The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Carrots, Crops, Fall gardening, Mustard

What to plant in your Florida fall garden

This is the time of year to get back out into the garden! Mrs. Survival Gardener and I tore out…
Crops, Food Forest, Moringa, Seed saving

Moringa won’t make pods?

I’ve been growing moringa trees for almost four years now. I’ve grown most of mine from seeds since those seem…
Books, Foraging, Mushrooms

Must-have Wild Mushroom Foraging Books!

Are you ready to hunt for wild mushrooms… safely? Since I’ve gotten on a mushroom kick, I’ve been doing a LOT of…
Foraging, Mushrooms

Eating Chanterelles and Indigo Milk Caps: Wild Florida Mushrooms!

NOTE: Don’t eat any wild mushroom unless you know for sure what you have. And don’t follow my example, then…
Fruit trees, Japanese persimmon

Hachiya Persimmons: Delicious and Beautiful!

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Japanese persimmons (and their less prestigious American cousins). I’ve planted three in my…
Angle gourds, Crops, Food Forest

Growing angle gourds: an impressive cucumber-like fruit

Almost 10 years ago I was given a packet of “loofah” seeds. I planted them and ended up with heavily-ridged…
Food Forest, Fruit trees, Grafting, Loquat

Grafting loquats

Remember the rare loquat tree I tried to save? Well… it finally gave up. The top started to turn yellow…
Food Forest, Nitrogen-fixers

Improve Your Food Forest Density

Why is it that we find wandering through a lush woodland a wonderful thing… yet fight against lush growth on our…
Foraging, Mushrooms

Florida chanterelle mushrooms!

Check out these Florida chanterelle mushrooms! They were great. These beautiful yellow mushrooms are some kind of Cantharellus I found…
Foraging, Mushrooms

Mystery Bolete: Solved!

I was 99% certain I could eat the boletes I found on Thursday… but that 99% wasn’t enough. Here are…
Foraging, Mushrooms, Yams

Foraging for yams and mushrooms

Yesterday was a banner day for foraging. On my way to the bank I re-visited a vacant lot where I’d…
Crops

A Florida Perennial Vegetables List

Are there good Florida perennial vegetables? You bet! Though we can’t grow lettuce through our hot summers, there are some…