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A podcast about vegetable gardening, food preservation, home economics and DIY living. Hosted by Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne, authors of The Urban Homestead and Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post Consumer World.

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138 Erics Gone Wild

07.03.2020

On episode 138 of the Root Simple podcast we brain dump with Eric Rochow, a.k.a. “East Coast Eric” of Garden Fork TV about concrete work, bears in the garden, plywood boat building and storm windows. Eric has been a frequent ...

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07.03.2020 138 Erics Gone Wild On episode 138 of the Root Simple podcast we brain dump with Eric Rochow, a.k.a. “East Coast Eric” of Garden Fork TV about concrete work, bears in the garden, plywood boat building and storm windows. Eric has been a frequent ...
03.30.2020 137 Corona Crisis With Johnny of Granola Shotgun Johnny Sanphillippo of the blog Granola Shotgun dropped by the Root Simple podcast today to talk about a lifestyle that’s proving useful in our troubled times. I decided to put this podcast out quickly so please excuse the less than ...
12.11.2019 136 Garden Fundamentals with Robert Pavlis On this 136th episode of the Root Simple podcast we talk to author and gardening expert Robert Pavlis about how to improve your soil, how to start seedlings in the winter, how to take care of houseplants and much more. ...
11.20.2019 135 Larry Korn: Rest in Revolution Root Simple reader Pat just informed me of the passing of Larry Korn, who was a guest on our podcast in October of 2015. Larry was probably best known as the translator of Masanobu Fukuoka’s One Straw Revolution but that ...
10.02.2019 134 Eric of Garden Fork on Mental Decluttering, Washing Machine Repair and More! On the 134th episode of the podcast we talk to DIYer, YouTuber and podcaster Eric Rochow of Garden Fork TV on some eclectic DIY notions and projects including why he’s quitting beekeeping, mental decluttering, washing machine repair, print making and ...
09.18.2019 133 Trees of Power with Akiva Silver On this 133rd episode of the Root Simple podcast Kelly and I talk to Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm, described in his author bio as a “homestead, nut orchard and nursery located in Spencer, New York where he grows ...
08.09.2019 132 Legalize It! A Conversation with Beekeeper Max Wong On this bee-centric episode of the podcast I talk with fellow “backwards” beekeeper Max Wong, in front of a live audience at a meeting of the Long Beach Beekeepers, about her techniques as well as her role in the successful ...
06.05.2019 131 Learning to Smell the Roses with Kendra Gaeta On this episode of the root simple podcast I talk to Kendra Gaeta about something you probably don’t think about too much–your sense of smell. As usual with the podcast, I have a bad habit of turning off the recorder ...
06.03.2019 Pollinators and Power Beekeeper and activist Terry Oxford has a great new podcast called Pollinators and Power. The premiere episode features Professor Dave Goulson of Sussex University. Goulson is the founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and author of many books on native ...
05.23.2019 130 Farm Unfixed with Jessica Rath In her work artist Jessica Rath examines, as she puts it, “how human containment of the land effects non-human species from the propagation of agricultural plants to the sensoria of bees.” She is on the faculty of the Art Center ...
05.08.2019 129 The Garden Is the Teacher: a Conversation With EagleSong Our guest on this episode of the podcast is EagleSong Gardener. From her bio: EagleSong is human being, green witch, herbalist and crofter dedicated to deep transformation on an individual and planetary scale. She tends the Spiral Garden at the ...
04.10.2019 128 Flipping the Future of Architecture A few weeks ago I retweeted an article about a nightmarish Victorian house flip that touched off a minor architectural tweet storm. That prompted an email from James Heard and Ashton Hamm of UXO Architects who had some opinions about ...
11.16.2018 127 Apocalypse Now with Father Mark Kowalewski This podcast conversation with Fr. Mark Kowalewski, dean of St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral in Los Angeles, needs a longer introduction than usual because it might, at first, seem off-topic. But I think it’s safe to say that within the DNA ...
10.18.2018 126 The Wild Yards Project with David Newsom On the podcast this week Kelly and I talk to David Newsom about his Wild Yards Project. The goal of the Wild Yards Project is “to give you the inspiration and resources to re-wild your yard and to help others ...
10.04.2018 125 Green Burials with the Green Reaper Elizabeth Fournier This week on the podcast Kelly and I talk to undertaker, funeral home owner and author of The Green Burial Guidebook Elizabeth Fournier. Elizabeth, known affectionately as the “Green Reaper,” owns and operates Cornerstone Funeral Services in Boring, Oregon (we’re ...
