The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Garden design

Garden design

Growing Vegetables in the 1800s

Andrea Krist from the Minnesota Historical Society shares what it was like growing food for winter in 1850s Minnesota: The…
Garden design, Victory Garden

The Original Victory Garden

Discovered on YouTube: Rachel wants us to re-create a Victory Garden at some point and see how it works. I…
Garden design

Garden Beds or Rows?

The Barefoot Farmer compares gardening in rows and gardening in beds and when he uses one vs. the other: There…
Experiments, Fall gardening, Garden design, Intercropping

Prepping and Planting Fall Gardens – and Intercropping!

Yesterday I posted a new video on our fall garden preparation and planting: In part of the video I talk…
Garden design

Homemade Seedling Trays

Just over a week ago, I had one of my sons make me ten wooden seedling trays I could use…
Garden design, Homesteading

Garden Beds, February 2020

The farm is coming together. As you can see above, there are six tomato test beds to the back, with…
Garden design, Raised Beds, Wide Spacing

Progress on the Homestead

We are working our way towards using almost the entire back area of our property for our annual gardens. I’m…
Garden design, Raised garden bed, Tropical gardening, Videos

The Farm Takes Shape

Check out my latest video: It’s wonderful being on my own land again. After filming and editing this video, I…
Garden design, Raised Beds, Videos

Double-Digging A Garden Bed

Double-digging is one of my favorite ways to start a new garden bed: Here’s John Jeavons’ book How To Grow…
Composting, Garden design, No-till

Lasagna Garden, One Year Later

As I’ve written many time, lasagna gardening is a great way to build soil. Check this out: I built that…