The Healthy Garden

Do roses need epson salts? What influence did the french have on rose species? What is the most important protocol for growing roses?

Where have we been and what happened to me last year? How do you use nettle tea for good health? What's the best way to weed an organic garden? We're Back stronger than ever!

Do you know the Steps to Growing Healthy Soil? What is True Organic vs. Faux Organic? How is the Toxic Baby Food Scandal linked to Soil? 

Are you harvesting rainwater? What other countries are doing it? Do you know the 4 myths about collecting rainwater? See how you can harvest rainwater today.

Do you care more about your plants than your soil? What type of fertilizer have they been using on the east coast for hundreds of years? Have you used any biological inoculants in your garden? 

What is the best thing that you can do in your garden this fall to promote a healthy spring garden? Do you know what a microbial inoculant is and what they do in your garden? Where can you get the best seeds for a great cover crop? 

What were some of the different types of fun that people had throughout history? When did gardening become a fun leisure activity? What can you do to put FUN back into your gardening?

Who was Rudolf Steiner? What do shorter days and longer nights mean for your garden? Do you know what to do for your fruit trees this fall? 

What is the threshing of a harvest? During what period did villagers start the gardening protocol called "Scaring the Birds"? Do you know what gardeners and farmers call the first frost under 28 degrees? 

What are the 6 best things you can plant in your garden to boost your immune system? Do you know what natural remedies they used successfully in the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic? 

How do plants get fed in the rain forest? What are the top 3 reasons you should be using Compost Tea in your true organic garden? How often should you use Compost Tea in your garden? Why Compost Tea?

What do you feed your plants? What does the history of fertilizer tell us about today's best methods? What microbial diversity is helping to feed our food? 

What does William Shakespeare have to do with your tomatoes? Are nightshades really deadly?  What are Alkaloids and Glycoalkaloids and how do they affect your garden? 

Why isn't there any good top soil to buy at nurseries and soil yards? Do you know the 12 steps to raised bed gardening? 

Where did raised bed gardening come from? Why don't we ever use "Top Soil" in our raised bed mixes? What's the most important thing to any raised bed garden?

Are you ready for the Dog Days of summer? What does that even mean? How will you take care of the most important part of your garden? How much warmer can soil temps be than the air temps? 

Are you ready for a Great Recession? Do you have a long-term plan for how you're going to feed your family when the food shortages really hit? Who is going to feed you Seattle, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Minneapolis, Portland, Austin, Chicago, Sacramento, Atlanta, New York, Louisville, Cleveland, Detroit, Washington DC, Charleston, Denver?

Do you know what Faux Organic is? Have you been duped by the snake oil manufacturers who peddle Faux Organic? We need to change the way we consume. Are you a part of the problem or part of the solution?

Is your irrigation killing your plants? What is more important than your plants? How do you water your food gardens correctly? What's the best way to water an organic garden?

What are the 11 steps to practical pest management? Are you ready to win the war in your garden this spring and summer? Find out if Randy ever got "that dirty rat" that took his prize strawberry.

What is the Orwellian Garden? Is it possible our food system is shutting down? How far are we from all becoming Winston Smith? 

Is your garden dead or alive? What are the usual suspects that kill a garden? What happens after we kill our garden? 

What happens if the modern food chain breaks down? Why is the Old Victory Garden not enough anymore? What do you need to know about growing a NEW Victory Garden? How could it save you and your family during the global pandemic? All this and way more...

Why are we growing food, and if we're growing food, why aren't we growing healthy food? Food that's true organic, Non-GMO, and without the herbicides that come from conventional Ag and green waste. This and more as always!

Randy's back! Thank God! How are you handling the pandemic? Do you have a plan if the food shortages become real? What crop in the Andes helped save Europe? All this and more as usual.