Green Source Gardens Podcast
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Welcome to the Green Source Gardens Podcast! Join us for in depth discussions about cannabis, regenerative farming and industry updates from the perspective of a small-scale family owned cannabis farm here in beautiful Southern Oregon. Episodes are hosted by Elizabeth and Nicholas Mahmood and they are joined periodically by their producer Ben Worcester in NYC! As time allows special episodes will pop up featuring industry friends as well as 'smokes sheshes with Jesse' to review our many delicious cultivars! We hope you enjoy the show and feel free to contact us with questions or comments.
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Episodes
10: Fall 2019
February 15, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBAs the holiday season begins, we are joined by Ben in NYC to recap our eventful fall. We talk about the challenging but rewarding fall harvest, plans for the continuing evolution of the farmstead, breeding projects, due dates, upcoming events, seed drops, and much more! After the episode Nick and Jesse do a cultivar review of Cherry Lion, one of GSG's interesting new crosses from the 2019 harvest. Notes: The Cherry Lion is a cross between Glazed Cherries and Voltron Thanks to Mike Wert fo...
11: Winter 2020
February 15, 2021 18:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBSee you later 2019! Joint the team as Nick, Liz, and Ben have a winter solstice chat about the past year and the coming new decade. They look back on 2019 and chat on many interesting and diverse topics from musical minstrels in the garden, plants and their feelings, crystal wizard staffs, the benefits of drinking wild water, the coming election year, and more! We hope you enjoy our talk and we wish you a wild and wonderful new year. Notes: Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check h...
6: Bonus Episode - Cultivar Review of High Lama
February 15, 2021 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBWe normally tack on these cultivar reviews to the end of our seasonal updates, but this one was too good to wait! Join Liz, Nick, and Jesse as they smoke the High Lama and talk about their experience growing, harvesting and smoking this cultivar. This plant conveyed ideas about Earth care, flavonoids, Buddhist monks, and self awareness. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RIP) somehow made it in there too! Notes: Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert) Ben Worcest...
7: Spring 2019
February 15, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBSpringtime is here and we are excited to share our seasonal update. Join us for a cross-coastal chat with Nick, Liz, and Ben as they talk about Spring life of the farm, the starting of the growing season, animals in pastures, wildlife galore, direct seeding cannabis, economy vs ecology, and more! In the cultivar review at the end of the episode, Jesse joins us to take a deeper look at a strain called... Space Master. Don't miss it! Notes: The Space Master is a cross of Master Kush and Pur...
8: Summer 2019
February 15, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBIn this summer update Nick, Liz, and Ben address some of the questions that get tossed our way though social media and email. If you follow us on Instagram and we haven't been able to specifically answer your questions, tune in... we may be covering it in detail! The rest of the episode we touch on planting tactics, updates on our attempts to direct seed, our 34% THC testing result, mulching with wool, giant parsnips, plant breeding, and more! We hope you enjoy the update. After the episode ...
9: Bonus Episode - Cannabis and Taxes
February 15, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBOn this bonus episode of the Farmcast, we sit down with our accountant and owner of Moxy Accounting in Portland Oregon - Katye Maxon-Landis! Listen to us pick her brain about what it takes to play by the rules, pay your taxes, and make it in this cut-throat industry. Among other things, we talk about how keeping costs and overhead as low as possible gives us small farmers a very necessary competitive edge. We also get into the concept of green washing and what it feels like in the industry n...
5: Winter 2019
February 15, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 75 MBWinter is here. That means it's time to close out Season 1 of the Green Source Gardens Farmcast. Join us as we cover topics about Nick’s time at the Emerald Cup in December, Cannabis breeding, and the magic of F1s. Seeds! Yule cakes! Anointing oils! And more! Stick around at the end of the episode for a cultivar review with Jesse Long on our cultivar ‘Coyote Art’ and hear the highdeas flow. Notes: Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert) Ben Worceste...
1: Spring 2018
February 15, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBSpring is here and we are excited to announce the premiere of The Green Source Gardens Farmcast! While the seasons may be changing outside, the episode you are about to hear inside (your ears) was recorded over the winter when Elizabeth’s brother Ben was visiting for the holidays. Join us as we embark on this journey together with discussions of abundance, family and etymology. Earth! Mulch! Dogs! The Cosmos! It’s all in here. Ever wondered the origin of the phrase Soup to Nuts? Want to know...
2: Happy 4/20!
February 15, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBJoin Nick and Liz for a special canna-holiday episode! We sit down with our good buddies Dan Mar of High Tide Permaculture and Jesse Dodd of Biovortex to have an in-depth conversation on regenerative cannabis farming, share perspectives on the role of science and soul in the garden, and wax on about the power of trusting nature. We wish you a happy 4/20 filled with good friends and family! Celebrate with us and drop a line at [email protected]. Thanks to Brother Ben (@benworcester) for p...
