Episode 10 · February 3, 2018
Bonus Episode 10: Ask Jake and Greg
A Q&A session with two experts on Gardening and Fruit Trees.
In this episode
Jake Mace the Vegan Athlete and Greg Peterson of The Urban Farm are both gardening educators offering classes, podcasts, and videos on a large variety of gardening topics. Every month they get together for a monthly gardening chat to discuss what is going on in their gardens and answer your questions. So let's get on with the show... This is the September 2017 Q&A episode with a variety of questions addressed from prepping tree holes, garden bed soil layers, and much more.
In This BONUS Podcast
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SHOW NOTES:
- What Jake is planting this Fall with the high temps of Phoenix
- How they are staying focused on their gardening
- How to be a successful gardener - Step 1: Get out into nature!!!
- The importance of heirloom and organic seeds
- Food forests, and the different important layers
- How to be a successful gardener - Step 2: Eat healthy food!!
- The difference between Urban Gardening and Urban Farming
- The surprise that 5 year old Jude found on The Urban Farm
- Growing Papayas in the desert
- Getting soil ready for trees
- Phone consults with Greg Peterson
- Why Jake and Greg do not do home visits
- Soil delivery in the Phoenix Valley
- Creating raised garden beds with different soil layers
- The new Farmer Greg's Planting Mix
- Why some first year gardeners get frustrated
- Growing keys: Location, soil & mulch
- Fall tours at Longevity Gardens & The Urban Farm
- Seeds: Great American Seed up & Seed Bank Box
Jake's parting thought: Gardening is one way to vote for yourself!!
Greg's parting thought: What he said!!
Here are useful links
Urban Farm Fruit Tree Program for Phoenix and the surrounding areas.
Jake Mace's online store
Jake Mace's Seed Bank Box
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