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Daily farm and garden talk. All about growing vegetables profitably and efficiently on small farms and in gardens. Each episode focuses on one specific topic - growing practices, how-to, farming challenges and struggles, sales and marketing, soil preparation, weed management, farm startup, market selection, and work-life balance. Hosted and produced by Diego Footer's Modern Grower Podcast Network.

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004 - Build a Backyard Food Forest Today, Part 1 11.07.2013 1:09:29

How do we get more food forests into suburban yards? We can start by planting a legume anytime that plant a fruit tree. Then what? Joey D'Elia joins me in this episode to discuss just that. How can people start down the path of building their own food forest in their suburban backyard. What are some easy ways to identify trees that will work in your system? How to not get caught up in the design p...

003 - Maximize Yard Productivity. Growing Fruit Trees in Small Spaces for Year Round Harvest. 28.06.2013 1:27:32

In this episode of the Permaculture Voices Podcast I have my friend Ben Kotnik of Suburban Food Farm on the show to talk about the recent presentation that he gave to a local permaculture group, 12 Months of Fresh Fruit. The first part of the presentation highlights some of the varieties that can be grown in Southern California to achieve the goal of a year round fruit harvest. While the varieties...

002 - The Lifetime Battery: Nickel Iron Batteries for Homesteads and Farms 21.06.2013 52:11

In this episode of the podcast I am happy to welcome Brandon Williams from Iron Edison battery company to talk about long lived nickel-iron batteries and why they are so much better than the more common lead acid batteries for off grid home power applications. These types of batters are applicable to preppers, the average home owner, and permies who have remote homesteads or need mobile power sou...

001 - Homescale Electricity Generation with Gasification and Wood Gas 05.06.2013 58:30

Gasification and Wood Gas: How to Grow Your Own Energy and Get Off the Grid Our very first episode! In this podcast we focused on the topics of gasification and wood gas. Local experts Troy Martz and Jared Pisell of OffGridPro.com joined us to talk about their company Off Grid Pro and the line of gasifiers that they are rolling out, the future of wood gas, how gasification fits into a permie or pr...