Gardening Starts in the Fall

Hey listeners. It's me, Jackie on June 8, 2020 and I've been listening to a lot of podcasts and people out there. I've been wanting to make a message, but IDK what to say. I don't understand what's changed. Social distancing is what worked, I don't understand what's changed. In Montana it's pretty much non-existent, people are hugging everywhere.I'm worried I may never see my mom again. IDK where you are, my cousin has posted this isn't coming out anything like I wanted it to come out. I love Jill Angie and Angela Watson both recommend reading White Fragility. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About RacismMy big bout with white privilege came out in 2013, and we were taking a vocabulary class. I felt like they were trying to instigate something between the blackfeet native americans and the white teachers on the staff. I asked someone and said do you look at me like a white person? and they were like heck yeah! There were other teachers native americans who thought they were trying to create trouble. But I was so wrong and ignorant. I certainly have experienced white privilege growing up in a very white suburb on long island and then in Montana that is very white.I'm not even sure what to say, thats why I haven't said anything yet. I am praying for you and everyone. I am sooooo thankful for you my listeners. I feel like you probably feel as much about social justice as caring for mother earth. I try to explain that to friends on Facebook.We're putting it up because when I see a colleague or a parent clicks like, I feel closer to them when I see them in the hallway or classroom it makes me feel better to see they feel like I do. I started this because I walked past Mike's minifarm. I was tossing and turning last night worrying why didn't I put my broccolis in. Mike's minifarm the potatoes are growing like crazy. I'm gonna release the woman from soil kit today from Alabama by the we did the minifarmyesterday I spent a lot of time looking, googling our soil ph was a 7.8, what does that mean? I think it's all the eggshells we have so much calcium. Lots of things grow good in a 7.8ph like asparagus."Vegetable garden plants such as asparagus, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley and spinach grow well in soils whose pH is between 7 and 8."https://landscape-water-conservation.extension.org/solutions-to-soil-problems-high-ph/Best thing to add is organic matter, which mike is gonna mulch, if you have not listened to Andrew Mefferd's interview, I would just read the book. You would not beliee how much it helped tim, time and labor, be able to lift that tarp adn turn things over with the broadfork, his soil is so rich. We got very high, or very hgih, there was no average in any of mike's soil. I feel like we should do a test in the regular garden.I guess the ideal conditions for a soil test is between 6-7ph she talks about Espoma, we actually have Espoma blood meal we bought when he was doing the straw bales, if you listen to the interview with Joel Karsten, but we hd the probelm of the fence got left open and the deer ate the tomatoes.I have definitely been super depressed. IDK if it's my personality, a very strong leo in the middle of the summer of love outside of NYC back in 1967. It's interesting I declared 2020 to be the year I smiled back in January, I don't feel like I didn't see my kids, because we did see each other every day, but we just didn't get that much work done. I hope you're well and our planet...

8 Juni 202020min

If you are going to join Organic Oasis Master Class 2.0 you will want to listen to this episode with Jes Pearce from Jon Jeavon's Center in Southern California as it's included in one of the assignments.134. Gardening A Complete Diet | Grow Bio-intensive.org | Bountiful Gardens Seeds | Jes PearceJes Pearce explains the Bio-intensive Method.Jes is another one of those amazing rockstar millennials who do exciting things while being advocates for the planet and great stewards of our land here today to inspire you with her story!Are you ready for your best garden ever?Want Mike, Patti and I to help you build an organic oasis you will love for years to come? Are your weeds growing like crazy in all this rain? Want some solutions to help with the overwhelm? Wondering the best ways to deal with pests and disease organically? We've got the answers!Join the 2020 Organic Oasis Master Class Let's help our communities thrive while we keep Mother Earth safe and happy!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

24 Maj 20201h 23min

After my interview with Samantha from WWOOF, I wanted to replay the interview with JM Fortier. Plus if you are going to join Organic Oasis Master Class 2.0 you will want to listen to this episode as it's included in one of the assignments.Are you ready for your best garden ever? Want Mike, Patti and I to help you build an organic oasis you will love for years to come? Are your weeds growing like crazy in all this rain? Want some solutions to help with the overwhelm? Wondering the best ways to deal with pests and disease organically? We've got the answers!Join the 2020 Organic Oasis Master Class Let's help our communities thrive while we keep Mother Earth safe and happy!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

21 Maj 20201h 15min

I'm editing an interview with Samantha Blatteis, the Special Programs Manager for WWOOF-USA® and during our conversation I mention one of my favorite interviews with Neke and Jeremy that I think you will love to hear again and maybe change your dreams for when the pandemic is over!Whether you want to open your farm for amazing wondering souls like Jeremy and Neke or you want to do what they do this is a great listen! And get ready to hear an awesome interview with Samantha coming soon!www.wwoofusa.orgNeke and Jeremy Wyble are searching for the perfect homestead and permaculture site. They are exploring different places around the globe they are “WOOFing it” to learn about the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms and honing their skills as gardeners living a sustainable lifestyle. Check out their blog at the Wayfaring Wybles where you can follow their adventures!Join the Organic Oasis Master Class 2.0 starting June 1, 2020Get in with the podcast special of $75 and start growing your own organic oasis today!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

