The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Fruit trees

Fruit trees, Mulberry

A four-year-old black mulberry tree

It’s hard to believe this black mulberry tree was just a sad-looking bare root twig when I popped it in…
Fruit trees, South Florida, Starfruit, The Great South Florida Food Forest Project

Starfruit: An easy-to-grow fruit tree for South Florida

Starfruit, also known as carambola, is one of my favorite fruits. This last week my mom sent up a box…
Apple, Blueberry, Frost protection, Peaches

Lots of early blooming fruit trees

Quite a few of my fruit trees and blueberry bushes are blooming right now. The cool but not freezing winter…
Fruit trees, Mulberry, Peaches, Permaculture, Videos

Festooning Fruit Trees

I recently watched a film called The Permaculture Orchard. In it, Stephan Sobkowiak demonstrates his method of bending down the…
Citrus, Fertilizing, Fruit trees

How and When to Fertilize Citrus

New buds are starting to appear on many of my citrus trees. In the case of the Ponderosa lemon above,…
Apple, Fruit trees, Plant propagation

Albert Etter: Another “Growing Fruit Trees From Seed” Success Story

Happy Groundhog Day! I’ve written before on the value of experimentation and in particular on the worthwhile practice of growing…
Grafting, Mulberry, Tools

Grafting a mulberry tree

The mulberry tree (Morus nigra) in my front-yard food forest has proven to be a less-than-exciting variety. Here it is:…
Chickasaw plum, Fruit trees, Grafting

Grafting Chickasaw Plums

Last year I performed the above graft of an improved European plum variety onto a native Chickasaw plum and it…
Apple, Fruit trees

Growing Apples In Florida

Now I’ve done it: Most varieties of apple are not supposed to grow in Florida, including all of the varieties…
Fruit trees, Grafting, Mulberry, Pear

Taking the top off a tree and changing the variety through grafting

I’ve been studying up on grafting over the last couple of weeks and just found a good post by Lee…

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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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

A four-year-old black mulberry tree

Starfruit: An easy-to-grow fruit tree for South Florida

Lots of early blooming fruit trees

Festooning Fruit Trees

How and When to Fertilize Citrus

Albert Etter: Another “Growing Fruit Trees From Seed” Success Story

Grafting a mulberry tree

Grafting Chickasaw Plums

Growing Apples In Florida

Taking the top off a tree and changing the variety through grafting

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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