The Revolutionary's Garden

Today we will be tackling our first ever fruit tree on the show, and what better fruit tree to start with than the ubiquitous apple tree. We've expressed our doubts about the utility of apples in the Revolutionary's Garden, but their presence across every american town and prolific nature make them worthwhile to talk about!

We talk about the colonial myths of johnny appleseed, various apple varieites, and some of the diferrences between root stocks, real roots, and dwarf and full sized trees.

While we can only briefly cover topics like pruning, we spend plenty of time on mulching, interplanting, and pest control for your apple trees.

And of course, if you like this epsiode, be sure to check out our other episode on apple cider, so you have plenty to do with all your fresh fruit!

A long overdue update to our food preservation series, for todays episode we will be covering pickling. And not just pickling cucumbers, but all manner of fruits and veggies from carrots, to onions, to cabbage. On top of covering the primary forms of pickling, vinegar pickling and lacto fermenting pickles, we also cover other lacto fermented dishes like Sauerkraut and Kimchi!

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As Always our show is produced on Occupied Abankai land, specifically the land of the Kennebec people. We pay a portion of the show's proceeds to the Wabanaki Alliance in the form of rent. Remember, Land Acknowledgements are a good first step, and rents are better, but nothing is a substitute for land back and indigenous sovereignty.

Today we would like to recommend The collective organizations food not bombs. While individual organs within the food not bombs network can be hit or miss sometimes, their overall message of bringing the community together to feed people is a good one. I have disagreed with many folks on food not bombs before, but we've always been able to come together and do the important work. IF you;re struggling to find a way to start organizing, reach out to your nearest food not bombs for help, as they can be a good start.

Our first interview of the year, we talk to Fix Cain, co-founder of the Alliance of Native Seedkeepers. Alliance of Native Seedkeepers is an incredible project to reinvigeroate indigneous culture and food ways, primarily by the preservation and revitalization of seedsaving and foodways. This is just a great interview as Fix is a genuinely funny guy, with soem terrific insights.

To learn more, or to purchase some of their terrific seeds, make sure to visit the Alliance of Native Seedkeepers at their website and seed store.

https://www.allianceofnativeseedkeepers.com

Continuing with our usual winter themes, we are going to cover one of the best winter storage vegetables! With a vibrant taste, and the ability to store for months, onions are a great addiiton to any garden. We cover the history, variety selection, and how to grow and store this perfect root cellar crop.

Thank you for tuning into this January farm update! While winter is a sleepy time on the farm, we still have to deal with horny goats, crazy storms ripping roofs away, and more! We also update you on the some of the upcoming interview episodes, a bonus series, and much much more.

Welcome to the final installment (For now) of our Garden 101 series!

In this episode, we cover the proper setup for a good garden and harvest storage system, from harvesting tools, to the wash station, to the kitchen. We cover the general methods of harvest for major vegetable types, and how to get them into storage or your kitchen quickly, cleanly, and efficiently. After all, all of this garden advice does little good if you don't actually get to eat or share what you grow.

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This is a reupload of our intial episode on Cranberries. something happened in the upload that seriously degraded the audio quality, well below our modest standars. so this is a rerecorded and reuploaded epiosde, with much better audio.

In this episode we discuss the history, selection, and growing of the most underappreciated berry in north America. First clarifying the muddy definition of cranberry, then following its history from the indigenous nations of north America, through colonization, up to today. We cover how to grow cranberries, both in your home garden, as well as a guerilla gardening plant. and finally we wrap up with the many easy ways to prepare and preserve this incredible little berry.

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Our show is written and produced on occupied Abenaki land, and we pay portion of the shows proceeds to the Wabanaki Alliance in the form of rent.

Today we would like to recommend The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen, by Sean Sherman https://sioux-chef.com/

To celebrate the solstice, We'll be releasing this Patron only special bonus episode, The Apple Tree Man. While tangentially Garden related, this is an old folk tale from Britain, that is dear to my heart, and a perfect tale for the season.

Enjoy, and happy solstice!

In this fifth installment of our garden 101 series, we cover the common pests, pathogens, and diseases that can afflict your garden. Wile we most thoroughly cover general bio security to prevent diseases, we also cover how to manage a disease outbreak once it occurs. As well as common methods such as fencing, push pull, and bait plants to deter a range of pests.

If you like our show, please consider supporting us on Patreon. Our Patrons receive early episode access, bonus content, and a direct line to the Rev Garden Team.

Our show is produced on occupied Abenaki land, and we pay a portion of the shows proceeds to the Wabanaki Alliance in the form of rent.

Todays Recommendation is The Bio-Integrated Farm, by Shawn Jadrnicek.

Wanted to share with you all this interview I did with The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist youtube channel. We talk about the Rev Garden project in general, as well other topics like organizing in rural areas, food security, and dunking on patriotic socialists. I'm including a link below if you want to see the video version of this interview as well as a link to his channel, where he has tons of interviews. Please show his project some love and doll out plenty of likes and comments.

Interview link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3LGvHYORoU

Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMindofaSkepticalLeftist

Please enjoy this public release of a bonus episode from our Patreon!

Wanted to share with you all this interview I did with The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist youtube channel. We talk about the Rev Garden project in general, as well other topics like organizing in rural areas, food security, and dunking on patriotic socialists. I'm including a link below if you want to see the video version of this interview as well as a link to his channel, where he has tons of interviews. Please show his project some love and doll out plenty of likes and comments.

Interview link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3LGvHYORoU

Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMindofaSkepticalLeftist