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Episode-1744- 10 Perennial Edibles You Should Consider Growing

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It is March and that means planting or planning planting depending on where you live.  In any event if you plan on annual gardening by now you are, you have plants started or you will be likely buying starts. Today though we focus on what I call the “long term investment strategy of growing food”, of course that means perennials.  I tried to pick a good mix of over looked and misunderstood plants today.  Different plants the fill different needs, if times get tough or even if they don’t. When I wrote this title I originally called it 10 perennial … Continue reading →

Episode-1343- 11 Medicinal Herbs that are Also Perennial

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After two days of fishing shows I decided to change things up a bit with a show on medicinal herbs.  I have done a lot on this in the past, mostly sticking to very safe herbs that are both medicinal and culinary.  The reason being is I am NOT a master herbalist, period.  I am also not a Doctor or even a Nurse, I am not qualified to give medical advice and that is a big time disclaimer today. Some of the stuff I will cover today can be toxic if used the wrong way or it may have bad … Continue reading →

Episode-833- David Consolvo on Establishing and Growing a Survival Orchard

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Note – At times there is a lot of distortion on David’s end in this interview.  I never head it during the recording.  It isn’t constant please excuse the few occurrences as the content of the show is exceptional. David Consolvo has been growing his orchard in Virgina for over 23 years now.  He originally began planting his orchard in a quest for better health and nutrition.   Over the years he has found it to help his health both physical and mental in other ways simply by the joy of working in it, watching his trees grow and having the … Continue reading →

Episode-389- Ten Gardening Steps to Get Ready for Spring

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It is March 2nd and much of the North East just got over “Snowercane 10”, heck I am in Texas and I had an inch of snow last week and over 10 inches just two weeks ago.  The northern half of the country has ground that is currently still frozen and I want to talk about gardening?  You bet!  The thaw is coming and odds are many are already behind the power curve. Join me today as we discuss these steps Draw a sketch of your property including energy patterns Pick a few edible perennials to get up and running … Continue reading →