The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Crops

Angle gourds, Crops, Food Forest

Growing angle gourds: an impressive cucumber-like fruit

Almost 10 years ago I was given a packet of “loofah” seeds. I planted them and ended up with heavily-ridged…
Foraging, Mushrooms, Yams

Foraging for yams and mushrooms

Yesterday was a banner day for foraging. On my way to the bank I re-visited a vacant lot where I’d…
Crops

A Florida Perennial Vegetables List

Are there good Florida perennial vegetables? You bet! Though we can’t grow lettuce through our hot summers, there are some…
Crops, Pineapple

Homegrown pineapple: you can’t buy fruit this bright

Homegrown pineapple tastes incredible… but also looks incredible: That’s fresh off one of my pineapple plants. The funny thing: these…
Crops, Sweet potatoes

From the Inbox: Sweet Potato Problems – Help!

Lyda has some sweet potato problems – maybe you can help! She writes: “I started growing sweet potatoes a few…
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!…
Crops, ginger

And Now We Present a Ginger Bloom

This is what the bloom on culinary ginger looks like: Unlike pinecone ginger, culinary ginger has yellow blossoms (at least…
Composting, Crops, Pumpkins and squash, Recipes

Runaway Pumpkin Success and a Seminole Pumpkin Soup Recipe

Remember this post? We’re getting paid for all the work we DIDN’T do. The vine (or two or three… I…
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…
Citrus, Elderberries, Food Forest, Fruit trees, Grapes, Japanese persimmon, Loquat, Pear

Lots and lots of promise in the food forest

One of the hardest things about planting fruit trees? The wait. The long, long wait. Some trees reward you with…

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

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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

Growing angle gourds: an impressive cucumber-like fruit

Foraging for yams and mushrooms

A Florida Perennial Vegetables List

Homegrown pineapple: you can’t buy fruit this bright

From the Inbox: Sweet Potato Problems – Help!

Tools for Digging in Georgia Clay

And Now We Present a Ginger Bloom

Runaway Pumpkin Success and a Seminole Pumpkin Soup Recipe

Flowing with purple riches

Lots and lots of promise in the food forest

Featured

Ready to Grow Your Own Food?

You Need Chickens

An Intercropping Video

Latest

I had to settle

Satsuma Taste Test: Owari vs. Brown Select vs. Arctic Frost vs. Orange Frost

Getting Loquats to Bloom Later?

David The Good

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