493: Scott Murray on Active Carbon Sequestration
Researching how urban farmers can increase the performance of our landscapes. – In This Podcast: If the term active carbon sequestration has you picturing scientists in hazmat suits, you aren’t alone! Returning guest Scott Murray shares how to harness the power of nature and use home landscaping to…
443: Jason Johns on Growing Tomatoes
443: Jason Johns on Growing Tomatoes Growing delicious produce – in the garden, an allotment or in the greenhouse! Jason is the author of Growing Tomatoes: Your Guide to Growing […]
The Six Week Greenhouse
By Guest Blogger: Joel Karsten – For northern gardeners, starting vegetable plants as early as possible is key to a productive and successful food garden, since sometimes it seems we only have about a three-week growing season! That might be a slight exaggeration, but certainly gardening in the north is challenging. One of the key advantages of the Straw Bale Gardening method is…
435: Joel Karsten on The Six Bale Greenhouse
435: Joel Karsten on The Six Bale Greenhouse Starting the spring farming season as much as 6 weeks early. Joel, a farm boy who grew up tending a soil garden, […]
400: Eliot Coleman on 30th Anniversary of 'The New Organic Grower'
400: Eliot Coleman on 30th Anniversary of ‘The New Organic Grower’. Being a resource for organic growers for over three decades. Eliot has over fifty years’ experience in all aspects […]
209: Alastair Monk on The Future of Growing Food
Greg talks to Ally and finds out what it is like to be a founding partner in a brand-new company that is focusing on making indoor gardening easier.
202: Andrew Mefferd on Hoophouse and Greenhouse Growing
Getting excited about agriculture in protected structures is the topic of discussion for Greg and his guest Andrew Mefferd today. With a journey that took him across the United States, Andrew learned a lot about different types and sizes of farms. He explains how he used that experience to improve his skills why he hopes others can learn from it as well.
179: Penn Parmenter on Passive Solar Greenhouses
Greg reconnects with Penn to talk about the greenhouse designs she and her husband create, sell and teach about. Penn tells how her husband Cord took passive solar concepts and implemented them into the first greenhouse they built from reclaimed and scrap materials, and how they have made many improvements over time.
128: Ryan Leach on Pursuing Self-Sustenance on One Acre
Ryan tells Greg why he and his wife decide to start growing their own food and how that has developed into a virtually self-sustained homestead for his young family.
Gotham Greens: New York's Rooftop Garden
Gotham Greens: New York’s Rooftop Garden A food producer in New York has found an innovative way to grow food in Brooklyn, a city with little open space: rooftop gardens. […]