Old Ways New Days

By Old Ways

Homesteading with a focus on urban and suburban sustainable living with a pagan and spiritual twist.

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April 23, 2026 The Ethics of Foraging: Sacred Harvest, Reciprocity, and Remembering Our Place
When was the last time you asked the land permission?

This week on Old Ways, New Days, we step into one of the most important — and most overlooked — conversations in the foraging world:

The Ethics of the Harvest.

✨ The ancient principles of sacred harvest that predate every civilization we can name
✨ Why 'only take what you need' is more radical than it sounds
✨ Land acknowledgment as a living spiritual practice — not just a statement
✨ The real ecological crisis behind social media foraging culture
✨ Robin Wall Kimmerer, the Seventh Generation Principle, and the Wood Wide Web
✨ A rooted meditation on becoming the kind of being the land can trust
✨ A practical forager's code you can actually use

This isn't foraging as aesthetic.

This is foraging as covenant.

The wild is not a store. It is a relationship.

Come remember how to tend it.
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37min
April 16, 2026 Earth Day: From Protest to Practice — Sacred Activism & the Call to Care
Earth Day didn’t start as a hashtag.
It started as a protest.
In this episode, we explore:
🌍 The true history of Earth Day
🌱 Sacred activism & earth care as spiritual practice
🌾 Permaculture ethics
🖤 Climate grief & how to move through it
🌿 Simple ways to care for the earth every day
Because caring for the planet isn’t just political…
It’s personal.

To find out where you can celebrate Earth Day or Mother Earth Day go to:
https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2026/
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14min
April 02, 2026 Roots Without Land: Urban Homesteading Beyond Ownership
Think you need land to homestead?
Think again.
In this episode, we explore urban homesteading without land ownership — from container gardening and balcony permaculture to community gardens and guerrilla growing.
Because self-sufficiency doesn’t start with acres…
It starts with a single plant.
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26min
March 26, 2026 The Spiritual Practice of Soil Building: Compost, Grief, and the Slow Magic of Renewal
What if nothing in your life was truly wasted?
Not your grief.
Not your past.
Not even the parts you wish you could throw away.
In this episode, we explore the spiritual practice of soil building — from compost as a form of quiet ritual to what the earth can teach us about patience, loss, and transformation.
Because sometimes…
the most powerful growth happens in the dark.

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14min
March 19, 2026 Planning the Garden Like Our Ancestors: Seed Mapping, Companions & Sacred Design
Before we plant… we plan.
In this week’s episode of Old Ways New Days, we’re mapping the garden like our ancestors:
🌱 Seed placement with intention
🌿 Companion planting wisdom
🌎 Spiritual land design
🗓 When to sow outdoors
🪴 Where your January & February seedlings should be right now
Gardening isn’t just rows in soil.
It’s relationship.
Listen now wherever you gather your podcasts — and let’s write the land with care. 🌾
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18min
March 17, 2026 Snakes, Saints, and Shadows: The Untold Story of St. Patrick’s Day
Everyone wears green on March 17th… but do you know what the “snakes” really represented?
This episode dives into the true history of St. Patrick’s Day — from Christian conversion to cultural erasure — and how modern witches can reclaim the day by honoring those lost to persecution.
Why some witches wear red and black instead of green.
How the holiday became a global drinking event.
And what remembrance can look like in modern practice.
Snakes. Saints. Shadows.
Listen now on Old Ways, New Days.
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12min
March 12, 2026 Backyard Homestead Basics: Simple Structures That Last
What if your garden didn’t just grow food…
What if it grew fences that live, beds that feed themselves, and soil built from yesterday’s scraps?

In this week’s episode of Old Ways New Days, we’re breaking down easy at-home garden builds — from willow living fences to hugelkultur mounds and keyhole gardens.

No fancy budget.
No perfection.
Just practical magic and hands in the dirt.

Listen now and start building your living garden. 🌿
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20min
March 05, 2026 The Land Remembers
The chemicals used to fertilize modern fields were once used to make bombs.
After WWII, excess war factories turned their production toward agriculture — and the soil has been paying the price ever since.
What does that mean for our bodies?
For chronic disease?
For the way we farm animals?
For the way we eat?
In this episode of Old Ways, New Days, we explore the deep connection between soil health and human health — from bomb factories to CAFOs to Victory Gardens — and what stewardship could look like now.
Because everything is related.
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22min
February 26, 2026 Part 2: Black Herbalists & Plant Medicine
This Black History Month, we honor the Black herbalists who healed under enslavement, carried medicine in memory, and kept communities alive when care was denied.
Part Two of Old Ways New Days is a reverent reflection on plant medicine, lineage, and survival.
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16min
February 19, 2026 Part 1: Rooted Resistance: Black Innovators, Ancestral Wisdom & the Foundations of Sustainable Living
“Before sustainable living had a name, it had roots. 🌱
This Black History Month, Old Ways New Days honors the Black innovators, ancestral farmers, and land stewards who shaped homesteading, regenerative agriculture, and food sovereignty — blending history, spirituality, and soil wisdom into one powerful story.”
Resources:
Oneearth.org
Tsfrcbo.org
Blackinplantscience.org
Csuchico.edu
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FAQs about Old Ways New Days:

How many episodes does Old Ways New Days have?

The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.