The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Crops

Crops, Seeds

A (Almost) Secret Source For Rare Vegetables

Today I’m going to share my secret source for rare vegetables. Do you ever feel like you’ve “seen it all”…
Crops, Hot Peppers, Recipes

How to make ground red pepper

Today you’re going to learn how to make ground red pepper. Have you ever tried a home-grown version of something…
Crops, Frost protection, Sugarcane

Preparing a sugar cane bed for winter

Sugar cane doesn’t like the cold. How you prepare it for winter will make the difference between having cane next…
Crops, Sugarcane

How to make cane syrup at home… without a sugar cane press!

It’s sugarcane season again and time to make cane syrup at home. This post was originally written and posted in…
Crops, Sugarcane

Sugar cane harvesting

It’s sugar cane harvesting season. Year one and the cane harvest is already quite good! I estimate we’ll get about…
Crops, The Great South Florida Food Forest Project

A Perennial Salad Garden

This brand-new perennial salad garden was in my recent video on The Great South Florida Food Forest Project. Here’s a…
Crops, Melons

Compost Pile Cantaloupes

I don’t know if these compost pile cantaloupe vines are going to make it: Like their cousins the squashes, melons…
Buckwheat, Composting, Crops

Growing buckwheat in Florida

Growing buckwheat in Florida is easy. I took some pictures of the experimental buckwheat section of my big fall garden…
Corn, Crops

Cosmic grain corn

I can’t get over how beautiful grain corn looks. They’re like jewels. This is a mix from some of the…
Crops, Moringa

Big moringa tree

You may have seen this image in the video I posted yesterday: This big moringa tree at H.E.A.R.T. has seen…