The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Food Forest

Florida gardening, Food Forest, Fruit trees, Japanese persimmon, Nopale, PawPaw, Pear, Permaculture, Scrubland

Growing fruit trees in poor soil

Can you grow fruit trees in poor soil? Will fruit trees grow in Florida sand? Will fruit trees grow in…
Food Forest, Fruit trees, Mushrooms, PawPaw

Homemade pawpaw fungi inoculant

Making a fungi inoculant probably isn’t on the top of most gardener’s “to-do” lists – and it may smack of…
Acerola cherry, Florida gardening, Food Forest, Fruit trees, South Florida, The Great South Florida Food Forest Project, Tropical almond

The Great South Florida Food Forest Project: New Photos

The South Florida food forest keeps kicking! I’ve been meaning to post these pictures for a couple of weeks now.…
Food Forest, Fruit trees, Pear

Survival Plant Profile: Pears

If I were to ask you your favorite fruit, what would you answer? My Dad likes apples. I love mangoes.…
Food Forest

My parents in their food forest

Mom sent me this picture yesterday. That’s she and Dad working in their south Florida food forest. To the…
Food Forest

A dead time of year

Plowed Field. Oil on canvas, 2014 I’m yearning for spring, even though this winter has been exceptionally mild and particularly…
Food Forest

6 Creatures That Should Be In Your Food Forest

I built upon my birdhouse post from the other day and really thought more on what animals should play key…
Food Forest

Small Food Forest Ideas

Today we’ll focus on small food forest ideas. Most of us tend to think of fruit trees as being needier…
Creatures, Food Forest

Food Forest Idea: Add More Habitat

Here’s a great food forest idea – more creature habitat! Over the holidays I got a bit obsessed with building…
Composting, Fertilizing, Food Forest

Making easy biochar without barrels, infrastructure, burying, etc. etc. etc.

Rather than worrying about barrels and flues and infrastructure, it’s time to start making easy biochar! As I wrote Friday,…