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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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Since the early 1980's, Charles has been instrumental in popularising the "no-dig" style of gardening, beliveving that the secret to ultimate yield when it comes to growing your own food is to leave the soil minimally disturbed or unmolested.

Charles is cambridge-educated, holding a degree in geography, yet he has never pursued a career in academia, instead, he has only ever wanted to work with the land, having spent the last 40 years building the productive capacity of market gardens in a number of different countries and regions.

It's literally impossible to sum up what this man has done for gardening, i just feel honoured that he's taken the time to talk to me about his rich life, spent unlocking the secrets of garden yield using a minimally-disruptive and even soil-regenerative approach of no-dig.

If you need to know anything more about the amazing Charles, give him a google or follow him on instagram at charles_dowding.

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Nutha cheeky yarn with an Australian gardening icon!

Phil Dudman was kind enough to come on for a yarn about the joys of growing your own food and home compost production!

Grow Your Food – with Phil Dudman
is where you can learn more about Phil and maybe even attend one of his workshops at his property in Lismore, NSW.

Thanks for listening, garden nerds!

Get tickets for the SUMMER Kalamunda garden festival on December 3rd here: https://kalamundagardenfestival.com.au/

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David Mcmahon is the senior head tour guide at VentureNorth Australia, an award-winning tourism company, offering punters the opportunity to experience the wild foods and terrain of Arnhem land, the northwest and Kimberly region of Australia. 

David spends most of his time out bush in the NT, spreading his love of the Aussie plants and animals to anyone that cares to listen.
As an ex adelaide-chef, he also knows a thing or two about how to work with our native bush foods, which he enjoys preparing and offering to his tour guests.

David is also a very keen fan of ethnobotany and geology, which is reflected on on his awesome instagram page @davidmcmahonaustralia. 

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Tony from Think green Landscapes and Waterscapes was kind enough to drop in for a chat about natural swimming pool construction.

Tony is one of the few certified Aquascaping contractors operating in Perth. Check out his stunning creations on Facebook and Instagram to get a sense of what is achievable in a Perth backyard when it comes to Pond gardens, waterfalls and natural streams.
 
Find Tony here:
https://www.instagram.com/thinkgreenlandscapes/

https://facebook.com/thinkgreenlandscapes/

https://www.youtube.com/@thinkgreenlandscapes

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New pod alert!
It was amazing to chat to Permaculture legend and Gardening Australia presenter - Hannah Moloney. We nerded out on growing food in cold climates, community-spirited action to foster climate hope and her recent month of busily promoting her brand-new book: Good life growing, available now at all good bookstores around Australia and online.

This is still unreal to me that I have this podcast vehicle to connect to such bright and world-changing agents like Hannah. I want to thank each and every person who has ever listened to a HYE podcast. For what it's worth, your interest in these pod episodes has changed my life. Love you all. 

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Nutha pod for you gardeners! Have a dig!
In this one, I had the pleasure of getting to know the power couple behind the very green Perth business known as TREE RINGS.

Placed around the stems of young plants; TREE RINGS are a brilliant way to provide newly planted shrubs and trees with a drip-feed of valuable nutrients over the course of up to a year. They come in three different sizes and are made from an infinitely renewable, organic materials.

Check out this amazing Perth Business here:
Home | Treerings Australia

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