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Fruit Trees: New Challenges Require Better Preparations

A Blog Article on, Fruit Trees, Healthy Soil, Managing Plant Issues, Permaculture and Design, Regenerative or Sustainable, Soil SearchingLeave a comment

The Fruit Tree Program’s Updated Planting Recommendations.
Here at The Urban Farm Nursery, are very aware that the conditions our trees face these days are hotter, drier, and harsher. We’ve experienced losses and struggles too and know the heartbreak of having to remove a tree that did not thrive. We are also hearing from our customers who share their concerns, asking us to help out to save their trees. We care too much to not do something about it and help our customers take the steps towards fruit tree success.

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625: Old Growth in a Food Forest

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A Farmer Friday interview with Zach Loeks: Greg talks with Zach Loeks about old growth. Most of us think of redwood forests or the Amazon, but Zach explains how the concept of old growth also applies to food forests. Learn what old growth is and listen as Zach paints a beautifully vivid picture of…

620: Water In and For Our Landscape

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A Garden Chat with Don Titmus.– In This Podcast: Greg, co-host Janis Norton, and Don discuss how to apply permaculture concepts to address water issues in our landscapes. They dive deep to reveal the natural systems that protect plants from climate extremes, and they explore ways we can…

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617: Water Harvesting At The Urban Farm

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A Farmer Friday Reflection by Greg Peterson: Farmer Greg’s sustainable, regenerative water harvesting system has him singing in the rain, even in the desert. Greg explains where the water comes from and where it goes, and he gives details about how he collects and distributes it. He also gives a formula for calculating …

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611: Caring for orchards with holistic biodynamic Tree Paste

Biodynamics, Companion Planting, Education and Learning, Fruit Trees, Garden Based Education, Gardening Basics, Healthy Soil, Holistic, Homesteading or Farmsteading, Managing Plant Issues, Permaculture and Design, Pest Management, Podcast - Previously Patron Only (now free), Regenerative or Sustainable, Small Space GardeningLeave a comment

Gardening tips, tricks, and advice in short, bite-size episodes:  Greg is excited to speak with Andrew Faust about biodynamic tree paste, a concept Greg learned about years prior, yet it is not widely discussed. Andrew is an expert on biodynamics and he educates us on this…

610: Saving Seeds of Cucurbits

A Chat with an Expert on, Beneficial Bugs, Business, Companion Planting, crossbreeding, cucurbits, Ecosystem Impacts, Education and Learning, Food Forest, Free Webinars, Garden Based Education, Gardening Basics, Homesteading or Farmsteading, Managing Plant Issues, Permaculture and Design, Pest Management, Podcast - Previously Patron Only (now free), Regenerative or Sustainable, Seed conversation, Seed Varieties, SeedsLeave a comment

A seed chat with Bill McDorman: This is the May 2021 class discussing the main cucurbit species, crossbreeding squashes, and so much more on the main species of cucurbits and their differences that allow for ‘wild crosses’.

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609: Growing Cover Crops for Multiple Benefits

Companion Planting, Cover Crops, Education and Learning, Frugality, Garden Based Education, Gardening Basics, Health, Healthy Soil, Homesteading or Farmsteading, Managing Plant Issues, Nitrogen Fixation, Permaculture and Design, Podcast - Previously Patron Only (now free), Regenerative or Sustainable, Support systemsLeave a comment

Gardening tips, tricks, and advice in short, bite-size episodes –  Marlene Simon from Flower Power Garden Hour Podcast returns to reveal the many ways that cover crops can be used in the garden to add nitrogen, shade, moisture, and more. Marlene explains the process of…