Through the Seasons with Megan Gilger
191 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratingsJourney your way back to nature with host Megan Gilger. She takes you through weekly reflections and lessons to connect you with a deeper connection to yourself and nature as she connects the dots between what nature is teaching us about how to live more intentionally and gently on our planet.
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Friday Meditation - The Intangible
August 20, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MBWhat is the one thing you are harvesting this summer that isn't in your garden basket? Do you have something you are learning and processing through the work in your garden or is the garden speaking something to you? As always if you desire to dive deeper into these meditative conversations our community heads far deeper with them with journal prompts and zoom conversations. Join our newsletter to learn how to join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Learning Imperfection In Our Garden
August 18, 2021 14:51 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBAn honest conversation about growth in imperfection over the years and how the garden may be the exact place we can practice it freely and openly. Read more today on the blog post all about Imperfection in the Garden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Friday Meditation - Dancing In the Light
August 13, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes - 10 MBIn August we have a simple choice...we can feel in constant urgency to take it all in or we can slow down so we can truly feel it all. As always if you desire to dive deeper into these meditative conversations our community heads far deeper with them with journal prompts and zoom conversations. Join our newsletter to learn how to join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Drying Herbs - The Good, The Easy, The Quick, and the Bad
August 11, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MBDrying herbs is really simple. There are two ways I highly suggest drying herbs and they both use the simple idea of Low and Slow in order to preserve their flavor and nutrient values. Today in the podcast we discuss why I love drying herbs using this method as well as the one way I would suggest avoiding drying herbs. Blog Posts I mentioned: How to Dry Basil with a Dehydrator or the Oven How to Dry Herbs at Home Dairy-Free Pesto Recipe that you can Freeze to Preserve Herbs Other thing...
Friday Meditation - If It Breathes
August 06, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBHere at the beginning of August how will we celebrate the beauty of this season? How will be live in this height of summer? THis is the question we ask today. As always if you desire to dive deeper into these meditative conversations our community heads far deeper with them with journal prompts and zoom conversations. Join our newsletter to learn how to join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What to Plant in August in Your Garden
August 04, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBYes, you read that write you can still plant PLENTY of things in August. Here is a full rundown of the whole list I discuss in this blog post. What to Plant in August If you want more info on things to plant in other months in the summer here are other posts as well: What to Plant in June What to Plant in July We will do another at the beginning of September about what to plant in September. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Friday Meditation - In the Harvest Basket
July 30, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBJuly is ending and it feels we blinked and it was gone, but this July I tried something new and I discovered that in my harvest basket lies the secret to standing time still for a brief moment. As always if you desire to dive deeper into these meditative conversations our community heads far deeper with them with journal prompts and zoom conversations. Join our newsletter to learn how to join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Story of How We Found Our Land
July 28, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBBuying our land in Traverse City was an interesting story that wasn't as clean cut of a story as just a pretty picture on Instagram. It was far more meaningful and beautiful than I could have imagined for us. Since I receive a lot of questions about it, I thought we would have a little story time about it all for you all today. Enjoy this episode. If you want to learn more about things there are links below: Posts and Things I mention: The Story of Our Land + Tips on Buying Land Out Story...
Friday Meditation - When it Rains...
July 23, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes - 9.97 MBIn this week's meditation, we are going to learn from the rain about how to let go and how sometimes we are the clouds and sometimes we are the Earth...being human is being aware of our moment to be each depending on the state of our life. As always if you desire to dive deeper into these meditative conversations our community heads far deeper with them with journal prompts and zoom conversations. Join our newsletter to learn how to join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Ditch the Tomato Cage...For Real!
July 21, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MBThere are lots of options to support your tomatoes in your garden and they don't involve a tomato cage. Yes, it is true. Sure tomato cages are sold to us as just that...support for our tomatoes but they are really badly named. Instead, they do better for a lot of other plants in our garden, but not tomatoes. So, today I am sharing how I learned a completely new method and why it isn't too late to do the same. Here are some posts and things I mention in the episode: My Tomato Cage Alternat...
Friday Meditation - Gathering A Bouquet
July 16, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutes - 8.87 MBIn this week's meditation, we will head into our flower beds and learn just how our flowers offer us an easy lesson in abundance and challenging us to find a deeper connection. As always if you desire to dive deeper into these meditative conversations our community heads far deeper with them with journal prompts and zoom conversations. Join our newsletter to learn how to join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
My Pitch to Grow Garlic + Everything You Need to Know About Garlic
July 14, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBGrowing Garlic is one of the easiest and best things to grow as a beginner gardener, but it may seem complicated and also how do you know when to harvest it?! I got you covered in today's episode. It is all far easier, more fun, and way less work than you may think. Plus the rewards are more than just the bulbs of garlic to keep you healthy this winter...Garlic may be the gardener's best friend. Read more in today's blog post ---- How to Know When to Harvest Garlic Hosted on Acast. See...
