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(2:55) A heavy week and a desire for the mundane.
(4:14) CS Lewis Quote
(7:15) What Morgan is reading:
Keep a Quiet Heart by Elizabeth Elliott
Alchemy of Herbs by Rosalee De La Floret
You Can Make This Place Beautiful - Maggie Smith
(11:44) What Taylor is reading:
David Benner - The gift of being yourself
Tree Crops, A Permanent Agriculture - J Russell Smith
In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson
(15:56) What we are eating:
Slow Food Diet - Tim Ferris
(18:30) Yum Yum Sauce Ingredients: Mayo, Sriracha, Japanese BBQ sauce, Maple Syrup, Soy Sauce
(20:16) What we are listening to:

Taylor
Rod Wave - Nolstalgia, Long Journey, Call Your Friends
Jon Michael Ogletree - Georgia on my Mind, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Dreaming with a Broken Heart

Morgan
Forrest Frank - Hey DJ, YOUR pace
CalledOut Music - Thank You Lord, Say That I Love You
Paper Horses
HomeMaker Chic

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(0:00) Welcome to A Common Life Podcast
(2:38) The Joys of Basil | Preserving Basil
How to make Pesto that lasts forever!
(6:05) Preserving herbs
(6:36) Sunshine Tea
(7:08) Traveling in Late Summer and Putting up food
(8:55) Mosquitoes
(10:54) Summer Flowers in the Garden
(12:33) Wattle Fence
(16:07) State of the external reflects the internal
(17:15) Pick it up, hold it, smell it, and see how it makes you feel
Marie Kondo and the KonMari Method
(19:44) Noisy Children and Limitations
(23:52) Being present with your kids
(26:42) Fall Salad Garden is in.
Mesclun Salad Mix
(32:45) Composted Chicken Manure
(34:41) Outro
Anne of Green Gables

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(1:46) Common Burden
(4:40) A Call Back to the Garden
(5:40) Planting Garlic and Onions

"The vegetable guru Eliot Coleman advises that garlic should not be planted where any member from the cabbage family was growing; apparently this can inhibit the garlic’s growth up to 60 percent. Other sources tell you not to plant garlic in the same location where any member of the onion family had been growing."

For us, this is touch because our garden is so small. But, Elliott Coleman knows what he is talking about. With this in mind, it seems like our strategy of planting in between Kale crops is not a good one.
 
(7:58) Planting Spring Flower Bulbs
(9:35) Frost Dates
Find your date here: https://www.almanac.com/gardening/frostdates
(10:22) Harvest remaining summer veggies before frost comes
(11:12) Army Worm / Spinosad Soap discussion
Spinosad Soap
(13:53) Get prepared for upcoming freezing nights
(16:16) Soil Samples
Crop Services International - I reccommend the "Complete Soil" soil test.
(17:53) Take notes in your garden journal about this past growing season!
(18:31) October is dry! Keep your plants watered.
(18:47) Try a cover crop
Try this one - Cereal Rye
(19:23) Get the camera out
(20:27) Butternut Squash Recipe
(21:42) Fire Cider
(23:52) Hunter's Moon
(25:39) Taylor's Hunting Aspirations
(28:37) Calendar of Firsts


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LinkedIn - Taylor Myers

Music on the podcast was composed by Kevin Dailey. The artist is Garden Friend. The track is the instrumental version of “On a Cloud”

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Show Notes and Time Stamps
(0:00) Welcome 

(1:49) We have a baby

(2:30) Fall Garden

(2:50) Dahlias -

Green Street Farmers market

Field and Forage - https://www.fieldandforageflowers.com/

(4:55) Tomatoes

(6:15) Daughter is reading!

(7:00) Swiming in the creak at the farm

Tin Man Ministries

(8:50) Taylor summit’s a mountain

(10:18) Fall Garden talk

(10:53) Composted Chicken Manure

“The Secret to Raising Chickens”

(14:20) Best, biggest salad garden this side of the Mississippi

(15:00) Cutting salad greens

(16:45) Family rhythm guide from @foxmeetsbear

(18:20) New baby daily rhythm

(20:33) Harvest Moon

Little Bear and the Harvest Moon

(21:00) Apple Picking

Scotts Orchard in Huntsville, Alabama

(22:00) Scarecrow Decorations for fall

(23:38) Weekly Meals rhythm

(26:15) Advent Calendar

Shadow and Light - Tsh Oxenreider

All Creation Waits - Gayle Boss

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Music on the podcast was composed by Kevin Dailey. The artist is Garden Friend. The track is the instrumental version of “On a Cloud”

In this episode, Morgan asks me some questions that friends, subscribers, and followers sent in. When to plant, too much shade, why I say don't till, ideal garden size, how to know if your soil is good. It's all addressed and more! 

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TIME STAMPS!

(0:30) Shout out to our sponsor - A Common Life :)

(2:22) Let’s start with the soil. First question: “What do you do to your soil each year to get ready?” And - “I always feel like I don’t know the health of my soil, what’s a good way to know if you have good soil?”

(6:19) “Why do you think tilling is bad for the soil?”

(8:12) “Do I pull all of our old plants out or do they decay naturally?”

