The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson

814: Albert Wilde on Wool Pellet Organic Fertilizer. Using an innovative resource to improve water retention in potted plants. In This Podcast: Regenerative farming is all about using everything in the system and not having any waist. What if you were a farmer and found a place that there was a 20% waste stream on your farm? Albert Wilde of Wild Valley Sheep Farm invented a new way to fertilize hi...

813: Carolina Farm Trusts A Garden Chat with Zack Wyatt.  In This Garden Chat: We chat with Zack Wyatt of the Carolina Farm Trust is focused on revolutionizing the food systems in the Carolinas through regenerative farming practices and sustainable approaches. The Carolina Farm Trust has four pillars—Farm Apprenticeship Program, Food is Health Program, Urban Farm Network, and CFT Market & Dis...

812: Seed Borne Diseases A chat with an expert on seeds. In This Seed Chat: This is the April 2024 Seed Chat - Seed-borne diseases quietly jeopardize the vitality of crops, as seeds unwittingly harbor microscopic threats like fungi, bacteria, and pests. Bill and Greg will help you identify these pesky pests and guide you through the measures to screen for disease-resistant seeds to thwart these co...

811: All about Keeping Honeybees with Cricket Alderidge Ungvary A Rosie On The House Radio Show Replay In This Podcast: Ever thought about keeping honeybees? It's a process and it's something we need to learn if you're gonna take it on and that's exactly what we're talking about today. Join our our monthly radio show called Rosie On The House in Phoenix, Arizona as we discuss with Cricket what it...

810: Randy Ritchie on Why Gardening Must Change. Helping gardeners weed out toxins from their gardens . In This Podcast: Randy transitioned from landscaper to biodynamic farmer, along the way he discovered biodynamic compost and its incredible transformative impact on growing food. Join us as we explore the principles of regenerative agriculture, the importance of creating insectaries and promotin...

809: Enoch Graham on His Garden Story. Passionate about encouraging others to Garden . In This Podcast: From houseplants, to a single plant that actually makes a cucumber to growing groceries on your carport roof and having the police come and investigate what you are growing...wink, wink. He wasn't, he was growing groceries and turned his passion into a weekly YouTube show that inspires many peop...

808: How to Help Pollinators A Garden Chat with Charlotte Wiggins.  In This Garden Chat: Ever wonder about pollinators and their impact on our environment?  Why are they important and how do they impact the environment around us?  Join us as we chat with Charlotte Wiggins and explore all things pollinator! Our Special Guest: Charlotte Ekker Wiggins is an award-winning author, lecturer,...

807: Seeds, Are They Dead or Alive? A chat with an expert on seeds. In This Seed Chat: This is the March 2024 Seed Chat - Don’t throw away seeds collected for years. Do a germ test. Germination testing is a vital step to ensure seed viability before planting. We will talk about the process and show you how to determine the ratio of successful germination. Then you can plant the germinated seeds ri...

806: The Rogue Food Conference with Joel Salatin and John Moody Showcasing those who are making a difference in our food systems. In This Podcast: The Rogue Food Conference" is an annual gathering of innovative thinkers and passionate advocates who are challenging the status quo of the food industry. Hosted by Joel Salatin and John Moody, this conference showcases individuals and organizations tha...

805: Jennifer Jewell on the Personal, Ecological and Cultural Significance of Seeds. Saving an iconic resource almost lost to history . In This Podcast: We chat with Jennifer Jewell on her journey discovering the significance of seeds. She shared "that my tiny life will end and I will have spent a lot of hot air talking to gardeners, but the seeds are gonna survive. Like we've messed up a lot, but...

804: Janis and Ray on Journaling a New Habit A Rosie On The House Radio Show Replay In This Podcast: Janis Norton and Ray Jess join us for our monthly Rosie on the House Radio hour talking about journaling for gardens and orchards. Our Guests: Janis Norton is the General Manager at The Urban Farm , where she manages several major projects including their Fruit Tree Education Program, The Urban Far...

803: Joe Villines on Reviving a 123-Year Old Farm Living a Dream. In This Podcast: We speak with Joe Villines about his history as a media person in the Army and how it has impacted the process of rebuilding the 123-year old farm he and his family purchased. Our Guest: Joe is a father, husband, US Army veteran and co-owner of ‘HalfAcre Farms at Armadillo Acres’ with his partner Lydia in Indianola,...

