Bonus Episode August 2022 Earwigs are Beneficial Insects for your Garden

Jennifer Smith a Rockstar Millennial is here from DeerBusters today to tell us about fencing. DeerBusters has been leading the fencing industry for over 30 years with reliable DIY garden fence in poly and metal fence materials for homes, farms, forests, colleges, orchards, vineyards, and gardens. We are proud to work with wildlife conservation agencies and landscape architects as well as deer farmers who are looking to keep in deer and elk herds with our fencing.  Don’t forget to ask about Jon Moore – portable fence Tell us a little about yourself. I was born and raised in S Florida, I was always an outdoor enthusiast. I was brought up with this preconceived notion that Bambi is innocent and cute. Then I grew up and realized: Deer are very destructive most come about animal between farmers and gardeners IDK I still think deer are pretty cute, they are all over the place although we have had our struggles with deer in the garden and can cause a lot of heart break, also, lyme disease is a very dangerous disease.  No, you’re right it’s not just a problem for gardeners, lyme disease is certainly an issue for  campers hikers pet owners A lot of owners are not aware their pets can get lyme disease because they are not aware that deer can drop the ticks in the yard. tick species out there vector dieseases pets and humans other wireline reroute the deer reduce the amount of diseases animal and animal and people Tell me about your first gardening experience? I remember growing strawberries with my mom in our backyard. That was something that was very touching and personal for me We never really had a deer problem in South Florida, I grew up on the beach, I never saw a deer until I went to College around Tampa. new to me moved up north mid-atlantic region in Maryland deer are everywhere deer destruction in gardens It is a serious problem Not just Florida, or Maryland or penn How can DeerBusters help people with their deer problems? DeerBusters is located in Waynesboro, PA We work with many different homeowner...

5 Aug 201936min

The Permaculture Podcast host Scott Mann shares his amazing journey into permaculture and podcasting in this must listen episode. Learn about The Possibility Handbook: A Toolkit for Transformation  So I ask myself today what lesson can I learn since all the work I did this weekend evaporated when my computer crashed yesterday. I am going to release it so I can listen on my way to work tomorrow and hope for the best. Sorry if there are any mistakes but I think Scott was an amazing guest you will enjoy hearing from unedited! To see my unedited notes click here. But I did put on my rose colored glasses on my way to work and ended up enjoying the sunny skies and beautiful Montana forests! Enjoy Green Future Growers! Here’s to technology challenges and hopefully better solutions! At least I didn’t lose my whole computer as I still have about 6 episodes in the bank to release! Show notes coming someday! I did want to make sure I include some important links Scott mentions. Two books and a website. David Holmgren’s site and info at Permaculture Principles and the Poster Download that lists the principles to follow along as we talk. David Holmgren’s book: Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability and Toby Hemenway’s Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

28 Juli 20191h 14min

I just want to make sure everyone has the link to enter the contest The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers to win a copy of Andrew Mefferd’s amazing book here’s the  link to enter the contest and listen to the interview here: Interview link Andrew’s book outlines the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of no-till agriculture that are being practiced today by many small scale farmers and how they can easily scale down to backyard gardens which has been a challenge in the past. Key to the Mountain I also have some updates about our garden in Montana and also I talk about Melissa from Key to the mountain who has a small business I met at the Missoula Farmer’s Market and I just loved her Ener-ghee packets I got to run the Missoula half marathon. Our biggest challenge in Montana is probably just getting everything in so late mixed with lots of cool weather and rain. the link to enter the contest by filling in the poll is The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers So far the responses to the question: What’s your biggest garden challenge at this very moment? Win a copy of Andrew Mefferd’s amazing book here’s the <a...

25 Juli 201912min

Part 2 of Denise and Tony Gaetz, from Bare Mountain Farm are here to share their flower farming journey. Their belief is that healthy soils equal healthy plants which provide for vibrant, strong long-lasting blooms. Over 10 years of Growing at Bare Mountain Farm Living in the Willamette Valley of OR, they’ve been on their farm for about 27 years, they have 10 and 1/2 acres grow flowers on only about an acre and 1/2. They’ve been doing this for over 11 years, starting next year will be their 12th season. This is a second career. Both had previous lives and sort of semi-retired, but not really retired because this is a lot of work. But they’re doing something that both of them really love, it’s hard work but it’s super they enjoy it! How do we connect with you? Bare Mountain Farm as in Bare Naked. We also have a Facebook page, and Pinterest page, and Instagram. Full show notes This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

