The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

David The Good

Pest control

Killing Squirrels Terrifies Him

Some people have interesting priorities: If squirrels are destroying the food you grow for your family, eliminate them from your…
Pruning

Extreme Tree Pruning

Two days ago I posted a video from the Grocery Row Gardens, in which I greatly reduce the size of…
Apple, Chestnut, Citrus, Figs, Food Forest, Jaboticaba, Mulberry, Nectarines, Peaches, Pear, Plums

Firstfruits on the Homestead

Yesterday we got our first plum from a gold plum in the food forest: It only set a single fruit,…
Books, Coffee

Coffee Growing and Processing Advice

Wynnie writes: I have read your booklet about growing coffee and found it very informative. Thank you I live on…
Fruit trees, Nectarines, Seeds, Trees

The First Seedling Nectarines!

Four years ago we bought some various stone-fruit from the grocery and put the seeds in the fridge to germinate.…
Pest control

A Good Trick to Get Rid of Garden Slugs

We accidentally tried this and it works well: We left that board on the ground, meaning to build something with…
Uncategorized

Adding Habitat for Lizards

Margaret in our Skool community shares pest-control success, thanks to creating lizard habitat: So I wanted to offer this to…
Cooking

Refinishing Rough Cast Iron Pans

The following is a guest post from my friend Andy Weiss, who has been experimenting with refinishing cast iron pans.…
Trees

The Amazing Osage Orange

“We can’t sell citrus,” a fellow nursery owner told me. He was looking at a row of thorny potted trees…
junk

Simplifying the Homestead

This is the time of year when everything happens at once. Caring for plants, animals, grass… it can get overwhelming.…