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Hi Jimi,
As the season winds down and the evenings grow cozy, many of us turn inward, dreaming of next year's potential. Top of mind? Planning for the coming seasons!
I know—envisioning your entire garden, homestead, or farm plan is a mammoth task. Overwhelming? Absolutely. But it doesn't have to be.
That's precisely why Seedtime is hosting a not-to-be-missed LIVE workshop. Watch as acclaimed growers such as Ben Hartman, Steven Cornett, and Nina Shirley craft an entire garden, homestead, and small farm plan from the ground up. This is your opportunity to glean wisdom from the best in the field!
Reserve your free spot in the workshop here
Here’s the details:
Title: Watch How to Plan & Design an Entire Garden, Homestead, or Small-Farm from A-Z in Just 1 Hour!
When: November 7-9 at 7pm Central Time (5pm PST, 6pm MST, 8pm EST)
Location: Online (from the comfort of your home!)
Speakers: Ben Hartman, Steven Cornett, Nina Shirley, and more…
Click to secure your free access to the workshop
This exclusive event goes beyond the basics, diving into the nitty-gritty of designing a thriving garden, homestead or farm. You'll witness a real-time creation of plans, including succession planting strategies for a bountiful, season-long harvest.
Plus, snag your complimentary Seedtime account to immediately start sketching out your own area using the expert tips you've just learned.
Ready to join us?
Claim your seat at the Seedtime Seed to Harvest Workshop now!
Let's make the coming year our most abundant yet!
Helping you thrive,
As the season winds down and the evenings grow cozy, many of us turn inward, dreaming of next year's potential. Top of mind? Planning for the coming seasons!
I know—envisioning your entire garden, homestead, or farm plan is a mammoth task. Overwhelming? Absolutely. But it doesn't have to be.
That's precisely why Seedtime is hosting a not-to-be-missed LIVE workshop. Watch as acclaimed growers such as Ben Hartman, Steven Cornett, and Nina Shirley craft an entire garden, homestead, and small farm plan from the ground up. This is your opportunity to glean wisdom from the best in the field!
Reserve your free spot in the workshop here
Here’s the details:
Title: Watch How to Plan & Design an Entire Garden, Homestead, or Small-Farm from A-Z in Just 1 Hour!
When: November 7-9 at 7pm Central Time (5pm PST, 6pm MST, 8pm EST)
Location: Online (from the comfort of your home!)
Speakers: Ben Hartman, Steven Cornett, Nina Shirley, and more…
Click to secure your free access to the workshop
This exclusive event goes beyond the basics, diving into the nitty-gritty of designing a thriving garden, homestead or farm. You'll witness a real-time creation of plans, including succession planting strategies for a bountiful, season-long harvest.
Plus, snag your complimentary Seedtime account to immediately start sketching out your own area using the expert tips you've just learned.
Ready to join us?
Claim your seat at the Seedtime Seed to Harvest Workshop now!
Let's make the coming year our most abundant yet!
Helping you thrive,
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Do you know what all goes into garlic growing?
On this episode of the Thriving Farmer Podcast, Michael is joined by Julie Olberding of Rustic Roots Farm in Alexandria, Minnesota. Their farm balances natural resources with a blend of innovative techniques and traditional methods to produce the highest quality products for their customers. They specialize in hardneck garlic, maple syrup, asparagus and more using these natural and regenerative methods.Tune in to hear about Julie’s award-winning garlic and her advice for new farmers.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- How Julie and Chad got started in farming
- Why Rustic Roots choose garlic to start with
- How many varieties of garlic they grow
- About their fertility program
- What other enterprises and products their farm offers
- What Julie’s advice is for newer farmers
About the Guest:
Julie Olberding and her family started Rustic Roots Farm near Alexandria, Minnesota. They are first generation farmers now entering their 5th year of farming. They raise specialty crops (hardneck garlic, maple syrup, asparagus and small square bales of hay) using natural, sustainable and regenerative methods.
They started Rustic Roots Farm to teach their kids the values of independence, hard work, self-reliance, perseverance and creative thinking and they are involved in the day-to-day operations of the farm. In 2022, their farm was honored to be selected as a featured grower at the Minnesota Garlic Festival.
Resources:
Website - https://rusticrootsfarm.eatfromfarms.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rusticrootsfarmmn
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rusticrootsfarmmn
garlic growing hmmm italian chefs?
