
968: Homesteading from the Heart with Noel Ruiz
Noel Ruiz shares his journey from urban Southern California to rural Southern Oregon, where he and his family run Homestead Culture.

Noel Ruiz shares his journey from urban Southern California to rural Southern Oregon, where he and his family run Homestead Culture.

Gigi shares how permaculture extends far beyond gardening into communication, community resilience, and social systems change. From EcoVillage living and military service to composting toilets after Hurricane Helene, Gigi explores earth care, people care, and fair share as a lived philosophy.

Greg chats with sourdough baker, teacher, and cookbook author Amy Coyne of Amy Bakes Bread to demystify sourdough from starter to slice.

Edmund Williams returns to discuss the LEHR Garden system and a breakthrough soil product emerging from it: LEHR Soil Amplifier. By combining ecological soil biology with engineered water flow, the LEHR system grows plants in primarily woody materials while composting beneath living roots.

Beatrice Nathan joins the podcast to explore how permaculture principles can be applied to family life, childcare, and community resilience.

Clinical herbalist Kimberly Kling returns to discuss regenerative health in a highly toxic modern world.

A Rosie on the House Radio Show Replay. Farmer Greg joins Romey Romero on Rosie on the House to break down how to successfully grow fruit trees in the low desert, even during unusually warm winters.

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – Greg Peterson and Bill McDorman explore the idea of the seed commons—seeds as shared cultural, ecological, and community wealth rather than private commodities.

Greg reconnects with returning guest Don Tipping to explore nearly a decade of evolution at Seven Seeds Farm and Siskiyou Seeds. The conversation dives deep into regenerative farming, bioregional seed stewardship, on-farm ecology, and the long arc of plant breeding as climate adaptation.

Andrew Tuttle and Mary Marshall, co-founders of Edge Perma and Redtail Edge Design, share how they’re using immersive technology to transform regenerative agriculture education.
