The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Beans

Beans, Books, Crops, Encouragement, Florida gardening

She Followed My Advice – and Look at This!

After sending me her terrifying sweet potato pictures, Kerri also sent me this shot of her yard-long beans: As she…
Beans, Beets, Cabbage, Carrots, Cassava, Composting, Corn, Crops, Garden design, Hot Peppers, Pumpkins and squash, Sweet potatoes

Pictures from the new gardens

The first thing we did after moving in to our new homestead was start planting. Fortunately, there were some beds…
Beans, Books, Crops, Grains, Seed saving, Seeds

Mummy Wheat & 800-Year-Old Squash Seeds: The Weird World of Seed Saving

Earlier this week I came across a great seed saving story. A buried clay jar filled with squash seeds was…
Beans, Berries, Citrus, Coffee, Container Gardening, Crops, Fruit trees, Garden design, ginger, Hibiscus, Hot Peppers, Japanese persimmon, Lettuce, Mulberry, Turmeric

Balcony Gardening

If you’re balcony gardening, you may be feeling sorry for yourself. Don’t! As Mike Cernovich, author of the bestselling book Gorilla…
Beans, Cabbage, Cassava, Corn, Crops, Frost protection, Frugality, ginger, Grains, Homesteading, Malanga, Prepping, Preservation, Sweet potatoes, Turnips

Storing Produce Without a Root Cellar

How do you preserve food in a warm climate without a root cellar? I got this comment recently on the…
Beans, Crops, Survival Plants

Yard Long Beans

The yard long beans have been huge this year: They’re almost living up to their name. Yard long beans, also…
Beans, Crops, Food Forest, Nitrogen-fixers

Velvet Beans: A Natural Testosterone Booster

If you’re looking for a natural testosterone booster that will raise your sense of well-being and give you extra energy……
Beans, Crops, Nitrogen-fixers

Growing velvet beans for medicine and as a cover crop

I’ve been growing velvet beans (Mucuna pruriens) for a few years now. Actually, I just planted them once and they…
Beans, Clay, Crops, Tools

Tools for Digging in Georgia Clay

Digging in Georgia clay has reminded my of one thing that’s really been nice about being back in Florida: sand!…
Beans, Berries, Crops, Elderberries, Figs, Fruit trees

Flowing with purple riches

Dave Taylor of Taylor Gardens Nursery gave me a “Texas Everbearing” fig to try out on the homestead. Though it’s…

2026 Reading List

Currently Reading

The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God
Don Quixote by Cervantes

Finished Reading

History of Rome by Michael Grant
Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rowlings
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus
The Persian Expedition by Xenophon (trans. Rex Warner)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2
Florida Foraging 1 by Billy Bailey
Florida Foraging 2 by Billy Bailey

Featured

August 31, 2012

Ready to Grow Your Own Food?
August 31, 2012

You Need Chickens
September 5, 2012

An Intercropping Video

Latest

May 1, 2026

Getting Loquats to Bloom Later?
April 21, 2026

An “Improved” Wild Dewberry?
April 18, 2026

I like to dig, dig, diggity dig

David The Good

I’m David The Good, gardening author, homesteading, survival gardener, nursery owner and plant geek. Let’s grow some food!

The Survival Gardener

Beans

She Followed My Advice – and Look at This!

Pictures from the new gardens

Mummy Wheat & 800-Year-Old Squash Seeds: The Weird World of Seed Saving

Balcony Gardening

Storing Produce Without a Root Cellar

Yard Long Beans

Velvet Beans: A Natural Testosterone Booster

Growing velvet beans for medicine and as a cover crop

Tools for Digging in Georgia Clay

Flowing with purple riches

Featured

Ready to Grow Your Own Food?

You Need Chickens

An Intercropping Video

Latest

Getting Loquats to Bloom Later?

An “Improved” Wild Dewberry?

I like to dig, dig, diggity dig

David The Good

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