240: Eve Sibley on Recording the Farm's Activities
240: Eve Sibley on Recording the Farm’s Activities. Creating a history of the garden or farm to document what works best. – – – – Eve is a creative who […]
238: Mimi Arnold on Farm-to-Table, Resort Hotel Style
238: Mimi Arnold on Farm-to-Table, Resort Hotel Style. Building food and garden resources for an ocean-front, secluded ranch hotel. – – – – Mimi is a visual artist and garden […]
235: Colin Walker on Keys to Growing Nutrient-Rich Food
235: Colin Walker on Keys to Growing Nutrient-Rich Food. Connecting important ecology-centered concepts for producing nutrient dense food. – – – – Colin grew up in a rural community near […]
229: Barbara Pleasant on Gardening to fill your Pantry
229: Barbara Pleasant on Gardening to fill your Pantry. Taking home-grown foods into food storage. – – – – Barbara is an Award-winning writer having been covering organic gardening and […]
215: Suzanne Bontempo on Gardening without Pesticides
215: Suzanne Bontempo on Gardening without Pesticides. Contemplating the best options for:If, when, and what type of insect control to use in the garden. – – – – Suzanne has […]
211: Colin Austin on Wicking Beds and Healthy Food
We get to meet a gardening pioneer when Greg talks to Colin Austin who is known world-wide as the man who engineered a simple but highly popular garden bed called a wicking bed. Greg learns why Colin was motivated to create the beds and how the wicking process works. Then they go further to talk about why healthy food is so important to him and his family.
208: Chat with an Expert – Catherine "The Herb Lady" Crowley
Chatting with Herb expert Catherine Crowley about growing herbs and using them in cooking other beneficial ways. She and Greg explore many of the different unique and awesome aspects of a myriad of herbs that can be grown in the home gardens and urban farms, with a special emphasis on garlic.
207: Megan Cain on Garden Planning
Acquiring a love of gardening transformed Megan into a fully focused farmer and she tells Greg how she went from being an naïve urbanite with no plant growing experience to a gardening educator and resource to kids and adults alike.
Killer Compost: Why I am Saying Goodbye to Composted Manure
By Anne-Marie Miller. About twice a year I make a trip to my favorite horse barn to pick up a load of well-composted horse manure for my garden. When I say “pick up” that makes it sound so easy.
175: Kaye Kittrell on Urban Gardening
Greg chats with a new friend Kaye, a recent convert to organic gardening who has been chronicling her challenges and amazing successes in her small garden. Living in California on the beach has it benefits, but it also comes with a challenging microclimate due to early morning fogs that limit the sun to her small garden.