The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Fertilizing

Composting, Fertilizing

Using Seaweed as Fertilizer (the easy way)

I picked up some seaweed from the beach on Sunday afternoon and put it in my garden yesterday: I wrote…
Composting, Fertilizing, Videos

Using Seaweed Fertilizer in the Garden

I’m sold on using seaweed fertilizer, whether fresh or purchased – and as people try it for themselves, they’re also…
Fertilizing, Soil

Land and Pumpkins

This morning I went to go look at a piece of land. It’s perhaps a little over a quarter acre,…
Composting, Fertilizing, Videos

Making Another Batch of Dave’s Fetid Swamp Water(TM)

As shared in my book Compost Everything, this method of feeding plants allows you to stretch fertility a long, long…
Composting, Fertilizing

Urine is a Great Fertilizer… EXCEPT FOR DRUGS!!!

Seriously, is EVERYONE on drugs these days? I mean, I’ve been known to drink coffee all day and sometimes chain-smoke…
Bananas, Fertilizing, Fruit trees

Maintaining a Banana Grove

I let everything get away from me in the banana grove but I’m now starting to catch up. We got…
Composting, Cows, Fertilizing, Garden design, Grass, Intercropping, Manure, Nitrogen-fixers, No-till, Soil, Videos, Weeds

The Five Keys to Building Healthy Soil

This is an excellent talk: Worth sitting down and watching. Fascinating stuff, and it’s on a large scale. He reminds…
Composting, Fertilizing

Fermented Plant Juice

This is similar to the Korean Natural Farming method of fermenting plant material anaerobically: Multiple comments beneath the video claim…
Composting, Fertilizing

Using Seaweed in the Garden

A nice afternoon led to a good video on using seaweed in the garden: Enjoy. I’m going to write a…
Fertilizing

Green Your Plants Up FAST

Want your plants to be greener and happier? Try this trick I learned in the nursery business: Epsom salts work…