The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Encouragement

What I’m Thankful For

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, and I’m not what you’d call a “foodie.” It’s one of my favorites…
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…
News, Pest control

Peak stupidity is when you can’t kill vermin

And people wonder why I left the US… TAVARES, Fla. – A Central Florida man was arrested on suspicion…
Announcements

Net is down again

I don’t have internet today so no posts for now. My apologies – I’m working on getting a better location.
Announcements

I think I’ve got a YouTube solution

Yesterday I was considering The YouTube Question. I don’t want to give up the channel; however, the time involved hasn’t…
Announcements

Dialing back on YouTube

I posted this yesterday: My biggest issue is terrible internet. My second is the time/money ratio. It just barely pays…
Florida gardening, Food Forest, Fruit trees, Papaya, Pest control

Papaya Fruit Fly on Your Papaya Tree? Here’s What to Do!

Michael spotted a papaya fruit fly (AKA papaya wasp) on a green papaya and has well-founded concern for his fruit:…
Announcements, Videos

Raising Meat Chickens with Marjory Wildcraft – Free to Watch!

I received this from my friend Marjory Wildcraft today – definitely worth checking out for those of you who aren’t…
Announcements

Borrowing Net!

I’m out at the local resort today, borrowing the internet and getting work done. The situation with our internet has…
Uncategorized

Connection issues

Net is down today. Will post when I can.
Announcements

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

The rain falls on and on! The sun was out yesterday but not enough to dry the ground enough to…
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…

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