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    Aren’t Hay and Straw Bad for Your Garden?

    by David The Good June 8, 2023
    written by David The Good

    Brian comments on my recent Grocery Row Garden pictures:

    “What are you using as mulch? It looks like straw, which you’ve warned against, so I imagine I’m incorrect.”

    No, you’re not incorrect. It is straw. And I regularly warn people about using hay, straw, manure and various composts because of the extremely high risk of killing your garden with long-term herbicides.

    As in this video:

    It’s a serious issue, and you need to be really sure that your sources for mulch, manure and compost are free of these satanic ingredients.

    However, that does not mean the actual amendments themselves are the problem. Straw and hay are excellent additions to the garden. We’ve used both for chicken coop bedding, mulch, compost pile additives, lasagna garden layers, storage for potatoes and more. We’ve also used manure to make compost, to layer into garden beds and as a dried addition to our potting soil mixes.

    For thousands of years, they were perfectly fine to use. And now they often aren’t, thanks to the jackasses in government and Big Ag companies.

    You can use hay, straw and manure if you know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they do not contain long-term herbicide contamination.

    In the case of the hay we’re using as mulch in the garden and for our compost piles, it came from a friend who does not spray his fields. This is becoming a rarity, and we are glad to support him by buying his hay any time we need it.

    Just don’t trust anything you can’t verify is clean, or it can literally destroy your garden for months or years.

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  • South Florida

    Don’t Waste that Tropical Climate!

    by David The Good June 8, 2023
    June 8, 2023
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    Working on a Huge Grocery Row Gardening Video Project

    by David The Good June 7, 2023
    June 7, 2023
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  • Seed saving

    “I Loved this Video!” – More Thoughts on Seed-Saving

    by David The Good June 6, 2023
    June 6, 2023
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  • Photography

    Grocery Row Garden Pictures: June 6, 2023

    by David The Good June 6, 2023
    June 6, 2023
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  • Landrace Gardening

    The Seedsaving Secret That Makes Gardening Easier

    by David The Good June 5, 2023
    June 5, 2023
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  • CropsCucumbers

    The Cucumber Landrace Project – What Harvests!

    by David The Good June 5, 2023
    June 5, 2023
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    Sweet Julie, Rest in Peace

    by David The Good May 30, 2023
    May 30, 2023
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    Hiatus

    by David The Good May 29, 2023
    May 29, 2023
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    Pentecost Sunday

    by David The Good May 28, 2023
    May 28, 2023
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  • Potatoes

    Preserving Your Potato Harvest

    by David The Good May 26, 2023May 26, 2023
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  • Tobacco

    Curing Tobacco Leaves via Drying

    by David The Good May 25, 2023May 23, 2023
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Florida gardening

South Florida Gardening Hacks to Help You Grow LOTS Of Food!

by David The Good January 11, 2023January 10, 2023

South Florida gardening doesn’t have to be a chore. In fast, you can produce…

by David The Good January 11, 2023January 10, 2023

Tourist Trapped at The Florida Citrus Center

January 9, 2023January 7, 2023
by David The Good January 9, 2023January 7, 2023

If You Live in South Florida, Don’t Waste The Climate!

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023
by David The Good January 2, 2023January 2, 2023

What is the trinity of veggies for Florida?

October 19, 2022
by David The Good October 19, 2022

The South Florida Backyard Garden Plan Legend

June 28, 2022June 27, 2022
by David The Good June 28, 2022June 27, 2022
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Garden design

The Seedsaving Secret That Makes Gardening Easier

by David The Good June 5, 2023

Saving money is the LEAST of the reasons to save your own seeds! For…

by David The Good June 5, 2023

No-till Backyard Gardening?

May 19, 2023May 17, 2023
by David The Good May 19, 2023May 17, 2023

Captain Ron Does Some No-Till Gardening Science

April 17, 2023
by David The Good April 17, 2023

The Problem with Heirlooms

April 5, 2023April 4, 2023
by David The Good April 5, 2023April 4, 2023

Joseph Lofthouse Explains Landrace Gardening

February 10, 2023February 6, 2023
by David The Good February 10, 2023February 6, 2023
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Books

Book Review Saturday: 12 titles, with one-liners!

by David The Good April 29, 2023April 27, 2023

Today we’ll continue reviewing the 2022 reading list. I’m going to just give you…

by David The Good April 29, 2023April 27, 2023

Book Review Friday: Keeping Bees with a Smile, Balanced Beekeeping, Handling Sin and The Rooted Life

March 3, 2023March 2, 2023
by David The Good March 3, 2023March 2, 2023

Saturday Book Reviews: A Soil Owner’s Manual, Comeback Farms and Dirt to Soil

January 28, 2023January 29, 2023
by David The Good January 28, 2023January 29, 2023

