780: Greg & Heidi's New Farm and Garden. A Garden Chat with Heidi. In This Garden Chat: Join Greg and his long time partner in life as they chat about their move from Phoenix to Asheville, NC and the challenges and fun they have had. Greg had imagines moving to a quieter place for more than a decade when he met Heidi. But Heidi's yoga students were all in phoenix and she wasn't leaving. Until that happened! Covid hit and she had to put all of her yoga classes online. Before long, Heidi had a thriving online yoga business and asked Greg 'Where do you want to live?' Little did Greg know, it ..read more

779: Harvesting and Storing Your Seeds.  A chat with an expert on seeds. In This Seed Chat: Join Bill McDorman and Greg as they discuss the five easiest seeds to Collect and store. They discuss processing methods, including how to wet process tomato seeds. It is easier than you think. Then they share how to store your seeds for long term success and what the seed mantra cool, dark and dry means. Visit www.urbanfarm.org/seeds23oct for the show notes on this episode, and access to our full podcast library! What is the Seed Chat? At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class wit ..read more

778: Get Saving Those Seeds, It’s Easier Than You Think A Rosie on The House Radio Show Replay "Rosie on the House is a father and son weekly radio show on home-improvement advice that is found on several key Arizona radio stations. It is a trusted source of home-improvement advice and know-how. Rosie and Romey Romero consider that an honor and a responsibility, a feeling that Greg shares." In This Show: Join Bill McDorman and Greg Peterson as they chat about the 5 easiest seeds to save. The first one discussed is how to save tomatoes. Plus they share about their yearly event called the GreatA ..read more

776: Maria Rodale on Love, Nature, Magic Sharing enlightening conversations with the living world around us In This Podcast: Maria Rodale comes from three generations of organic gardeners and farmers. Her grandfather founded the Rodale Institute, so at a very young age she was gardening. Throughout her entire life she has advocated for growing organic and even penned a best selling book called Organic Manifesto.  Maria calls herself ‘an explorer in search of the mysteries of the universe.’  She is the author of Love, Nature, Magic: Shamanic Journeys into the Heart of My Garden ..read more

774: Our Secret to Tree Planting Success. A Garden Chat with Janis Norton. In This Garden Chat: Did you know that plants and trees need to eat every day, but we are taught to plant them in the dirt you have and feed/fertilize them once or twice a year. THAT is NOT a recipe for success. Join Greg & Janis as they share the pathway they discovered over the past 24 years to make our fruit trees, and other trees and plants for that matter thrive! Our Special Guest: Janis is the General Manager at The Urban Farm. Here she oversees several major projects including the Fruit Tree Education Progra ..read more

773: Seed Journaling.  A chat with an expert on seeds. In This Seed Chat: This is the September 2023 Seed Chat about busting the myths around seed journaling. Join Janis Norton and Farmer Greg as they walk you through all the different ways to journal about your garden. Most importantly why it is so valuable to keep track of the myriad of things that you do in your garden and how that can lead to future successes. Visit www.urbanfarm.org/seeds23sep for the show notes on this episode, and access to our full podcast library! What is the Seed Chat? At least ten times a year we have a live Se ..read more

772: Don't Throw That Away, Compost It A Rosie on The House Radio Show Replay "Rosie on the House is a father and son weekly radio show on home-improvement advice that is found on several key Arizona radio stations. It is a trusted source of home-improvement advice and know-how. Rosie and Romey Romero consider that an honor and a responsibility, a feeling that Greg shares." In This Show: Join Greg on his monthly Rosie on the House radio show episode as he discusses various and sometimes easier ways to compost before you get to traditional hot composting. Rosie on The House: On the fourth Satu ..read more

771: Chris Nycz on My Organic Farming Expanding self-reliant skills, one step at a time. In This Podcast: Join Greg as he chats with Chris Nycz about his journey from college student to weekend farmer to owning his own acres and running a farm to benefit the community. Chris says “It's been a laboratory where I got to try out all sorts of different ideas that I had read about. I think one of the things I would say is I wasn't precisely certain what I wanted to do, so I tried to do a great many things, probably too many things.” Chris was born in Dallas Fort Worth and after deciding t ..read more

770: What is Backyard Orchard Culture A conversation with a Fruit Tree Expert In This Podcast: Greg interviews Tom Spellman with Dave Wilson Nursery about Backyard Orchard Culture. We learn more about Tom's three simple guidelines for your back or front yard orchards: 1. Keep the tree to a manageable size so that it's easy to harvest. 2. Plant what you love and will use. 3. Grow trees that successively ripen. Tom has been involved in the nursery business since 1973. At that time, he was a freshman in high school and rode his skateboard to work. Since then he has worked for several differe ..read more

769: Bevin Cohen on Seeds and Weeds Changing the landscape one seed at a time In This Podcast: Greg chats with fellow podcaster Bevin Cohen about the exciting work that he is up to. Bevin is a national speaker and host of the podcast Seeds and Weeds. Has traveled the world looking at local food systems and his favorite thing to do is go someplace and just walk the neighborhoods looking for food growing. Bevin is an award-winning author, herbalist, owner of Small House Farm and host of the popular Seeds & Weeds podcast. Bevin offers workshops and  ..read more