Friday Meditation - The Timing of Peas
July 09, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutes - 8.94 MBToday's Friday Meditation is all about peas and the lessons they have taught me this year. If you want to dive deeper into these meditations...you can join our community this fall by checking out this page on our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Let's Keep the Deer Out of Our Garden This Year
July 07, 2021 12:53 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBKeeping Deer out of the garden doesn't have to be hard or a huge fight. Many people ask how I do this so I shared a blog post full of the notes and this episode to help you in naturally deterring deer from your garden. These ideas are natural and don't involve a big fight with nature. Here is the blog post for you Here are the Nite Guard Lights I suggest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Friday Meditation - The Garden's Conversation
July 02, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 16 MBNew series of reading and sharing our weekly meditations our community enjoys on an even deeper level. We will be sharing these meditations now every Friday for your weekend. If you want to dive deeper with our community you are welcome to check in on one of our upcoming events here. You can join our email newsletter as well to know when the next opening for the community is this Fall. If you are already a member of the community you can read this and receive the journal prompts on the...
Finding Community Through the Field with Loma Farm
June 30, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 84.3 MBI have been lucky enough to connect and sit around many tables with Sara and Nic Theisen of Loma Farm and Farm Club so I knew when many of you asked to hear from them how wonderful and inspiring this conversation would be. The realities of being a farmer are always fascinating to me but being someone who has helped for a very very short stint one summer on their farm, I knew that Sara and Nic had built a special place at Loma. The community they have built from the ground up after moving fro...
Living in Abundance - Our Summer Community Launch
June 23, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBThis week our summer community is open and ready for you to join. If you have been thinking about it, today in the episode I offer up the vision for what we will be doing in our community, why this community means so much to me, and some highlights of the upcoming season as well as the ways it is deeply impacted me. You can learn more and join here on our website: https://freshexchange.com/join/ If you just want to check out our event offerings for summer here are the events and all the d...
Reimagining Breakfast with Seven Sundays
June 16, 2021 15:32 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBWhat began for husband-wife duo Hannah and Brady as a quest to recreate New Zealand-style muesli inspired by their honeymoon travels morphed into a mission to clean up the overly-processed cereal aisle back home in the US. Seven Sundays' humble roots began by selling muesli at the local farmers' market, and today you'll find their muesli and the new Sunflower Cereal in retailers like Whole Foods, Target, and Costco. Along the way, Seven Sundays is working to build a better food system from...
The Very Best Tomato Companion Plants + Why You Will Love Companion Planting
June 09, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBHave you tried companion planting? If not today you are going to learn everything about it why Tomatoes are my favorite plant to play with companion planting. They are so fun to use these methods on and I promise you will enjoy it. Check out this blog post I wrote all about the best tomato companion plants to use in your garden. OUR COMMUNITY OPENS JUNE 20th for Summer. Get all the info below. Memberships can be purchased per season at $50 per season or for $160 for all four seasons, w...
Top Tips for Building the Best Chicken Coop - The Real Things You Need to Know!
June 02, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBI am detailing EVERYTHING to know about building a chicken coop and the realities that may surprise you. I spent a lot of time doing the research before we purchased our hens. I had been researching for years. We then created a design for the coop with my dad who is a licensed contractor to plan and layout and then to build last year. Enjoy all the details and use the blog posts below to help get the breakdown of all my tips to inspire your chicken coop ideas as you design and build your o...
Motherhood, Self Care, and the Journey of Healing with Randi Kay
May 26, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBDive deep into an honest conversation with Randi Kay of Naturally Randi Kay as she and I discuss the realities of the pressures on mothers postpartum, the rhythm of healing, and how to create a positive structure to self-care that involves healthy rituals amongst the things we already are doing. We are really honest about our shortcomings and how messaging is highly effective in not-so-good ways. We discuss social media and even tie it all back into the garden of course. It's a fun and excit...
Grow an Herb Garden - SERIOUSLY - Here is Why!
