The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

David The Good

Food Forest

A simple trick to maintain or even plan out a new food forest

Yesterday Rachel and I got to film another video – this time, doing one of my favorite jobs: Maintaining a…
Announcements

Time Management

Since getting the shop, it’s been difficult to manage YouTube as well. We’re working on a solution. I’m currently at…
Trees

Trees Act Their Size, Not Their Age

This is an interesting observation on the maturity of trees, shared by my friend Leo Miranda-Castro: The team’s restoration approach…
Container Gardening

A Closed Carboy Terrarium

This carboy terrarium is a cool project. Way back when, my mother-in-law gave me a beautiful glass carboy that had…
Encouragement, Master Gardeners

A Gardening Certification Program that /isn’t/ Master Gardeners?

Jess writes: So nice to find your human-written blog! I was a mom blogger in the 2000s-2010s Blogging Golden Age,…
Jokes

Hickory dickory

A text conversation between Rachel and I yesterday… Old wooden houses are definitely mouse-prone. Every winter a few get inside.…
Sugarcane

Blue Ribbon Cane in Atmore Alabama

A couple of months ago, I met a man named Weldon Vickery. He was quite influential in helping save purple…
Atmore Farm &Garden, Urban Gardening

Urban Gardening at Atmore Farm & Garden

Since we bought Atmore Farm & Garden, we haven’t had time to do much gardening at home. Yet I’m at…
Chickens

I think we have to get chickens again

Now that we own a feed store, we have lots and lots and lots of chicken feed. Problem: we no…
Announcements

We Now Distribute for Meadow Creature!

12 years ago, I got my first Meadow Creature broadfork and tried it out. At the time, I had a…