The Survival Gardener

by David The Good

pawpaws

Florida gardening, Food Forest, Fruit trees, Japanese persimmon, Nopale, PawPaw, Pear, Permaculture, Scrubland

Growing fruit trees in poor soil

Can you grow fruit trees in poor soil? Will fruit trees grow in Florida sand? Will fruit trees grow in…
Food Forest, Fruit trees, Mushrooms, PawPaw

Homemade pawpaw fungi inoculant

Making a fungi inoculant probably isn’t on the top of most gardener’s “to-do” lists – and it may smack of…
Fruit trees, Natives, PawPaw

Florida native pawpaws: an interview with Terri Pietroburgo, Pt. II

The following is the continuation of yesterday’s interview with Terri Pietroburgo on Florida native pawpaw trees: DAVID: If I were to…
Fruit trees, Interviews, Natives, PawPaw, Scrubland

Florida native pawpaws: an interview with Terri Pietroburgo, Pt. I

I’ve always been fascinated by rare and exotic fruit trees. For years I wanted to see a Florida native pawpaw…