The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

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Soil Rules For Veggies Mar 15, 2018

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There's a lot more to learn about the soil food web, but here are a few simple rules you can follow to make sure your garden is teeming with life. Learn More: Teaming With Microbes by Jeff Lowelfels Keep Growing, Kevin Podcast Sponsor: Garden Maker Naturals Natural and organic fertilizers with complete ingredient transparency, custom-mixed for your garden's unique needs. You can get my Epic Soil Starter custom-mixed fertilizer over at Garden Maker. I designed it with one of their founders to take a raised bed from basic soil to super-charged in a single season! Follow Epic Gardening Everywhere:

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What Are Archaea? Mar 14, 2018

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Learn More: Teaming With Microbes by Jeff Lowelfels Keep Growing, Kevin Podcast Sponsor: Garden Maker Naturals Natural and organic fertilizers with complete ingredient transparency, custom-mixed for your garden's unique needs. You can get my Epic Soil Starter custom-mixed fertilizer over at Garden Maker. I designed it with one of their founders to take a raised bed from basic soil to super-charged in a single season! Follow Epic Gardening Everywhere:

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Fungi in Your Soil Mar 13, 2018

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There are 100,000+ species of fungi...some good, some bad, and over a million more as yet undiscovered. What do fungi do in soil, and why should we care about them as gardeners? Learn More: Teaming With Microbes by Jeff Lowelfels Keep Growing, Kevin Podcast Sponsor: Garden Maker Naturals Natural and organic fertilizers with complete ingredient transparency, custom-mixed for your garden's unique needs. You can get my Epic Soil Starter custom-mixed fertilizer over at Garden Maker. I designed it with one of their founders to take a raised bed from basic soil to super-charged in a single season! Follow Epic Gardening Everywhere:

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The Role of Bacteria in Soil Mar 12, 2018

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Beneficial bacteria get tossed around a lot in gardening circles, but what exactly do they benefit, and how do we use them in our gardens? Learn More: Teaming With Microbes by Jeff Lowelfels Keep Growing, Kevin Podcast Sponsor: Garden Maker Naturals Natural and organic fertilizers with complete ingredient transparency, custom-mixed for your garden's unique needs. You can get my Epic Soil Starter custom-mixed fertilizer over at Garden Maker. I designed it with one of their founders to take a raised bed from basic soil to super-charged in a single season! Follow Epic Gardening Everywhere:

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What Is the "Soil Food Web" Mar 12, 2018

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As gardeners we hear about the importance of 'building soil' - but what are we referring to exactly? This episode introduces a book I've been reading and the concept of the 'soil food web'. Learn More: Teaming With Microbes by Jeff Lowelfels Keep Growing, Kevin Podcast Sponsor: Garden Maker Naturals Natural and organic fertilizers with complete ingredient transparency, custom-mixed for your garden's unique needs. You can get my Epic Soil Starter custom-mixed fertilizer over at Garden Maker. I designed it with one of their founders to take a raised bed from basic soil to super-charged in a single season! Follow Epic Gardening Everywhere:

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Seed Saving Mistakes to Avoid Mar 10, 2018

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Today is the final episode in a 5-part series with Brijette Romstedt of San Diego Seed Company, a small-scale seed producer here in my hometown of San Diego, CA. For those of you who are experimenting with saving seed for the first time, this episode is all about mistakes you should avoid! Learn More:

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Keep Growing, Kevin Podcast Sponsor: Garden Maker Naturals Natural and organic fertilizers with complete ingredient transparency, custom-mixed for your garden's unique needs. You can get my Epic Soil Starter custom-mixed fertilizer over at Garden Maker. I designed it with one of their founders to take a raised bed from basic soil to super-charged in a single season! Follow Epic Gardening Everywhere:

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Organic vs. Conventional Seed Saving Mar 09, 2018

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Today is part four of five in a series with Brijette Romstedt of San Diego Seed Company, a small-scale seed producer here in my hometown of San Diego, CA. Today we talk about how her approach differs from larger-scale producers. We also get into the societal and cultural shifts we think may happen in the near future. Learn More:

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Saving Seed at Home 101 Mar 08, 2018

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Today is part three of five with Brijette Romstedt of San Diego Seed Company, a small-scale seed producer here in my hometown of San Diego, CA. We talk about how to save seeds in your home garden - if you've never done it, give it a try this season! Learn More:

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Saving Seed as a Small-Scale Farm Mar 07, 2018

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Today is part two of five with Brijette of San Diego Seed Company. In this episode we talk about how the process works at her farm. Learn More:

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How a Seed Company Works Mar 06, 2018

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Today kicks off a 5-part series with Brijette Romstedt of San Diego Seed Company, a small-scale seed producer here in my hometown of San Diego, CA. We get into the practical aspects of saving seed in this series as well as some of the larger cultural and societal considerations of agriculture and farming :) Learn More:

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