09.05.2018 124 Adam Brock on Forming Nurtured Networks When I wrote a post lamenting the difficulties of forming and sustaining groups I got an email from Adam Brock, author of Change Here Now, a book which uses architect Christopher Alexander idea of a “pattern language” to find solutions ...
08.08.2018 123 Beekeeping Mistakes I Have Made On the podcast this week is a recording of a talk I gave to the Long Beach Beekeepers on Sunday August 5th 2018. Several times you’ll hear me refer to the “Backwards Beekeepers.” The Backwards Beekeepers were a group in ...
07.18.2018 122 Artist, Gardener and Activist Renee Garner There’s a struggle in cities, around the world, to make streets safer for everyone, especially our children and elders. One hundred years of car-centric planning has created cities and suburbs that are ugly and dangerous. Renee Garner is fighting a ...
07.04.2018 121 Beekeeping, Fireworks, Solar Power and Extending Wi-Fi with Will of the Weekend Homestead Will of the Weekend Homestead returns to the Root Simple podcast to talk about how to get into beekeeping without busting the bank, fireworks, rigging up a simple solar power system and extending your wi-fi. During the podcast we discuss: ...
06.20.2018 120 Inhabiting Suburbia with Johnny Sanphillippo On this episode of the root simple podcast I speak with Johnny Sanphillippo about the opportunities and challenges of inhabiting suburbia. Johnny asks some provocative questions in our discussion and on his blog Granola Shotgun. Can we make old communities ...
06.06.2018 119 A Chat With the Gardenerd Christy “Garden Nerd” Wilhelmi dropped by the Root Simple compound to talk to Kelly and I about everything from loquats to bees to climate change. You can find her blog posts, podcast, YouTube at Gardenerd.com. She is the author of ...
05.23.2018 118 Eric of Garden Fork on Old Houses, Queen Bees and Ramps On this week’s episode of the podcast Eric Rochow of Garden Fork returns to talk about the struggle of owning an old house, raising queen bees and the over harvesting of ramps. During the show Eric mentions: His live question ...
04.25.2018 117 Raw Milk with David Gumpert On this episode of the podcast (much delated due to home construction projects) we talk to journalist and author David Gumpert about the controversies surrounding raw milk. David was a staff reporter with The Wall Street Journal and a small ...
03.07.2018 116 Being the Change with Peter Kalmus On this episode of the root simple podcast Kelly and I speak with climate scientist Peter Kalmus, author of Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution. Peter was a guest on episode 39, but we thought we’d ...
01.31.2018 115 Inventing a New Word: Apisoir Wine writer Micheal Alberty was thinking of a way to promote the “terroir” of local honey so, naturally, he coined a new word, “apisoir.” Find out what happened when he tried to get this word into Wikipedia as well as ...
12.13.2017 114 Will of The Weekend Homestead on Fire Safety On the podcast this week I talk to Will of the The Weekend Homestead about fire safety and life on his rural Wisconsin getaway. Will is a former firefighter and avid YouTuber and reached out to me to respond to ...
11.29.2017 113 Open Floor Plans and Dog Sports On the Root Simple Podcast this week, Kelly and I discuss fire safety problems caused by open floor plans and modern materials and Kelly shares her favorite dog sports (picture above is of our Saluki Ivan in front of a ...
10.25.2017 112 Eric of Garden Fork on Glazing, Concrete Anchors and Mouse Traps On this episode Eric of Garden Fork returns to the podcast to drop some opinions on window glazing, concrete anchors, mouse traps and Harbor Freight. Our fix-it rap includes: How to apply window glazing putty This Old House on triple ...
10.04.2017 111 Cardoons, Medlars and Hipster Toilets On the podcast this week, Kelly and I read and respond to listener questions and comments about cardoons, medlars and Toto’s Eco Promenade toilet! Here’s some links to the topics we rap about: What’s a Saluki? Los Angeles Bread Bakers ...
09.20.2017 110 A Report from the 2017 National Heirloom Expo On the podcast this week are three interviews I recorded at the 7th annual National Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa, California in the first week of September 2017. The organizers of the expo, Baker Creek Seeds, hold a press conference ...
09.06.2017 109 Doubt is Our Product: Bees, Chemicals and Academia How do chemical companies influence university scientists? Who pays for research? Why did the California State Beekeeping Association oppose legislation that would have required labeling neonicotinoid treated nursery plants? These are just a few of the controversial questions covered in ...
08.23.2017 108 Artist/Maker Federico Tobon Update: Federico wrote up a blog post showing some of the things we talked about. Our guest this week on the Root Simple Podcast is artist Federico Tobon of WolfCat Workshop. We talk about a lot of things including Federico’s ...
08.09.2017 107 Urban Beekeeping with Terry Oxford Terry Oxford is a rooftop beekeeper in San Francisco. On this episode of the podcast we discuss her natural beekeeping methods and her efforts to stop the use of systemic neonicotinoid pesticides such as Imidacloprid. Terry’s website is Urban Bee ...