19 Juli 201944min

Originally published  Jan 1, 2016 Denise and Tony Gaetz are featured in Andrew Mefferd’s book  The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers And most of all I want to make sure you have the link to enter to win a copy of Andrew’s awesome book Denise and Tony Gaetz, from Bare Mountain Farm are here to share their flower farming journey. Their belief is that healthy soils equal healthy plants which provide for vibrant, strong long-lasting blooms. Tell us a little about yourself. Denise: We live in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, we’ve been on our farm for about 27 years, we have 10 and 1/2 acres. We grow flowers on only about an acre and 1/2. We’ve been doing this for over 11 years, starting next year will be our 12th season. This is our second career. We both had a previous life and are sort of semi-retired, but not really retired because this is a lot of work. But we’re doing something that both of us really love, it’s hard work but it’s super we enjoy it! We have 4 unheated, unlit hoop houses that we have built, we have a little greenhouse where we start everything. For the first ten years of our business we sold in the Farmer’s Market in Corvallis, Oregon.  A couple of years ago, the demand for our flowers from florists and designers increased, so we started to sell directly to florists and designers. The Farmer’s Market was a blast and we really loved it but it was a lot of work and very long days! So we decided we would let that one go, and just sort of focus on selling directly to florist shops and designers all up and down the valley. From Portland all the way to Eugene. Tony: We are what you might call a micro-farm in a sense that our objective is not to become world flowers inc but to use sustainable practices develop a nice business that really concentrates on selling to a local area. We sell from Eugene which is the southern end of the valley to Protalnd on the northern end. A lot of what we sell is seasonal. We do some season extension as Denise allege about in our hoop houses. What we try to do get our product at is at peak for our area and work it that way instead of we were trying to raise orchids in the middle of winter or something like that well sweet peas are on in June. It’s that sort of thing. We try...

19 Juli 201950min

A replay of one of the most downloaded episodes of all time from last spring! In Search of the Next P.O.T.U.S.: One Woman’s Quest to Fix Washington (In Search of a Popular America) Judy Frankel shares her incredible gardening knowledge, her expertise in the pesticide and sustainable agriculture industries, and journey to grow  nutritious food for her health and family. Tell us about yourself. I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania believe it or not, and I have the farm genes in my genes… It was eating those unbelievable tomatoes. Uou just can’t buy those tomatoes in the supermarket. I moved out to California it was because I wanted warm weather all year. Wrong! So when I tried to grow them on a balcony… When I met my first master gardener. I took the 10 week course, and passed the test. You have to do a bunch of volunteering.  Then we moved to Massachusetts. I took it again there… This zone is completely different. California is all about growing food. The mission is to teach low income families to grow your own. In Massachusetts you can’t do that because their growing season is only 3 months long . You can do it in Montana if you have a greenhouse. If you take your plants inside. full show notes coming asap How do we connect with you? pledgeforhonestcandidates page. I’ll answer your questions. The Organic Gardener Podcast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com If you like what you heard on the Organic Gardener Podcast we’d love it if you’d give us review and hopefully a 5 star rating on iTunes so other gardeners can find us and listen to. Just click on the link here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

19 Juli 20191h 29min

It’s July 16, 2019 Hey Everyone! So I just wanted to give a little July update, make sure you heard about the Andrew Meffered interview and giveaway  and had the link to win a copy of The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers Also Organic Gardener Podcast listeners can receive a 20% discount at Growing for Market Organic Oats In my interview with Judy Frankel she talks about how when her daughter became ill they found non-organic oats contributed a lot to her health decline and that oats are sprayed with glyphosate 168. Judy Frankel | In Search of the Next P.O.T.U.S.: One Woman’s Quest to Fix Washington (In Search of a Popular America) @NomadikDreamer on Instagram The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution: High-Production Methods for Small-Scale Farmers Giveaway ends Sunday July 28, 2019 Enter to win a copy of Andrew’s Book by filling in the poll here: https://forms.gle/qTWJcDxhtZiMjoA18 What podcasts do you listen to? Are there any shows you think I would make a good guest on? I know the guest on the Organic Gardener Podcast share so much great information I think it’s imperative we share their stories so do you know any other shows that would like to hear them? This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

19 Juli 201920min

Announcing The RegenEarth 2019 Online Conference: Living Soil   Growing Your Backyard Regen Garden Reversing Climate Change through Regen Gardens The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. ~ Bill Mollison Because change means all of us Do something that actually makes a difference to your life and the planet’s. The RegenEarth 2019 Online Conference: Living Soils will be presented from 16 – 18 September 2019 from 7pm to 9pm. What’s On? Time 16 September 17 September 18 September 19:00 – 19:40 Why Regen Matters! Climate change, future proofing and building a carbon sink. The greatest secret: No-dig Gardening! Animals in the system! Chickens in a backyard permaculture system. 19:40 – 20:20 The importance of food, how it’s produced and community nutrition. Building soil with earthworms. Intro to Backyard permaculture. 20:20 – 21:00 What is soil? How do we build it? How do we nurture it? Compost and fungi. There’s life in that there soil! Bringing it all together! What you get: A personal carbon sink Change that matters Easy steps Fresh Food A Better Planet Cleaner Water Cleaner Soil End of Chemical Use Grab your place at the Online Conference for just $67...

19 Juli 201925min