Organic Gardener Podcast

Happy August! Announcing the winner of Andrew Mefferd’s new book: https://www.growingformarket.com/store () https://www.growingformarket.com/store (The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers) And the Winner is drumroll please John Keith! Remember you can get a 20% discount by using the code: garden on a subscription to Andrew’s awesome publication  https://www.growingformarket.com/ (Growing for Market magazine) or any of his books or the books in their online store. https://www.growingformarket.com/store () https://www.growingformarket.com/store (The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower’s Handbook: Organic Vegetable Production Using Protected Culture) Congratulations to a listener, Organic Gardener Podcast Challenge participant and hopefully future guest! Carrots going to seed make great flowers for beneficials that eat pests  https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/raw-interview-285-permaculture-podcast/ (Scott Mann and I just talked) about how he plants

So in this update I go through the questions I usually ask others on my way to work. Tell me about your first gardening experience? Clark gardens and I hated it. How did you learn how to garden organically? My mom, Mike and Organic Gardening Magazine Tell us about something that grew well this year. So far potatoes and carrots. Is there something you would do different next year or want to try/new? Strawberries Tell me about something that didn’t work so well this season. My blueberries and raspberries Which activity is your least favorite activity to do in the garden? Anything that requires me to get down in the dirt. I like raised beds and keeping my jeans clean. What is your favorite activity to do in the garden? Eat the food. I’m not the biggest fan of harvest I just like to cook it. What is the best gardening advice you have  ever received? Water your blueberries. A favorite tool that you like to use? If you had to move and could only take one tool with you what would it be. The b

Jennifer Smith a Rockstar Millennial is here from https://www.deerbusters.com/ (DeerBusters) today to tell us about fencing. https://www.deerbusters.com/ (DeerBusters) has been leading the fencing industry for over 30 years with reliable DIY garden fence in poly and metal fence materials for homes, farms, forests, colleges, orchards, vineyards, and gardens. We are proud to work with wildlife conservation agencies and landscape architects as well as deer farmers who are looking to keep in deer and elk herds with our fencing.  Don’t forget to ask about Jon Moore – portable fence Tell us a little about yourself. I was born and raised in S Florida, I was always an outdoor enthusiast. I was brought up with this preconceived notion that Bambi is innocent and cute. Then I grew up and realized: Deer are very destructive most come about animal between farmers and gardeners IDK I still think deer are pretty cute, they are all over the place although we have had our struggles with deer in the garden and can ca

https://www.thepermaculturepodcast.com/ (The Permaculture Podcast) host Scott Mann shares his amazing journey into permaculture and podcasting in this must listen episode. Learn about https://www.thepermaculturepodcast.com/book/ (The Possibility Handbook: A Toolkit for Transformation )   So I ask myself today what lesson can I learn since all the work I did this weekend evaporated when my computer crashed yesterday. I am going to release it so I can listen on my way to work tomorrow and hope for the best. Sorry if there are any mistakes but I think Scott was an amazing guest you will enjoy hearing from unedited! To see my unedited notes https://mikesgreengarden.com/organic-gardener-podcast/285-the-permaculture-podcast-scott-mann/ (click here.) But I did put on my rose colored glasses on my way to work and ended up enjoying the sunny skies and beautiful Montana forests! Enjoy Green Future Growers! Here’s to technology challenges and hopefully better solutions! At least I didn’t lose my who

https://forms.gle/h4VYrYMmpppBkS79A (I just want to make sure everyone has the link to enter the contest) https://forms.gle/h4VYrYMmpppBkS79A () https://www.growingformarket.com/store () https://www.growingformarket.com/store (The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers) to win a copy of Andrew Mefferd’s amazing book here’s the https://forms.gle/h4VYrYMmpppBkS79A ( link to enter the contest) https://forms.gle/h4VYrYMmpppBkS79A () and listen to the interview here: https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/280-organic-no-till/ (Interview link) Andrew’s book outlines the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of no-till agriculture that are being practiced today by many small scale farmers and how they can easily scale down to backyard gardens which has been a challenge in the past.   https://www.keytothemountain.com/ (Key to the Mountain) I also have some updates about our garden in Montana and also I talk about https://www.keytothe

