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By Amy Fagan
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I was thinking that the title of this episode should be "How on Earth did Amy score The Old Farmer's Almanac on the Podcast?? But it was too many characters... Shall we make it the UNofficial title?
Carol Connare is the 14th editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac, and only the 2nd woman- since 1792! She talks about the beginnings of the Almanac, and about the great topics discussed (besides the weather), like recipes, fun animal stories, lifestyle trends, and so on. She and her team collect a pool of topics and articles, then pick the best of all of those - and they also respond to emails, phone calls and snail mail! Sometimes they have to do research before responding, but they ALWAYS do! Millions of readers, and anyone who writes in gets a response, which seems unheard of, but so very cool.
A couple of listeners, Jenny Boghun and Brenda Simmons (both previous podcast guests!) wrote in questions, and they were all answered inside this conversation, in almost traditional Almanac form. I know for sure that Jenny is going to love this!
Have you checked out the Almanac before? It covers so many articles and topics about gardening and paying attention to Earth's weather patterns, because nature can help provide a fulfilling, healthy lifestyle. And we all want that, right?
The official Almanac website is here: https://www.almanac.com/ (there are cool tools, articles, recipes, etc here!)
You can follow The Old Farmer's Almanac on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/theoldfarmersalmanac
Or on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/theoldfarmersalmanac/
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How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - listen to more at www.janebolduc.com
Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/cute_but_loud/ and/or check out her awesome art projects
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Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the best customer service. Learn more at www.buzzsprout.com
You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine
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I loved this conversation with Rhonda Linn so much - we have a lot in common - she's just a bit ahead of me. A big one for me is the title of this episode - A Homesteading State of Mind - you don't know this, but that was almost the name of this podcast! For real!
Rhonda is a writer, so I'm going to use some of her words, so I don't make it all clumsy- Her Substack is called Earthen Jar; Stars, and it's so beautiful - I highly recommend!
We're talking about Homesteading mostly - Rhonda lives pretty simply (LOVE that!), except on 36 acres, so it's not SO simple--- She started her homestead journey while living in an apartment! So her words below are from personal experience.
Here are her words about what she hopes you will take from this conversation:
"Anyone can be a homesteader no matter where you live or what resources
you have. It's a mindset. Also living by the seasons allows us to live with
grace and peace and makes new solutions and possibilities emerge where we
couldn't see them before."
Her words are so lovely and graceful, and she is an inspiration of taking things day by day and just doing the best you can. So grateful for this conversation with her!
You can find Rhonda's Substack(writing) here: https://rhondalinn.substack.com/
Her website is here: https://rhondalinn.com
You can find her on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/rhonda.linn.3
She's also on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/rhonda.m.linn/
and her Linkedin is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhondalinnvirtualsolutions/
You can send me messages(this is new!)!
Support the show
Please follow Grounded In Maine podcast on Instagram here ,
or on Facebook here
YouTube channel link is here
You can DM me there or email me at [email protected]
Website for Amy's Garden Jam is www.amysgardenjam.com (podcast has its own tab on this site!)
How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - listen to more at www.janebolduc.com
Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/cute_but_loud/ and/or check out her awesome art projects
here: https://www.cutebutloud.com/
Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the best customer service. Learn more at www.buzzsprout.com
You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine
Grounded in Maine Podcast is sponsored by ESG Review. Learn more about the good they're doing at https://...
Wow, I loved this conversation with Aimee Gallo! She calls herself 'unapologetically candid,' in her podcast description, and I'm 100% here for it. Aimee's not afraid to question or disagree with what we've been hearing our whole lives about nutrition on her podcast, Blasphemous Nutrition. She's not just being contrary; she's been studying nutrition her whole life (since 12 years old, REALLY!).
I just love how Aimee tells you that we've basically been fed garbage in the understanding that we have been given, that there are no real studies to back statements up - she focuses on meat a lot - a very controversial subject, of course. And she spent several years Vegan, so she's really speaking from her research AND life experience. She's a Nutrition Coach, by the way---
She also talks about how food nourishes us, not just 'is it healthy or not.' I mentioned a recent post about electrolytes, and how that kind of blew my mind, and also just made me really think about what I KNOW about. my food.
