diy2thrive Podcast: Homesteading, Organic Gardening, Foraging wild foods and herbs, Self-reliance, a

diy2thrive Podcast: Homesteading, Organic Gardening, Foraging wild foods and herbs, Self-reliance, a


Latest Episodes

Episode 21- Feeding Poultry for less money: How to make your homestead pay
December 21, 2014

An overview of strategies to increase the health of your poultry or chicken flock while simultaneously cutting feed costs for homesteaders or backyard farmers

Episode 20- How to use the BRICS method to measure plant health and nutrition
December 14, 2014

BRICS is a method that organic gardeners and homesteaders can use to measure plant health and nutrition

Episode 19- Organic Gardening Principles Part 3: Companion Planting, Intercropping, Green Manures, and Undersowing
December 11, 2014

How to incorporate Companion Planting, Intercropping, Green Manures, and Undersowing into your organic gardening system for homesteading and permaculture

Episode 18- Organic Gardening Principles Part 2: The Science of Composting
December 01, 2014

An overview of the science behind composting and basic methodology as an integral part of organic gardening for homesteaders, agriculturalists, home gardeners, and small farmers

Episode 17- Organic Gardening Principles Part 1: Soil
November 23, 2014

Part 1 of a series- Principles of organic gardening for gardeners, homesteading, and permaculture. This Episode topic is a primer on soil.

Episode 16- Winter Container Gardening: Organic gardening indoors
November 19, 2014

How to grow your vegetables indoors using organic gardening principles for the homesteader or gardener

Episode 15- Certified Organic Food: are you getting what you are paying for?
November 11, 2014

How factory farms have taken over the organic food industry, how it has affected the quality of your food, and what you can do about it.

Episode 14- How to grow your pepper plants as perennials
November 03, 2014

Growing peppers as perennials using organic gardening techniques

Episode 13- Wheat and Gluten: what is going on with our food?
October 28, 2014

A look at wheat, wheat gluten, gluten sensitivities, and Celiacs disease and the changes in our food and food processing systems which may have contributed to rise of these disorders

Episode 12- Propagating perennial plants from cuttings for food forests, gardening, and permaculture
October 19, 2014

How to propagate perennials without breaking the budget by rooting cuttings