Podcasts by Episode Title

Topic Categories

Special #’s 

These are the episodes with a number in their title, and those that commemorate a certain milestone as we progress through our podcast series.

  • 1 –   Welcome to the Urban Farm Podcast –Episode #1
  • 21 –  21st Annual Fruit Tree Program (554)
  • 30 – 30th Anniversary of The New Organic Grower (400)
  • 31 – The 31 Day Food Revolution (420)
  • 250 – Special 250th Podcast (Episode #250)
  • 500 – Lighting Your Life on Fire (Episode #500)
  • 2018 – The 2018 Food Revolution Summit (343)
  • The Past, Present & Future of the Urban Farm: Part 1, The Past (663)
  • The Past, Present & Future of the Urban Farm: Part 2, The Present (665)
  • The Future of the Urban Farm and 000 Relaunch (716)

Farmer Fridays

— 2022 —

— January —

  • Starting Fresh in 2022 (563)

— 2021 —

— November —

  • Composting for Your Neighbors (645)

— October —

  • Garden Soil Prep for Success (641)
  • Keeping Bees (639)

— September —

  • Feeding Chickens (631)
  • Growing Berries (637)
  • Rebugging Your Farm and Garden (635)
  • Soil Is Not Dirt (633)

— August —

  • Ecosystem Mimicry and Layering (627)
  • Feeding Chickens (631)
  • How to Grow Potatoes (623)
  • Old Growth In a Food Forest (625)
  • Wrap Up of Roundup (629)

— July —

  • Greywater (615)
  • How to Grow Healthy Plants with Greywater (621)
  • Margaret the Condo Gardener (619)
  • Water Harvesting (617)

— 2021 —

— June —

  • Caring For Orchards with Holistic Biodynamic Tree Paste (611)
  • Growing Cover Crops for Multiple Benefits (609)
  • Using Biodynamic Approaches to Farming and Gardening (605)
  • Watching for Contaminants in Your Soil (607)

— May —

  • Avoiding Three Common Mistakes When Starting a Homestead (601)
  • Building Healthy Soil with Five Essential Components (599)
  • Spotting Beneficial Predators in Your Garden (603)
  • Uncovering the Root Causes of Blossom End Rot (597)

— April —

  • Adding Liquid Nutrients to Your Plants (591)
  • Defining What is Modern Homesteading (595)
  • Exploring the Seven Layers of a Food Forest (593)
  • First Farmer Friday (587)
  • Starting an Organic Orchard (589)

Chats & Classes

— 2022 —

  • Garden: Foliar Feeding in the Garden (684)
  • Garden: Free Water for the Garden (688)
  • Garden: Growing Flowers to Love Your Veggies (664)
  • Garden: Growing, Giving, & Making a Difference (656)
  • Garden: Harvesting the Future from Your Garden (660)
  • Garden: Holiday Gardening Gifts (711)
  • Garden: Indoor Gardening of Salads (706)
  • Garden: Journaling and Learning, Growing from the Past (676)
  • Garden: Planting for the Bugs (697)
  • Garden: Soil Review – What Does a Garden Need (679)
  • Garden: Starting Your Fall Garden (702)
  • Seed: Grain Culture (710)
  • Seed: How Do You Store Your Seeds (705)
  • Seed: Pollinators & Wildflowers (683)
  • Seed: Seed Dehybridizing (675)
  • Seed: Seed Saving Myths (678)
  • Seed: Seed Starting Challenges (701)
  • Seed: Squashes, Summer & Winter (687)
  • Seed: Starting Your Seeds Indoors in Trays (662)
  • Seed: Warm and Cool Season Crops (696)
  • Seed: What Is Happening in the World of Seeds (715)

— 2021 —

  • Garden: Designing Your Edible Landscape (594)
  • Garden: Partnering with Nature (602)
  • Garden: Pathways to Healthy Soil (612)
  • Garden: Permaculture in the Garden (638)
  • Garden: Planting in the Right Season (644)
  • Garden: Small Space – Big Potential (630)
  • Garden: Thinking Outside the Garden Box (651)
  • Garden: Water In and For Our Landscape (620)
  • Seeds: Brazen Brassicas (628)
  • Seeds: Companion Planting (659)
  • Seeds: Cucurbits (610)
  • Seeds: Culinary & Aromatic Herbs (655)
  • Seeds: Grasses and Grains (600)
  • Seeds: How to Let Your Garden Go To Seed (636)
  • Seeds: Loving Those Legumes (646)
  • Seeds: Nifty Nightshades (643)
  • Seeds: Onions, Umbels, and More (592)
  • Seeds: Where, When, and How to Start Saving (584)
  • Seeds: Wildflowers (618)

