The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Reviews, Tools

A Meadow Creature Broadfork Review

This 4th of July, I think it’s highly appropriate to feature an American-made tool so here’s my Meadow Creature Broadfork…
Jokes

Hilarious spam

Somehow, I think this spammer picked the wrong post…
Beans, Crops, Seed saving, Seeds, Uncategorized

A fascinating look at a modern heirloom bean

Along with corn, I’ve lately been obsessed with dry beans – in particular heirloom beans. My kebarika beans are almost…
Corn, Crops, Seed saving

First ear of green dent corn

My green dent corn grew quite quickly, though the yield was pretty poor. When I picked this first ripe ear…
Creatures, Insects

@The Prepper Project: Eating Insects For Protein?

Okay… this one was too much fun. http://theprepperproject.com/eating-insects-for-protein/
Garden design, Mulch

@The Prepper Project: The Pros and Cons of Deep Mulch Gardening

In the deep tropics, I’d be dropping mulch like crazy. But for everywhere else? It really depends on what your…
Seeds, Videos

Vintage science video: “Journey of Life”

I remember seeing “Journey of Life” from the Moody Science Institute as a kid and becoming totally fascinated with seeds:…
Books, Corn, Crops, Reviews

Book Review: Beautiful Corn by Anthony Boutard

As you all know by now, I’m a book junkie. I tend to read for at least 2-3 hours a…
Corn, Crops, Videos

A Farmer and His Corn

This is cool: Anthony Boutard, the farmer in this video, is the author of Beautiful Corn which I just finished…
hugelkultur

An interesting hugelkultur experiment

Check this out: http://lowcostvegetablegarden.blogspot.com/2013/03/vertical-hugelkultur-wood-chips-vs.html This gardener tried two different methods of burying wood and there was a remarkable difference between…
Crops, Garden design, Potatoes

Poor potato harvest

After all the work I’ve put into potatoes year after year, I still regularly get a poor potato harvest. Ah,…
Beans, Crops

Growing Snake Beans @ The Prepper Project

If you’re not growing snake beans, you’ve missing the best bean for Florida! I can’t get enough of these babies…