Hear “East Coast Eric” interview “West Coast Erik” on Garden Fork Radio Podcast Episode #390 about attic fans, stovetop pizza and what happens with the power goes out in LA.
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061 National Heirloom Expo Report
This week we go to the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds in Northern California to the National Heirloom Exposition. The three day Expo is run by the folks behind Baker Creek Seeds and features speakers, a huge hall of heirloom fruits and vegetables, vendors, livestock, a biodynamic pavilion and live music. I’ve attended each year for five years in a row. This year I took my portable recording equipment and on this episode of the podcast you’ll hear interviews with root vegetable expert Grant Brians, Sir Cobalot, Sustainable Santa (yes you heard that right) and we’ll conclude with a discussion about the California Grange. During the show we mention:
- Grant Brians’ farm Heirloom Organic Gardens and his company Gourmet Seeds International
- Lueble Compost method
- Sir Cobalot’s website Living Earth Structures and Youtube channel
- Sustainable Santa on Facebook
- California Grange
- Pilot Hill Grange
If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this podcast is here.
060 Eric of Garden Fork Returns
Kelly has jury duty this week and I had no guest. Coincidentally, Eric Rochow of the Garden Fork Podcast also had no guest or host this week so we both agreed to be guests on each other’s podcasts. This is the second time we’ve had Eric on and in this episode he discusses tapping maple trees and making syrup, grilling steaks on coals, crowd funding, pie crusts and meditation apps. Here’s the rundown:
- Planting crops in a cold climate in the late summer
- Tapping sugar maples
- Building an evaporator for making maple syrup
- Earth Eats Podcast
- Cooking “Eisenhower” steaks on coals
- Crowd funding
- Amanda Palmer Ted Talk
- Pie crusts
- Meditation with the Headspace app
- New anchor Dan Harris’s panic attack
- 10% happier app
If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this podcast is here.
059 The Dew Abides
This week Kelly and I interview Brad Barnes and Jenn Collins of the blog The Dew Abides-their mantra is: simple living doesn’t have to be boring. Jenn and Brad live in Columbus, Georgia. During our conversation we talk about decluttering, taking care of elderly parents, living on a food stamp budget and much more. Jenn and Brad reference:
- Jenn’s experience taking care of aging parents
- The Great Purge
- Setting up a bar in the house
- Home carbonation
- Making peapod wine
- Food stamp diet
- A Place at the Table
- Mindful eating
- Hundred dollar holiday
- The division of labor at the Dew Abides household
- Green renovation
Website: TheDewAbides.com,
Social media: Dew Abides in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this podcast is here.
058 All About Aquaponics
Today on the podcast Kelly and I head to a unique homesteading supply shop called the King’s Roost to talk to the owner, Roe Sie, about aquaponics. During the show we discuss:
- What kind of growing medium to use
- Types of fish
- Water quality
- What female fish look like
- How to get an aquaponics system going
- How much it’s going to cost
- Troubleshooting
Roe gives a tour of his aquaponic system in this video:
You can connect with Roe through the King’s Roost website as well as Facebook and Instagram.
If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this podcast is here.