Sow Edible Podcast

Latest Episodes:

SEp 066; Simple Irrigation Systems, May Spring Garden Update, & Listener Questions Jun 19, 2019

Show notes

In this episode we share how to set up a simple irrigation system run off of timers as well as an update on all the happenings around the farm. It is also listener question time, where we answer questions on soil building, mulch, caring and planting in food forests and orchards, and much more!

SEp 065; Digital Homesteading with Jason from Sow the Land May 16, 2019

Show notes

Today we chat with Jason from Sow the Land about Digital Homesteading. Jason and his lovely wife Loraine share their adventures of leaving the city life in search for a more minimal and intentional life on You Tube, instagram, and Sow the Land podcast.

In this episode Jason shares their story and covers topics such as:

getting started in You Tube
Equipment options
Importance of Telling your Story
Editing Skills and software options
benefits of using You Tube
Podcasting on Video

Resources:

Sow the Land video @ Mother Earth News Fair

Sow the Land video @ Organic Growers School

Sow the Land website

SEp 064; Mushrooms in Soil Building with Tradd Cotter from Mushroom Mountain May 13, 2019

Show notes

Today we chat with Tradd Cotter from Mushroom Mountain about Mushrooms in Soil Building. In this episode we cover topics such as

How Mushrooms Build Soil
Best Edible Mushrooms for Garden
The Importance of Mycorrhizae Fungi in seed starting
Using mushrooms in your Orchards and Forest Gardening
Should you use mushrooms that are NOT edible in your landscape?
Gardening Practices to avoid

Tradd Cotter and his wife Olga have taken their immense love and knowledge of mushrooms and made it their life goal to share it with the world as well as provide very high quality mushroom spore collected and cultivated at their own mushroom research facilities. They are involved in all areas of fungi including fungal solutions for pest control, disease, plant health, restoring degraded land, and increasing fertility to the soil. Tradd has also written an excellent book called Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation that gives an in-depth look at practical cultivation how-to's, strategies for mycoremediation, and fungi identification.

Mushroom Mountain offers online classes, consulting, onsite mushroom tours and trails, and workshops. You can find them at a variety of speaking events as well as online at www.MushroomMountain.com. Additionally, you can purchase a wide variety of mushrooms and medicinal tinctures (mycomatrix) from their online store.

Additional Show Notes:

Mother Earth News Podcast, episode #60 Chickens in Permaculture
To purchase Mushrooms discussed in this episode go to MushroomMountain.com

SEp 063; Getting Started in Dairy Goats with Kate from The Modern Settler May 02, 2019

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Today we chat with Kate St. Cyr with The Modern Day Settler about getting started with Dairy Goats. Kate is a blogger and You Tuber as well as a writer for Countryside and Grit Magazine who shares her homesteading adventure of raising livestock and restoring her beautiful 1790's New England colonial farm.

In this episode we cover topics such as dairy goat breeds, importance of fencing, setup, supplies, and keeping an emergency livestock kit.

Resources:

Kate has provided a blog post that outlines what you should know before getting goats to go with this podcast. You can check that out at:

https://themoderndaysettler.com/what-you-should-know-before-getting-goats/

Check out this link for instructions and pictures of the milk stand we discussed:

https://themoderndaysettler.com/designing-a-goat-milk-stand/

Here is the link to the birth kit as well as all the emergency items Kate keeps on hand for all her livestock.

https://themoderndaysettler.com/kidding-season-birth-kit/

A big thank you to Kate for sharing her knowledge with us today! To learn more and follow her on her adventures, be sure to find her on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/themoderndaysettler/ ) You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoGgBioHUGqh-8ujkH1kARw?view_as=subscriber ), and her blog (www.themoderndaysettler.com)