The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Crops

Crops, Sweet potatoes

A sweet potato experiment

That looks like a regular sweet potato bed, right? Wrong! Instead of loosening the ground and directly planting sweet potatoes,…
Crops, Food Forest

Erupting in blooms

There are blooms everywhere right now as the spring rains finally begin to fall. Those bright beauties above are on…
Crops, Fruit trees, Nitrogen-fixers, Yams

African Yams, Fruit Tree Pollarding, Mini-Orchard Idea

I get some mileage out of my junk mail: That’s an idea I had for an intercropped orchard that came…
Acerola cherry, Crops, Fruit trees, Mulberry, Nitrogen-fixers, Permaculture, Pest control, Poisonous plants, South Florida, The Great South Florida Food Forest Project, Yams

The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Update, May 2015: Failures and Problems

Yesterday I took a look at some of the successes we’ve had in The Great South Florida Food Forest Project……
Crops, Grapes

Muscadine grapes are looking good

I have a patch of about 10 grape vines growing in my backyard that I planted 3-4 years ago. They’re…
Berries, Crops, Fruit trees, Insectary plants, Japanese persimmon, Permaculture, Pest control

A magnificent result: check out my perennial garden bed!

I’m really loving the way this perennial garden bed is looking: This is not only a food bed, it’s also…
Crops, Plant propagation, Yams

African Yam propagation from minisetts: it worked!

I posted on my “yam minisett” experiment last month. Here are the results: Not all of the pieces emerged. I…
April Fools, Cassava, Cassava, Crops, junk

I got my first tattoo!!!

I’ve been thinking for a long time about how I could express my gardening enthusiasm in a tattoo. I’ve never…
Crops, Daikon radishes

Growing daikon radishes in Florida

Those are daikon radishes, a mild-flavored and crispy relative of our common red radish. Hailing from Japan, daikons are scrappy,…
Berries, Blueberry, Crops, Foraging

Native Florida Blueberry Spotting In Florida Pinewoods

Hiking north of Gainesville. Photo by David The Good, Jr. Just over a week ago we went camping with some…

2026 Reading List

Currently Reading

The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God

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 
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Mao: A Life by Philip Short
Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell WrightBuy Then Build by Walker Deibel
High Seas and Hidden Truths by Polly Lockler

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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

Crops

A sweet potato experiment

Erupting in blooms

African Yams, Fruit Tree Pollarding, Mini-Orchard Idea

The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Update, May 2015: Failures and Problems

Muscadine grapes are looking good

A magnificent result: check out my perennial garden bed!

African Yam propagation from minisetts: it worked!

I got my first tattoo!!!

Growing daikon radishes in Florida

Native Florida Blueberry Spotting In Florida Pinewoods

Featured

Ready to Grow Your Own Food?

You Need Chickens

An Intercropping Video

Latest

Getting More Food Out of Your Food Forest?

The 32lb Moschata

Apple Pruning Advice from Stephan Sobkowiak

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