The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Composting

Composting, Videos

She Built a Simple Compost Bin from Pallets

A few weeks ago my sister Rachel wanted to know how to build a simple compost bin she could use…
Composting, Garden design, No-till, Videos

Lasagna Gardening – The Complete No-Dig Gardening Demonstration

My lasagna gardening demonstration from the Home Grown Food Summit is now up for free on YouTube, thanks to my…
Composting, Construction

An Epic 3-Bin Compost Pile

After years of trying various compost pile designs, all of which were cobbled together from junk, I have finally built…
Composting, Videos

Comment of the Week on Composting Meat

I posted this video earlier this week on how to compost meat without attracting rats: Beneath the video, Tom Sensible…
Composting, Videos

How to Make a Simple Compost Pile

…from whatever you have laying around: I really like this method. You can see a live demonstration of it here,…
Composting

Composting Animals

Jim shares a story about composting a sheep: “A sheep died and was buried in this large pile of compost.…
Composting

Composting the Scary Stuff

Check out my new post over at The Grow Network: “When I tell people I compost meat, dairy, bones, bread,…
Composting

Why You Should Put Clay in Your Compost Pile

In case you haven’t seen me mention this before, you will appreciate this post over at The Grow Network: My…
Composting

Making a Comfortable Composting Toilet System

It’s easy to build a composting toilet; however, building a comfortable system take a little more work. Along those lines,…
Composting, Manure

Building a Simple Composting Toilet

I build another “lovable loo,” the composting toilet design from Joseph Jenkin’s book The Humanure Handbook: This is the same…