The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Malanga

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, 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…
Chinese water chestnuts, Garden design, Illegal gardening, Malanga, Ponds, Water chestnuts, Yacon

Easy-To-Grow Aquatic Vegetables for Your Water Garden

Last week I was asked to write up an aquatic vegetable list for a water garden/hot tub pond. Let’s take…
Crops, Encouragement, Florida gardening, Food Forest, Fruit trees, Garden design, ginger, Insectary plants, Malanga, Mushrooms, Nitrogen-fixers, Orchards, Permaculture, Pest control, Plant propagation

A Subtropical Fruit Tree Guild

A few weeks ago I designed a fruit tree guild for the subtropics for a client in Central Florida. Today…
Bananas, Books, Crops, Fruit trees, Greywater, Malanga

My Greywater Oasis: Two Years Later

Check out that lush spectacle. Back in January of 2013, I launched an experiment in which I ran the drain…
Bananas, Crops, Fruit trees, Greywater, Malanga

A Greywater Oasis: Reusing kitchen sink water!

I’ve started a greywater oasis project and am reusing kitchen sink water thanks to this book. I live in a…

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