The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

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Please Pray

My brother Brian is having open heart surgery right now to replace a bad valve that has been killing him.…
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I Don’t Want to Garden Anymore

It’s just too hot! The heat and humidity together just make the body shut down. It’s too hard to work,…
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Taking the Day Off

I am now 44 – what an amazing gift to have spent so many years among family and friends, not…
Aminopyralid, Biochar

Does Charcoal Remove Grazon – and How?

Dieter asks about charcoal removing Grazon: Once charcoal has absorbed the Grazon, what happens then? Does it stay there? Do…
Announcements

The Nursery is Cooking Along – So We’re Having a BIG SALE

Just a bit of work here and there, and next thing you know you have too many plants and need…
Watermelons

26lb Pink-Fleshed Watermelon (and a 45lb Monster Melon)

It’s another watermelon round-up. Are you tired of watermelon posts? I’m not. And none of us are tired of eating…
Announcements

Even a Jackass Can Share Something Useful

Just ask Balaam, who was rebuked by his donkey. Yesterday someone left a nasty comment on my recent video about…
Music

No More Chris Tomlin

We’ve discovered the ancient Latin Mass, and the music is amazing.
Composting, Green Manure, Nitrogen-fixers

Time to Plant Sunn Hemp

It was super hot a week ago, but the rains have come and cooled things off a bit here in…
Plant propagation, Seed saving

Is Breeding Squash Really That Difficult?

Tilhana wonders if squash breeding has to be difficult: “This is maybe slightly off topic but pertinent to the land…
Watermelons

More of Ezekiel’s Landrace Melons!

The watermelons are really coming in now, as Ezekiel harvests his landrace crosses from the Grocery Row Gardens. First, here’s…
Crops, Sunflowers

A $12.99 Bag of Black Oilseed Sunflowers Led to THIS!

This is awesome: All that potential feed, not to mention the beauty and all the pollinator food. Great work, Brian!