Episode-2563- Thirty New Plants from Baker Creek to Grow in 2020 [ 1:20:44 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadWell the dang Baker Creek catalog showed up and I got sucked in. As I paged though it thinking about all the new grow space I will have in the coming season I started dog-earing pages. As I did so … Continue reading →
Episode-2460- Understanding Disease Resistant Vegetable Varieties [ 1:13:44 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThe typical story about disease and vegetables is something like this from the all natural crowd…. Just use compost and good organic fertility, build good soil and it won’t be a problem. Yea, um, about that, look good soil, good … Continue reading →
Episode-1152- Jere Gettle of Baker Creek on Heirloom Seeds [ 1:02:34 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadJere Gettle always had a passion for growing things. With the help of his parents, he planted his first garden at age 3 and became enchanted by the possibilities of what could be created with seeds, sunshine, and soil. He … Continue reading →
I was talking with Ben Falk of Whole Systems Design yesterday about how more and more small seed companies are now buying at least some seed from companies associated with the ilk of Monsanto. Ben was pretty shocked to hear … Continue reading →
Stephen Scott is co-owner of Terroir Seeds along with his wife Cindy. Terroir is a family owned and operated heirloom seed company that focuses on the “Cycle of Terroir” defined as “from the soil, to the seed, to the food … Continue reading →
Tim Ammons runs Oleo Acres farm a self sustaining farm that teaches individuals the old fashioned way of being “Green”. He joins us today to discuss self sustainable living and farming as a way to support family and community. On … Continue reading →
Episode-614- Seed Saving, Seed Banks and Seed Storage [ 1:25:16 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSo yesterday I did a show one could only call alarming about GMOs and the problems they are creating for society in the name of science and supposedly feeding the world. Though one wonders how putting round up resistant bent … Continue reading →
In this video I don’t just review the emergency seed bank from Directive21.com I dispel many myths about GMOs vs. Hybrid Variety seeds. Emergency seed vaults are in my view an outstanding addition to your long term preps but the … Continue reading →
Governments, corporations and international organizations are all developing “seed vaults” for many reasons. One is that seeds in and of themselves are life, they feed us and they are the way species of plants survive and continue to propagate themselves. … Continue reading →
Since we just completed a show on starting plants out right yesterday I figured we would jump to the other end of the life cycle and discuss seed saving today. Saving seeds isn’t hard, it is in fact one of … Continue reading →