May 19, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBAn herb garden is one of the simplest and most rewarding gardens to grow and you can actually grow one and feel super confident about it! It is simpler and easier than you would think. No matter your skill level or the space you have an herb garden is an option for you! I am a huge fan of herbs and have been for so long. Below I detail everything you need to know about growing it successfully, herbs to grow in your garden, and most importantly why an herb garden is the best garden to grow! ...
Native Plants - A Powerful Tool For Change with Doug Tallamy
May 12, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBWhen we talk about our current climate crisis and the decline in biodiversity it can feel so heavy and impossible, but when I started digging into Doug Tallamy's books about how we can reverse what we are currently seeing by focusing more of our yards on Native Plantings and less on growing a lawn....A weight was lifted. Since then I have become impassioned about native plants. How we can add more and how to build a stronger future with less work by putting more of these plants in the ground...
Everything You May Want to Know About Backyard Chickens
May 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBBackyard Chickens have become so common during the pandemic. 2020 saw a huge spike in families deciding to get chickens, building coops and more. Mike and I joined the masses and added 13 chickens to our land last year and spent our summer building a huge coop. Needless to say, we learned a lot, but I didn't learn any of it without the help of my friends, so I brought on the two women I share a "chicken" text chain with to share hilarious stories, real truths about backyard chickens, and mor...
Sustainability and Wild Leeks (Ramps)
April 28, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBIf there is a contentious conversation in the spring outside of the normal issues in our current world it is the conversation about Wild Leeks or Ramps. Every year I am learning new things and then this year I started realizing how many differing ideologies were out there about these plants. I wanted to dig into it with someone who has WAY more experience than me to answer some of my burning questions and help me learn more. If you don't know about Wild Leeks or Ramps, they are a member of...
Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration with We The People Opportunity Farm
April 21, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 64 MBToday we sit down with Melvin Parson of We The People Opportunity Farm located in Washtenaw County, Michigan just outside of Detroit. Together Melvin and Megan discuss the story that put into motion a Non-Profit focused on helping give new opportunities and break the cycle of incarceration through farming and healing land connection. Melvin personally has experienced the cycle of incarceration and with the help of others was able to set a new path for himself. Today we hear his story and dis...
Q&A with Elana Jadallah
April 16, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBWe are finishing off this week with a quick little extra for you all. We did a quick Q&A with Elana Jadallah of Elanaloo on some of her top tips for Lowering our Waste and Plastic Use. Elana is candid and open about her challenges and where they still lie and how we can handle these things. She mentions her Sustainable Living Check List so we linked it here for you. You can follow Elana on Instagram or on her website. She also recently released a gorgeous set of photo presets! Hosted o...
Diving Deep on Plastic Waste and Sustainability with Elana Jadallah
April 14, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 69 MBThis week we are sitting down with Elana Jadallah of Elanaloo. Elana shifted her business years back when she had a profound first hand experience on the ocean coast of Hawai'i. Since then that moment pivoted not just her personal life but her business as well. We talk about simple ways that changes in what we buy, how we spend our money, the money we don't spend, and so much more not only can make a difference but how we are seeing the changes come. This conversation is all about empowermen...
Why You Need to Plant a Garden with Your Kids This Year
April 07, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBIn today's podcast episode, I have gathered up a list of all the reasons that as modern parents why we need the garden more than ever and so do our children. We sit and discuss how to set our expectations of creating a garden with our kids and how I have discovered what may be the root of why a garden may be the most powerful tool we can have in parenting and raising children. As our first in our Earth Month episodes, this episode sets the tone of how to leave a legacy of impact on the Ear...
Where Do We Begin Our Garden?
March 31, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBBeginning a garden is exciting! We want to think about all the ways it will look and feel in August. We all feel SO ready to get out and enjoy nature, BUT before we begin let's make sure we begin on the right foot. Today in this episode I will be sharing my top things to think about when choosing where to place your garden AND whether to go in-ground or raised beds or even containers. It's a lot to think about, but I help with some quick ideas as well as discussing how I personally have navi...
Garden Tour: Kalin Sheick of Sweetwater Floral
March 24, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBI am so excited today to welcome Kalin Sheick of Sweetwater Floral in Petoskey, Michigan to the podcast today. You know I am all about the veggies around here, but I also don't think any veggie patch is complete without flowers! I have learned so much from Kalin over the last few years and she is always inspiring me with her designs and approach to life. So I was so happy to sit down and talk since we haven't seen each other to discuss life in quite a while! Really since this dinner a few sp...