Part 2 of Denise and Tony Gaetz, from Bare Mountain Farm are here to share their flower farming journey. Their belief is that healthy soils equal healthy plants which provide for vibrant, strong long-lasting blooms. https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10-years.jpg () Over 10 years of Growing at Bare Mountain Farm Living in the Willamette Valley of OR, they’ve been on their farm for about 27 years, they have 10 and 1/2 acres grow flowers on only about an acre and 1/2. They’ve been doing this for over 11 years, starting next year will be their 12th season. This is a second career. Both had previous lives and sort of semi-retired, but not really retired because this is a lot of work. But they’re doing something that both of them really love, it’s hard work but it’s super they enjoy it! How do we connect with you? http://www.baremtnfarm.com (Bare Mountain Farm) as in Bare Naked. We also have a https://www.facebook.com/baremtnflowers/ (Facebook page), and https://www.

Originally published  Jan 1, 2016 Denise and Tony Gaetz are featured in Andrew Mefferd’s book  https://www.growingformarket.com/store () https://www.growingformarket.com/store (The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers) And most of all I want to make sure you have the https://forms.gle/PzSjScaV1CV35ApF8 (link) to enter to win a copy of Andrew’s awesome book Denise and Tony Gaetz, fromhttp://www.baremtnfarm.com ( Bare Mountain Farm) are here to share their flower farming journey. Their belief is that healthy soils equal healthy plants which provide for vibrant, strong long-lasting blooms. http://www.baremtnfarm.com () Tell us a little about yourself. Denise: We live in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, we’ve been on our farm for about 27 years, we have 10 and 1/2 acres. We grow flowers on only about an acre and 1/2. We’ve been doing this for over 11 years, starting next year will be our 12th season. This is our second career. We both had a prev

A replay of one of the most downloaded episodes of all time from last spring!http://www.pledgeforhonestcandidates.com/ () http://amzn.to/2iUit2w (In Search of the Next P.O.T.U.S.: One Woman’s Quest to Fix Washington (In Search of a Popular America)) Judy Frankel shares her incredible gardening knowledge, her expertise in the pesticide and sustainable agriculture industries, and journey to grow  nutritious food for her health and family. Tell us about yourself. I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania believe it or not, and I have the farm genes in my genes… It was eating those unbelievable tomatoes. Uou just can’t buy those tomatoes in the supermarket. I moved out to California it was because I wanted warm weather all year. Wrong! So when I tried to grow them on a balcony… When I met my first master gardener. I took the 10 week course, and passed the test. You have to do a bunch of volunteering.  Then we moved to Massachusetts. I took it again there… This zone is completely different. Californi

A replay of one of the most downloaded episodes of all time from last spring!http://www.pledgeforhonestcandidates.com/ () http://amzn.to/2iUit2w (In Search of the Next P.O.T.U.S.: One Woman’s Quest to Fix Washington (In Search of a Popular America)) Judy Frankel shares her incredible gardening knowledge, her expertise in the pesticide and sustainable agriculture industries, and journey to grow  nutritious food for her health and family. Tell us about yourself. I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania believe it or not, and I have the farm genes in my genes… It was eating those unbelievable tomatoes. Uou just can’t buy those tomatoes in the supermarket. I moved out to California it was because I wanted warm weather all year. Wrong! So when I tried to grow them on a balcony… When I met my first master gardener. I took the 10 week course, and passed the test. You have to do a bunch of volunteering.  Then we moved to Massachusetts. I took it again there… This zone is completely different. Californi

It’s July 16, 2019   Hey Everyone! So I just wanted to give a little July update, make sure you heard about the https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/280-organic-no-till/ (Andrew Meffered interview and giveaway ) and had the https://forms.gle/PzSjScaV1CV35ApF8 (link) to win a copy of https://www.growingformarket.com/store () https://www.growingformarket.com/store (The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers) Also Organic Gardener Podcast listeners can receive a 20% discount at https://www.growingformarket.com/store () https://www.growingformarket.com/ (Growing for Market) Organic Oats In my interview with Judy Frankel she talks about how when her daughter became ill they found non-organic oats contributed a lot to her health decline and that oats are sprayed with glyphosate https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/168-judy-frankel-search-next-p-o-t-u-s/ (168. Judy Frankel | In Search of the Next P.O.T.U.S.: One Woman’s Quest to Fix Washington (In Search of

