The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Nitrogen-fixers

Nitrogen-fixers, Survival Plant Profiles, Survival Plants, Trees

Survival Plant Profile: Stinking Toe AKA West Indian Locust

I have found the Swiss Army Knife of tree species: the stinking toe, also known as West Indian Locust. This…
Chickens, Container Gardening, Cows, Crops, Florida gardening, Food Forest, Foraging, Fruit trees, Garden design, Grass, Mulch, Natives, Nitrogen-fixers, Permaculture, Plant ID, Ponds, Scrubland, Soil, Trees

Carving Out a Florida Food Forest From the Palmettos: Possible?

I recently received a quite interesting question in my inbox relating to pine scrub food and Florida food forest planning:…
Corn, Crops, Experiments, Florida gardening, Garden design, Nitrogen-fixers, Tropical gardening

Inga Alley Cropping

I never heard of Inga alley cropping until a week ago. Now I’m somewhat obsessed with it. One…
Corn, Crops, Garden design, Nitrogen-fixers, Perennial Vegetables, Pigeon peas, Prepping, Survival Gardening, Tropical gardening, Weeds

Interplanting Corn and Pigeon Peas On a Slope

A few weeks ago I learned how the natives go about interplanting corn and pigeon peas… …then the rainy season…
Creatures, Nitrogen-fixers

Coral Bean: A Nitrogen-Fixing Native Florida Wildflower

The coral bean (UPDATE: also known as Erythrina herbacea, for those of you pointing out my lack of Latin in…
Beans, Crops, Food Forest, Nitrogen-fixers

Velvet Beans: A Natural Testosterone Booster

If you’re looking for a natural testosterone booster that will raise your sense of well-being and give you extra energy……
Crops, Encouragement, Florida gardening, Food Forest, Fruit trees, Garden design, ginger, Insectary plants, Malanga, Mushrooms, Nitrogen-fixers, Orchards, Permaculture, Pest control, Plant propagation

A Subtropical Fruit Tree Guild

A few weeks ago I designed a fruit tree guild for the subtropics for a client in Central Florida. Today…
Food Forest, Nitrogen-fixers, Permaculture

A look at some nitrogen-fixing trees for food forests in Florida

I confess: one of the areas I overlooked at the onset of my food forest were the nitrogen-fixing support plants,…
Crops, Fruit trees, Nitrogen-fixers, Yams

African Yams, Fruit Tree Pollarding, Mini-Orchard Idea

I get some mileage out of my junk mail: That’s an idea I had for an intercropped orchard that came…
Acerola cherry, Crops, Fruit trees, Mulberry, Nitrogen-fixers, Permaculture, Pest control, Poisonous plants, South Florida, The Great South Florida Food Forest Project, Yams

The Great South Florida Food Forest Project Update, May 2015: Failures and Problems

Yesterday I took a look at some of the successes we’ve had in The Great South Florida Food Forest Project……