The Survival Gardener
by David The Good
Fall gardening
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First Frost of Fall and the Big Final Harvest, 2024
We got our first frost overnight, so, of course, I took pictures. Frosted sweet potato leaves: Frosted cucuzza gourd: Frosted…
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Maintaining a Winter Food Supply
This week I posted a video sharing some thoughts on how to maintain a winter food supply: Basically, we keep…
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The Greens of Fall
Though the tomatoes and peppers and melons are gone, and the gloriously abundant roots of summer are now stored in…
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The Brassicas of Fall
These beds need a little weeding, but despite their visual imperfection, the crops are looking good thus far. The left…
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Starting Lots of Transplants on the Cheap
When I was in Indonesia I visited the children’s garden behind a Lutheran school. At one corner of the larger…
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Garden Pictures: October 8, 2021
This morning it was a cool 60-something degrees when I headed out to feed the chickens. As sometimes happens, I…
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Chicken Tractors, a Garden Tour and Home-Grown Stress Relief
A friend of mine shared this screen-capture with the caption “The look on that face!” He is happy about those…
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Fall Gardening in Lower Alabama/North Florida
The weather is cooling here in the Deep South, which means it’s lowered from the heat of an roaring furnace…
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Hurricane Zeta Garden Aftermath
We just enjoyed our second hurricane since moving to Alabama. First Sally, now Zeta! I must admit, I did not…
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End of October Garden Tour
The rain is falling today as Zeta nears the Gulf Coast, but I did get out into the garden this…
David The Good
I’m David The Good, gardening author, homesteading, survival gardener, nursery owner and plant geek. Let’s grow some food!
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