The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Gardeners use bat guano as a type of manure fertilizer in their gardens. It helps your plants to thrive and become healthier, stronger, and greener. It also helps considerably with flowering processes. Learn More: Using Bat Guano (Bat Dung) In Your Garden Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 10% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the...

You may think spades and shovels are the same tools...but they're not! They have different designs and different use cases, so learn which you should use for which tasks in the garden. Learn More: Spade vs Shovel: Which Should You Choose? Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 10% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last...

One of the most common questions I get is if metal beds are safe to grow in...the answer is generally yes, but there are some important considerations to understand. Learn More: Are Galvanized Steel Garden Beds Safe? Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 10% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than woo...

Companion planting is a topic rife with misinformation and nonsense, but there are practical and pragmatic ways to go about it that yield fantastic results in the garden. Connect with Melissa Norris Melissa Norris is a 5th generation homesteader and loves to help people use organic methods to grow their own food. She’s the host of the Pioneering Today Podcast and has an amazing website, YouTube ch...

Planning a garden for your family is daunting - how much to plant, when to plant, and how to manage it all throughout the year? Today Melissa breaks down her Family Garden Plan, which is also the title of her upcoming book. Connect with Melissa Norris Melissa Norris is a 5th generation homesteader and loves to help people use organic methods to grow their own food. She’s the host of the Pioneering...

If you start weak seeds, you’ll get weak harvests. Learn the top mistakes to avoid when starting seedlings. Connect with Melissa Norris Melissa Norris is a 5th generation homesteader and loves to help people use organic methods to grow their own food. She’s the host of the Pioneering Today Podcast and has an amazing website, YouTube channel, and upcoming book, The Family Garden Plan. The Family Ga...

It’s tempting to buy everything under the sun when you start gardening, but getting creative and frugal is an excellent way to save money and achieve the same (or better) results. Connect with Melissa Norris Melissa Norris is a 5th generation homesteader and loves to help people use organic methods to grow their own food. She’s the host of the Pioneering Today Podcast and has an amazing website, Y...

Berry bushes are perennials that, once established, yield bushel after bushel of nutrient-rich fruit. Learn how Melissa approaches growing berry bushes in today’s show. Connect with Melissa Norris Melissa Norris is a 5th generation homesteader and loves to help people use organic methods to grow their own food. She’s the host of the Pioneering Today Podcast and has an amazing website, YouTube chan...

Growing a fruit orchard seems daunting, but there are plenty of ways to get started on a small budget, limited space, or in creative plantings. Connect with Melissa Norris Melissa Norris is a 5th generation homesteader and loves to help people use organic methods to grow their own food. She’s the host of the Pioneering Today Podcast and has an amazing website, YouTube channel, and upcoming book, T...

If you’re looking for a creative technique to get a head start on the growing season, consider Melissa Norris’ winter sowing. Allows you to get seeds in the ground earlier in the season, and with less hardening off time! Connect with Melissa Norris Melissa Norris is a 5th generation homesteader and loves to help people use organic methods to grow their own food. She’s the host of the Pioneering To...

Instead of your chicken run being an eyesore, learn how to landscape it with beneficial plants that will also beautify your space. Connect With Lisa Steele: Lisa Steele is the founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, author of Gardening With Chickens. She’s a 5th generation chicken keeper living on a small farm in rural Maine with her husband, a menagerie of chickens, ducks, a trio of geese, a German Shepherd...

Do you even need a compost pile with chickens? You might not. But, chickens also complement your composting in a few different ways, which you’ll learn in today’s show. Connect With Lisa Steele: Lisa Steele is the founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, author of Gardening With Chickens. She’s a 5th generation chicken keeper living on a small farm in rural Maine with her husband, a menagerie of chickens, duc...

Want deep orange eggs? Healthier baby chicks? More consistent egg-laying? Here are some planting strategies to encourage these results in your chickens. Connect With Lisa Steele: Lisa Steele is the founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, author of Gardening With Chickens. She’s a 5th generation chicken keeper living on a small farm in rural Maine with her husband, a menagerie of chickens, ducks, a trio of ge...