— 2020 —

  • Current Status of World Seeds, Utility Patents, and Community-Based Seed Systems (552)
  • Difficult Seeds to Save, How to Avoid Cross-Pollination, and Creating a Self-Reinforcing Breeding System (549)
  • Gardening Hacks, Hybrid Seeds, Natural Seed Saving Methods, and Having Fun Making a Mess in the Garden (566)
  • Highlights of Seed Saving Topics from The Year, From Proper Seed Storage to Seed Viability, and Why Plants Thrive Better from Saved Seeds (580)
  • Seed Catalogs, Sourcing Local Seeds, and Building Community (521)
  • Seed Diversity, The Value of Farm Direct Seeds, Building Regional Relationships, and Seed Adaptation (563)
  • Seed Health and Your Health, Resurrecting Ancient Grains, and How Saving Seeds Creates a Healthy Community (571)
  • Seed Hoarding, Providing Seeds to a Community in Times of Need, and More About Seed Resilience  (544)
  • Starting Seeds, Things to Consider, and The Number One Reason Seeds Don’t Sprout (529)
  • Various Seed Exchange Resources, Finding Heirloom Seeds, Supporting Organizations, and How to Connect People to Local Seed Sources (559)

— 2019 —

  • Extreme Seed Saving, How Normal Temperatures Affect Plant Pollination, and Adapting for Temperature  (BE29)
  • Genetic Modification, The Current Advances, and What it Means for our Food, The Truth Behind Scientific Studies, and Hand Pollination (BE31)
  • Growing from Seed, Growing for Seed, and Why Seeds are so Important in Changing Times (BE27)
  • Highlights from The 2019 Seed Summit (BE25)
  • Seed Catalog Season, Favorite Seed Catalogs and How to Recognize the Best Ones, and What the Terminology in the Catalogs Mean (512)
  • Seed School, How to Become a Teacher, and Allowing Plants to go to Seed (BE28)
  • The Art of Saving Your Own Seeds, The Challenges, How to Harvest, Thresh and Clean Seeds on a Small Scale (BE30)
  • The Global Seed Situation, Plant Patents, Advanced Methods for Creating New Plants, Why Seed Saving is More Important Than Ever, and More (BE32)
  • The Importance of Wild Crop Relatives and The Importance of Biodiversity (BE24)
  • Why We Save Seeds, How to Start, How to Store Seeds, Cross-Pollination, and Plant Diversity (BE26)

— 2018 —

  • A Market Explosion of Heritage Grains That Are Changing The Way We Eat and Bake (BE18)
  • Glass Gem Corn and More (BE22)
  • Grain School, Original Peanuts of South Carolina, Inspiring Gardeners, and Broccoli in Alaska (BE14)
  • Patents, Descriptions, Regional Adaptation, and Open Sourced Seeds (BE15)
  • Seed Names, Medicinal Plants, Plant Knowledge, and Landrace Seeds (BE21)
  • Seed Sourcing, Hybrids, Sharing Seeds, and Testing Root Crops (BE16)
  • Sourcing Seeds and Selecting Seeds That Can Help You Feel Confident in Your Selections (BE20)
  • The Seed Paradigm and Seed History (BE23)
  • Why Don’t We Always Know Where Our Seeds Come From (BE19)
  • Wild Seeds, Native Seeds, Noxious Weeds, and More (BE17)

— 2017 —

  • An In Depth Discourse on Grains and Corns, An Ancient Potato, Grain Trials, and Becoming a Seed Steward (BE13)
  • Motivational Quotes, Adjusting for New Weather Norms, and Coming Back from Gardening Disasters (BE11)
  • Running a Seed Business: Growing Seeds, Germination, Testing & Maintaining Seeds  (BE5)
  • Seed Saving Principles, Intellectual Property Rights, Seed Saving Policy, and History (BE9)
  • Seed School Online, de-hybridization, seed patents, and more (BE2)
  • Seed School Teacher Training, Seed Saving Principles List, Disaster Planning, and Breeding Program Preparation (BE7)

Alphabetical by Episode Titles

— A —

453: Edmund Williams on Aquaponics with Soil.

453: Edmund Williams on Aquaponics with Soil.

  • Abundant Holistic Harvests (485)
  • Active Carbon Sequestration (493)
  • Agricultural Education (59)
  • Agriculture Awards from INUAg (115)
  • Agriculture Education for Children (121)
  • Agritourism (234)
  • AgTech and Aquaponics (99)
  • Alternative Funding for Urban Farmers (461)
  • Apocalypse Grow Survival Challenge (480)
  • Apple Abundance (479)
  • Apple Cider (452)
  • Apple Tree Diversity (199)
  • Arcosanti Convergence, The (301)
  • Ask Jake and Greg, June 2017 (BE1)
  • Ask Jake and Greg, July 2017 (BE4)
  • Ask Jake and Greg, August 2017 (BE6)
  • Arizona Wines and Grapes (296)
  • Aquaponics on the Homestead (122)
  • Aquaponics for the Beginner (12)
  • Aquaponics for Commercial to Hobby Growers (4)
  • Aquaponics with Soil (453)
  • Attracting Beneficial Bugs (318)
  • Avocado Farming (11)
  • AZOMITE on the Farm (449)

— B —

273: Hilary Kearney On Beekeeping.

