The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

No-till

Composting, Garden design, No-till, Videos

Lasagna Gardening – The Complete No-Dig Gardening Demonstration

My lasagna gardening demonstration from the Home Grown Food Summit is now up for free on YouTube, thanks to my…
Composting, No-till

Capturing Soil Residue to Build Soil Humus

There are some interesting possibilities hinted at in this presentation: What I took away: lipids and carbohydrates feed the fungi,…
Garden design, No-till

More Thoughts on No-Till

“When you rototill an area, you kill off a lot of the useful creatures in the soil, both macroscopic and…
Garden design, No-till, Videos

10 Reasons Not To Dig

h/t permieflix I’m not sold on “no dig” methods, though I understand the reasoning. This is a good overview…
Crops, Experiments, Fall gardening, Garden design, Mulch, No-till, Potatoes

Planting Potatoes in Fall… in Ontario!

Diane on Steve Solomon’s Soil and Health Group recently reported on planting potatoes in fall and graciously allowed me to…
Garden design, No-till, Videos

An Excellent No-Dig Garden Demonstration

This no-dig garden demonstration is excellent: No dig gardening runs the gamut from Ruth Stout’s system (which is unfortunately straw-based)…
Garden design, Insects, No-till, Soil, Videos

Tiny Life Doing Huge Work

There is some good sense beyond the modern push to “no-till” gardening methods. One of the best arguments I’ve found…
Composting, Garden design, No-till

Craig thinks I can do better…

…on my lasagna garden bed, that is. I like being part of the interchange of ideas between gardeners and permaculture…
Composting, Cows, Fertilizing, Garden design, Grass, Intercropping, Manure, Nitrogen-fixers, No-till, Soil, Videos, Weeds

The Five Keys to Building Healthy Soil

This is an excellent talk: Worth sitting down and watching. Fascinating stuff, and it’s on a large scale. He reminds…
Composting, Garden design, Mulch, No-till, Weeds

Does Composting Destroy Weed Seeds?

Does composting destroy weed seeds? We are regularly assured by composting experts that hot composting destroys seeds… yet I have…