Announcing The RegenEarth 2019 Online Conference: Living Soil   Growing Your Backyard Regen Garden Reversing Climate Change through Regen Gardens The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. ~ Bill Mollison Because change means all of us Do something that actually makes a difference to your life and the planet’s. The RegenEarth 2019 Online Conference: Living Soils will be presented from 16 – 18 September 2019 from 7pm to 9pm. What’s On? Time 16 September 17 September 18 September 19:00 – 19:40 Why Regen Matters! Climate change, future proofing and building a carbon sink. The greatest secret: No-dig Gardening! Animals in the system! Chickens in a backyard permaculture system. 19:40 – 20:20 The importance of food, how it’s produced and community nutrition. Building soil with earthworms. Intro to Backyard permaculture. 20:20 – 21:00 What is soil? How do we build it? How

To win a copy of Andrew’s Book https://forms.gle/ZHJe4mWfkCTiguyx9 (answer this poll where you can enter the raffle). And remember you can get a 20% discount by using the code: garden on a subscription to Andrew’s awesome publication  https://www.growingformarket.com/ (Growing for Market magazine) or any of his books or the books in their online store. I know you are going to love this interview as much as I did. Remember to share this episode with a friend! https://www.growingformarket.com/store () https://www.growingformarket.com/store (The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers) https://www.growingformarket.com/store () https://www.growingformarket.com/store (The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower’s Handbook: Organic Vegetable Production Using Protected Culture) Andrew Mefferd is editor of https://www.growingformarket.com/ (Growing for Market magazine). He has spent 15 years working on farms in six states, including a year working on a no-till research

The Farmer’s Office One of the things my guests have talked about a lot is effective bookkeeping and record keeping whether your a small backyard gardener or a busy market farmer. Today Julia Shanks is going to share her knowledge of business, farming, cooking and restaurants, her books and her new course on how to be the most effective producer you can be and how to enjoy growing a successful garden. http://amzn.to/2j7m3DP () Julia Shanks Author of the http://amzn.to/2j7m3DP (The Farmer’s Office: Tools, Tips and Templates to Successfully Manage a Growing Farm Business) is here today to share her brilliance and talk about her new course the http://www.juliashanks.com/ (Farmer’s Edge) starting January 11th, 2017! http://www.juliashanks.com/ () FULL SHOW NOTES COMING SOON! Let’s Get to the Root of Things Which activity is your least favorite activity to do in the garden. No, I love it all. I can’t get into the garden enough. I love weeding in the morning with my coffee I find it med

Since Ellen Polishuk and I talked about my interviews with Richard Wiswall and Julia Shanks last week I thought I’d replay them for listeners this week. Here’s the amazing Richard Wiswall. Welcome to today’s episode of the Organic Gardener Podcast! I am thrilled to introduce my guest who has written an amazing book about the business of organic farming  that I think will inspire listeners to think about the options for their future. His book starts out peaking interest with a quote from a talk a fellow farmer gave at the New England Vegetable and Fruit conference “Sometimes I think I should have listened to my parents and become a doctor or a lawyer, but you know, I don’t think I could take the pay cut.” http://amzn.to/1LXjoSl () Eventually he would write the http://amzn.to/1LXjoSl (Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Managing Finances, Crops, and Staff – and Making a Profit. ) This book comes with a companion CD that included templets for creating worksheets, budgets includ

I am delighted to introduce my amazing guest from https://www.planttoprofit.com/ (Plant to Profit Farm Consulting) Ellen Polishuk is here to share her amazing knowledge and story as well as her new book available on http://Start Your Farm: The Authoritative Guide to Becoming a Sustainable 21st Century Farmer (amazon) or her website! https://amzn.to/2ILzkzm (Start Your Farm: The Authoritative Guide to Becoming a Sustainable 21st Century Farmer) Listen to your first audio book for free by clicking on our http://audibletrial.com/organicgardenerpodcast (audible) affiliate link http://audibletrial.com/organicgardenerpodcast () Tell us a little about yourself you were telling me today in Washington DC you had snow today. Yup! as you said, just the end of January having a little bit of snow raised in the DC Suburbs 55 been here a long time whole career has been in agriculture vegetable gardener part of a farm called Potomac Vegetable Farms  25 year career there growing and selling organically grown vege

