Mind Body Garden

Welcome back to another episode featuring Tori Bruns - fellow Merchandiser at AM Leonard & grower at Mustard Seed Farm Market. In this episode we dig into Soil, Soilless media, soil health, and some of the beneficials we use to manage Plant Health, reduce disease and pest pressures, increase drought tolerance - AND SO MUCH MORE! Soil & soilless media is clearly the foundation for plants' growth, but the importance goes so far beyond fertilizers & NPK - it is essentially a whole other world living beneath our feet that give us the foundation for life as we know it!

What kind of soil media are you growing in this year?

Have you tried making your own?

What are some amendments you would recommend to use in the garden?

And if you have questions about ANYTHING we talked about - call into the station (if you listen on Anchor) or drop us a comment & we'll address it in a future podcast!

Joining us for another episode is Tori Bruns from Mustard Seed Farm Market, who is also a fellow Merchandiser at AM Leonard, with me. This time we talk about seed starting tips, tricks, and some of the supplies we are using or plan to use from propagation to transplant. Seed starting & propagation is our main topic but we also touch on soil health, fertilizers & beneficials, and some of the mistakes we've made in the past that you can learn from.

If you have questions you want answered, leave a comment OR call in to the station (if you're using Anchor) - would love to hear your gardening questions & stories!

New Year's Resolutions never die with me & this year I'm taking accountability to a whole new level with monthly check-ins. I talk about the progress on my goals of weight loss, fitness, saving money, and making progress with my gardening business.

When I first saw Facebook's Portal I was pretty cynical about it. But my feelings have changed as I have travelled on this vlogging journey from filming to editing, and simply realizing the vast amount of time and effort that is spent on the whole process - that's when I realized that Facebook Portal was the answer to that creative conundrum. In this podcast I rant about how the Portal needs to be modified and marketed, but I go down some really interesting paths about how the Portal is only the beginning of pulling people further into the Facebook platform & ecosystem of companies it owns like WhatsApp, Instagram, Marketplace. I think the current version of the Portal is only the beginning of a huge shift in the way we deal with social media platforms.

In honor of National CSA Day, I did a podcast with another local grower, Tori Bruns who runs Mustard Seed Farm Market in McCartyville, OH. She's growing on a much larger scale than I am with 2 high tunnels, an acre of sweet corn, and an acre of pumpkins. In this episode we dive into her origin story & how she got started farming, what a CSA is, what we're currently growing, and a ton of other stuff about growing fruits & vegetables and our plans for the year.

Today is National CSA Day because it is the last Friday of the month of February. That's usually the time that people are finalizing their CSA customer list so that they can plan what to grow for the coming season.

Hope you enjoy the podcast & feel free to drop us a comment with any questions & we'll be happy to answer them.

If you live in northern Shelby County & are looking for fresh veggies this summer you can find Tori's farm @mustardseedfarmmarket on Instagram & Facebook or sign up on her website at https://www.mustardseedfarmohio.com/

Website: www.gardening4gains.com

Medium: https://medium.com/@gardeningforgains

Social Media

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Twitter: @gardening4gains

Snapchat: @gardening4gains

Podcast

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This is the first podcast I've ever done with another person & who better than my lifelong friend Tyler Gutman, aka Romo Loco. On the podcast we begin by talking about the Origin stories of our names, both "Romo Loco" & "Gardening 4 Gains", then we talk more in-depth about gardening, permaculture, and Tyler's journey into the jungles of the Amazon.

For this being our first attempt, I feel like we really got into a groove, went off on tangents in every possible direction with topics ranging from bodybuilding, fitness, nutrition, the "ideal" health, and politics.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the topics we dove into - drop your perspective down below in the comments section!

Guest: Tyler Gutman aka Romo Loco

Guest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/romo_loco/

Website: www.gardening4gains.com

Medium: https://medium.com/@gardeningforgains

Social Media

Facebook: @gardening4gains https://www.facebook.com/Gardening4Gains/

Instagram: @gardening4gains https://www.instagram.com/gardening4gains/

Twitter: @gardening4gains

Snapchat: @gardening4gains

Podcast

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/gardening4gains

Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/plant-rant/id1362576362

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3YtG0LOZqJ3eSuvfcT7AZx

Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id1211075

Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xYWQ4ZjMwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz