Roots Watering Hole Podcast Series

This clip is about remembering on a deep level and how it is of strategic importance to regeneration and recovery from colonization and oppression.

This clip is about belonging on a deep level and how it is of strategic importance to regeneration and recovery from colonization and oppression.

Late July-Early August 2022 Garden Education Podcast Series Hello fellow gardeners, this is a very short episode. I had hoped to get a second episode for July 2022 out earlier but I was looking for guests to discuss season extension and four-season gardening but the people we had in mind are taking well-deserved time off for vacation. This episode covers what crops can be started in July and Augus...

Clip with audience questions from Kali Johnson. The questions were edited from the main podcast in the interest of time, but are offered here unedited with Dr. Carlisle's answers. Our audience member raised a question regarding the use of a nuclear weapon in 1815. Our fact-checking revealed a catastrophic event in 1815 that indeed had a profound impact on many parts of the planet. The event w...

Clip with Dr. Carlisle on what motivated her to write her wonderful book Dr. Liz Carlisle Healing Grounds - Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming.

Clip with Dr. Carlisle defining carbon sequestration, climate change, and the incontrovertible importance of healthy soils for all beings.

Clip with Dr. Carlisle responding to a question from Roots Watering Hole podcast co-host and co-producer regarding one of his long-time heroes Dr. George Washington Carver.

This episode was very informative and our guest Dr. Liz Carlisle is inspirational and sparks optimism for the health of our species and all beings. When I first discovered Dr. Liz Carlisle's book, Healing Grounds - Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming I was intrigued. Then I found out she was on faculty at UC-Santa Barbara in the department chaired by one of my dearest...

The garden education podcast series is more than anything else presented to encourage the expansion of the home and community garden universe in Chicago and elsewhere, In the United States 95% of us do not eat the recommended amount of fiber and 88% of us are metabolically unhealthy. It is our hope that gardening will be one component of a comprehensive generational program to reverse these troubl...

The garden education podcast series is a review of pertinent vegetable gardening information in the Chicago, IL area. It has been a challenging year on many levels here in Chicago and vegetable gardening is one area that has experienced many challenges. In Chicago, we had a spring that was cold and wet, then we had some incredible temperature swings, so many people are behind or have gotten off to...

An episode in the home vegetable, medicinal, and landscape gardening series for 2022. Hello Gardening and Farming Friends and Those That Love Fresh Hyperlocal Food, Well, I apologize for being later than I would have liked to get this episode out. The weather in May has been like a pendulum swing from one extreme to the other. This theme is one that I mentioned before and whether you agree or not...

An interview with the author of one of the best books we have ever read, Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth, Clyde W. Ford. The Roots Watering Hole podcast series proudly presents an episode with Clyde W. Ford author of, Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth. My co-host Dr. Akilah Martin and I agree that this book was one of...

Danielle Jones is the co-creator of the visionary Sankofa Village project in Arkansas. Tune in to listen to Danielle discuss her vision for communities that are rooted in a cooperative model that creates a sanctuary for the village inhabitants and surrounding communities. Find information about Danielle's Sankofa Village project: Sankofa Village Arkansas website 2021 Arkansas Soul Article on...

  In this episode, we will be discussing spring vegetable gardening in the Chicago area in preparation for the upcoming season. April in Chicago for gardeners sometimes can seem like it is a remote endeavor. However, there is much to do and consider. Some people are already deeply involved in gardening doing seed starts and if they have season extension they perhaps have some crops growing. In fac...

CUT, GardenEd, USDA Hardiness Zones 5 and 6, container vegetable gardening, cool, weather crops, sunlight, photoperiod, full sun. partial sun, partial shade, season extension, cold frames, high tunnels, low tunnels, greenhouses Gardening or hardiness zones ( also see ) are a critical starting point. Chicago is in a zone that overlaps between zones 5 and 6 . Look at the difference between the garde...

We will provide an introduction to topics such as STEAM , meteorological versus astronomical seasons , frost dates, etc. as a prelude to our March 2022 garden education podcasts. Gardeners, please find more information about some of the topics that were covered very briefly in this short episode. The USDA Hardiness Zone Map is here and you can see why typically we say that Chicago lies in hardines...