Episode 14Sustainability Book Chat As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. During the drought of 2012 when everything in our garden was dying after months without rain, I really started to think about hydroponics and aquaponic growing systems. … Read More
Episode 13Sustainability Book Chat As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. All gardens and farms were organic prior to World War II, and gardeners realized centuries ago that healthy soil was the key to healthy plants. Building healthy … Read More
Episode 12Sustainability Book Chat If you like growing things that are slightly unusual, then pawpaws may be for you. They are a “tropical” fruit tree that grows in colder climates. In this episode, I’m talking with Blake Cothron, the author … Read More
Episode 11Sustainability Book Chat As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Today’s episode is for anyone who has ever thought about adding cattle to their homestead. I’m talking to Callene Rapp, co-author of Homestead Cows: The Complete Guide … Read More
Episode 10Sustainability Book Chat As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. If you thought that it was beyond the reach of mere mortals to grow spices like ginger, turmeric, vanilla, cinnamon, and cardamon, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by … Read More
Episode 9Sustainability Book Chat As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. People don’t usually think of health when we talk about sustainable living, but if we don’t have our health, we are not sustainable. Keeping ourselves healthy is … Read More
Episode 8Sustainability Book Chat As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If you want to learn more about using herbs beyond the kitchen, The Artisan Herbalist is a must read and a must see. It’s filled will beautiful … Read More
Episode 7Sustainability Book Chat As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. If you are looking for ideas on getting started with organic vegetable gardening, we are talking about everything you need to know! Which vegetables are the best … Read More
Episode 6Sustainability Book Chat As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. It seems like keeping bees should be the easiest thing in the world, but I have learned personally that there is a lot more to it than … Read More
Episode 5Sustainability Book Chat As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Bugs are an inevitable part of gardening, but we have lots of options for dealing with them. In this episode gardener Susan Mulvihill, author of The Vegetable … Read More
Thrifty Homesteader was created in 2012 after the publication of my second book, Ecothrifty. The name was coined by one of my followers because I said that I didn’t want anyone to think that they had to be rich to homestead or live a greener life....
