Old Ways New Days

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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Before spices were trendy, they were powerful. 🌿
 From garden herbs to world-changing seeds, this episode of Old Ways New Days explores how to grow, dry, store, and honor the seasonings that once shaped empires—and can still shape your pantry today.

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