This conversation is entertaining and enlightening, and really makes you consider what we know. And I love that so much! You can listen to the whole conversation here --
Aimee can be found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/vibrancenutrition/
And on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/VibranceNutrition
Her website is here: https://vibrancenutrition.com/
Aimee gives fact credit here for her "outlandish statements" (her words):
EPA data on greenhouse gas emissions: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions
projected 2.5% emissions saved if we went meatless: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1707322114
Life expectancy of our children's generation is less: https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/17/health/childrens-life-expe
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Support the show
Please follow Grounded In Maine podcast on Instagram here ,
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YouTube channel link is here
You can DM me there or email me at [email protected]
Website for Amy's Garden Jam is www.amysgardenjam.com (podcast has its own tab on this site!)
How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - listen to more at www.janebolduc.com
Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/cute_but_loud/ and/or check out her awesome art projects
here: https://www.cutebutloud.com/
Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the best customer service. Learn more at www.buzzsprout.com
You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine
Grounded in Maine Podcast is sponsored by ESG Review. Learn more about the good they're doing at https://...
This conversation with Jane Lee Rankin was so easy - it felt like it just flowed for me - it helps that we are very like-minded... Whatever it was, I had the best time getting to know her!
Jane Lee Rankin is a 2 time author, and also a farmer in Agritourism, opening up her farm so that others can come and feel the peace that comes with farming (or maybe just digging in the dirt and interacting with animals), and an active community member. She is also a public speaker, talking about Agritourism and entrepreneurship.
Jane talks about Agritourism, her journey to living on Apple Hill Farm, an old apple orchard, and how it ALLLLL started: an alpaca. Yup, you read that. She moved far from where she was, and took on an old farm, and started this whole dream because she came face to face with an alpaca.
Jane's message she wanted you to leave with: "Live your dream."
I think I'll just leave it at that.
You can find Jane Lee Rankin just about everywhere - adding all her links below:
Jane's and the farm's websites: https://janeleerankin.com/
https://applehillfarmnc.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jane.l.rankin.1
also here: https://www.facebook.com/applehillfarm
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janeleerankin/
and here: https://www.instagram.com/applehillfarmnc/
Her YouTube channel is here:
https://www.youtube.com/@JaneLeeRankinAHF
And on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-lee-rankin-948732a9/
You can send me messages(this is new!)!
Support the show
Please follow Grounded In Maine podcast on Instagram here ,
or on Facebook here
YouTube channel link is here
You can DM me there or email me at [email protected]
Website for Amy's Garden Jam is www.amysgardenjam.com (podcast has its own tab on this site!)
How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - listen to more at www.janebolduc.com
Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/cute_but_loud/ and/or check out her awesome art projects
here: https://www.cutebutloud.com/
Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the best customer service. Learn more at www.buzzsprout.com
You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine
Grounded in Maine Podcast is sponsored by ESG Review. Learn more about the good they're doing at https://...
Ooh, this conversation with Kyira Wackett was so good! Kyira hosts her own podcast, Untethering Shame, and brought such a necessary conversation for me, as every week I'm talking about all of these cool people who are doing amazing things in sustainability, and this week we're talking about SHAME, which feels so important right now. It's so true, and I often think about people who feel shame around sustainability - folks who feel like if they can't afford the expensive things that say sustainable on them, they're not allowed to feel like a part of the solution. I feel it, too!
I've had people that I know hang their head and mention something they feel bad about around plastic/recycling or composting; like I'm a perfect person who does everything right... I'm also human - AND if you notice, I'm talking to these folks so I can learn, too, and highlight what THEY'RE doing... Nobody's perfect, and there's no such thing (that I'm aware of) as perfect sustainability. We should only be comparing ourselves to our yesterday self, and nobody else. Easier said than done, I know, but that's the goal-
Kyira, a licensed therapist AND coach, has so many enlightening thoughts on this topic, obviously, and I'm thrilled that she was able to share them with us all, and hopefully not just ease our minds but also empower us.
These are her words, from her guest form: "There is no all or nothing, you don't have to be perfect, and that the fear we all have about the state of the world is real, but that it can't be your primary motivation, or you will get stuck in pain and fear and negative self-talk. The pressure will be rooted to the wrong purpose."
YouTube is where Kyira is most active - here's her channel: https://www.youtube.com/@adversityrising
You can send me messages(this is new!)!
Support the show
Please follow Grounded In Maine podcast on Instagram here ,
or on Facebook here
YouTube channel link is here
You can DM me there or email me at [email protected]
Website for Amy's Garden Jam is www.amysgardenjam.com (podcast has its own tab on this site!)