Do you know what all goes into garlic growing?
On this episode of the Thriving Farmer Podcast, Michael is joined by Julie Olberding of Rustic Roots Farm in Alexandria, Minnesota. Their farm balances natural resources with a blend of innovative techniques and traditional methods to produce the highest quality products for their customers. They specialize in hardneck garlic, maple syrup, asparagus and more using these natural and regenerative methods.
Tune in to hear about Julie’s award-winning garlic and her advice for new farmers.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
About the Guest:
Julie Olberding and her family started Rustic Roots Farm near Alexandria, Minnesota. They are first generation farmers now entering their 5th year of farming. They raise specialty crops (hardneck garlic, maple syrup, asparagus and small square bales of hay) using natural, sustainable and regenerative methods.
They started Rustic Roots Farm to teach their kids the values of independence, hard work, self-reliance, perseverance and creative thinking and they are involved in the day-to-day operations of the farm. In 2022, their farm was honored to be selected as a featured grower at the Minnesota Garlic Festival.
Resources:
Website - https://rusticrootsfarm.eatfromfarms.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rusticrootsfarmmn
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rusticrootsfarmmn
Jimi, who in your family is in charge of first aid? Who keeps everyone well and knows what to do when someone gets sick? Is that you? Good—we’re emailed the right person! 
Beginning today, Grow Your Own Vegetable's friend and fellow gardener Kami McBride is teaching a free webinar about utilizing natural herbal oils as part of your home’s first aid. These herbal oils are ones that you can easily make in your own kitchen.
Access this free training webinar HERE
Herbal oils are a supreme place to start building or to keep building your home’s natural wellness toolkit because they are a simple home remedy that has everyday applications.
Don’t wait until you’re sick and then scramble to figure out what to use.
Begin building your natural remedies today in order to take care of yourself naturally.
With this inexpensive easy-to-use home remedy, you can transform your home wellness culture as well as how you and your loved ones approach self-care and sickness prevention.
Creating herbal oils is easy—and remember you can make them right in your very own kitchen!
Don’t miss out on this free training that begins today and includes herbal tips and tricks as well as little-known application techniques.
Click HERE to get your FREE access to Kami’s Training
Don’t miss out on this sup-herb webinar!
Grow Your Own Vegetables Team
Beginning today, Grow Your Own Vegetable's friend and fellow gardener Kami McBride is teaching a free webinar about utilizing natural herbal oils as part of your home’s first aid. These herbal oils are ones that you can easily make in your own kitchen.
Access this free training webinar HERE Herbal oils are a supreme place to start building or to keep building your home’s natural wellness toolkit because they are a simple home remedy that has everyday applications.
Don’t wait until you’re sick and then scramble to figure out what to use.
Begin building your natural remedies today in order to take care of yourself naturally.
With this inexpensive easy-to-use home remedy, you can transform your home wellness culture as well as how you and your loved ones approach self-care and sickness prevention.
Creating herbal oils is easy—and remember you can make them right in your very own kitchen!
Don’t miss out on this free training that begins today and includes herbal tips and tricks as well as little-known application techniques.
Click HERE to get your FREE access to Kami’s Training Don’t miss out on this sup-herb webinar!
Grow Your Own Vegetables Team
Yes and a great cancer fighter, you should be eatin it every day
if you dont want people near you that is
Better than not fighting cancer at all
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Speaking of garlic, my mom used to have a recipe for garlic soup. It was quite good if you like garlic. Don't know if I will find it, but I think I need to look through her old recipes. If I do find it I'll be happy to share it with you if you are interested.
I'd love to have that recipe,
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Hi Jimi, There’s no cure for Alzheimer’s disease — yet. But a recent study reveals four specific foods that can slash your risk of ever developing this deadly disease. Researchers have discovered that these superfoods can help protect you from the permanent memory loss, confusion, cognitive decline, and personality changes that go with dementia. (One of our all-time favorite foods is on the list! Hint:  )As you know, we are a superfan of superfoods around here!  Get the latest neuroscience on Alzheimer’s prevention and peak brain performance with the Brain Breakthroughs Masterclass!>>> Watch the brand new and totally free Brain Breakthroughs Masterclass here Grow Your Own Vegetables Team P.S. In one study, regular consumption of leafy green vegetables added 11 years of healthy brain function. Bring on the kale!  Another study showed that eating blueberries could add 2 ½ years of cognitive health. Yum! Want to know about the other two (coffee and tea, for the impatient and curious)? And 9 more brain health breakthroughs that could make a world of difference? Get it all right here. |
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6 Health Benefits of Gardening for Veterans
6 Health Benefits of Gardening for Veterans
Many veterans struggle with addiction, depression, and anxiety as a result of the trauma they’ve experienced. Gardening is being studied as a means to help veterans (and others) heal from past trauma and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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Catalog time is coming!