07.26.2017 106 Opposable Thumbs This week on the Root Simple Podcast we’re featuring the first half hour of another podcast we think you should subscribe to: Opposable Thumbs. Hosts Taylor Hokanson and Rob Ray interview a guest each week who issues a creative challenge ...
07.12.2017 105 GardenNerd’s Tips for Organic Gardening Success Our guest on this episode is “GardenNerd” Christy Wilhelmi, previously heard on episode 19 of the podcast, who returns this week to discuss her new ebook 400 Plus Tips for Organic Gardening Success. As you might guess we touch on ...
06.28.2017 104 Erin Schanen the Impatient Gardener Listen to “104 Erin Schanen the Impatient Gardener” on Spreaker. On the podcast this week we talk to garden blogger Erin Schanen, the Impatient Gardener. Erin lives in a small cottage in Southeastern Wisconsin. During the show we discuss some ...
06.14.2017 103 Ugly Little Greens with Mia Wasilevich Listen to “103 Ugly Little Greens with Mia Wasilevich” on Spreaker. Our guest this week is chef and forager Mia Wasilevich. Mia is the founder of Transitional Gastronomy and teaches culinary workshops, wild-food identification and food styling. She was a ...
05.31.2017 102 Beekeeping Controversies With Susan Rudnicki Listen to “102 Beekeeping Contoversies With Susan Rudnicki” on Spreaker. Behind the headlines about bee die-offs is an untold story about the methods of conventional beekeeping. There is a sharp divide between mainstream beekeepers and natural beekeepers. In this episode ...
05.18.2017 101 Eric Interviews Erik Between Kelly’s aortic dissection and my mom’s passing it’s been a difficult few months here at Root Simple. Eric Rochow of Garden Fork noticed that I haven’t put out a podcast episode in a long time and offered to interview ...
03.15.2017 100 Eric Rochow of Garden Fork on Maple Syrup, Welding and Cast Iron Listen to “100 Eric Rochow on Maple Tapping, Welding and Cast Iron” on Spreaker. On this, the 100th episode of the Root Simple podcast we talk with Garden Fork impresario Eric Rochow about his adventures in maple syrup making, learning ...
03.01.2017 099 The Amazing Sourdough Breads of Guy Frenkel Listen to “099 The Amazing Sourdough Breads of Guy Frenkel” on Spreaker. Guy Frenkel is one of the most talented bakers I’ve met. If you’ve seen his whole grain, sourdough breads in Instagram (@Ceorbread) and Facebook you’ll know why I ...
02.16.2017 098 Kelly’s Aortic Dissection Adventure Listen to “098 Kelly’s Aortic Dissection Adventure” on Spreaker. On this episode of the podcast Kelly sits down to tell the story of her aortic dissection and subsequent emergency open heart surgery, that took place on November 25, 2016. We ...
02.01.2017 097 Mill Your Own Flour with a Mock Mill Listen to “097Mill Your Own Flour with a Mock Mill” on Spreaker. First off, I want to thank Eric Rochow of Garden Fork for subbing for Kelly and I on the previous podcast (episode 96). Thank you Eric! And I ...
01.04.2017 096 Photographer Babs Perkins: The Land, People and Cheese of the Balkans Listen to “096 Photographer Babs Perkins: The Land, People and Cheese of the Balkans” on Spreaker. First of all, a big thanks to Eric Rochow of Garden Fork. He wanted to do something for Kelly and me, so he set ...
11.16.2016 095 Bean Holes and Deep Fried Turkeys with Eric Rochow of Garden Fork Listen to “095 Bean Holes and Deep Fried Turkeys with Eric Rochow of Garden Fork” on Spreaker. With Thanksgiving just around the corner in the US it’s time to rock the friends and family with some new cooking traditions. How ...
10.26.2016 094 The American Woman’s Home Listen to “094 The American Woman’s Home” on Spreaker. On the podcast this week Kelly and I discuss a 19th century urban homesteading book written by Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, The American Woman’s Home. The book was written ...
09.21.2016 093 Micheal Judd on Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist Our guest is Michael Judd and our topic is permaculture, edible landscaping, straw bale building, mushrooms and even a permacultural approach to death. From his bio: “Michael Judd is the founder of Ecologia, edible and ecological landscape design and Project ...
09.07.2016 092 A Mattress Made of Sand Stephanie Wing-Garcia and her husband Michael Garcia devised an innovative solution to Stephanie’s crippling back pain: they handcrafted a bed made out of sand. We visited Stephanie and Michael in their Los Angeles home and tried out their bed. Stephanie ...
08.24.2016 091 Artist John Hartley’s Contingency Research Our guest this week on the podcast is London-based artist and researcher John Hartley. John is probably best known for turning an office (desk, computer and business suit!) into a sea kayak. We talk about a bunch of John’s projects, ...
07.27.2016 090 Garden Myths: Nitrogen, Roundup, Compost Tea Our topic this week is gardening myths and our guest is Robert Pavlis. We touch on a number of controversial, hot-button gardening topics such as synthetic fertilizers, roundup and compost tea. Robert maintains a six acre garden near Guelph, Ontario ...

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