Featured Farmer: Ruth Pepler from Dogwood Hills Guest Farm
Featured Farmer: Ruth Pepler from Dogwood Hills Guest Farm Tell me a little about your urban farm. What’s its name? Size? We are actually really rural. Dogwood Hills Guest Farm…
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…
234: Ruth and Grace Pepler on Agritourism
234: Ruth and Grace Pepler on Agritourism. Experiencing life on the farm as a vacation destination. – – – – Ruth has been a registered nurse, private chef, and caterer,…
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…
227: Jan Dohner on Predators on the Urban Farm
Adjusting to a new normal with predators near our farms. Permaculture can be understood as the growth of agricultural ecosystems in a self-sufficient and sustainable way. This form of agriculture draws inspiration from nature to develop synergetic farming systems based on crop diversity, resilience, natural productivity, and sustainability.
226: Kevin Van Eekeren on Store Bought vs Home Raised Eggs
Recognizing eggs from lovingly raised hens and factory raised, regardless of labeling. We get to know the personal motivations behind Kevin, a tactical advisor and egg farmer with a focus on clear visioning 10 years into the future. He tells us how his experience developing tactical training has helped him with his farm. He also explains about some of the labeling misconceptions of eggs, and why there is such a marked difference in eggs depending on how the hens are raised.
224: Lisa Steele on Gardening with Chickens
224: Lisa Steele on Gardening with Chickens. Incorporating chickens into the gardening process as willing workers. – – – – Lisa is a 5th-generation chicken keeper, nationally recognized author and…
223: Paten Hughes on Heirloom: Tomatoes and a Web Series
223: Paten Hughes on Heirloom:Tomatoes and a Web Series. Growing tomatoes when life gives you lemons. – – – – Paten is the star and co-creator of the hit digital…
Building my Wicking Garden Bed
Building my Wicking Garden Bed By Raymond Jess Updated: May 2017 with new pictures at bottom.Check out Wicking Beds 2.0 and Wicking Beds 3.0 next!I discovered wicking garden beds when…
219: Jennifer Osuch on Growing, Cooking, Preserving Your Own Food
219: Jennifer Osuch on Fundamentals of Self Reliance. Teaching back to basics food preparation and preserving skills. – – – – Jennifer is the author of the Preparedness Planner series,…
