The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Trees

Trees, Tropical gardening, Woodworking

Ironwood: Guaiacum officinale

I was at a nursery last week and found some honest-to-goodness ironwood trees for sale. Ironwood, AKA Lignum vitae, AKA…
Chocolate pudding fruit, Encouragement, Florida gardening, Fruit trees, The Great South Florida Food Forest Project, Trees

Chocolate Pudding Fruit Tree Five Years After Planting

In July of 2013, Dad and I planted a chocolate pudding fruit tree – AKA a black sapote – in…
Trees

How Can You Identify Real Mahogany?

Identifying mahogany is a little harder than it might seem at first glance. If you’ve ever wondered if you have…
Survival Plants, Tools, Trees

Family Survival Gardening

Lisa asks about family survival gardening: Hi David I think I’ve found the right place to ask a question or…
Construction, Experiments, Trees

Living Buildings and Bridges

Though this experimentation with living buildings is in its infancy, some very interesting ideas are being created by merging trees…
Food Forest, Trees, Zone-pushing

Heavy Shade Gardening

I have a new post up at The Grow Network this week: Oaks are hard to garden under, but…
Fruit trees, Jackfruit, Trees, Videos

Jackfruit from Seed

Here’s a quick update on the jackfruit tree I grew from seed by planting directly in the ground: And if…
Fruit trees, PawPaw, Plant propagation, Seeds, Trees

How Long Does a Pawpaw Tree Take to Produce Fruit from Seed?

Maria has questions about how long it takes a pawpaw tree to produce fruit from seed (note that she is…
Announcements, Composting, Trees

8 Ways to Use Fallen Trees after a Hurricane

I hit the local resort yesterday and took a little time to record a video sharing my ideas on using…
Trees

Albizia Saman Wood – AKA Monkeypod Wood

I really scored a few weeks ago. I got a log of saman wood AKA monkeypod from a local resort.…