The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Crops

Beans, Crops

Survival Plant Profile: Green Beans

Other than radishes, growing green beans is about as basic as it gets. Reliable, productive, tolerant of poor soil and…
Crops, Hot Peppers

Rising like a phoenix

Yep. Hot peppers are perennials: This is one of last year’s cayenne peppers, returning from the ground after multiple winter…
Crops, Encouragement, Permaculture, Prepping, Rachel The Good

Plant Diversity (Guest Post by Rachel The Good)

You might not consider plant diversity when you plan a meal… but maybe you should. Rachel explains in today’s post.…
Corn, Crops

My green dent corn patch update

I took this picture a couple of weeks ago… and they’re almost twice that size now. This is the little…
Cabbage, Crops, hugelkultur

Hugelstump?

Check this out – I’m growing a cabbage in a stump: I shot that picture the day before Rachel made…
Cabbage, Carrots, Crops, Onions

Homemade coleslaw from the garden

Rachel sent me this pic of her coleslaw fixings from the other night. Cabbage, onion leaves and carrots from the…
Crops, Prepping, Survival Plants

Survival gardening for beginners

Let’s talk survival gardening for beginners. It’s a scary topic, imagining collapse while looking at your lousy sweet potato harvest,…
Crops, Foraging

Guerrilla chaya?

Spotted growing wild in an overgrown lot in Ft. Lauderdale: …
Corn, Crops, GMO, Seeds

GMO Corn vs. Organic Corn

GMO corn vs organic corn? No comparison! Why grow this: …
Crops, Mother Earth News, Pineapple

Growing Pineapples Outside the Tropics

Growing pineapples outside the tropics isn’t only possible… it’s actually pretty easy. Did you know you can grow pineapples up…