Greg's Favorite Tree
By Greg Peterson. My favorite plant to nurture at the Urban Farm is the fruit tree, as it appeals to the lazy gardener in me: I can plant a tree once and reap the bounty for many years to come.
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134: Cecilia Nedelko on Growing Organically
Cecilia opens up with Greg and shares her passion about…growing food as naturally as possible. Her garden is a local marvel with layers upon layers of permaculture techniques in use.
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Food packaging of the future: It’s edible!
by Emily Powell. While our food processing and packaging advances make the United States’ food supply one of the safest in the world, they also make it also seriously environmentally unsustainable.
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133: Simon Huntley on Marketing a Small Farm
Simon shares his story with Greg about how he went from avoiding the farm as a kid, to now using his technology skills to help farmers promote their farms online. Farmers who are just starting out with a small farm, are the people that Simon is focusing on helping
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132: Denise Stalder on Growing Food to Support Retirement
Denise tells Greg how one day she was unexpectedly retired and needed to start saving money. After getting inspiration from a walk near a farmers’ market, she and her husband started with a small plot in a community and
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131: Kami McBride on Culinary Herbs for Health
Kami joins Greg for an informative discussion on the value of herbs in our kitchens and our diets. She talks about how the garden and the spice rack are of central importance to the economy and health of a household. And she gives some great suggestions on how to use some common key herbs for improving and maintaining health.
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130: Catherine Crowley is “The Herb Lady”
Catherine shares with Greg some of her tricks that she has figured out for growing herbs in her garden in Phoenix. She explains how she learned about new herbs by asking her farmers market customers about their heritage, and how she experimented to expand her knowledge and skills.
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Want to Make a Difference? Say Goodbye to Plastic Single-Use Items
Stop…think for a moment about that item you just tossed in the trash. Often it is a cup, lid, straw, or plastic bag that you used only once, for a short period of time, then tossed “away” to some unknown place called a landfill.
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Featured Farmer: Molly Cole of Our Little Acre Farm
What are you growing?
We grow numerous types of veggies and fruit, right now we are up to our ears in tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, artichokes, beans, peas, different types of lettuce and a ton of other veggies.
129: Ping Honzay on Garden Based Education Resources
129: Ping Honzay on Garden Based Education Resources Providing educators with methods and tools for garden based education. Ping is currently Member Programs Associate for the American Horticultural Society (AHS), where she coordinates national garden programs including the annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium for educators and others who work to connect kids…
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