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783: Christian Marr on Marvelous and Modest Mushrooms Teaching others about wild food and fungi In This Podcast: Join us on this episode as we delve into the captivating world of wild food and fungi with Christian Marr, a seasoned mycologist and co-founder of Closed Loop Lab LLC. Christian's journey, fueled by a deep passion for the natural world and shaped by her science-oriented upbringing, unf...

782: Patio Farming - Growing Food in Pots and Containers A Rosie on The House Radio Show Replay In This Episode: What if farming could be simple? A few pots on the patio, either back or front and you are growing food for yourself and the neighborhood. Join Greg as he chats with Kari Spencer about Patio Farming and how to get it done. It is really that simple. " Rosie on the House is a father and s...

781: Alexandra Kutner on You Are What You Eat Bringing a passion for health into a healthy snack business In This Podcast: Join Greg as he chats with Alexandra Kutner and how she transformed her life with a healthy lifestyle, food is medicine, non-toxic house attitude! Alexandra is very passionate about the saying “you are what you eat” and she believes that the proper diet through food from the e...

780: Greg & Heidi's New Farm and Garden . A Garden Chat with Heidi. In This Garden Chat: Join Greg and his long time partner in life as they chat about their move from Phoenix to Asheville, NC and the challenges and fun they have had. Greg had imagines moving to a quieter place for more than a decade when he met Heidi. But Heidi's yoga students were all in phoenix and she wasn't leaving. Until...

779: Harvesting and Storing Your Seeds .  A chat with an expert on seeds. In This Seed Chat: Join Bill McDorman and Greg as they discuss the five easiest seeds to Collect and store. They discuss processing methods, including how to wet process tomato seeds. It is easier than you think. Then they share how to store your seeds for long term success and what the seed mantra cool, dark and dry me...

778: Get Saving Those Seeds, It’s Easier Than You Think A Rosie on The House Radio Show Replay "Rosie on the House is a father and son weekly radio show on home-improvement advice that is found on several key Arizona radio stations. It is a trusted source of home-improvement advice and know-how. Rosie and Romey Romero consider that an honor and a responsibility, a feeling that Greg shares." In Thi...

777: Graham Hill on Cutting Your Carbon Footprint Helping corporations develop sustainability strategies In This Podcast: Join the creator of TreeHugger.com Graham Hill as he shares about 6 ways to slash your carbon footprint. These ways include reduce by using renewables, reduce miles driven by stacking trips, move to a plant rich diet and Greg's Fav - Compost. Listen to this episode for more exa...

776: Maria Rodale on Love, Nature, Magic Sharing enlightening conversations with the living world around us In This Podcast: Maria Rodale comes from three generations of organic gardeners and farmers. Her grandfather founded the Rodale Institute, so at a very young age she was gardening. Throughout her entire life she has advocated for growing organic and even penned a best selling book called Org...

775: Margaret Bruning on Homesteading as an Artist Building community vitality through art, food, and nature In This Podcast: Imagine for a moment...you have a successful career that is on an upward trajectory but something just doesn't feel right. So you decide to move onto your next life by packing up your belongings and hitting the road in a teardrop camper for three years! Exploring the outer...

774: Our Secret to Tree Planting Success . A Garden Chat with Janis Norton. In This Garden Chat: Did you know that plants and trees need to eat every day, but we are taught to plant them in the dirt you have and feed/fertilize them once or twice a year. THAT is NOT a recipe for success. Join Greg & Janis as they share the pathway they discovered over the past 24 years to make our fruit trees,...

773: Seed Journaling .  A chat with an expert on seeds. In This Seed Chat: This is the September 2023 Seed Chat about busting the myths around seed journaling. Join Janis Norton and Farmer Greg as they walk you through all the different ways to journal about your garden. Most importantly why it is so valuable to keep track of the myriad of things that you do in your garden and how that can le...

765: Don't Throw That Away, Compost It A Rosie on The House Radio Show Replay "Rosie on the House is a father and son weekly radio show on home-improvement advice that is found on several key Arizona radio stations. It is a trusted source of home-improvement advice and know-how. Rosie and Romey Romero consider that an honor and a responsibility, a feeling that Greg shares." In This Show: Join Greg...