I'm gonna need 4 or 5 acres to grow all I want to grow...
I'm gonna need 4 or 5 acres to grow all I want to grow...
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The Grow Your Vegetables Team took the quiz and will be sharing the results in our
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Read out all about it in Tuesday’s email.
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New USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is now official. If I plug in my zip code it says I'm now in zone 9b. However, when I zoom the map the border between 9a and 9b is close to my house, but I'm still in 9a. I don't go by that anyway. I'm more focused on my first and last frost dates and how hot it gets in the summer. I actually wish the USDA modeled their maps on how they do it in Canada. The Canadian maps also factor in the growing season length and the high temps, not just the average low temps the USDA uses.
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2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map | USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
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Hey Jimi,
We’ve got some exciting news for our vegetable growers!
After taking a hiatus in 2023, our Thriving Farmer Summit series is back…with our next summit set for January. And the topic of the upcoming summit?
Growing + selling vegetables!
I can’t emphasize the power of community enough, which is one of the many reasons we love holding farm summits. We host these summits so farmers can learn from each other and connect with each other. There is always something to learn from other people…so whether you’re a brand new farmer or a farming expert, you’ll come away from the summit with new knowledge and ideas to implement for yourself.
During our Thriving Farmer Vegetable Summit we’ll be hosting 20+ vegetable growers from around the country, all of whom are eager to share their experiences and knowledge with you. If you’re a vegetable farmer, this is one event you will not want to miss!
We’ve got some exciting news for our vegetable growers!
After taking a hiatus in 2023, our Thriving Farmer Summit series is back…with our next summit set for January. And the topic of the upcoming summit?
Growing + selling vegetables!
The value of learning from the farm community
Farming isn’t easy. But you should never feel like you’re going it alone, not when there are so many other farmers out there who have gone through the same struggles and breakthroughs.I can’t emphasize the power of community enough, which is one of the many reasons we love holding farm summits. We host these summits so farmers can learn from each other and connect with each other. There is always something to learn from other people…so whether you’re a brand new farmer or a farming expert, you’ll come away from the summit with new knowledge and ideas to implement for yourself.
During our Thriving Farmer Vegetable Summit we’ll be hosting 20+ vegetable growers from around the country, all of whom are eager to share their experiences and knowledge with you. If you’re a vegetable farmer, this is one event you will not want to miss!
Community garden saved by volunteers:
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The Concord Monitor - When a huge community garden was threatened, the volunteers took over
One of the biggest farms in the Concord area, a site that annually produces tons of vegetables, fruits and flowers, changed hands this year but even fans of local agriculture probably didn't hear about it.That's because it is not exactly a farm. It's...
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"Bollywood" celebrities celebrate kitchen gardens:
GE Soil Microbes Are New Targets for Agrichemical Companies
Biotech companies, including the largest agrichemical corporations—Bayer-Monsanto, Syngenta, and BASF—are developing genetically engineered (GE) microbes (bacteria, viruses and fungi) for use in agriculture. Millions of acres of U.S. farmland are already seeing the application of this technology. The release of live GE microbes in agriculture represents an unprecedented open-air genetic experiment.
So risky, so arrogant - knowing the many roles that microbes have played in the emergence of life and their huge importance everywhere, from our guts to all ecosystems. And we don’t yet understand a fraction of it! Yet, the technology keeps developing, in pursuit of the almighty dollar.
Where is the testing?
Where is the regulation?
These questions without good answers compelled us here at IRT to launch a new campaign that we are announcing today. And you can help.
Rising to the GMO 2.0 Challenge: Tame the Tech
Protect Nature’s Gene Pool
Genetic engineering technology can rewrite the life code of anything with DNA. This brings an unprecedented threat of widespread corruption of nature’s gene pool.
Shockingly, in the U.S., gene-edited organisms can be created and released without safety checks and the current regulation does not cover GMOs created with GMO 2.0 technology.
