The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Book of the Week, Books, Crops, Grains

The Survival Gardener Book of the Week #8: Small-Scale Grain Raising

I quit eating almost all grain some years back. I used to have heartburn, sore joints and lethargy during the…
Breadfruit, Cassava, Cassava, Corn, Crops, Fruit trees, Grains, Malanga, Nitrogen-fixers, Pigeon peas, Prepping, Survival Gardening, Survival Plants, Sweet potatoes, Taro, Yams

The Top 10 Tropical Staple Crop Countdown

Last week I created a video on the top 10 tropical staple crops. It took me way too long to…
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, 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…
Crops, Grains

@The Prepper Project: Is Growing Grains a Good Survival Strategy?

I love growing most plants, including grains… but harvesting? Grains are a pain. (Say it again, so it’s plain!) In…
Crops, Grains

Growing wheat for flour

This pair of videos give you an idea of how much work it takes growing wheat for flour… not to…

The Survival Gardener Book of the Week #8: Small-Scale Grain Raising