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Composting: What You Need to Know – Part 1

From the Mother Earth News Fair 2011 Seven Springs, PA Shot by Nick Ladieu of www.saveourskills.com

Episode 89 Listener Questions and Feedback

Today I take another excellent round of listener questions and feedback.  Tune in as I discuss…

*Is epsom salt a good garden additive?

*What’s wrong with my plants?  I’m not great at plant diseases but I will try to help.

*What parts of a passionflower are edible?

*How do I get started with black soldier . . . → Read More: Episode 89 Listener Questions and Feedback

Some Pictures of My Garden

I don’t normally share a lot of pictures of my garden because my garden isn’t “pretty” in the normal sense.  To me its beautiful in its “wildness”.  I see an ecosystem, not a bunch of rows of plants.  But anyway I felt it was worth showing some of these.  All of these are less than . . . → Read More: Some Pictures of My Garden

Episode 81 Composting

In today’s episode I talk about compost and the act of composting.  I’m surprised it took me this long to do an episode on this!

In actuality I am not very good at composting.  I mean I know the theory.  It seems easy enough.  It just doesn’t work for me as well as I’d . . . → Read More: Episode 81 Composting

Episode 43 Gardening With Children

Tune in today as I talk about gardening with children.  I’m not going to talk about the life lessons of gardening with children.  That’s been done elsewhere.  But how do we get kids started in gardening.  Beyond the philosophy, what do we do and what do we say.  I cover that today.

The big . . . → Read More: Episode 43 Gardening With Children

Episode 41 A New Look at Dirt

Mycorrhizal fungi on a plant root system

Sorry about the hiatus everyone.  Its been a busy few weeks with Thanksgiving, the launch of my new podcast/site and work in general.  Sorry about the blips and changes in audio quality today.  I record at lunch in my truck and today the digital recorder . . . → Read More: Episode 41 A New Look at Dirt

Episode 26 Practical Skills/Applications for the Principles

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In this episode I talk about 5 skills that I believe are essential and practical applications of the 5 Principles I talked about in Episode 25.

These skills are:

1. Seed Saving – The art and skill of saving seeds from this year’s plants to grow next year’s. 2. Composting – Both traditional and vermicomposting. . . . → Read More: Episode 26 Practical Skills/Applications for the Principles