The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

Videos

Announcements, Crops, Videos

Back in the garden

The rains finally let up long enough for me to get back to gardening and filming videos. On Thursday I…
Announcements, Books, Videos

A Week of Rain

This last week we’ve had so much rain the farm is a sopping wet mess. Down below the cocoa orchard,…
Composting, Experiments, Tropical gardening, Videos

Pumpkin Progress and Failure

Earlier this week I posted a new video from the downhill pumpkin patch: Though I pull in some good pumpkins,…
Garden design, Videos, waffle gardens

Waffle Gardening – A Method for Arid Climates

Last week The Grow Network posted an article on Pueblo farming methods which included a video on “waffle gardening.” Though…
Videos, Yams

Take a Look at my Yam Beds!

They look like kudzu! It’s going to be a lot of fun digging these yams up. I think I’ll have…
Announcements, Videos

Pumpkins and Air Potatoes

I jumped back into video production this week. The gardens aren’t as nice as I’d like right now, but there’s…
Videos

Mud Bricks

This guy… His videos really give you an idea how much work went into creating simple items before the advent…
Announcements, Videos

YouTube Blues II

Karla isn’t a fan of the daily YouTubing: “What are the “few successful videos”? I’d bet they are evergreen feature…
Videos

YouTube Blues

As much as I’ve enjoyed building up my YouTube channel, it often works out to more trouble than it’s worth.…
Crops, Foraging, Plant ID, Survival Plants, Videos, Yams

Wild Edible Chinese Yams in North Carolina

Andrew found me on YouTube and shared pictures of some very familiar edible wild yams he found on his property:…