The way you lay out and plan your garden will change if you’re keeping chickens. Learn how Lisa Steele has shifted her gardening style around her chicken keeping. Connect With Lisa Steele: Lisa Steele is the founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, author of Gardening With Chickens. She’s a 5th generation chicken keeper living on a small farm in rural Maine with her husband, a menagerie of chickens, ducks, a...

When gardening with chickens, using natural soil amendments, weed, and pest control products is a must. You don’t want them eating anything toxic and in turn you eating those eggs! Connect With Lisa Steele: Lisa Steele is the founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, author of Gardening With Chickens. She’s a 5th generation chicken keeper living on a small farm in rural Maine with her husband, a menagerie of c...

Learn how to garden with chickens throughout the seasons, including when they SHOULDN’T be in the garden. Connect With Lisa Steele: Lisa Steele is the founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, author of Gardening With Chickens. She’s a 5th generation chicken keeper living on a small farm in rural Maine with her husband, a menagerie of chickens, ducks, a trio of geese, a German Shepherd, a Corgi and a Tuxedo ca...

If you’re looking into keeping chickens in 2020, our first episode with Lisa Steele of Fresh Eggs Daily will be a fantastic starting-off point for both inspiration and information. Connect With Lisa Steele: Lisa Steele is the founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, author of Gardening With Chickens. She’s a 5th generation chicken keeper living on a small farm in rural Maine with her husband, a menagerie of c...

I hear “I’ll start gardening when…” all of the time. But that’s nonsense! Unless you’re living in a blacked out 10 square foot box, you can grow SOMETHING...so doing what you can with what you have is a must. Connect With Nicole Schauder: Nicky and Dave are passionate about helping people grow their own food at Grow My Own Food focusing on permaculture in smaller spaces. Guest Email Order Field Gu...

Small space food growing requires creative use of space, planting, and structure. When you can use one element and have it provide 2+ functions, that’s when you’re really getting the most out of your space. Connect With Nicole Schauder: Nicky and Dave are passionate about helping people grow their own food at Grow My Own Food focusing on permaculture in smaller spaces. Guest Email Order Field Guid...

The practicality of gardening is vital - why put a kitchen herb garden in the back corner of your lot? It makes no sense, especially when you view your plot through the lens of “Zones of Use” Connect With Nicole Schauder: Nicky and Dave are passionate about helping people grow their own food at Grow My Own Food focusing on permaculture in smaller spaces. Guest Email Order Field Guide to Urban Gard...

When you observe nature, you see layers of plants that all coalesce together to form a beautiful, interconnected landscape. But how do we replicate this in our own backyards? Today we learn the layers of a food forest and how to approach building one. Connect With Nicole Schauder: Nicky and Dave are passionate about helping people grow their own food at Grow My Own Food focusing on permaculture in...

Instead of doing 100% annuals every year, consider adding in perennial plantings to lighten your workload, build your future food forest, and increase your harvests. Connect With Nicole Schauder: Nicky and Dave are passionate about helping people grow their own food at Grow My Own Food focusing on permaculture in smaller spaces. Guest Email Order Field Guide to Urban Gardening My book, Field Guide...

Permaculture Guilds are an interesting lens to view plants through, focusing on their functionality for the environment. I promise you’ll leave this episode having learned a new way to ‘see’ your garden. Connect With Nicole Schauder: Nicky and Dave are passionate about helping people grow their own food at Grow My Own Food focusing on permaculture in smaller spaces. Guest Email Order Field Guide t...

Learn the fundamental tenets of permaculture and how it can apply even in small, urban spaces. You don’t have to have 1 acre of wild land to get started in this awesome growing philosophy! Connect With Nicole Schauder: Nicky and Dave are passionate about helping people grow their own food at Grow My Own Food focusing on permaculture in smaller spaces. Guest Email Order Field Guide to Urban Gardeni...

Let’s get festive and talk about 4 holiday houseplants you should be adding to your indoor jungle this season. Connect With Lisa Steinkopf: Lisa Steinkopf is a blogger, freelance writer, and houseplant enthusiast. She loves taking care of her own plants, and teaching others to take care of theirs at The Houseplant Guru. The Houseplant Guru Order Field Guide to Urban Gardening My book, Field Guide...