Cane

Planting sugar cane is easy… it’s the waiting that’s hard! In the fall, you’ll often see sugar cane for sale…
Food Forest, Trees

Agroforestry soil conservation

Hey – how about some agroforestry soil conservation? I like the idea. Here’s a sobering story from Al-Jazeera – but…
hugelkultur

Phone book Hugelkultur

Regular reader Leon is just dialing it in with his hugelkultur experiment. He posted something cool in the comments section…
Encouragement, Garden design, Seeds

New Year’s Gardening Resolutions?

Here at Econopocalypse Ranch, we’re going through seed catalogs and having a blast while making our new year’s gardening resolutions.…
Year in Review

The Year in Review 2012: Let’s Get Data Heavy

GARDENING RESULTS Crops harvested: Icicle radishes (10) 2lbs Cassava 60lbs Kohlrabi (18) 13.5 lbs Radishes (21) 1.5 lbs Endless Salads…
Garden design, Jokes

Why Does this Terrify Me?

Is it because I like dirt that this nerves me out? http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/14/dutch-plantlab-revolutionizes-farming-no-sunlight-no-windows-less-water-better-food/ Or is it because this: …kind of…