802: All About Chickens, Goats, and Sheep A Garden Chat with Judith Horvath. In This Garden Chat: Judith joins our Garden Chat and she shares the ins and outs of getting into raising small backyard animals. This includes goats, sheep, and chickens. In this Chat, we explore the pitfalls associated with having small animals and how to avoid them. Our Special Guest: Judith Horvath has journeyed from...

801: Flower Parts for Dummies .  A chat with an expert on seeds. In This Seed Chat: This is the February 2024 Seed Chat - Bill McDorman and Greg Peterson simplify the intricate world of flower anatomy into digestible insights for any level of gardener. Emphasizing the relevance of understanding flower parts, the duo investigates flowers, and fruits, highlighting their functions and significan...

800: Robbie Shaw on American Chestnut Blight and Rescue. Saving an iconic resource almost lost to history . In This Podcast: What if you discovered a long lost tree, one that there used to be billions of two centuries ago, but are now functionally extinct? Today's guest found one and rather than do nothing, she wrote a book about their story. Join Robbie Shaw as she shares the epic adventure of th...

799: Prepping Soil for New Gardens A Rosie On The House Radio Show Replay In This Podcast: Soil the most important thing you can be investing in for your garden. Made up of 5 components and if all you have is the dirt component your chances of success are low. Invest the time to learn then invest in soil. This is our Rosie on the House segment with Shota Austin from Tanks green Stuff. Our Guest: S...

798: Cami Prada on Being a Beginning Farmer A Journey to a more fulfilling lifestyle. In This Podcast: What if it was time for you to leave your corporate life and jump into a life of farming? Well that is exactly what Cami Prada did. She left her life in Miami to start anew in a small town in North Carolina. Now she works at a farm that has an honor stand and with the bee lady working her booth a...

794: John Collet on Growing From Home Gardener to Market Gardener Encouraging people to grow food and sell their extra produce at a farmers market  In This Podcast: John Collet is a long distance runner that decided after a lifetime of hobby gardening to jump all in to market gardening, without knowing he was doing it. After successfully growing a ton (literally) of food and listening to the...

796: Rebecca Newburn on Documenting Seed Libraries Connecting Seed Communities Worldwide. In This Podcast: Join Rebecca Newburn as she shares just what a seed library is and her organizations efforts to document where they are. They have had incredible success in first encouraging people to start seed libraries and now to document their world wide spread, in many different countries and languages....

795: William Horvath on Permaculture Farming in Croatia Encouraging and assisting aspiring permaculturists In This Podcast: Join William as he shares his story of growing up in war torn Croatia in the early 1990's then exploring Australia and discovering permaculture first hand from David Holmgren. And finally he tells how he returned home to start his own permaculture adventure and educational pl...

794: Kristin Parsons on Guilds A Rosie On The House Radio Show Replay In This Podcast: Kristin Parsons joined us for our monthly Rosie on the House Radio hour talking about plant guilds. What is a guild you say? It is a beneficial collection of purposely planted plants that self generate in the future. Ya know kinda like nature does. She also share the 7 components of a guild...Enjoy! Our Guest: K...

793: Lee Reich on Growing and Pruning Fruit Trees Teaching us about where to cut and trim our orchard trees In This Podcast: Lee Reich joins us to share his multi decade journey from perpetual college student to author and fruit tree grower. Lee shares his incredible journey from a chance meeting with Elliot Coleman to his present farmden and beyond. Our Guest: Lee dove into gardening decades ago,...

792: Bryce and Brita Lundberg on Growing Organic Rice Continuing a multi-generational practice of regenerative organic farming. In This Podcast: Brita and Bryce Lundberg of Lundberg Family Farms join us to share their four-generation family journey into Regenerative Organic farming. It is an amazing story that started in the great American dust bowl, then created a mantra of leaving the land and e...

791: Jeff Robinson on Grow a Lot with Little Space Growing way more food than one could eat by oneself. In This Podcast: Join us in a conversation with Jeff Robinson about how he grew from a environmental science professional into a professional farmer. In a quarter acre of land and with a little planning he is growing and processing strawberries, blueberries, cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers to pr...

790: Tom Spellman on Best Fruit Tree Pruning Practices. Keeping fruit trees manageable for typical backyards. In This Podcast: What are the best practices for growing fruit trees in our front and back yards. It is not the way fruit trees are grown in orchards. So then what? Join Greg, and Janis as we chat with Tom Spellman from Dave Wilson Nursery to discover the best backyard orchard techniques f...