Erik Talks Straw Bales on C-Realm Radio

May 11, 2016

Gardening, Podcasts, Straw Bale Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

KMO with his new straw bale garden. Instead of producing our own podcast this week, I had the honor of being on C-Realm Radio in Vermont, hosted by my favorite podcaster (and, as of last month, radio host) KMO. The topic is straw bale gardening. KMO talks first to straw bale garden expert Joel Karsten. Then I chime in enthusiastically on the topic. I’m followed by gardener and artist Lauren Blair. We’re all sort of an opening act for an entertain...

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Sky full of Paw Paws

Mr. Homegrown

February 18, 2009

Food, Gardening

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...midlife obsession with rare fruit trees. The California Rare Fruit Grower’s Fruit Gardner Magazine is the new Hustler around here. And now our fruit tree internet video porn needs have been satisfied. This week, the always superb Sky Full of Bacon video podcast from Chicago’s Michael Gebert serves up a tour of Oriana Kruszewski’s orchard which contains Asian pears, paw paws and black walnuts trees. Kruszewski’s knowledge, enthusiasm and persevera...

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The Degrowth Paradigm

Mr. Homegrown

June 9, 2016

Podcasts, Thoughtstylings

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...hor of Radical Simplicity, Small Footprints on a Finite Earth and concludes with a visit to the radical degrowth activists of Catalan, Spain. To those of you who haven’t jumped on the podcast bandwagon yet, I’d suggest Ideas as a start. The episode I’m talking about, “The Degrowth Paradigm,” can be found here. Save Save Save...

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New Slow City

Mrs. Homegrown

September 28, 2015

Nature Awareness, Reviews

This Wednesday’s Root Simple Podcast will feature our interview of author William Powers. We just finished recording his interview a few minutes ago, and it’s a good one. Some of you may have read Bill’s previous book, Twelve by Twelve, in which he chronicles his time in a small off-grid cabin. In New Slow City, he and his wife move to a micro-apartment in Manhattan, and, by slowing down consciously, finds he can work less and find connection wit...

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Hot Colonoscopy Summer

Mr. Homegrown

September 22, 2024

Fitness

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Meme via @OpenlyGayAliens I was binging the Garden Fork podcast and the host Eric mentioned the importance of colonoscopies. In August, I had one and the doctor asked me, as I left, to promise to tell everyone I know about the importance of this procedure. So here we go. Yes, it takes a day and a half away from your schedule and the procedure is the butt (haha) of puns, old person humor and scatological jokes. A neighbor, in fact, told a fantasti...

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