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Had the chance to chat to Eric of Water Ups. 
Water ups products will halve the water requirements of your pots, containers and grow beds. Wicking systems are oh so appropriate for Perth!
Check out all the amazing water-ups product range at waterups.com.au

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Another festival in the bag.
Thanks once again to Andrew and Mandy Osenton for putting on another awesome event. Guests on this one include Faye Arcaro, Lisa Passmore and Anthony Quinlan, just to name a few.

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See you in the next pod.
Sammy and Jules.

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Had the opportunity to chat with the awesome Tony and Linh of Beyond.ourgate on Instagram.

Tony and Linh have been working towards their dream of obtaining and developing a semi-off-grid bush block/homestead property for several years.

Find them on the gram, where Linh has done a great job, chronicling their journey from inner-city dwellers to passionate urban-homesteaders on Perth's outskirts.

A few of the many amazing facets of their block include many raised veggie beds, beehive area and a 100% natural, chlorine-free plunge pool, designed and installed by a Tony of Think green landscapes.

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Stay Herby.

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Had Julian in for a fascinating convo about raised vegetable gardens and wicking beds. Wicking beds are an amazingly water-efficient way to grow food in small spaces here in Perth. Listen in to learn more!

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Had a super casual chat with horticulturist; Michael Homan, the passionate SA gardener behind the Instagram page @gardeningwithmichael.
 
Hope you enjoy our nerdy garden bants and don't forget to check our Michael's speccy Instagram page.

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Had the queen (blue-banded) bee of Instagram on again.
Mel Logozzo is yet another like-minded nature-fanatic hailing from Coogee, 30mins south of Perth City. 
Check Mel's amazing slow-mo footage of Australian native bee's out on her Instagram @Rewildingsuburbia.
Everything you need to know about this awesome human is on her website here:
About | Rewilding Suburbia

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Episode #59 Herb your enthusiasm.
Today's guest is ex-JRE guest; Will Harris of Bluffton, Georgia in the states..
 
Will is a 4th generation cattle farmer and current owner of white oak pastures, which has been owned by his family since 1866.
 
Across it's long history, white oak pastures has gone through many iterations. 
Upon inheriting his farm as a young man, will operated the farm in alignment with an industrial model of farming, utilising tonnes of Petro-chemical fertiliser, heavy chemical spray regimes to control weeds and "problem organisms" as well as intensive feed-lot operations and heavy anti-biotic regimens for his livestock. 
 
As you'll hear in the podcast, a single brief but powerful moment in time one afternoon, lead him to reconsider the path he was going down with respect to the "kill and control" style of farming he had become accustomed to on the farm. 
following this personal realisation- at great financial expense, will began to transition away from a typical industrial model of farming and towards am ecological/regenerative model, and one that honoured and respected life in all its forms and the relationships between them.
 
20 years later and white oak pastures is now a world leader in profitable, sustainable farming and one of the few sustainable regenerative farms in his state.
the multiple 10's of inches of rich, dark top soil that white oaks has created since moving to a regenerative model is something to behold and instead of spending his time figuring out how to kill organisms, will now thinks about the best ways to keep things alive.
 
Enjoy this cracking pod with Will Harris!

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Thanks for all your interest in the pod!
From 0 downloads in Nov 2021, to multi 10's of thousands on the last day of 2023, it's all thanks to you, Perth gardeners!
Enjoy Sam's first ever SOLO podcast! Hope you can stay awake!

See you in 2024.
Herb your enthusiasm podcast and friends.

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Spoke to our first guest from the United States recently- Andrew tyrrell is  responsible for creating AMAZING enclosed-cedar structures that are built around raised vegetable beds. 

Check out and his amazing work on IG @blackrockgardenstructures

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Enjoy our day's recordings from Stirk park at the Kalamunda garden festival on December 3rd, 2023.
Feat: RewildingSuburbia, the.tnk.loft, Andrea Whitely, Dr. Kit and Jo Bussell just to name a few.
Another successful day from Herb your enthusiasm's PODZEBO. 
Hope I did all you garden legends justice!

Sammy.

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