3: Summer 2018
February 15, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBAs the longest days of the year fade and begin to shorten, our plants are in full vegetative growth and the farm is a very busy place. Join Nick, Liz, and Ben for a summer solstice chat about how farm life this past season was. They talk about regenerative farming systems, naturalizing crops into their growing spaces, and overcoming the challenges they faced in the initial years of establishing the garden. And be sure to stay tuned for a cultivar review with fellow GSG employee Jesse Long at...
4: Fall 2018
February 15, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBHappy Equinox! Fall is here and while the Sun is crossing the celestial equator, we are preparing to reap our harvest of tomatoes, peppers, corn, and cannabis! It is a rich and celebratory time of year. In this episode we sit down with Ben for a rousing chat about the enigmatic beauty of the Pinkleberry, breeding techniques, and the ecological diversity in the garden. We hope you enjoy the episode! Notes: Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert) Ben ...
S3E1 Winter
December 31, 2019 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBSee you later 2019! 2020 here we come. We are so happy to be able to bring you the first episode of Season 3 of the Green Source Gardens Farmcast to ring in the new year! Nick and Liz were delighted to be able to sit down with brother Ben in person on the evening of the winter solstice to share thoughts on the coming new decade. They look back on 2019 and chat on many interesting and diverse topics from musical mistrals in the garden, plants and their feelings, crystal wizard staffs, the ben...
S2E6 Fall
November 29, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBAs the holiday season begins, we recap our eventful fall joined by brother Ben in NYC. We talk about the challenging but rewarding fall harvest, plans for the continuing evolution of the farmstead, breeding projects, due dates, up coming events, seed drops and much more! After the episode Nick and Jesse do a cultivar review of the Cherry Lion (Voltron x Glazed Cherries), one of our interesting new crosses from the 2019 harvest.
S2E5 Speical Episode on Cannabis and Taxes!
September 22, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBTo celebrate the first day of fall and the beginning of harvest season we thought who wouldn't want to chat about everyone's favorite topic concerning cannabis...TAXES! We sit down with our accountant, and owner of Moxy Accounting in Portland Oregon, Katye Maxon-Landis to pick her brain about what it takes to play by the rules, pay your taxes and make it in this cut throat industry. We cover several topics such as how keeping costs and overhead as low as possible gives us small farmers a ver...
S2E4 Summer
July 24, 2019 14:37 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBIn this summer season update Nick, Liz and Ben check in about the happenings around the farm and start the episode off with a new idea, a Q and A segment! We address some of the questions that get tossed our way though Instagram and Email. This is something we would like to do from now on, so if you follow us on Instagram and we don’t specifically answer you questions, tune in the show and we may cover it in detail! The rest of the episode we touch on planting tactics, updates on our a...
S2E3 Spring
April 24, 2019 16:50 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBHello Season 2! Springtime is here and we are excited to share our seasonal update! Join us for a cross coastal chat with Nick, Liz and Ben as they talk about Spring life of the farm, the starting of the growing season, animals in pastures, wildlife galore, direct seeding cannabis, economy vs ecology and more! READ MORE
S2E2 CR High Lama
March 02, 2019 20:51 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBWe are releasing shorter “mini-sodes” in between our seasonal updates this year in the form of cultivar reviews, and here is the first installment! Join Elizabeth, Nicholas, and Jesse as they smoke the High Lama, and talk about their experience growing, harvesting and smoking this cultivar. We encourage you to find some in your local READ MORE
S2E1 Winter
February 03, 2019 19:58 - 1 hour - 75 MBJoin us for the final seasonal update of season 1 from the Green Source Gardens crew! We cover topics about Nick’s time at the Emerald Cup in December, Cannabis breeding and the magic of F1s, Seeds! Yule cakes! Anointing oils! And more… Stick around at the end of the episode for a cultivar review with READ MORE
S1E4 Fall
September 22, 2018 14:35 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBFall is here! Happy Equinox to everyone. The Sun is crossing the celestial equator and we are now preparing to reap our harvest of tomatoes, peppers, corn, cannabis and more! Gathering the goods of our labor, carefully preserving, curing and fermenting all of the gifts the sun and soil have bestowed. It is a rich READ MORE
S1E3 Summer
June 24, 2018 14:41 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBAs the longest days of the year fade and begin to shorten our plants are in full vegetative growth and the farm is a very busy place. Join Nick, Liz and Ben for a sit down summer solstice chat about how farm life this past season was. They talk about regenerative farming systems, naturalizing crops READ MORE
S1E2 4/20 Special!
April 20, 2018 14:07 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBHappy 4/20 Everyone! Join Nick and Liz for a special canna-holiday episode! We sit down with our good buddies Dan Mar of @hightidepermaculture and Jesse Dodd of @Biovortex to have a in depth conversation about what regenerative cannabis farming is, share perspectives on the role of science and soul in the garden and wax on READ MORE
S1E1 Spring
March 20, 2018 14:56 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBSpring is here and we are excited to announce the premiere of The Green Source Gardens Farmcast! While the seasons may be changing outside, the episode you are about to hear inside (your ears) was recorded over the winter when Elizabeth’s brother Ben (@benworcester) was visiting for the holidays. Join us as we embark on READ MORE