The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Garden design

Grocery Row Garden

Grocery Row Gardening Ground Covers and Other Questions

Michelle writes: David, your comment about strawberries as ground cover made me wonder about this as a strategy in the…
Garden design

Garden Pictures, Late March 2022

I got a new wide-angle lens for my camera this week. Let’s take a look at the gardens. Here is…
Planting by the Moon

Spring Planting Plans for 2022

I think the last frost is behind us and it’s time to really get the spring planting done. We put…
Victory Garden

Could Victory Gardening Make a Comeback?

Via Zerohedge: Spring in the northern hemisphere is two weeks away, and interest in planting gardens could rise as the…
Single Row Gardens, Victory Garden

Planting the Single Row Gardens for Spring

Over the last two years I have really come to appreciate traditional single row gardening. We started planting single row…
Grocery Row Garden

Putting in a New Grocery Row Garden

The Grocery Row Garden system did very well in 2021, so I am putting in a new one so I…
Garden design, Gardening Without Irrigation, Wide Spacing

Dry Farming Collaborative Interview with Steve Solomon

Deborah Cho shared this recent interview on dry farming with Steve Solomon and the Dry Farming Collaborative: Steve’s new book…
Chickens, Composting, Garden design, Goats

Here’s a Chicken Gardening/Composting Idea

Right now we have chickens in a couple of movable tractors. A cattle panel one, and a PVC one. I…
Grocery Row Garden

A Problem with the Grocery Row Gardening System?

A recent commenter identifies a possible problem with the Grocery Row Gardening system beneath my last post on building humus:…
Landrace Gardening

Landrace Pok Choi and a Variegated English Pea

Last year I planted some hybrid pok choi and they did poorly, bolting rapidly and being generally worthless. Some of…