The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Fertilizing

Experiments, Fertilizing, Soil

Balancing Soil Minerals with Steve Solomon

This morning I posted a new video in which Steve Solomon joins me to fix our bad soil: This is…
Fertilizing, Videos

Jason Avers Explains Side-Dressing and Fertilizers

Nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus… what do they do? How do you apply them properly? How can you tell what plants need?…
Fertilizing

Moringa Spray as Fertilizer

A reader sent me some information on moringa and mentioned the work of Nikolaus Foidl. While researching him, I found…
Composting, Fertilizing

The Simple Humus Toilet

There is a fascinating video on YouTube called The Simple Humus Toilet. In this video, Thomas Lauterbach shows us a very…
Fertilizing

Good Seaweed Fertilizer

I keep hearing about Neptune’s Harvest and how it’s a good seaweed fertilizer. Last week I did a Goodstream on…
Composting, Fertilizing, Manure

Do Something That REALLY Helps the Planet!

I posted this video last year and it has gathered a lot of views and comments since then: It’s an…
Composting, Fertilizing, Fishing, Videos

How To Make Homemade Fish Emulsion / Fish Fertilizer the Easy Way

In my new video demonstration, I share how I make homemade fish fertilizer: Fish emulsion, or “fish fertilizer,” is an…
Composting, Fertilizing, Food Forest

Desert Food Forest Chop and Drop

I like seeing the ongoing growth of Geoff Lawton’s arid climate food forest project: Leucana trees are amazing. I just…
Articles, Composting, Fertilizing

BEWARE: This Manure will DESTROY Your Garden!

Check out my new post over at Tenth Acre Farm: Cow manure is rich in nitrogen, organic matter and a…
Crops, Fertilizing, Yams

The Dog Food Fertilizer Experiment

At this point, you’ve probably seen my two videos on using dog food as fertilizer. I sent the first of…