Growing = Patience, Part I: Growing Your Way To A Healthy Garden

In this episode, Farmer D grows deep into how to cultivate a healthy garden and life. By cultivating a deeper relationship to our gardens, we are able to put our powers of patience and observation into action growing healthy food, gardens and communities. This episode is loaded with practical tips on how to tend your garden and protect it from critters, bugs and disease. Farmer D breaks down general plant health consideration and solutions and inspires us to pay closer attention to the symphony of life orchestrated in our gardens. Join Our Community!Our Sponsors:Netafim - Grow higher and better yields with less water. Every season.Brilliant Marketing - A boutique marketing consulting collective helping passionate businesses create impact and achieve their dreams through mindful based marketing.Show Notes:Compost Barrels

Pest Control:

Pfeiffer Field Spray

Horn ManureHorn SilicaFlame WeedingSolarization - Sheet MulchingPre-emergents: Corn Gluten

Additional Resources:

Citizen Farmers Resources -  Beneficial Organisms for Pest Control

Citizen Farmers Book

Credits:Co-Produced and Recorded by Daron Joffe and Ben BernsteinAudio Editing by Stephanie LamondMusic by Ben BernsteinAbout Farmer D:Farmer D is a nationally recognized biodynamic farmer, designer, speaker, entrepreneur and educator.He is the author of the acclaimed book "Citizen Farmers: The Biodynamic Way to Grow Healthy Food, Build Thriving Communities and Give Back to the Earth" and has spent the past 25 years designing and building community farms and gardens all over the country.Farmer D has worked on a wide range of public and private farm development projects ranging from residential “agrihood” communities like Serenbe and Rancho Mission Viejo to non-profit projects such as Coastal Roots Farm and Camp Twin Lakes.

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