How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - listen to more at www.janebolduc.com
Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/cute_but_loud/ and/or check out her awesome art projects
here: https://www.cutebutloud.com/
Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the best customer service. Learn more at www.buzzsprout.com
You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine
Grounded in Maine Podcast is sponsored by ESG Review. Learn more about the good they're doing at https://...
This conversation with Christina Flach was gold! She is just a wealth of knowledge, experience and kindness. Christina is a Makeup Artist to the stars, and created a clean makeup that is night and day better than commercial makeup. She has a family, and was very vulnerable in sharing her trauma, but she has such a warmth and mentoring nature and has focused on helping others to honor her losses.
Pretty Girl Makeup is Christina's product, and if you listen to the episode, she offers a hefty discount code! She tells us why she created it and what makes it better than what people have been wearing for decades. And she tells us what we need to look out for and some real downfalls to commercial makeups.
Christina also has her own YouTube show called "I'm Too Busy" - check out the link offered below to see it! https://www.imtoobusytv.com/
I'm just in awe of all that Christina is doing and has done in the makeup world and outside of it, too - super grateful to have had the chance to learn from her!
Christina's website is here: https://www.christinaflach.com/
Pretty Girl Makeup site is here (did you catch the discount code?): https://www.prettygirlmakeup.com/shop
Christina's on Instagram as herself and Pretty Girl Makeup here: https://www.instagram.com/prettygirlmkup/
https://www.instagram.com/christinaflachmakeup/
You can send me messages(this is new!)!
Support the show
Please follow Grounded In Maine podcast on Instagram here ,
or on Facebook here
YouTube channel link is here
You can DM me there or email me at [email protected]
Website for Amy's Garden Jam is www.amysgardenjam.com (podcast has its own tab on this site!)
How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - listen to more at www.janebolduc.com
Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/cute_but_loud/ and/or check out her awesome art projects
here: https://www.cutebutloud.com/
Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the best customer service. Learn more at www.buzzsprout.com
You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine
Grounded in Maine Podcast is sponsored by ESG Review. Learn more about the good they're doing at https://...
I've been following Alexa Pavan for a long time on Instagram - I love everything she posts and stands for, and I was so thrilled when she said yes to a conversation! I may have been a little giddy talking with her... Usually I like to get the back story of a guest, and get to the point where their life changed to be more sustainable, but Alexa doesn't have that - she grew up in a pretty sustainable household, and just extended it to include the rest of the world.
In her social media, she touches on shopping small, to support local businesses instead of padding the pockets of the ultra rich - and also to stop the big trucks from polluting the air. She talks about keeping our oceans clean, and why that's important (her parents owned a scuba diving business in FL while she was growing up, so she's very passionate about the ocean). She talks about imperfect sustainability, and why we shouldn't focus on doing EVERYTHING, but do what we're able to, and if everyone did what they could, we can make a real difference. And to get in touch with nature - spend more time outside and appreciate what's around us
Alexa encourages community advocacy, and to remember that our voices matter! We can support with our wallets and our voices.
Check out Alexa's website here: https://www.alexapavan.com/
Her awesome Instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/gogreenwithalexa/
Her TikTok is here: https://www.tiktok.com/@gogreenwithalexa
And her Facebook is here: https://www.facebook.com/gogreenwithalexa
You can send me messages(this is new!)!
Support the show
Please follow Grounded In Maine podcast on Instagram here ,
or on Facebook here
YouTube channel link is here
You can DM me there or email me at [email protected]
Website for Amy's Garden Jam is www.amysgardenjam.com (podcast has its own tab on this site!)
How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - listen to more at www.janebolduc.com
Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/cute_but_loud/ and/or check out her awesome art projects
here: https://www.cutebutloud.com/
Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the best customer service. Learn more at www.buzzsprout.com
You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine
Grounded in Maine Podcast is sponsored by ESG Review. Learn more about the good they're doing at https://...
Whew, this conversation was so good! Lacey and her husband are homesteading in North Carolina, and I noticed they're in a town that I was actually really hoping to find a house in, so that felt kind of Kismet to start off - but there's just so much more that she does that resonates and interests me!
My favorite thing we talked about was the food clubs they're organizing to help make sure their community has access to healthy, fresh, local food. How awesome is that? I'll be heading to visit them once I'm settled to see what they've got going on, and how I can take part/contribute to the food club, and I'm so excited about that!