Book Review Saturday: Born Again Dirt, An Agricultural Testament, Landrace Gardening, The Contagion Myth and The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

January 21, 2023January 16, 2023
by David The Good January 21, 2023January 16, 2023

Visiting the Old Florida Book Shop

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023
by David The Good January 10, 2023January 10, 2023
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Crops

The Cucumber Landrace Project – What Harvests!

by David The Good June 5, 2023

The landrace cucumber project is really in full swing this year. We got home…

by David The Good June 5, 2023

Preserving Your Potato Harvest

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023
by David The Good May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

Curing Tobacco Leaves via Drying

May 25, 2023May 23, 2023
by David The Good May 25, 2023May 23, 2023

Pulling in Potatoes: Adirondack Blue Success

May 17, 2023
by David The Good May 17, 2023

Where do Watermelons Grow?

May 11, 2023
by David The Good May 11, 2023
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Encouragement

Ascension Thursday

by David The Good May 18, 2023May 17, 2023

The first book which I wrote, Theophilus, was concerned with all that Jesus set…

by David The Good May 18, 2023May 17, 2023

Grow What You Can in Your Garden – Don’t Worry about the “Experts!”

April 13, 2023
by David The Good April 13, 2023

One Year Ago…

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023
by David The Good April 11, 2023April 11, 2023

Dies Irae

April 8, 2023April 7, 2023
by David The Good April 8, 2023April 7, 2023

Take the Homesteading Opportunities While You Have Them…

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023
by David The Good April 4, 2023April 4, 2023
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2023 Reading List

Currently Reading


Practical Religion by J.C. Ryle
The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims translation) by God
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol VII by Edward Gibbon
Biological Transmutation by C. Lewis Kervan
The Catholic Controversy by James R. White

Finished Reading


The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity by Timothy Ware
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" by Karl Keating
The Mini-Forest Revolution by Hannah Lewis
Weekend Makeover by Don Aslett
Suprised by Truth by Patrick Madrid (editor)
Rome Sweet Home by Scott and Kimberly Hahn
The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
The Youtube Formula by Derral Eves
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Blessed John Henry Newman
The Case for Catholicism by Trent Horn
Evangelical is not Enough by Thomas Howard
Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton
Edible Cities: Urban Permaculture for Gardens, Balconies, Rooftops, and Beyond by Judith Anger, Dr. Immo Fiebrig and Martin Schnyder
Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church by H.W. Crocker III
The Lost Art of Potato Breeding by Rebsie Fairholm
Infiltration by Taylor Marshall
Pasture Perfect by Jo Robinson
The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
The Apostasy that Wasn't by Rod Bennett
Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words by Rod Bennett
Bearing False Witness by Rodney Stark
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol VI by Edward Gibbon
Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn
The Early Church was the Catholic Church by Joe Heschmeyer
Crossing the Tiber by Steven Ray
Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie

2022 Reading List

Finished Reading


Born Again Dirt by Noah Sanders
An Agricultural Testament by Sir Albert Howard
Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse
The Contagion Myth by Thomas S. Cowan and Sally Fallon Morrell
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 1 of 8) by Edward Gibbon
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 2 of 8) by Edward Gibbon
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 3 of 8) by Edward Gibbon
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 4 of 8) by Edward Gibbon
A Soil Owner's Manual by Jon Stika
Comeback Farms by Greg Judy
Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown
Keeping Bees with a Smile by Fedor Lazutin and Leo Sharashkin
Balanced Beekeeping I: Building a Top Bar Hive by Philip Chandler
Balanced Beekeeping II: Managing the Top Bar Hive by Philip Chandler
Handling Sin by Michael Malone
The Rooted Life by Justin Rhodes
The Complete Guide to Restoring Your Soil by Dale Strickler
Soil Science for Gardeners by Robert Pavlis
The Wheel of Health: The Sources of Long Life and Health Among the Hunza by Dr. G. T. Wrench
For the Love of the Soil by Nicole Masters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 5 of 8) by Edward Gibbon
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome
Metabolical by Dr. Robert Lustig
Satyricon by Gaius Petronius
Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb
The History of Early Rome by Livy
Dissolving Illustions by Suzanne Humphries and Roman Bystrianyk
Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio Sasaki
Less: A Visual Guide to Minimalism by Rachel Aust
Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life by Joshua Fields Milburn and Ryan Nicodemus
De Agricultura by Cato
Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk
The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Katz
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Coppice Agrofrestry by Mark Krawczyk
Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson
The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own by Joshua Becker
Aeneid by Virgil
Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines by Tim Staples
Becoming Orthodox by Peter Gilquist
The Holy Bible (NKJV) by God

Started then Ditched

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Barefoot Beekeeper by Philip Chandler
Holistic Management, Third Edition: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment by Allan Savory

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