I’m super excited to introduce my guest today Julia Henderson from Confluence Farm who is not just a gardener but a chef who is going to share their garden journey from restaurants to organic farming and more! Sorry folks show notes to be completed in the future! Enjoy the audio! Rockstar Millennials Confluence Farm is an organic vegetable and flower farm located in Sebastopol, CA along the picturesque Green Valley & Purrington creeks. Julia and Andy are chefs turned farmers who truly understand high quality products and making people happy. We focus on generating the healthiest soil we can in order to grow the most nutrient dense and healthy vegetables possible. A confluence is when two entities come together, be it water or people. Our food and flowers bring people together, whether it be at on our farm, self grown and catered events, or nurturing our own community and family through markets. Our motto is “Come Together, Eat Well”. Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Julia I own a 3 ac

  For Valentine’s Day I asked Mark Usewicz from https://www.mermaidsgardennyc.com/ (Mermaid’s Garden NYC) to talk to us about their Fish Market and CSA since it seems like the news is all about the Mediterranean diet. I love fish, and caring for sustainable Oceans and water is important to me, and I think it probably is for you too. I’ve got some great videos of my mom making her delicious fish I’ll try to add at the end. Sorry it took so long to get this out there, but I always say the perfect interview happens when just the right listener is in the audience! http://sGardenNYC.com (MermaidsGardenNYC.com) Mermaid’s Garden On https://www.instagram.com/mgfishnyc/ (Instagram)  https://www.marthastewart.com/contributor/1526536/mark-usewicz (Check out Mark’s pieces in Martha Stewart) Tell us a little about yourself, Mark Usewicz. I was trained as a chef restaurant business lived in NYC last thing I wanted to do was open my own restaurant and the next worse thing i

Onika Abraham from Farm School NYC shares her passion for sustainable agriculture and food justice education in New York’s 5 Boroughs. I’m so excited to introduce my guest from http://www.farmschoolnyc.org/ (Farm School NYC ) Onika Abraham! Tell us a little about yourself. I reside here in beautiful Brooklyn NYC. I’m originally a New Yorker from the lower side Manhattan, if anyone is familiar with NYC accents, it’s obvious. Grew up in NYC from parents who grew up on farms, always loved visiting my grandparents seeing them grow what they eat and always inspiring to me!  I have come full circle by being the director of http://www.farmschoolnyc.org/ (Farm School NYC) Tell me about your first gardening experience? I have to say, I grew up on the lower east side on the 18th floor an apartment lucky to have a little terrace little concrete shelf does not sound like a bucolic farm but was definitely my first gardening experience My mother grew up on a mid size family farm in Alabama,

Part 2 Michelle and Larry Lesher from Eastward Gardens drop golden seeds galore in this episode about running a small successful Flower and Vegetable CSA in Indiana. Final question- if there was one change you would like to see to create a greener world what would it be? For example is there a charity or organization your passionate about or a project you would like to see put into action. What do you feel is the most crucial issue facing our planet in regards to the environment either in your local area or on a national or global scale? Understanding the importance of how we teach our children. Long days inside, sitting down in a class room was not what we were designed to do. We were designed to move, to be in nature and to grow our own food. There is a place for textbooks but it should not be the primary line of education for our children. They need hands-on practical education. We would love to see more schools participate in true education, using agriculture as a lesson book. In every school should

Full show notes coming soon! How do we connect with you? https://eastwardgardens.com (eastwardgardens) https://www.instagram.com/eastwardgardens/ (on Instagram) We were city kids, he was a professional skateboarder and neither of us had a background in farming. There’s just the two of us but we do it for a living. I think I found you on Floret. How big is your place? I’m going into my 3rd season growing flowers. We’re going on selling vegetables etc on 3 years. I was a nurse with the dream I could leave my job. took us a while try to make it quick We moved from Seattle to louisville so I could go to grad school that’s when Larry started interning on a farm. He’s been farming ever since then. I just joined full time in  June I quit my job. That’s when I bumped up the flower production.  I can do more with it a lot of flowers we grow on 2 acres our farm is 16 1/2 acres We crop rotate we only have, theres about 6 acres of workable we rotate it and do about 2 at a ti