424: John Jeavons on Biologically Intensive Gardening & Farming (Part 2)

Plant personalities and crops everyone should grow – This is part 2 of a great interview as we continue our visit with John Jeavons. Part one of this two-part podcast discussed John’s journey into Biologically Intensive Gardening, crop planning strategies, and watering strategies. Today in Part two we…
423: John Jeavons on Biologically Intensive Gardening & Farming (Part 1)

Empowering people globally to build food security while using very little land – Biologically Intensive Gardening allows farmers to grow more food, with less water, in a sustainable way. In this podcast, we speak with John Jeavons who has been a Bio Intensive pioneer for over 50 years. An Arizona native, his books have made…
422: Stacey Murphy on Setting Goals for Growing

Gathering gurus to help gardens grow – Growing up gardening side-by-side with her parents helped Stacey Murphy have a solid connection with food. She lost this connection when she went to college and began working as an engineer and architect. It wasn’t until she was living in…
Methods to Reverse Desertification

By Guest blogger: Ricardo Aguirre The Earth’s environment is constantly changing, but even for an environment that changes with relative balance, natural disasters are a fact of life on earth. However, due to human based agricultural and industrial impacts, mankind appears to have adversely…
421: Ricardo Aguirre on Water Harvesting & Land Management

Making good use of rain water in the community – As Ricardo Aguirre was about to become a father, he took stock of his life. Would he continue to work as a civil engineer as he had for 15 years or would he do something that would have a positive effect on the earth? Which one would he be proud to…
Make Your Own Cleaner

By Guest blogger – Waste is not a bad thing. In fact, it is the stuff of which new stuff is made in permaculture. If you are reading this blog, you have most likely already learned from Farmer Greg what permaculture is all about and how it can regenerate the planet and help you grow abundantly. If you are…
Bonus Episode 24: Seed Saving Class January 2019

A chat with a seed expert on wild crop relatives, biodiversity, and more – This is the January 2019 episode of a Seed Saving Class – Listen and learn about the importance of wild crop relatives, the importance of biodiversity, the…
419: Nicky Schauder on Growing Food in Small Spaces

Teaching how to garden with limited space – Struggling with their children’s multiple food allergies convinced Nicky Schauder and her husband Dave to go organic. Dealing with the expense of all this organic food impelled them to start growing it themselves. This began their adventure with…
Meanderings

by Guest blogger: Kat Granger – (Re)connecting humans to the magical “community” to which we belong, to me, is the panacea we seek. The great “forgetting” of our connection with the natural world is wreaking havoc with our own health and the health of our beautiful planet. We ARE…
418: Kat Granger on Starting a Small Seed Business

418: Kat Granger on Starting a Small Seed Business. Promoting ecological diversity and preserving the health of our planet. Kat is a Master Gardener and creator of Seeds of IMBOLC, in […]