Sow Edible Podcast

Ever wonder what it takes to put on a big conference?  How long does it take to plan and how much money do these things cost anyways?  Join us in this episode as we discuss all this and more with Amy from Homesteaders of America.  

Resources:

• Homesteaders of America Conference  2019 Conference Details including Kidsteader classes and Tickets
• Homesteaders of America on Social:
• • Facebook - Find Conference Schedule Here
  • Instagram
• Amy's Personal Website:  The Fewell Homestead
• • The Homesteader's Herbal Companion
  • The Homesteader's Natural Chicken Keeping Handbook
• Enter to Win FREE TICKETS!!  One lucky winner will receive a 2 person weekend pass for the 2019 Homesteaders of America Conference! Come visit our Website to win- All Winners will be announced on Friday, Oct. 4th.
• Sow Organized Garden FREE classes

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Today we chat with Meg and Ben from Hollar Homestead about their search for the perfect place to call home.  It has been 2 years since we last chatted with the Hollar's and it is amazing how much they have accomplished!  If you would like to listen to the first interview, I have linked it here. 

In this episode here are some of the fun things we talk about:

• What was it like to travel around the US with your 4 boys?
• Favorite Experience
• Lessons Learned
• How did you choose your Homestead Land?
• Words of Wisdom for those who are thinking of doing the same

While their road trip adventure has come to a wonderful ending, you don't want to miss their new exciting adventure of building their homestead!  Go find out more on their YouTube Channel:  The Hollar Homestead , Instagram, and Facebook.

Other Resources:

• 2020 Sow Organized Garden Planner is here! Yay!  Planning your garden has never been so easy! Avoid the overwhelm and chaos this year by planning your garden or homestead for success!  Created for Gardeners, by gardeners, this garden planner will provide you with plenty of room to plan and record all the vital information you need for a successful garden in an organized and simple layout.  Come Check it out!
• Events!  Our Fall Event Schedule is packed and we are SUPER excited to meet you at one of these events.  
• Facebook Live Event... EEE!  Super Nervous Excited you guys!  Come Join me on Facebook, Monday Sept. 9th at 12:30 EST for our first live event!

In this episode we share how to set up a simple irrigation system run off of timers as well as an update on all the happenings around the farm.  It is also listener question time, where we answer questions on soil building, mulch, caring and planting in food forests and orchards, and much more!

Today we chat with Jason from Sow the Land about Digital Homesteading.  Jason and his lovely wife Loraine share their adventures of leaving the city life in search for a more minimal and intentional life on You Tube, instagram, and Sow the Land podcast.  

In this episode Jason shares their story and covers topics such as:

• getting started in You Tube
• Equipment options
• Importance of Telling your Story
• Editing Skills and software options
• benefits of using You Tube
• Podcasting on Video

Resources:

Sow the Land video @ Mother Earth News Fair

Sow the Land video @ Organic Growers School

Sow the Land website 

Today we chat with Tradd Cotter from Mushroom Mountain about Mushrooms in Soil Building.  In this episode we cover topics such as

• How Mushrooms Build Soil
• Best Edible Mushrooms for Garden
• The Importance of Mycorrhizae Fungi in seed starting
• Using mushrooms in your Orchards and Forest Gardening
• Should you use mushrooms that are NOT edible in your landscape?
• Gardening Practices to avoid

Tradd Cotter and his wife Olga have taken their immense love and knowledge of mushrooms and made it their life goal to share it with the world as well as provide very high quality mushroom spore collected and cultivated at their own mushroom research facilities.  They are involved in all areas of fungi including fungal solutions for pest control, disease, plant health, restoring degraded land, and increasing fertility to the soil.  Tradd has also written an excellent book called Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation that gives an in-depth look at practical cultivation how-to's, strategies for mycoremediation, and fungi identification. 

Mushroom Mountain offers online classes, consulting, onsite mushroom tours and trails, and workshops.  You can find them at a variety of speaking events as well as online at www.MushroomMountain.com.  Additionally, you can purchase a wide variety of mushrooms and medicinal tinctures (mycomatrix)  from their online store.

Additional Show Notes:

• Mother Earth News Podcast, episode #60 Chickens in Permaculture
• To purchase Mushrooms discussed in this episode go to MushroomMountain.com