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by David The Good

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    Food Forest, Fruit trees, Grafting, Hawthorn

    Grafting Pear onto Hawthorn

    I’ve read that it’s possible to use wild hawthorn trees as a root stock for pear, though I’ve never had…

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    He is Risen!

    Luke 24: 24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they…

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    THIS SATURDAY: We’ll be at the Macintosh Garden Plant Sale from 9-3!!!

    The vintage town of Macintosh is worth visiting just for its Victorian charm – but when you add a big…

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    GREAT NEWS: I’m part of the Home Grown Food Summit!

    My friend Marjory Wildcraft invited me to be part of the Home Grown Food Summit at the end of last…

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    By the way…

    …happy April Fool’s day. Just in case some of you think I actually tattooed a pot… er… cassava leaf on…

  • April Fools, Cassava, Cassava, Crops, junk

    I got my first tattoo!!!

    I’ve been thinking for a long time about how I could express my gardening enthusiasm in a tattoo. I’ve never…

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    You’ve got to admire his tenacity

    I posted this video a week ago: That snake has been back almost every day, sometimes for hours a day,…

  • Food Forest, Nitrogen-fixers

    Enterolobium Supreme

    This last Friday I was on my way home from A Natural Farm with my friend Curtiss. We’d gone down…

  • Crops, Daikon radishes

    Growing daikon radishes in Florida

    Those are daikon radishes, a mild-flavored and crispy relative of our common red radish. Hailing from Japan, daikons are scrappy,…

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    Diggin’ these phat beets

    I’m not sure why these beets are so pink, but I am glad we are finally enjoying some success with…

  • Nitrogen-fixers, Videos

    The Showy Rattlebox: Nature’s Tiny Maracas

    Check out my new video on the “Showy Rattlebox:”   Support This Site – Buy David’s New Booklet

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    SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: We’re at the Kanapaha Spring Sale!

    I will be bringing a LOT of fruit and nut trees to this huge garden show, along with a wide…

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2026 Reading List

Currently Reading

The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God

Finished Reading

History of Rome by Michael Grant
Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rowlings
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus
The Persian Expedition by Xenophon (trans. Rex Warner)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2
Florida Foraging 1 by Billy Bailey
Florida Foraging 2 by Billy Bailey 
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Mao: A Life by Philip Short
Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell WrightBuy Then Build by Walker Deibel
High Seas and Hidden Truths by Polly Lockler

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David The Good

Iโ€™m David The Good, gardening author, homesteading, survival gardener, nursery owner and plant geek. Let’s grow some food!

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