The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Soap nut tree

Garden design, Prepping, Seeds, Soap nut tree, Survival Plants, Trees

Growing Florida Soapberry and Getting it to Fruit

In my Florida Soapberry post from a few years back, I wrote: “I scarified a bunch of seeds and planted…
Apple, Coffee, Food Forest, Frugality, Fruit trees, Loquat, Peaches, Pear, Pecans, Plums, Seeds, Soap nut tree

Growing Fruit Trees from Seed is Worth It: Proof!

I went out with my friend Allen The Beekeeper on an emergency bee call last week. I filmed it and…
Food Forest, Fruit trees, Soap nut tree, Survival Plant Profiles

Survival Plant Profile: Florida Soapberry or Soap Nut Tree

If you’re a back-to-the-land sort or an alternative health, organic-market-shopping type, or a plant lover… you may have come across…

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