Ben Hartman takes us through the spring garden planning process from soil prep, to the crops you want to grow. He even covers the systems he uses to prioritize tasks. As he combines these, he creates an efficient and effective process for growi

The 7 Types of Waste on a Farm

Jan 16th, 2024 11m 37s

Implement the lean system in your garden, and you’ll reduce at least 7 types of waste. Hear how Ben Hartman minimizes waste on his lean farm. Everything from how to store tools, to where you orient your garden, all the way to how you harvest ar

The Lean Micro Farm

Jan 15th, 2024 11m 46s

Ben Hartman turned to a lean system when his meticulously built greenhouse was destroyed by high winds. By using this concept, he’s instituted a simple way to farm, framing it in terms of production and waste – two sides of the same coin. Epic

Grow a Mini Fruit Garden

Mar 23rd, 2021 8m 55s

As the orchard develops at the Epic Homestead, Christy Wilhelmi comes on to talk about mini fruit gardens. Connect With Christy Wilhelmi: Christy Wilhelmi is the founder of Gardenerd and author of the upcoming book, Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Gar

Winter Sowing 101

Jan 30th, 2021 8m 52s

Lazy gardening is smart gardening. Niki Jabbour shares her winter sowing method for easy, early seed starting. Connect With Niki Jabbour: Niki Jabbour is an award-winning author 3 best-selling books like The Year Round Vegetable Gardener, Groun

Choosing a Plant at the Store

1 Jan 18th, 2021 10m 36s

Lisa Steinkopf joins us again for a week of houseplant celebration, starting off with how to pick the perfect plant at the nursery. Connect with Lisa Steinkopf: Lisa Steinkopf is a blogger, freelance writer, and houseplant enthusiast, and the a

Every Garden Should Have Pests

Jul 22nd, 2020 7m 20s

We need to reframe how we view pests - they’re food for other organisms in the garden, not just things that destroy your plants. Connect With Charles Malki Charles Malki is the author of Saving The World With The Home Garden: Improve Our Planet

Orchards

1 day ago 8m 5s

Kris and Jacques reflect on their adventures growing fruit. Kris has had some mixed results with different trees. Jacques just installed six trees and bushes at his hermitage. In this episode, they outline the best ways to practice orcharding a

Desert Island Vegetables

2 days ago 6m 53s

In the event of a zombie apocalypse, what would Jacques and Kris grow? Probably not a plant you can only harvest once, and certainly one that tastes good. Here they discuss their favorite veggie plants that provide plenty of calories, and have

Styles of Preservation

3 days ago 7m 47s

Preservation is a great way to reduce waste in the garden. In this episode, Jacques and Kris discuss all their favorite (and not so favorite) ways to preserve the food they grow in their gardens. From freezing, to drying, these two have some pr

Gardening Side Business

4 days ago 9m 9s

Kris has a consulting business, called Grow a Little Garden where she teaches people to garden in raised beds. Jacques truly enjoys teaching people how to grow food at home with his Jacques in the Garden channel. Both of them love their vocatio

Introducing Kris

6 days ago 7m 15s

Jacques and Kris are two of the first employees of Epic Gardening, and both of them got into growing their own food around the pandemic. Both of them truly love food, cooking, and most of all, eating. These interests sparked their jobs teaching

Growing Dahlias From Seed

8 days ago 11m 40s

Growing dahlias from seed is very different from cultivating them in their tuber stage. The difference lies mainly in that they produce a whole new variety, genetically. This doesn’t dampen their ability to feed the bees, and attract pollinator

Growing Dahlias From Tubers

9 days ago 12m 14s

When should you plant dahlia tubers, and what are the best ways to care for them? Jennifer Gulizia, head farmer at The Flowering Farmhouse has a lot of experience growing dahlias. And she has all the information you need to grow your own here!E

Growing Flowers You Love

10 days ago 10m 31s

If you try to grow what’s popular, and you don’t love it, you won’t have the motivation to care for it! This is the key to cut flower farming according to Jennifer Gulizia. If you’re passionate about a type of flower, focus on growing that firs

How To Sell Cut Flowers

11 days ago 12m 22s

How does one start their own cut flower farm? Jennifer Gulizia of the Flowering Farmhouse is a seasoned flower farmer, and she has expert advice on this very topic. It all starts with a thought-out business plan that is tailored to your lifesty

Starting a Cut Flower Farm

12 days ago 11m 39s

Jennifer Gulizia of the Flowering Farmhouse didn’t start her career in cut flower growing first thing. It wasn’t until after she did a stint in the corporate world and worked as a wedding photographer that she was inspired to cultivate gorgeous

Gardening and Loneliness

15 days ago 14m 18s

Mention that you like gardening, and you’ll spark someone’s interest. Occupational Horticulturalist, Perla Sofía Curbelo Santiago experiences this with her friends and neighbors on a regular basis. Though gardening can be a solitary practice, i

Check in with yourself before you checked a gardening activity from your list

16 days ago 12m 27s

There are ways to adjust what you do in the garden to make the practice of gardening safer and more enjoyable. Sometimes it’s as small as winding up a hose. Other times it’s a matter of moving some of the garden’s main features. These minute ch

Making Gardening Easier For Yourself

17 days ago 9m 25s

There are small ways to make massive gardening projects much easier. Divide your projects into their main parts. Plan out how you’re going to work through your project. Ask for help from friends and family. Overall, have fun! That’s how it’s su

Reducing Stress in the Garden

18 days ago 11m 45s

Sometimes the garden can actually be a source of stress. But there are ways to mitigate your garden stresses with garden joys. The source of this joy is shifting towards a #GardenBreak. Relax, restore, do nothing sometimes, and tackle plant pro

Gardening For Wellness

19 days ago 12m 3s

Gardening is not just about epic yields. It also benefits your overall well being. This fact is the reason that Perla Sofía Curbelo Santiago decided to pursue a career in Horticultural Therapy. With conscious adjustments, people can glean so mu

How We’re Connected to The Plants We Evolved With

22 days ago 11m 41s

Humans don’t just grow plants because they are beloved. They have functions in the garden as well. Whether they’re grown for trap cropping, companion planting, or for cultivation, there are social and cultural elements that led us to co-evolve

How Did We Learn To Eat Beans

23 days ago 11m 46s

If you have ever wondered how humans learned what wild foods were edible, you’re not alone! It took a lot of involved, sustained effort by our ancestors, who gnawed on plants for eight to ten hours per day. The story of how we consumed beans is

When Melons Got Sweet

24 days ago 9m 39s

Did you know that melons weren’t the lucious sweet fruit we adore today? The melons of medieval times were more like gherkins. It wasn’t until growers cultivated melons and cross-bred them enough that they ripened to sweetness. This caused a ma