The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Garden design

Garden design

Gardening on a Mountain?

It’s nice to have flat land – but what about when you don’t? And you don’t have the cash to…
Grocery Row Garden

Front-Yard Grocery Row Gardening

Kevin C. writes that he’s “been busy converting front yard into grocery rows.” That’s going to be a conversation starter!…
Raised Beds

One Size Does Not Fit All

When gardening, do whatever works! Caroline comments on my video about not using raised beds: Thank you for raising contention.…
Garden design

Huw Richards is Quite Reasonable

How many times have I said the main point is to grow food? Huw says it more pleasantly that I…
Garden design, Grocery Row Garden

Annual Yields Thus Far and Notes on the Harvests

Since the beginning of the year, we have harvested 1816lbs of food. We also gathered 2,125 eggs and butchered 5…
Garden design, Grocery Row Garden, Lasagna Gardening, Mulch, No-till, Pest control, Weeds

4 Ways to Remove Grass and Create a New Garden

CF asks about removing grass so she can start gardening: “What do you recommend for removing sod when starting a…
Grocery Row Garden, Sweet potatoes

Pulling in the 2023 Sweet Potatoes from the Grocery Row Garden

We harvested a small patch of sweet potatoes about a month ago so we had space to plant some fall…
Grocery Row Garden, Videos

The Grocery Row Garden at the End of August

Though it’s been very hot and quite dry, the Grocery Row Garden still looks pretty good: The ginger and taro…
Garden design

Proof You Can Do a Lot of Gardening in a Small Space

This morning I received an inspiring email from a couple who are raising their own meat and gardening in a…
Garden design

How Much Food Could You Grow in an Urban Yard?

In our latest video, we take a look at the small yard of an old house in Hannibal, Missouri and…