The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Articles, Tools

Till Like it’s 1899!

I was published recently over at GardenRant.com with a quick rant about off-grid garden tilling: “For years I rented rototillers…
Tobacco

Growing Tobacco Again

If you’ve been watching my YouTube channel, you’ve probably seen my last couple of videos on starting a new round…
Tiny Houses

Bottle Window Demonstration

I came across a sweet bottle window demonstration on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0ck5IZ3dqs Why was I was looking up bottle windows, you…
Tools

My Trick for Picking Up Quality Hoes

It’s not much of a trick, really, as ebay has been around forever, but it’s my go-to source for quality…
Books, Zone-pushing

Praise for “Push the Zone”

Ecuador Gardener has pink-fonted praise for Push the Zone: “Greetings David! Just finished reading your book “Push the Zone”… tons…
Mushrooms

Giant Florida Bolete Mushrooms

J.C. found some giant Florida Bolete Mushrooms and wrote to tell me the tale: Hi David, That is a great…
Encouragement

God is Good, All the Time

This last week I told a local friend that I was really missing my guitar. I’m a good guitar player.…
Garden design, No-till, Videos

An Excellent No-Dig Garden Demonstration

This no-dig garden demonstration is excellent: No dig gardening runs the gamut from Ruth Stout’s system (which is unfortunately straw-based)…
Book of the Week, Foraging, Mushrooms

The Survival Gardener Book of the Week #9: All that the Rain Promises and More

Thus far, I’ve mostly concentrated my “book of the week” posts on gardening texts. Today I’ll share instead one of…
Crops, Yams

Yam Trellis Systems: Grow ’em high from Florida to Dominica!

Kevin wrote last week and shared some pictures of the yam trellis system a friend uses on the island of…
Articles

Growing and Processing Coffee

I have a new post over at The Grow Network on Harvesting and Processing Coffee: “A delicious cup of coffee…
Fall gardening, Florida gardening

Summer Gardening in Florida

D.W. asks about summer gardening in Florida: “Hi David, A couple of years ago I acquired property (10+ acres) with…

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