638: Permaculture in the Garden.

A Garden Chat with Kari Spencer.

 

On the last Tuesday every month we host The Urban Farm Garden Chats where Greg Peterson has a relaxed conversation in a Zoom room with a special guest to cover useful gardening topics, and they answer questions from the live listening audience.  To join us for the next event, go to www.GardenChat.org or
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In This Garden Chat:

Great gardeners seem to know all the rules – but the very best gardener is the one who wrote the rules. She is Mother Nature and has no equal. Her systems and regenerative cycles CAN be replicated in our gardens and food forests to help them be amazingly resilient. Permaculture is the best way to start and it can make your gardening much easier!  Author Kari Spencer is going to help us find the best ways to adopt permaculture practices for increased resilience.

 

 Our Special Guest:

Kari Spencer is a popular local gardening & homesteading speaker. As a Master Gardener and a Master Farmer, she enjoys sharing her passion for growing and raising food with others. In addition to teaching classes all over the city of Phoenix, she is the creator of Urban Farm U’s Growing Food the Basics & Backyard Livestock courses. She and her family operate The Micro Farm Project, a small farm in North Phoenix, where gardens and livestock animals provide her family with fun and food. Her book is City Farming: How-To Guide to Growing Crops & Raising Livestock in Urban Spaces.

 


CHAT HIGHLIGHTS:

– Kari’s definition of permaculture
– Microclimates and their relationship to our gardens
– Examples of closed systems and how they can improve our gardens
– Fast systems vs slow systems
– Observations to make before taking action
– Don’t forget to observe yourself!
– Be patient and let nature do her work
– Why Kari stopped raising chickens
– Planning your permaculture zones to make things easier
– The problem is sometimes the solution
– Permaculture can work for you even if you like “neat and tidy”
–  Urban Farm Permaculture Design Course (for the Phoenix area)

Editor’s Note:

Check out some of Kari’s previous podcast episodes

323: Kari Spencer on Farming in the City

529: Seed Saving Class February 2020

Books written by Kari:

City Farming: How-To Guide to Growing Crops & Raising Livestock in Urban Spaces

How to reach Kari:  

Website: CityFarmingBook.com

www.urbanfarm.org/garden21aug

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