The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Crops

Crops, Taro

Duckweed and Edible-leaved Taro

Don’t these plants just look cool? They’re growing in a plastic bin that was left in my barn by the…
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…
Crops, Nitrogen-fixers, Peas, Survival Plant Profiles

Survival Plant Profile: Peas

Growing peas in Florida might not occur to new gardeners here; after all, peas seem rather… European, not tropical! Fortunately,…
Broccoli, Crops, Survival Plant Profiles

Survival Plant Profile: Broccoli

Growing broccoli in Florida is easier than a new gardener might imagine. I used to think there was some magic…
Crops, Sugarcane

Planting Sugar Cane

Planting sugar cane is easy… it’s the waiting that’s hard! In the fall, you’ll often see sugar cane for sale…
Crops

Salad

This was a photo I just discovered from our spring garden… lettuce, radishes, carrots, dill and parsley. All I…
Broccoli, Crops

December Broccoli

Just in time for the end of the world! My wife took this picture this morning. We’ve had great luck…
Canna lily, Crops, Survival Plant Profiles

Survival Plant Profile: Canna Lily

The canna lily is an almost unknown edible, at least here in the US. Instead, like morons, we use them…
Crops, Frost protection, Fruit trees, Papaya

Growing Papaya in North Florida

Growing papaya in North Florida?!? No way! And yet I am, indeed, growing them in North Central Florida. It just…
Cassava, Crops, Videos

How To Harvest and Process Cassava

Here’s a new video in which I show you how to harvest and process cassava and do a bad Bob…