273: Hilary Kearney On Beekeeping.

  • Backyard Fruit Trees (74)
  • Backyard Orchard Culture, Pt 1 (124)
  • Backyard Orchard Culture, Pt 2 (125)
  • Backyard Riches & SPIN Farming (154)
  • Bartering (9)
  • Basil Project (503)
  • Beekeeping (273)
  • Beekeeping for Kids (247)
  • Being a Farmer (689)
  • Being an Earth Friendly Homeowner (27)
  • Benevolent Bees (282)
  • Berries and Brassicas (553)
  • Best Fruit Trees in Warm Climates (34)
  • Biochar (180, 481)
  • Bio-Integrated Farm, The (183)
  • Bio-Intensive Farming (174)
  • Biologically Intensive Gardening & Farming (423, 424)
  • Biomimicry (109)
  • Bioregional Herbal Medicine (194)
  • Black Soldier Flies (313)
  • Black Soldier Fly Farming (359)
  • Blooming into Full Potential (230)
  • Blue Ribbon Vegetables (97)
  • Bokashi Composting (570)
  • Botanical Art (114)
  • Breeding Your Own Vegetables (583)
  • Bringing Food Closer to Home (565)
  • Bringing our Soil Back To Life (259)
  • Bringing the Natural World to the Back Yard (14)
  • Building a Resilient Food System (388)
  • Building a Farm Community (450)
  • Building a Viable Small Farm Economy (417)
  • Building Community Sustainability (486)
  • Business Side of Urban Farms (504)

— C —

138: Lyn Harwell on Community Cafes and Kitchens

138: Lyn Harwell on Community Cafes and Kitchens

  • California Grown Coffee (352)
  • Carbon Farming (117)
  • Care of Earth, Food, and Nature (341)
  • Casa Grande Community Garden, A (387)
  • Century Old Urban Farm, A (382)
  • Certified Organic Seeds (191)
  • Changing our Food Future (172)
  • Changing to Better Diets (505)
  • Charitable Growing (55)
  • Chat with an Expert on Herbs (208)
  • Chat with an Expert on Seeds (193)
  • Cheesemaking Basics (275)
  • Chicken Feed Co-ops (497)
  • Chicken Raising Realities (239)
  • Chickens for Eggs (353)
  • Chinese Medicine and Nature (346)
  • ChipDrop (539)
  • City Life to Farm Life (BE8)
  • Community and Gardening (145)
  • Community Agriculture (295)
  • Community Cafes and Kitchens (138)
  • Community Composting (416)
  • Community Gardening (212)
  • Community Green Spaces (302)
  • Community-Scale Permaculture Farming (200)
  • Compact Farms (196)
  • Compost Collection with Bokashi (31)
  • Composting for Profit (654)
  • Composting Made Easy (33)
  • Community Food Forests (391)
  • Connecting Food and Health (81)
  • Conquering Australian-sized Farming Challenges (704)
  • Container Gardening (324)
  • Converting to Plant Based Nutrition (231)
  • Cooking a Presidential Meal (79)
  • Cooking with Eggs (677)
  • Creating a 10-Year Vision (690)
  • Creating a Luscious Food Forest (2)
  • Creating a New Squash (546)
  • Creating an Urban Farm (567)
  • Creating Local Seed Libraries (700)
  • Crop Roots (292)
  • Cucumber Melons (490)
  • Culinary Herbs for Health (131)
  • Cultivating as Millennial Farmers (355)

— D —

265: Kateen Fitzgerald on Designing Dynamic Food Systems.

265: Kateen Fitzgerald on Designing Dynamic Food Systems.

  • Decline of Honey Bees, The (284)
  • Deep Roots (471)
  • Dehydrating the Urban Farm (143)
  • Delicious Low Sugar Treats (409)
  • Delicious Vegan Meals (398)
  • Designing Dynamic Food Systems (265)
  • Developing a New Poultry Feeder (634)
  • Dirt on Dirt, The (167)
  • Dirt to Soil (392)
  • Discovering Music in a Container Garden (694)
  • Discussing Health with Your Doctor (342)
  • DIY Vertical Gardening (62)
  • Documenting the Culinary Experience (477)
  • Downshifting to a Resilient Future. 
    Parts 1, 2, and 3. (516, 517, 518)