Why I am Building a Community and What to Expect
March 17, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBThis episode is slightly different than our others because something really exciting is happening this Saturday. The doors to our Fresh Exchange Community are opening for one week just before we kick into the Spring season and I brought on my partner in life and business, Mike Gilger to tell you everything about it with me. We have been working away on building out this space together and it has been a very exciting and challenging project but one we are so very pumped to get this out into t...
Local Eating: An Interview With Andrea Bemis
March 10, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 94.7 MBWhen the pandemic began in March 2020, the very backbone of the food industry was laid bare to the world and many of us discovered how to source food locally. But as we begin to see the bright light of the end of the pandemic, can we continue these ideas into our routines? How do we make Local Eating a normal thing? How do we learn to eat this way? Most of all how do we even begin this process on a larger scale sustainably? Today, Megan Gilger sits down with Andrea Bemis who is a farmer wit...
How Does Seed Starting Connect us to the Natural World?
March 03, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes - 42.6 MBHappy March! As we end winter this month, I wanted to kick off with discussing the opening of our brand new Fresh Exchange community where we will be focused on growing together as our garden grow through the seasons. In this episode we kick it off by discussing everything you need to know about our community as well as HOW to WIN one of 3 Annual Memberships to the community (a value of $160). We will discuss the community every week this month before it launches so keep an ear out for mor...
Garden Tour Interview: Kelsey Johnston of My Simply Simple
February 24, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBIn this Garden Tour Interview we have Kelsey Johnston who manages the lifestyle blog, My Simply Simple, where she shares about motherhood, the pursuit of a simple and eco life, and various tips on living minimally and intentionally. Kelsey is a wealth of information about building a life of sustainability through minimalism and intention. She and her husband and young daughter, live on 8.5 acres in Rural Indiana and we discuss what are some of the very real things about choosing a more rural...
Seasonal Eating - What, Why, and How
February 17, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBOn today's episode we discuss the topic of Seasonal Eating. The first of many episodes where we will talk about the ways we can connect deeper to nature through our diet. Though this is a BIG topic we are beginning by just discussing what Seasonal Eating, why we should know about it, and how even as parents we can take steps towards this becoming more and more apart of our day-to-day life. We also chat about how to begin the process of Seasonal Eating. It may surprise you but it isn't abou...
Garden Tour Interview: Megan Stubbs
February 10, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBIn the first edition of our Garden Tour Interviews we have Megan Stubbs who is a professional sexologist and certified body image expert. Megan writes for many well known publications such as Cosmopolitan and Teen Vogue along with many others, but when not working Megan has an incredible garden in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan where she grows incredible things including lemon trees, hibiscus plants, and more. So today we chat about how to get inspired to grow while also discussing sexual s...
Thriving in Winter and Hard Times
February 03, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MBI was born and raised amongst the winter and experiencing them challenged me so much that when I became older I ran from Winter. The challenges were too uncomfortable. I didn't want to embrace it. Today on the podcast we are jumping deeper into how winter is our opportunity to learn how to thrive in hard times. I share what I have learned from running from winters and coming back to them because I craved them. The ways they have taught our family resilience and brought grounding to our yea...
My 2020 Garden Recap and Looking Toward 2021
January 27, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBThe long awaited 2020 garden recap is here! In today's episode on Fresh Exchange we will be recapping the last year in our garden in the midst of a pandemic. We fell for the bigger garden and build a chicken coop trends of 2020 and I am here to share everything I learned through the process. We begin the episode discussing seed shortages and I suggest checking out this blog post if you would like more info on it and what to expect but as a quick note. If you are beginner don't feel rushed ...
Intentionally Approaching an Unpredictable Year
January 20, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBWe begin today's first podcast by asking you to breathe! Just to take a few breathes. The beginning of this year hasn't been easy. My gosh has it not. But did we really believe that when 2021 arrived at our door everything that hung within 2020 would simply disappear? No. We knew better. That said, before we dive into the conversation about approaching intentions this year. I want to to identify where we are right now in our world. Not just in terms of the weather out the window, though if...
Introducing: Fresh Exchange
January 04, 2021 18:27 - 3 minutes - 4.79 MBWelcome to the Fresh Exchange podcast! Every week I will discuss topics that range from my own gardening experiences and things I am learning to how I work with seasonal rhythms to connect the dots of life experiences and we will even chat about parenting at times as well. Some weeks I will bring in amazing guests who inspire and challenge me as I ask questions to learn from them myself in hopes that by sharing our conversation we connect through a similar curiosity. My goal is that toget...