The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Food Forest

Establishing a Food Forest in Existing Woods

I have started a new food forest project for a client. The land is sloping and somewhat rocky with a…
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We need more Vegan compost…

So this guy makes some Vegan jokes in a PRIVATE EMAIL and then there’s a media swarm against him? Via…
Plant ID

Is this ginger edible?

J writes: “I’ve been reading your web page & was wondering if you could help me identify the ginger plant…
Homesteading

Growing Your Own Firewood with Coppicing

Coppicing management: I love coppicing and pollarding. This is how I used a sweet gum tree as a pollarded yam…
Homesteading

Hedge Laying

This is a beautiful way to maintain a livestock-proof hedge: I’m going to have to try this with Gliricidia.
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For Sale: A Beautiful Gainesville Home with Gardens and Fruit Trees

My friend Joel is selling his beautiful home in a nice Gainesville neighborhood. It has lots of space, lovely interiors,…
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Social Media and Ads

After a reader saw “The Survival Gardener” in his feed, I was asked recently if I was posting on Instagram…
Plant ID

What Plant is This? Here’s Some Simple Flower-Based Plant ID

Once you know what the blooms in various plant families look like, it becomes easier to nail down specific species.…
Articles

Best Job Choice: A Pastor Farmer!

I read this post on Zerohedge and was pleased to see farmers have higher job satisfaction than most other employments.…
Crops, Tobacco

Homegrown Tobacco… in Brooklyn!

This reminds me… I need to go harvest some more leaves. Also, I wrote a booklet on growing your own…

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