The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Yams

Crops, Yams

Huge Yams

I spent Christmas morning (after exchanging presents with the children) digging up huge yams in my yard. Merry Christmas to…
Poisonous plants, Yams

Edible Dioscorea bulbifera

I’ve written multiple times on edible vs. non-edible air potatoes but what I haven’t covered much is the edible Dioscorea…
Crops, Foraging, Videos, Yams

Dioscorea alata vs. Dioscorea bulbifera

How can you tell the difference between Dioscorea bulbifera and Dioscorea alata? Let’s go wild yam hunting and find out!…
Crops, Food Forest, Yams

Growing Chinese Yams/Yamberries/Dioscorea batatas in Florida

Behold, the Chinese yam! I know, not a very good shot. These things are tall, though, so I choose…
Crops, Fruit trees, Nitrogen-fixers, Yams

African Yams, Fruit Tree Pollarding, Mini-Orchard Idea

I get some mileage out of my junk mail: That’s an idea I had for an intercropped orchard that came…
Acerola cherry, Crops, Fruit trees, Mulberry, Nitrogen-fixers, Permaculture, Pest control, Poisonous plants, South Florida, The Great South Florida Food Forest Project, Yams

The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Update, May 2015: Failures and Problems

Yesterday I took a look at some of the successes we’ve had in The Great South Florida Food Forest Project……
Crops, Plant propagation, Yams

African Yam propagation from minisetts: it worked!

I posted on my “yam minisett” experiment last month. Here are the results: Not all of the pieces emerged. I…
Crops, Plant propagation, Yams

Propagating yams from minisetts

I’ve written before on edible air potatoes and recorded an episode of Crash Gardening on them as well. Though some…
Crops, Foraging, Yams

Edible Air Potatoes: Crash Gardening S2, Episode 6

I found an edible air potato (winged yam) patch near my place. In today’s episode, we talk about identifying Dioscorea…
Bananas, Crops, Food Forest, Grafting, Sweet potatoes, Yams

My 10 Great Gardening Ideas for the Coming New Year

I’ve got a bunch of plans for the homestead right now. There are way too many great gardening ideas in…

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

Yams

Huge Yams

Edible Dioscorea bulbifera

Dioscorea alata vs. Dioscorea bulbifera

Growing Chinese Yams/Yamberries/Dioscorea batatas in Florida

African Yams, Fruit Tree Pollarding, Mini-Orchard Idea

The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Update, May 2015: Failures and Problems

African Yam propagation from minisetts: it worked!

Propagating yams from minisetts

Edible Air Potatoes: Crash Gardening S2, Episode 6

My 10 Great Gardening Ideas for the Coming New Year

Featured

Ready to Grow Your Own Food?

You Need Chickens

An Intercropping Video

Latest

Getting Loquats to Bloom Later?

An “Improved” Wild Dewberry?

I like to dig, dig, diggity dig

David The Good

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