(10:44) “People who are just starting, are worried about not getting enough sun.” “What do you do if your yard doesn’t get a lot of sun?” “Can you garden if you do not have a lot of sunlight?”

 Different types of shade: https://extension.psu.edu/planting-in-sun-or-shade

(14:00) “Are there any options besides a raised bed or putting a garden in your yard?”

(14:40) “If you are just starting, what is the ideal size of a garden bed?”

(17:00) “Are raised beds necessary, or can you plant just straight into the garden?”

(18:04) “What is the best date to plant after?”

(19:50) “I started some plants inside and I think I did it too early. What now?”

(22:00) Problems with our seeds. Squeaky wheel gets the grease.

(22:45) “If you are a super new gardener, what are some plants to grow that would boost their confidence?”

(25:23) The perils of growing vegetables in pots. 

(26:15) “How much should you water?”

(28:30) “If you have squirrels, chipmunks, and other critters, what are some ways to keep them out of the garden besides cages?”

(31:00) “If Taylor could only eat one veggie and one fruit for the rest of his life, what would he choose?”

Music on the podcast was composed by Kevin Dailey. The artist is Garden Friend. The track is the instrumental version of “On a Cloud”

We recorded this episode in the middle of Serenbe.  A beautiful town in  Chattahoochee Hills, GA.  We talk about Serenbe and the fact it is an "AgriHood". We also mention the plants Morgan wants to grow this upcoming season. ALL of them - the herbs, flowers, medicinals, and veggies. 

(0:45) A Common Life

(1:50) Serenbe. A really cool place. 

(3:30) Steve Nygren - A true visionary.

(3:53) Serenbe Farm - An Agrihood

(6:47) Morgan has selected her seeds

(7:15) “Tears? Taylor!”

(7:41) Morgan catches us up on what she has chosen and done so far

(9:00) Discussion on seed starting mix - Fox Farm Seed Starter Mix

(12:17) Analysis Paralysis - Just Start!

(13:30) The vegetables Morgan wants to grow

(15:09) Taylor spots an Eastern Bluebird

(15:53) The medicinal herbs Morgan wants to grow

(16:50) Worried about the bunnies eating her flowers

(17:15) Taylor’s enlisted to build a wattle fence

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Music on the podcast was composed by Kevin Dailey. The artist is Garden Friend. The track is the instrumental version of “On a Cloud”.

In this episode, Taylor and Morgan talk about Taylor passing the garden to Morgan. They talk about conflict and the reasons why they garden.

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(1:33) Taylor is giving up the garden

(2:55) Morgan’s gardening “why”

(4:22) Taylor’s dream saturday

(6:47) Morgan’s gardening journey

(7:58) A garden full of Catnip

(8:56) Dancing is hard

(9:35) Shout out to Megan and Connor - our working design team. Also, we didn’t mention the creator of the brand elements in the podcast. Her name is  Sarah Robbins Powell she is a Rock Star of a graphic designer. 

(11:22) Morgan’s herbalist name

In this episode Morgan and I preview the 2022 winter edition of our quarterly seasonal guide we have lovingly dubbed - The Common.
See below for episode time stamps!

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Time Stamps:

(0:00) - Our apology

(1:05) - A plug for A Common Life

(2:15) - Morgan talks about winter and reads some of her poem

(4:30) - What’s going on in the garden this season

(5:30) - Talking about mulch and why it’s important

(7:15) - Seeding indoors

(7:45) - Seeding directly in the garden

(8:00) - Hardening off your seedlings

(9:05) - Outside the garden activities

(10:05) - Lunar Calendar discussion

(11:07) - Mars and a Meteor Shower

(11:56) - The Winter Solstice

(13:32) - Recipes in this issue

(16:51) - What’s in season

(17:55) - Guided Prompts and Resolutions

(22:07) - The hope for the seasonal guides

(22:36) - The Outro

In this episode I talk about the history of the “Organic” movement and how it came to be a national certification. I also talk about other labels - sustainable agriculture, regenerative agriculture, and permaculture. 

Time stamps for easy navigation:

• 0:30 - A Common Life plug! www.acommonlife.co 
  • Taylor’s email - [email protected]
• 2:00 - The history of how “Organic” came to be.
  • An Agricultural Testament
  • Rodale Institute
  • USDA Organic
• 6:35 - Benefits of the Organic Certification
• 10:42 - History of Sustainable Agriculture and prominent names
  • Rachel Carson
    • Silent Spring
  • Wes Jackson
  • Wendell Berry
  • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
• 13:00 - Regenerative Agriculture
• 14:10 - Permaculture
  • Bill Mollison
  • David Holmgren
    • Permaculture One
• 15:15 - Comparing Convention, Organic, Sustainable, Regenerative, Permaculture
• 18:49 - Where I land among the labels

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In this episode I talk about the relationship between plants and microbes and how important that relationship is for healthy plants - and in turn healthy humans. 

Time stamps for easy navigation:

1:17 - Similarities between the human digestive system and how plants take in their nutrients.

6:07 - Ways for gardeners to promote a healthy microbial population in their garden

9:16 - What about chemical fertilizers?
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