019 Garden Nerd Christy Wilhelmi
Root Simple Podcast
English - October 01, 2014 14:00 - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsHobbies Leisure gardening chickens homesteading fermentation bread vegetable baking food preservation home Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On the podcast this week we review different approaches to backyard vegetable gardening with “Gardenerd” Christy Wilhelmi of Gardenerd.com. Christy is also the author of Gardening for Geeks and has a podcast, The Gardenerds Tip of the Week. During the show we discuss: Biodynamics Biointensive/French Intensive Alan Chadwick’s Garden at UC Santa Cruz John Jeavons […]
On the podcast this week we review different approaches to backyard vegetable gardening with “Gardenerd” Christy Wilhelmi of Gardenerd.com. Christy is also the author of Gardening for Geeks and has a podcast, The Gardenerds Tip of the Week. During the show we discuss:
Biodynamics
Biointensive/French Intensive
Alan Chadwick’s Garden at UC Santa Cruz
John Jeavons
Double digging vs. no-till
A documentary about Ruth Stout
Breaking up soil with permaculture method
The power of mulch
Square foot gardening
Peat moss vs. coir
Growing carbon and compost crops
Heavy metals
Phytoremediation with milk thistle and chicory
What to fill a raised bed with
How to deal with shade
Integrating livestock: chickens and bees
What to do with Peruvian pepper trees (Schinus molle)
Attracting pollinators
You can also connect with Christy on Facebook and Twitter.
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