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by David The Good

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  • sprouting moringa seeds
    Crops, Moringa, Plant propagation, Seed saving, Seeds

    Sprouting Moringa Seeds (No Luck? Maybe You Missed a Step!)

    Retired Senior Chief asks “can you lend any advice on sprouting moringa seeds? I have about a 3% germination rate…

  • Garden design, Insects, No-till, Soil, Videos

    Tiny Life Doing Huge Work

    There is some good sense beyond the modern push to “no-till” gardening methods. One of the best arguments I’ve found…

  • Composting, Weeds

    “Dry” Compost Tea?

    Last week’s Homegrown Food Summit 2017 was awesome. Lots of great comments and interaction, plus I picked up many new…

  • Composting

    Composting Fish Right in the Garden

    Composting fish? You bet. Jim comments: “David the Good you are an inspiration. I am a brother gardener with similar…

  • Announcements, Books, Zone-pushing

    The Survival Gardener Book of the Week #6: Push the Zone

    Is it wrong to promote one of my own books? NO! Because Capitalism is the best “ism” (as my friends…

  • Ducks, Pest control

    Three Easy Ways To Kill Slugs in the Garden WITHOUT Poison

    What’s the best way to kill slugs organically? Well, I’m glad you asked. There’s more than one way to kill…

  • Composting, Garden design, No-till

    Craig thinks I can do better…

    …on my lasagna garden bed, that is. I like being part of the interchange of ideas between gardeners and permaculture…

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    I’m BAAAAACK: 24 additional hours to watch for free!

    My presentation Seven Ways to Feed Your Garden for Free at The Home Grown Food Summit was so popular it…

  • Composting, Frugality, Garden design, Hot Peppers, Videos

    Easy Lasagna Gardening the FREE Way

    Patricia Lanza’s book Lasagna Gardening inspired a lot of people, including myself. I was reminded of the sheet-mulching / lasagna…

  • Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture

    Over 30 Perennials in a Small Garden

    This is an inspiring garden from One Yard Revolution: Though there is a smaller selection of perennial vegetables available in…

  • Encouragement

    Good Dads

    I never met my biological father. He was looking forward to meeting me, but was murdered less than two months…

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    This Agrarian Life

    Herrick Kimball’s new video series on YouTube is packed so full of inspiration and good ideas, it’s hard to sit…

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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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