The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Experiments

Almond, Apple, Cherry, Experiments, Florida gardening, Food Forest, Fruit trees, Tropical gardening

Update on Growing Cherries and Almonds in Florida

Carrie writes: “What ever happened with your cherry and almond trees? I haven’t seen any posts on them since 2014.”…
Chickens, Composting, Experiments, Frugality, Garden design, Irrigation, Manure, Natives, PawPaw, Perennial Vegetables, Trees

Gardening in Virginia Shade, Chicken Coop Water Catchment and Lots More!

Today let’s cover a bunch of stuff all at once! First: Help! Gardening in the Shade in Zone 6/7 I…
Experiments, Florida gardening, Fruit trees, Garden design, Greenhouses, Jackfruit, Microclimates, Trees, Tropical gardening

Growing Jackfruit in North Florida?

After my post on Growing Jackfruit in South Florida, I received an email from a regular reader requesting a post…
Books, Chickens, Crops, Encouragement, Experiments, Foraging, Fruit trees, Garden design, Mushrooms, Permaculture, Pest control, Ponds, Prepping, Survival Gardening

Small Farm Advice

I received this email last week asking for some small farm advice: Hi David, So my wife and I…
Biochar, Composting, Experiments, Fruit trees, Mulberry

A Mulberry Hedge

I recently visited ECHO and saw this mulberry hedge: Mulberry trees aren’t just great sources for delicious berries – they’re…
Coconuts, Experiments, Frost protection, Fruit trees, Garden design, Greenhouses, Microclimates, Tropical gardening

Growing Coconuts Outside the Tropics

Growing coconuts outside the tropics? How can this be possible? After all, we all know that coconuts can’t take frosts.…
Experiments, Garden design

Intensive Gardening: The Pros and Cons

Intensive gardening is now fully mainstream. Sure, you may still see the occasional backyard single row garden… but they’re nowhere…
Experiments, Fruit trees, Grafting, Loquat, Seeds

Early Loquat Fruit

We’re getting some early loquat fruit this year – and I’m quit happy. One of the main problems with growing…
Experiments, Melons, Mystery plants, Plant propagation, Pumpkins and squash, Seed saving

A Watermelon Pumpkin Cross?

In yesterday’s post on garden experiments, Shane Arthur Swing commented on a possible watermelon pumpkin cross he may have created.…
Composting, Encouragement, Experiments, Fertilizing, Florida gardening, Illegal gardening

Better Gardening Through Experimentation

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve gotten some great gardening field reports from folks that have been experimenting with…

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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An Intercropping Video

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An “Improved” Wild Dewberry?
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I like to dig, dig, diggity dig

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

Experiments

Update on Growing Cherries and Almonds in Florida

Gardening in Virginia Shade, Chicken Coop Water Catchment and Lots More!

Growing Jackfruit in North Florida?

Small Farm Advice

A Mulberry Hedge

Growing Coconuts Outside the Tropics

Intensive Gardening: The Pros and Cons

Early Loquat Fruit

A Watermelon Pumpkin Cross?

Better Gardening Through Experimentation

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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