That’s why IRT is taking the lead to force effective policies governing all of the new genomic techniques that we call GMO 2.0. While the tech can alter anything with DNA - including plants and animals in our food system - we are starting with the most dangerous organisms to alter and release: microbes.
These tiny organisms can rapidly cross borders and encircle the globe. Countries spend fortunes trying to remedy the introduction of invasive species, but once GE microbes are released, no policy can stop them.
We can’t back down now.
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anything or any expert concerning health chases the dollar. people get talked into making themselves sick, if its not broke dont fix it if it is broke then sorry but it happens. pretty much everything in this world can and is making us sick so i keep getting told.GE Soil Microbes Are New Targets for Agrichemical Companies
Biotech companies, including the largest agrichemical corporations—Bayer-Monsanto, Syngenta, and BASF—are developing genetically engineered (GE) microbes (bacteria, viruses and fungi) for use in agriculture. Millions of acres of U.S. farmland are already seeing the application of this technology. The release of live GE microbes in agriculture represents an unprecedented open-air genetic experiment.
So risky, so arrogant - knowing the many roles that microbes have played in the emergence of life and their huge importance everywhere, from our guts to all ecosystems. And we don’t yet understand a fraction of it! Yet, the technology keeps developing, in pursuit of the almighty dollar.
Where is the testing?
Where is the regulation?
These questions without good answers compelled us here at IRT to launch a new campaign that we are announcing today. And you can help.
Not everything, but plenty, including deliberate things like barium salts and aluminum in the chemtrails, not to mention the mutilation of the genetic heritage of our plant foods, and now the soil microbes; not to mention the pharmaceutical so called medicines that do more harm than good; not to mention geo-engineering of weather.
Because they who live as parasites on our tax dollars approve these things, because they want us DEAD.
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I bought some row covers. They are predicting a freeze this weekend which is a week early from my average first frost date. We had some temps in the 90s in October which delayed the lettuces I planted from germinating. They are finally coming up now and we are harvesting, but of course it decides to get cold early. Oh well, it's a learning experience.
Making Inexpensive Row Covers with Low Tunnels
Greenhouse Chicken Coop: Fertilize with Chicken Manure in the Garden
On a positive note I bought a GreenStalk vertical planter on their Black Friday sale. A lot of the youtubers I watch really like it. It's a family run and owned business based in Tennessee. I plan on using it for a herb and salad garden close to the house.
GreenStalk Vertical Planter
Inspiring a love of gardening in every home with our GreenStalk vertical planters and containerized gardening products.
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In your area you might be able to plant broccoli, kale, sprouts, califlower, and a few others will take a frost and keep on goin, kale and sprouts always taste sweeter when kissed by frostI bought some row covers. They are predicting a freeze this weekend which is a week early from my average first frost date. We had some temps in the 90s in October which delayed the lettuces I planted from germinating. They are finally coming up now and we are harvesting, but of course it decides to get cold early. Oh well, it's a learning experience.
On a positive note I bought a GreenStalk vertical planter on their Black Friday sale. A lot of the youtubers I watch really like it. It's a family run and owned business based in Tennessee. I plan on using it for a herb and salad garden close to the house.
GreenStalk Vertical Planter
Inspiring a love of gardening in every home with our GreenStalk vertical planters and containerized gardening products.
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How to Grow Parsnips
How to Grow Parsnips
When was the last time you ate a parsnip? Have you ever? I know. Parsnips are nowhere near as popular as carrots or even beets, but this underrated vegetable is just as nutritious and, in our humble opinion, just as flavorful. Parsnips aren’t any more difficult to grow than carrots and require...
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LOL, I just posted in the cooking thread about mashed parsnips then I come here and find an article about parsnips. I truly don't think I'd ever eaten parsnips before today, I'd certainly never bought any. I wish I had a good place for a garden. One of the biggest drawbacks to renting in my opinion is that I can't plant a garden. If I could parsnips would be on my list for next year.How to Grow Parsnips
How to Grow Parsnips
When was the last time you ate a parsnip? Have you ever? I know. Parsnips are nowhere near as popular as carrots or even beets, but this underrated vegetable is just as nutritious and, in our humble opinion, just as flavorful. Parsnips aren’t any more difficult to grow than carrots and require...
I have had pretty good luck with parsnips, I am thinkin someone might be able to grow some in a 5 gallon bucket like a big flower pot. Just something about fresh garden grown foods that make them taste so much better.
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