771: Chris Nycz on My Organic Farming Expanding self-reliant skills, one step at a time. In This Podcast: Join Greg as he chats with Chris Nycz about his journey from college student to weekend farmer to owning his own acres and running a farm to benefit the community. Chris says “It's been a laboratory where I got to try out all sorts of different ideas that I had read about. I think on...

770: What is Backyard Orchard Culture A conversation with a Fruit Tree Expert In This Podcast: Greg interviews Tom Spellman with Dave Wilson Nursery about Backyard Orchard Culture. We learn more about Tom's three simple guidelines for your back or front yard orchards: 1. Keep the tree to a manageable size so that it's easy to harvest. 2. Plant what you love and will use. 3. Grow trees that success...

769: Bevin Cohen on Seeds and Weeds Changing the landscape one seed at a time In This Podcast: Greg as he chats with fellow podcaster Bevin Cohen about the exciting work that he is up to. Bevin is a national speaker and host of the podcast Seeds and Weeds. Has traveled the world looking at local food systems and his favorite thing to do is go someplace and just walk the neighborhoods looking for f...

768: Integrated Pest Management. A Garden Chat with Teresa Watkins. In This Garden Chat: Integrated pest management is a concept that looks at all the ways of managing pest pressure and uses the least impactful one first. Greg talks with Teresa Watkins about how to use the least harmful method of pest control to the environment first, which could mean picking off insects off the plants, or even sp...

767: Bugs, Disease, Weather, and Animals .  A chat with an expert on seeds. In This Seed Chat: This is the August 2023 Seed Chat discussing the impact that climate change is having on our crops. With all the excitement in the world Bill proposes to get all the diversity you can into your yard, into your neighborhood, into your community. That means more different kinds of varieties of the fav...

766: Kat Savage on The Magic of Mocktails Finding fun in the mantra ‘Food is medicine’ In This Podcast: Kat wildcraft harvests many plants from the wild around her home in Asheville, North Carolina and uses fermenting to bring out the best flavors and herbal impacts. She has spent her lifetime observing nature and studying permaculture to bring the magic of local flora to her work.  Kat...

765: Chosing the Right Trees For Your Yard A Rosie on The House Radio Show Replay "Rosie on the House is a father and son weekly radio show on home-improvement advice that is found on several key Arizona radio stations. It is a trusted source of home-improvement advice and know-how. Rosie and Romey Romero consider that an honor and a responsibility, a feeling that Greg shares." In This Show: Join...

764: Dee Stevens on Easy Fruit Picking A solution to the challenge of easily picking fruit in our orchards In This Podcast: We meet Dr. Dee Stevens, one of group of friends who took an idea about harvesting fruit easier and safer, and created a product that is innovative and simple to use. They worked through several designs until they came up with one they loved. Greg learns how they came up with...

763: Diane Blazek on New Plant Evaluations Organizing trials of new plant varieties with professional judges throughout North America In This Podcast: We are introduced to the organization behind the AAS logo found on seed and plants found most everywhere. Diane Blazek explains how different plants and plant breeders get recognized as standout winners amongst their peers and earn this logo through...

762: Denali Canning on The Future of Home Preservation Building a path to better food preservation and homesteading. In This Podcast: Two friends Prince and Trent share their journey of bringing a small business with Big community goals to life! As the founders of Denali Canning they have focused on building a relationship with their home preservation customers, and have really enjoyed the results...

760: Pro Gardening Tips . A Garden Chat with Zach Loeks. In This Garden Chat: This month we will chat with our friend and author Zach Loeks about his tips and tricks for getting the most out of your garden. He is willing to share some of what he learned managing his award-winning farm.. Our Special Guest: Zach grew up on a permaculture homestead in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Working alongside his famil...

761: Tom Spellman on Heat Stressed Trees .  A chat with an expert on trees. In This TREE Chat: This is an excerpt from our July 2023 TREE Chat discussing Heat Stressed Trees. We have our mentor Tom Spellman join our monthly Tree Chat to talk about how the heat is affecting our trees in the southwest and how we can help them survive the brutal extremes of the summer season. Tom brings decades...

759: Seed Support and Where to Find It .  A chat with an expert on seeds. In This Seed Chat: This is the July 2023 Seed Chat discussing Seed classes, seed libraries, seed companies, books and teaching tools. We’ll talk about (and link) our favorite resources whether you are starting a community seed library, launching a seed business or looking for that fabulous book you can cuddle up with to...