The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Food Forest

Food Forest

Food Forest Updates

Spring is here in Lower Alabama and the Florida panhandle, and the last frosts are behind us. We’re planting more…
Figs, Food Forest, Fruit trees

The Delicious Celeste Fig

In the halcyon days of the Great North Florida Food Forest, when our family was young and our food forest…
Death Hedge, Food Forest

Here’s an interesting Mahonia

David comments: David, David the Bad here. I saw your post look for death hedge material. I’m in south central…
Atmore Farm &Garden, Food Forest, Fruit trees

How We Plant Bare Root Trees (And Why We Do It)

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately on planting bare root fruit trees. We have a lot of them…
Food Forest

A simple trick to maintain or even plan out a new food forest

Yesterday Rachel and I got to film another video – this time, doing one of my favorite jobs: Maintaining a…
Food Forest

Guilds: Does Nature Really Make Them?

This is a good video on natural tree guilds: Nature likes to make little patches of associated species. Sometimes, we’ve…
Apple, Chestnut, Citrus, Figs, Food Forest, Jaboticaba, Mulberry, Nectarines, Peaches, Pear, Plums

Firstfruits on the Homestead

Yesterday we got our first plum from a gold plum in the food forest: It only set a single fruit,…
Announcements, Food Forest

Start a Florida Food Forest (the Easy Way)

Live at the Farmhouse Fair: This presentation gives you an overview of my food forest philosophy, and will break through…
Food Forest

It’s Food Forest GO TIME!

As the old saying goes, the first year they sleep; the second, they creep; and the third year, they leap!…
Food Forest, Garden design, Soil

Starting a Food Forest in Clay

Michelle asks about planting a food forest in clay: A friend in South GA has asked me to come help…