Brazilian pepper composting or use as mulch? Good idea or bad idea? I have spoken in the past of Brazilian pepper’s usefulness as a “chop and drop” species to cut over and over again and toss as a rough mulch around fruit trees and other perennials. If it’s going to be a pain-in-the-neck invasive that’s almost impossible to kill… use […]
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Brazilian pepper composting or use as mulch? Good idea or bad idea? I have spoken in the past of Brazilian pepper’s usefulness as a “chop […]
Retired Senior Chief asks “can you lend any advice on sprouting moringa seeds? I have about a 3% germination rate right now and very frustrated.” […]
There is some good sense beyond the modern push to “no-till” gardening methods. One of the best arguments I’ve found is that no-till farming and […]
Last week’s Homegrown Food Summit 2017 was awesome. Lots of great comments and interaction, plus I picked up many new readers. Welcome aboard, everyone. My […]
Composting fish? You bet. Jim comments: “David the Good you are an inspiration. I am a brother gardener with similar methods but with a tenth […]
Is it wrong to promote one of my own books? NO! Because Capitalism is the best “ism” (as my friends at Crypto.Fashion say). The main […]
What’s the best way to kill slugs organically? Well, I’m glad you asked. There’s more than one way to kill slugs in the garden… instead […]
…on my lasagna garden bed, that is. I like being part of the interchange of ideas between gardeners and permaculture folk. “Is this the best […]
BGS over at Gab.ai shared a post with me last week on the chances of surviving an EMP or other even that destroys the power […]
Grab yourself a big root, a knife and some ashes… it’s time to propagate yams! Also see the CARDICaribbean video on propagating yams here: Though […]
I’m trying again for a LITERAL ton of food: I tried this before back in 2015 and almost hit 1,000lbs. I would have gotten closer […]
Last week I created a video on the top 10 tropical staple crops. It took me way too long to write and edit, so I […]
My family would have to more than double this amount, but I did find this preparedness hack to be quite impressive: “This plan is […]
Hey! Let’s do a list post! How about “8 Reasons Why You Should be Growing Chayote Squash?” Oh shoot. Now I have to come up […]
Bob Hansler shares how to make survival cordage from aluminum cans, plastic bags, soda bottles and even a traffic cone – check this out: I […]
I’ve made quite a few little oil lamps in the past and Rachel and I have lit the house with their smoky flames but the […]
I was recently invited by my friend William to post over at The Permaculture Apprentice. If you’re not familiar with William, he’s a hard-working permaculture-minded […]
Identifying plants easily doesn’t happen by accident, though you can definitely speed the process along immensely. I’ve noticed over the years that the more I’ve […]
My brother Brian the Firefighter and his family live up in Virginia. Over the last few years he’s been restoring a lovely older wood home […]
Retired Senior Chief asks “can you lend any advice on sprouting moringa seeds? I have about a 3% germination rate right now and very frustrated.” […]
