The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Garden design

Grocery Row Garden

Working in the Little Row Garden

In my new video we take a look at the little row garden: You can see how patchy it is,…
Garden design

Long-term Soil Improvement in Bad, Sandy Grit

Yesterday a friend tilled under most of the rye cover crop we planted. The featured image in this post is…
Food Forest, Garden design

The Good Gardening Alley Food Forest System is Happening

Yesterday I travelled to a nursery with some friends and a trailer to go plant hunting. We came back with…
Garden design, Videos

My As-Of-Yet-Unnamed AWESOME Gardening System

As explained in last night’s Goodstream: I am psyched. Must build this thing.
Birds, No-till

Haven’t Lyrebirds heard of NO TILL???

Anita sends in an article from the Audubon Society on how lyrebirds help the forests through the subversive act of…
Wide Spacing

The Benefits of Single-Row Gardening

In my latest video, I cover some of the benefits of single-row gardening: You can also watch this new video…
Experiments, Fertilizing, No-till

Adding Minerals to a (Mostly) No-Till System

My friend Elizabeth’s no-till garden needs some help. Though it’s quite productive, there is a layer of hardpan just beneath…
Wide Spacing

Single Row Gardening Success

This fall I am greatly enjoying the single-row gardening plot: Single-row garden plots are very easy to care for, need…
Daikon radishes, Garden design, No-till

Does No-Till Gardening Work on Clay?

Does no-till gardening work on clay? Or concrete-like ground that fails to let water through? Elizabeth shares her story and…
Garden design, Mulch, No-till

From Sand to Soil: Before and After Deep Mulching!

My friend Elizabeth has the same lousy, awful, no-good sandy, gritty dirt that I do. She lives four miles away…