The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

loquats

Fruit trees, Loquat

Loquat firstfruits!

Those fruit are on a loquat I planted out front four years ago. Loquats are one of my favorite trees…
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…
Fruit trees, Grafting, Loquat

Bridge Grafting Loquat To Save the Tree

What do you do when a friend helping out accidentally girdles one of your rare varieties of loquat tree with…
Fruit trees, Seeds, Trees

The Long-Awaited, Gigantic, Starting Fruit Trees From Seed Post

Okay… I’ve posted on before on starting fruit trees from seed… and I’ve written a bit about starting nuts here,…

2026 Reading List

Currently Reading

The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God
Don Quixote by Cervantes

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