GREEN Organic Garden Podcast

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February 2020 Update | Sunflower Microgreens Experiment | GREEN Organic Gardener Podcast Challenge Feb 01, 2020

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So, I just wanted to tell you what's been new since I released the 2020 GREEN Organic Gardener Podcast Challenge and see if you are having the same problems I am hearing it, as well as talk a bit about January 2020!

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**301. Appropedia – | Lonny Grafman | To Catch the Rain | Humboldt State University, CA** Jan 27, 2020
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Appropedia is for collaborative solutions
in sustainability, appropriate technology, poverty reduction, and permaculture.
To Catch The Rain
**Tell us a little about yourself.**
So, I’m an instructor at Humble State University in far northern California. to make real projects all around the world
in summers we're teaching in other countries
India
Dominican Republic
Mexico
El Salvador

always with the same kind of intent which is to work together to find out what people need
not coming in with solutions, locally or internationally.
we don’t come in thinking know we know the answer we just come in with the excitement of working together.
We work with a lots of grade schools k-12
agriculture
garden infrastructure

Zane middle school
rain water catchment
edible landscaping
solar power robot stations
human powered sundials
permeable pavement

all type of projects to raise the educational experience with the engagement as well as an environment that’s really nurturing
You know if students are catching their own rain and using that to grow their own food on campus they're education is heightened.
*I'm so excited this year to be somewhere were recycling is valued, recess is 4 times a day! There's an outdoor classroom! My kids are big into legos so solar powered robots sounds great!*
educational experiences
oh yeah so we pretty much just adapted that project
stay outside and be inspired by the sun!
You're organization sounds like my ideal of the Peace Corps. My question with the Peaces Corps is why do they not send 6 people to one place instead of 1 person to 6 places?
I do international work because I love learning. I have a bigger impact in my own local community because I know where to find stuff and who’s gonna donate
SHOW NOTES COMING SOON! Read unfinished notes here.
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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***.
**and don’t forget if you need help getting started check out our new**
Free Garden Course.com
Free Organic Garden Course
Remember you can get the **2018 Garden Journal and Data Keeper** **to record your garden goals in our**
**You can** **download the first 30 days here** **while you’re waiting for it to come in the mail.**
We’d love if you’d join **Organic Gardener Podcast Facebook Community!**
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***.

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https://amzn.to/2lLAOyo — **301. Appropedia – | Lonny Grafman | To Catch the Rain | Humboldt State University, CA** Jan 27, 2020
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Appropedia is for collaborative solutions
in sustainability, appropriate technology, poverty reduction, and permaculture.
To Catch The Rain
**Tell us a little about yourself.**
So, I’m an instructor at Humble State University in far northern California. to make real projects all around the world
in summers we're teaching in other countries
India
Dominican Republic
Mexico
El Salvador

always with the same kind of intent which is to work together to find out what people need
not coming in with solutions, locally or internationally.
we don’t come in thinking know we know the answer we just come in with the excitement of working together.
We work with a lots of grade schools k-12
agriculture
garden infrastructure

Zane middle school
rain water catchment
edible landscaping
solar power robot stations
human powered sundials
permeable pavement

all type of projects to raise the educational experience with the engagement as well as an environment that’s really nurturing
You know if students are catching their own rain and using that to grow their own food on campus they're education is heightened.
*I'm so excited this year to be somewhere were recycling is valued, recess is 4 times a day! There's an outdoor classroom! My kids are big into legos so solar powered robots sounds great!*
educational experiences
oh yeah so we pretty much just adapted that project
stay outside and be inspired by the sun!
You're organization sounds like my ideal of the Peace Corps. My question with the Peaces Corps is why do they not send 6 people to one place instead of 1 person to 6 places?
I do international work because I love learning. I have a bigger impact in my own local community because I know where to find stuff and who’s gonna donate
SHOW NOTES COMING SOON! Read unfinished notes here.
We’d love if you’d join **Organic Gardener Podcast Facebook Community!**
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***.
**and don’t forget if you need help getting started check out our new**
Free Garden Course.com
Free Organic Garden Course
Remember you can get the **2018 Garden Journal and Data Keeper** **to record your garden goals in our**
**You can** **download the first 30 days here** **while you’re waiting for it to come in the mail.**
We’d love if you’d join **Organic Gardener Podcast Facebook Community!**
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***.

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Medical Cannabis Guidebook by Jeff Ditchfield https://amzn.to/3asos6E — **RAW interview #307 with Jeff Ditchfield author of Cannabis Cultivator and the Medical Cannabis Guidebook | Jamaica** Jan 24, 2020
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Cannabis Cultivator: A Step-By-Step Guide to Growing Marijuana
**It’s like I discuss book**
The Medical Cannabis Guidebook: The Definitive Guide To Using and Growing Medicinal Marijuana
**step-by-step guides**
**My name is Jeff Ditchfield I'm 60 years old this year.**
Jeff started growing cannabis when a friend with MS got robbed at knifepoint for trying to buy some pot to help her pain. Listen to his amazing story and learn how you or someone you know can grow cannabis for medicine in this amazing interview that will tug at your heart strings when you hear how parents are struggling to save get medicine to help their children.
**This book was recommended as the best easiest to follow guide to growing cannabis organically.**
**Listen to the full interview here**
Remember to join us for the Organic Oasis Master Class beta cohort starting January 24, 2020! And get ready for your best garden ever!
The Organic Oasis Master Class