17 Maj 202054min

Samantha BlatteisSpecial Programs ManagerWWOOF-USA®www.wwoofusa.orgI'm not even sure we're gonna find someone this summer... because it would have to be someone camping in Montana? My listeners are bigger gardeners. I do have a lot of new listeners after being on the Melissa Norris Pioneering Show. I would think people might have a lot of questions. I'm the kind of person who goes through the Terms and conditions more then most. I think people will be excited to hear that there is an actual person who calls.We interview all the new hosts. As the host you are the one accepting people into your homes and liveswe want to make sure our minimum hosting criteria.Go through your listing point of areas and use a bit of more explanationConfirm that you know what our hosting criteria are and have a plan to meet them.this is a great opportunity toto gives some pointers and tips and best practices that we've learned from hosts after several years of hostingpass it on to the new hosts from the get go There are some easy things to do to make the WWOOFing experience great for both host and wwoofer so that'sthe goal of the goal of this callMake sure you aware of what our standards are to make sure you are a good fit for the program.So do you start by asking me questions."My first question for you is how did you first hear about WWOOF and what made you sign up to be a host?"Well, I probably heard about it before, since I started the podcast, this would be episode 319, so I have talked to 318 people, and a lot of the people I have talked to who are farm managers, who worked at someone's farm or own their farm now. One of the greatest interviews I did, with Jeremy and Neke and they would do 2 days here and 2 weeks there and 2 days there, and traveled all of South America plus learned from a variety of different people. The experience level was exponential by being at all these different farms. For example I interviewed Ellen Polishuck who had her own farm and now teaches people about working with interns. Our goal is to plant as much as we can this year because there could be giant food shortages this fall and people needing food and we have a lot more space then Mike can care for himself. So if we can grow more this year with some help that would be great.That's what so great about the WWOOF programPeople who want to be gardeners or farmers themselves someday can go get that experience and if they want to try out a bunch of different farms and set ups. One of the great toolsWWOOF offers is you can go check out from different set upsstarting out and get experience as that well hosting side your not always leave and travelfarmer or gardenertend to your animals or cropsYou can invite people to come and learn and participate with youown experience and tips and tricksboth wayshost other farmsand your in Montana so you probably have some cold...

17 Maj 20201h 9min

Hey everyone it is Monday, May 11, 2020! I am here behind the mic to tell you that we are officially launching the Organic Oasis Master Class 2.0 on June 1, 2020.Master Class 2.0It's a 6 week course where we are going to walk you through the Organic Oasis Guidebook but there is so much more then that! Can you go buy the book on your own? Sure. But having Me and Mike and Patti Armbrister by your side, to make sure you complete all the lessons in the book. walk you through and hold your handThat's going to help you be successful in your garden. We're gonna make sure your organic oasis is complete, that you know all the parts and pieces!GARDEN SUCCESS!I feel like this year, I've had more experiences were I have been been explaining to somebody a chapter in the book or explaining something in the class. People keep asking me questions that we answer in the book?What did you say? Why do you want to plant sunflowers on April 22? You plant sunflowers because they get rid of aphids?Especially at Free the Seeds! Not only are you getting my incredible knowledge. When you join you get membership in the Patti Armbrister Fan club where you get to do a monthly question and answer all the way through your Thanksgiving harvest!If you can't figure this out:Tomato blossoms have beautiful flowers but you aren't getting any fruit or your eggplants are bushy?Whatever you questions are? This is my struggle there. You have access in the Facebook group but also you will get extra attention and a chance to ask her personally what's going on at your space.Patti and I are going to a webinar where we answer all the questions that have been in the Facebook Group!People have asked me things like:How do I take care of this banana plant or this coffee tree? Or what do I do about these squash beetles? The biggest question is repeatedly, how do I keep away pests and how do I keep my plants healthy?Hard copy as long as you are in the USPeople say things like I don't really want to journal all that much! I mean just because it has a space for every day, you don't have to document every day, you want to do it once a week, I'm sure on Friday you'll still remember what you at this week, or maybe your the opposite of me and you know this is what I am going to make next week!The point is to make you conscious of what am I eating in November because when you're standing in the seed store you're not thinking about what you were eating in the fall or last summer in August, you're just thinking of what looks good now!BROCCOLI This year we are going to grow more broccoli because I know broccoli is my number one food, even above pizza, I would try to bring broccoli pizza if I was stuck on a desert island. Broccoli is my super food! And number one favorite thing to eat!Mike grows it it is so incredible, we had a big squirrel problem, this year we are putting it closer to the house where it can be guarded better and we can put row cover over it. We don't know if that was a drought year or what?But we're supposed to be talking about your garden challenges.The new vegetable garden challenge. I know there is a big difference between being a vegetable gardener and growing a nice landscape. We're gonna talk about what's the difference between a garden and an organic oasis. Or maybe a farm. Like in Mike's mini-farm there's nowhere to sit. There's no designated paths!In the book the Lil...

16 Maj 20209min

Enter Herehttps://mailchi.mp/7e1910df349e/littlegardenerListen to our awesome interview here:https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/podcast-2/318-little-gardener-julie-cerny/Connect with Julie on Facebook Hereand on Instagram herePurchase the book here: The Little Gardener: Inspire Children to Connect with the Natural World This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

5 Maj 20203min

In my most recent interview with Julie Cerny she recommends Scott Mann's Permaculture Podcast so I thought I'd go ahead and post a replay from our conversations back in July 2019.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 SustainabilityandToby Hemenway’sGaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale PermacultureThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

27 Apr 20201h 14min