A Homegrown Family

Join my wife, Nora, and I as we share our "sappy" love story about how we met. Just keeping it weird....and the moment she knew she met her future husband. Chivalry is not dead folks.  Learn more about Nora's background and how she also grew up in a Catholic household and was raised on a small family farm. Nora also shares some stories about her days farming days. Email: ahomegrownf...

**BONUS** A nice short episode to just follow up on a couple of the topics from episode 5. How do herbicide residues get into compost and how can that affect your garden. Listen here to find out. Enjoy! The variety of tomato used in the siblings’ tomato contest was called a “Mortgage Lifter”  Gardening Resources: Mary's Heirloom Seeds Herbicide Residues in Compost Support the show

Potato bugs, electricity and 811! Join my brother David and I as we talk about childhood memories squishing “potato bugs”, more properly referred to as the Colorado Potato Beetle, along with having our own gardens as kids. All this leads to a discussion on things to consider when selecting a location for your garden. Things to consider:  1)      Utilities 2)      Surroundings 3)      Sun exposure...

My brother Lawrence and I talk about how we got into mushroom hunting. Throughout the years, we have found morel, pheasant back, “puff balls” and white oyster mushrooms on the homestead. Learn a little bit about each of these mushrooms in this episode. Good luck to all those searching for the feast but be careful and make sure you properly identify all the mushrooms you find.  Mushroom Resources:...

Get acquainted with my brother David as we discuss his background, plant starts, seed selection, purchasing seed, browsing seed catalogs and much more.  What is an heirloom seed? Find out right here in this episode. We also talk about hybridized seeds and open pollinated plants.  David’s favorite butternut squash is called “Waltham” Email: ahomegrownfam@gmail.com Gardening Resources: MiniFarming S...

Meet the woman that brought me into this world as she shares some of her childhood duties and memories of growing up on a farm with 10,000 chickens! We also discussed dairy cows, bottle feeding calves and gardening!  Gardening update as of April 22nd 2023….we still have snow! I did plant peas in my raised beds earlier this week. I will be seeding some lettuce here in the first few days of May. Ema...

Meet the man, my Dad, who made it possible for my siblings and I to grow up on a self-sustaining farm. Dad shares a bit of his story, the farm he grew up on, and how everything came back full circle to allow him to farm also.  Support the show

Listen for a brief background on the podcast host, Joe Mettler. He later describes his vision of this podcast and what it will all entail. Enjoy listening! ahomegrownfam@gmail.com Follow on Twitter @ahomegrownfam  Support the show