They also are teaching their children the ins and outs of homesteading, like using whole animal, and why that's important. Also the value of community (you know I love that!) and taking care of each other. Lacey is so smart, and she and her husband Drew host their own podcast called The Schoolhouse Life, where they talk about these same things and more.
I learned so much from talking with Lacey! Listen here for the conversation-
If you want to learn more about The Schoolhouse Life, you can find their website here: https://www.theschoolhouselife.com/
They're also on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/theschoolhouselife
And on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSchoolhouseLife
And their group on Facebook is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theschoolhouselife
You can send me messages(this is new!)!
Support the show
Please follow Grounded In Maine podcast on Instagram here ,
or on Facebook here
YouTube channel link is here
You can DM me there or email me at [email protected]
Website for Amy's Garden Jam is www.amysgardenjam.com (podcast has its own tab on this site!)
How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - listen to more at www.janebolduc.com
Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/cute_but_loud/ and/or check out her awesome art projects
here: https://www.cutebutloud.com/
Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the best customer service. Learn more at www.buzzsprout.com
You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine
Grounded in Maine Podcast is sponsored by ESG Review. Learn more about the good they're doing at https://...
I loved this conversation with Amanda Russo, talking about breathwork and how it can actually heal us if we give it the chance.
I met Amanda just a couple of months ago, but we've been following each other for many months, so I'm excited to get some quality time with her. I'm inspired by her spontaneous nature, and her free spirit, and she is also SO intune to every moment.
Amanda focuses on breathwork because when she tried it the first time she had such an impactful session that she had to learn more and learned how to provide the same gift to others.
*Full disclosure* I'm scheduling a breathwork session with Amanda, so I feel more knowledgeable -- and also to do some healing personally. I'm fascinated by all the healing modalities, and am so curious to share whether I feel different afterward or not--
Amanda was a hoot! You can listen to the full conversation here!
Here's the best way to find her https://www.instagram.com/thebreathinggoddess/
and also here. (the word here is a long link, so I abbreviated it )
You can send me messages(this is new!)!
Support the show
Please follow Grounded In Maine podcast on Instagram here ,
or on Facebook here
YouTube channel link is here
You can DM me there or email me at [email protected]
Website for Amy's Garden Jam is www.amysgardenjam.com (podcast has its own tab on this site!)
How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - listen to more at www.janebolduc.com
Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/cute_but_loud/ and/or check out her awesome art projects
here: https://www.cutebutloud.com/
Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the best customer service. Learn more at www.buzzsprout.com
You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine
Grounded in Maine Podcast is sponsored by ESG Review. Learn more about the good they're doing at https://...
I tease Harry Duran about how we first connected, because it makes me feel good about my scrappiness as a podcaster. He wasn't mean, just way bigger than me - and he still is, we're just connected now, which I'm so grateful for!
Harry's first podcast, Podcast Junkies just hit the 10 year mark recently, and I'm super grateful to have been a guest (see episode 332). If you remember the show Inside the Actor's Studio, with James Lipton, it's based on that, but for podcasters. There are so many podcasters, and everyone has a story --
His 2nd podcast, Vertical Farming, is about just that, and has brought him all over the world. He talks to CEOs of companies in the field to learn more about practices and purpose, and they love the chance to be featured, and Harry loves learning. so it's a win win.
He also has a group that he's guiding in podcasting called podcast Blueprint - Harry talks about it on his Fullcast website here: https://fullcast.co/
Harry and his partner moved a few years ago to Minnesota from NYC, and he doesn't talk about it a lot, so I thought it would be fun to see how that transition has been - listen to the full episode here!
Harry's website is here: https://harryduran.com/c/my-podcasts
His Substack is here: https://harryduran.com/
He's on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harryduran/
And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/IAMHarryDuran/
You can send me messages(this is new!)!
Support the show
Please follow Grounded In Maine podcast on Instagram here ,
or on Facebook here
YouTube channel link is here
You can DM me there or email me at [email protected]
Website for Amy's Garden Jam is www.amysgardenjam.com (podcast has its own tab on this site!)
How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - listen to more at www.janebolduc.com
Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/cute_but_loud/ and/or check out her awesome art projects
here: https://www.cutebutloud.com/
Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the best customer service. Learn more at www.buzzsprout.com
You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine
Grounded in Maine Podcast is sponsored by ESG Review. Learn more about the good they're doing at https://...
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