The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Radishes

Crops, Radishes

How did we miss this?

We have a new official heaviest radish on record, as of the beginning of this year. “The heaviest radish weighs 45.865…
Radishes

Daikon Landrace Cross: First Generation

This spring we crossed together a handful of daikon radish varieties, mostly red and white. We saved the seeds and…
Radishes, Seed saving

Daikon Radish Landrace: Second Generation

A couple of weeks ago we planted a bed of daikon radishes from the seeds we saved in spring: The…
Experiments, Radishes, Turnips

The 12-Bed Amendment Experiment: Taste-Test Results!

To end the 12-bed amendment experiment, we conducted a taste-test of the turnips and radishes: The radish variety was Red…
Crops, Radishes

The last of the radishes

I can’t say I’ll miss them. I grow radishes every year, but don’t like them. Most of these have gone…

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