723: Bodacious Garden
A Rosie on the House Radio Show. – This is the January 2023 show discussing how to grow your own BODACIOUS edible garden. Greg covers all the bases – sun, water, soil, and garden helpers. Plant your garden where it will get just the right balance of sun and shade by determining your garden’s solar aspect and observing…
688: Free Water for the Garden
A Garden Chat with Don Titmus. – The biggest and most basic concern when maintaining a garden is water. In these uncertain times of drought and rising costs, how can you ensure your garden will not wilt just when you need it most? Don Titmus shares his secrets for finding free water right where you…
621: How to Grow Healthy Plants with Greywater
A Farmer Friday interview with Laura Allen: Greg welcomes back Laura, from Greywater Action, this time to teach us some specifics about using greywater. While the concept of greywater is fairly straightforward, there are some basic rules. Laura tells us how to easily recognize and avoid…
617: Water Harvesting At The Urban Farm
A Farmer Friday Reflection by Greg Peterson: Farmer Greg’s sustainable, regenerative water harvesting system has him singing in the rain, even in the desert. Greg explains where the water comes from and where it goes, and he gives details about how he collects and distributes it. He also gives a formula for calculating …
615: Getting Started with Greywater
A Farmer Friday interview with Laura Allen: Greg talks with Laura Allen from Greywater Action about a great way to get more life out of our water – by sending water we have already used in our home out to our garden instead of down the drain. Laura reveals the easiest…
372: Brook Sarson on Water Harvesting
372: Brook Sarson on Water Harvesting. Building simple, cost-effective solutions for conserving water resources. Brook is co-owner and CEO of CatchingH2O and H2OME. She started H2OME in 2008 with the […]
257: Laura Allen on Greywater
257: Laura Allen on Greywater. Exploring low-tech, sustainable water solutions for urban homes and landscapes. Laura has spent the past 15 years exploring low-tech, urban, sustainable water solutions, while earning […]
110: Brad Lancaster on Rainwater Harvesting
Planting edible trees and crops & water harvesting in the desert. – Brad Lancaster is the author of the award-winning Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond and co-founder of DesertHarvesters.org. Since 1993 Brad has run a successful permaculture education, design, and consultation business focused on integrated regenerative approaches to…
Urban Farm 101
Urban Farm 101 Hi all, I live in the heart of Phoenix Arizona, and over 20 years ago I purchased my home on 1/3 of an acre to expand my […]
8 Principles for Successful Rainwater Harvesting, Part 2
8 Principles for Successful Rainwater Harvesting, Part 2 Last week author Brad Lancaster gave us the background on his journey to expertise in rainwater harvesting. This week he gives us […]