The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Fruit trees

Experiments, Fruit trees, Peaches, Seeds

Germinating Peach Pits is Easy: Check Out These Pics

My video on germinating peach pits has garnered almost 30,000 views since I posted it back in July: Since posting…
Coffee, Fruit trees, Homesteading

How to Process Coffee at Home in 7 Steps

For those of you who want to know how to process coffee at home, I put it into a quick…
Coffee, Tropical gardening, Videos

Processing Coffee at Home

Processing Coffee at Home Now we didn’t process our coffee the easy way. I deliberately didn’t look up all the…
Announcements, Articles, Coffee, Frugality, Fruit trees, Tropical gardening, Yaupon Holly

The Coffee Plantation Begins

Merry Christmas! I have wanted to grow big piles of delicious coffee for a long time. Back in Florida I…
Florida gardening, Food Forest, Fruit trees

The Simple Secret to Growing More Food with Less Work

For years I planted almost nothing but annual gardens. As a child and later as a young man, anything other…
Announcements, Florida gardening, Fruit trees, Rachel The Good, South Florida, The Prepper Project, Videos

The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Keeps on Kicking (and More News)

Rachel came safely home from the US and brought me multiple gifts, including new footage from The Great South Florida…
Announcements, Bananas, Creatures, Fruit trees

Giving Thanks, Bat Attractant, Green Bananas and More

It’s been quite a week. Hurricane Otto gave us a bunch of rain but no real trouble, my wife left…
Acerola cherry, Avocado, Bananas, Books, Cassava, Chocolate pudding fruit, Coconuts, Composting, Florida gardening, Food Forest, Fruit trees, Garden design, Mango, Mulberry, Permaculture, South Florida, Tamarind, The Great South Florida Food Forest Project, Tropical almond, Tropical gardening, Yams

Updates from The Great South Florida Food Forest Project: Fall 2016

It’s been too long since the last update on The Great South Florida Food Forest Project. Mom sent me photos…
Avocado, Fruit trees, Seed saving, Seeds, The Great South Florida Food Forest Project, Trees

Sprouting Avocado Pits the Easy Way

Today we’ll cover sprouting avocado pits the EASY way! Though you are probably familiar with the “toothpicks and water” method…
Chickens, Container Gardening, Cows, Crops, Florida gardening, Food Forest, Foraging, Fruit trees, Garden design, Grass, Mulch, Natives, Nitrogen-fixers, Permaculture, Plant ID, Ponds, Scrubland, Soil, Trees

Carving Out a Florida Food Forest From the Palmettos: Possible?

I recently received a quite interesting question in my inbox relating to pine scrub food and Florida food forest planning:…

2026 Reading List

Currently Reading

The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God
Don Quixote by Cervantes

Finished Reading

History of Rome by Michael Grant
Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rowlings
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus
The Persian Expedition by Xenophon (trans. Rex Warner)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2
Florida Foraging 1 by Billy Bailey
Florida Foraging 2 by Billy Bailey

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August 31, 2012

Ready to Grow Your Own Food?
August 31, 2012

You Need Chickens
September 5, 2012

An Intercropping Video

Latest

May 1, 2026

Getting Loquats to Bloom Later?
April 21, 2026

An “Improved” Wild Dewberry?
April 18, 2026

I like to dig, dig, diggity dig

David The Good

I’m David The Good, gardening author, homesteading, survival gardener, nursery owner and plant geek. Let’s grow some food!

The Survival Gardener

Fruit trees

Germinating Peach Pits is Easy: Check Out These Pics

How to Process Coffee at Home in 7 Steps

Processing Coffee at Home

The Coffee Plantation Begins

The Simple Secret to Growing More Food with Less Work

The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Keeps on Kicking (and More News)

Giving Thanks, Bat Attractant, Green Bananas and More

Updates from The Great South Florida Food Forest Project: Fall 2016

Sprouting Avocado Pits the Easy Way

Carving Out a Florida Food Forest From the Palmettos: Possible?

Featured

Ready to Grow Your Own Food?

You Need Chickens

An Intercropping Video

Latest

Getting Loquats to Bloom Later?

An “Improved” Wild Dewberry?

I like to dig, dig, diggity dig

David The Good

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