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organic oasis master class learn to garden organically — **RAW interview #307 with Jeff Ditchfield author of Cannabis Cultivator and the Medical Cannabis Guidebook | Jamaica** Jan 24, 2020
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Cannabis Cultivator: A Step-By-Step Guide to Growing Marijuana
**It’s like I discuss book**
The Medical Cannabis Guidebook: The Definitive Guide To Using and Growing Medicinal Marijuana
**step-by-step guides**
**My name is Jeff Ditchfield I'm 60 years old this year.**
Jeff started growing cannabis when a friend with MS got robbed at knifepoint for trying to buy some pot to help her pain. Listen to his amazing story and learn how you or someone you know can grow cannabis for medicine in this amazing interview that will tug at your heart strings when you hear how parents are struggling to save get medicine to help their children.
**This book was recommended as the best easiest to follow guide to growing cannabis organically.**
**Listen to the full interview here**
Remember to join us for the Organic Oasis Master Class beta cohort starting January 24, 2020! And get ready for your best garden ever!
The Organic Oasis Master Class

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**2020 GREEN Organic Gardener Podcast Challenge Day 5 | Get Organized** Jan 24, 2020
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Do you want to save time in your garden?
Do you want to grow a garden full of healthy vegetables but feel you don’t have time? Do you struggle to get all the weeds pulled and watering done in the heat of summer when your friends are all headed to the lake? Are you tired of paying the high cost of organic vegetables in the store but struggle to grow your own?
**Well, our 2020 Garden Goals Challenge will help you find success in your garden journey!**
**SYLLABUS**
Day One - Brainstorm - No Dream is Too Big
Day Two - Make A Plan
Day Three - Create a SMART Goal
Day Four - Research Time
Day Five - Get Organized
Day Six - Photo Time - the Before shot
Day Seven - Reflect
Day Eight - Visualize
DAY 5 Get ORGANIZED: What do you need to do first?
For me this is the fun part. Making a list of things to do.
If your goal is to build a deep bed, do you know what materials you’re going to choose? Where you’re going to get your soil to fill it? What you’re going to put in there? Seeds? Starts? Transplants? Where will you get them and when do they go in the ground?
If your goal is to create a water feature for bees what’s it going to be made out of? Where will it go? How will you access water? What can they stand on while they’re drinking so they don’t drown?
If your goal is to plant an orchard have you picked out your fruit trees? Do you need fencing? If so how much? Will you need a post hole digger? Where will you get your fence posts?If your goal is to plant an herb garden do you have list of herbs you want to get? Do they need full sun or shade? Do they stay out all year or do you need to keep them in pots so you can bring them in during the winter?
Make a list of all the things you will need to purchase or gather and do for each step of your goal. Make sure you have an idea of how long each project will take.
This is a great place to promote our blank garden journal!
My Garden Journal
**Garden Journal and Data Keeper**
DAY 2: MAKE A PLAN
**Let’s take your list and start to define a strategy.**
The first step is to organize and prioritize your goals. I like to start with the calendar and put my goals into chronological order.
A general guess for now is fine. We’ll get to the details down the line.
Which ones can you start now?
Which ones do you need to wait until the ground thaws?
Which ones do you need supplies for?
Which ones do you have to accomplish this year?

A secret I have learned about successful gardening is that you should start with your harvest date? When do you want to be done? If you’re working on a landscape when do you want to be able to enjoy it? If you are planting vegetables when would you be harvesting? Do you have a list of seeds you want plant?

**The Organic Oasis Master Class** Starts Friday, January 24th and ends Friday, February 21st! Get in first and you'll have your workbook and journals before the first class! This $97 course can be had for $75.00 if you order before the 24th!
**Join today!**

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2020 Garden Goals Challenge Bonus RAW Episode | Making Your Dreams Come True Inspiration and Garden Rant Jan 18, 2020

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Haha! IDK what to really call this episode. TMI? Inspiration? RAW me? But if you're new to the show Jackie Marie Beyer the host is also an artist. And I am working (like for over 25 years now...) on a book called Dreams Do Come True and another on traveling around Paris. Something I dreamed about forever and really never thought would happen. I have led an amazing life. I have had basically all of my dreams come true and have felt that way since the very first step I took into Mikes kitchen all those years ago back in 1992! I knew I was home. I wanted to move to Montana since I was in 3rd grade and have been here since I was 21. How many people meet their husband on a mountain side? It hasn't always been easy, I have had more then my fair share of challenges, and I've been a member of the working poor for most of my adult life. But I've also had amazing experiences and when I got to go to Paris in 2016 I basically kicked my bucket list. Mike and I never thought we'd dig a well, but we did in 2013 after selling a small investment property we bought when I was teaching on the east side and he improved. And so my rant today is just me reaching out to you and encouraging you to believe you can do anything you really set your mind to. And let me know if I can do anything for you. 2013 was the summer I smiled! 2020 has already started out so good I am positive it will be the year I smiled!

Here's to an awesome new Decade everyone!

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The Organic Oasis Master Class Starts Friday, January 24th and ends Friday, February 21st! Get in first and you’ll have your workbook and journals before the first class! This $97 course can be had for $75.00 if you order before the 24th!

Join today!

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