Podcast appearances and mentions of jackie marie beyer

https://mikesgreengarden.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/ricotta-1.jpeg () https://mikesgreengarden.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/eggplantlasagna.jpeg () https://mikesgreengarden.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/eggplant.jpeg () https://mikesgreengarden.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/finishedeggplantlasagna-1.jpeg () Roasted Eggplant Lasagna https://mikesgreengarden.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/coleslaw.jpg () Homegrown Cabbage Cole Slaw https://mikesgreengarden.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/img_8730.jpg () Isn't this cabbage as lovely as a rose! This is Jackie Marie Beyer, your host here to help inspire you on your journey to create, grow and enjoy a green organic oasis. So let's get growing! Welcome to the GREEN Organic Garden. It is Saturday, July 31st, 2021. And I am here for episode two of Soil Sista Saturday, with the golden listener of 2020 Aileen Catrone and welcome back. So what's growing in New Jersey this week. How's it going? 47sAileen Catrone Well, I started fall planting, so squash, zucchini, and I'm going to start my broccoli indoors. How do you think that goes? We think of a work I have to work. 1m 6sJackieMarie I think you're starting squash new? 1m 10sAileen Catrone Yes. Yes. Starting it, like just putting the seeds in the ground. They've already come up. It's amazing. Cause I think you have so many days, like 70 days or something before your first frost and you can harvest them. So let's see how it works out. 1m 28sJackieMarie Oh, well, when did your first car? We had somebody posts the other day in the Western modern Taylor gardening group that she lost all her zinnias cause it was down at 28, less than 50 miles for me. And we have had a killer frost on August 8th before hopefully, or, but yes, we we're lucky if we can go to September. Yeah. 1m 51sAileen Catrone Since October 30th, like Halloween, October 15th, October 30th and the way the weather's working, it might, it might just go into November who knows? I mean it's hot out there. It's unusually warm. Yeah. So the broccoli I'm going to start inside for a fall. Like, you know, you know how I was doing it in the spring, but those cabbage Watts decimated everything out there that was broccoli oriented, any kind of broccoli, Rob Kali fly, anything. It was just gone. 2m 32sAileen Catrone So I w again, https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/podcast-2/385-rusted-garden-gary-pilarchik/ (Gary Pilarchik) that you had on, he had said something about trying to start a fall garden indoors, you know, get some things ready for the fall and plant them out in your garden for the fall. So that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to do transplants of cauliflower and broccoli. And I think I would try brussel sprouts too. So there's no, there's no threat of that dreaded cabbage moth. And I haven't seen any for the past week or two. So that's interesting. Might be just a spring thing. And then I don't know what your insight is on that? 3m 9sJackieMarie I don't know. I'm so curious. And I had somebody else who was in New Jersey asked me what to plan for the fall. So this is awesome. So in Montana, so these are the challenges I have last year. I tried to do the fall broccoli thing. And the problem I had was it was so hot outside that it just, it just never took off and they never got bigger than six inches. And then I can remember they froze or whatever. They didn't make it. https://mikesgreengarden.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/img_8703.jpg () I planted lettuce yesterday. So that's what I'm trying to plant for the fall. Last year, I planted my letter September 1st and it just didn't take off enough before when, like, I was able to pick like a couple of leaves at Thanksgiving, but like, there just wasn't enough. https://mikesgreengarden.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/arugula2021.jpeg () Arugula outside my kitchen getting ready to bolt already August 1, 2021 3m 54sJackieMarie So this year I'm hoping August 1st, you know, July 30th, August 1st, right in there, I me be better. And I Support this podcast

https://amzn.to/2Xnb7Yl () https://amzn.to/2Xnb7Yl (My Garden Journal)   https://amzn.to/2wWaE5y () Get your copy of the https://amzn.to/2wWaE5y (Organic Oasis Guidebook) and get started building your own earth friendly garden today! Jackie Marie Beyer here welcome season three! If you're new to the show, I hope you'll subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app and let's get growing!     Oh my gosh. Green future growers Happy 2021! It's really Tuesday, December 29th when I'm recording this, but 2021 is right around the corner and I have so many exciting things for you. You are going to love season three. I was a little apprehensive about going off the mic for two months, but I think it has paid off. I have 10, 11, 12, great episodes in the bank. I just got off the phone with Patti Armbrister who called me? Because she is going to start a new show on Fridays that I think we're going to air.   Well, it's going to be a new, it's going to be https://forms.gle/StFAt1KT6JzbdGUN9 (YouTube LIVE question )and answer called, https://forms.gle/StFAt1KT6JzbdGUN9 (A)sk Patti "how to grow healthy food"   And she is going to talk about everything from where to order your seeds from, to how to process meat, how to grow food. She's going to do your https://forms.gle/StFAt1KT6JzbdGUN9 (questions). https://forms.gle/StFAt1KT6JzbdGUN9 (Questions). Robin Kelson has got questions. She's got, she's going to answer things like you wouldn't believe. So make sure you get your https://forms.gle/StFAt1KT6JzbdGUN9 (questions )sent to me, sent to her. Let me see, what is her email? I just had her email. I don't know, send it to me and I'll forward them to her. My email is orgpodcast@gmail.com or you can always get me at mikesgreengarden@gmail.com, ORGpodcast@gmail.com. Either of those are work.   There's a contact form on our website.   You can submit through anyway, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEB86XDz44f8kDNwm_aaU1PPVCkiZXFuUb-YYcx-TFqOvY8w/viewform (A)https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/patti/ (sk Patti )how to grow healthy food coming to you. Live Friday afternoons 4:00 PM. Eastern 2:00 PM, Montana time, 1:00 PM. Pacific time. It's going to be every Friday. She's going to do it through the summer. https://forms.gle/StFAt1KT6JzbdGUN9 (Answer your questions LIVE on YouTube!)   https://forms.gle/StFAt1KT6JzbdGUN9 (Submit your questions right here.)  So can't wait for that to start. You know, Patti Armbrister has shown much information out there. She'll get those https://forms.gle/StFAt1KT6JzbdGUN9 (questions coming in.)   So that's so exciting. The regenerative farmer https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEB86XDz44f8kDNwm_aaU1PPVCkiZXFuUb-YYcx-TFqOvY8w/viewform (A)https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/patti/ (sk Patti) how to grow healthy food, because she said that Robin was telling her these regenerative farmers have these regenerative farming questions. https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/patti/ ()   I just finished reading Nicole Master's book https://amzn.to/383r5N3 (For the Love of Soil). And then I told Joe Lamp'l, I'm gonna mail it to him because I think he's going to love it. If you haven't read that, it's just, she intertwined. She's visited all these farms.     You can go back and listen to my https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/podcast-2/327-soil-expert-nicole-masters/ (interview with )Nicole. She talks about her five M's. I think it's microbes, minerals, management, organic matter and mindset.   I have some great interviews. I can't really wait to release https://www.frithfarm.net/ (Daniel Mays )on January 1st from https://www.frithfarm.net/ (Frith Farm. Frith,)I want to say is the English word for friend? Oh my goodness. This man drops golden seeds. He just wrote the, I want to say it'shttps://amzn.to/3pGD7lg (The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm: How to Start and Run a Profitable Market Garden That Builds... Support this podcast

I have pulled one of my favorite instructional podcasts out of the archives for today! It features my great gardening friend, Jackie Marie Beyer, of the Green Organic Garden Podcast, as my guest. I do not have a green thumb, and this show has helped me a lot with gardening! Jackie started the Green Organic Garden Podcast in 2015. Her initial motivation was to give her husband, their head gardener at home, a platform for teaching people how to garden. He has a lot of gardening knowledge to share, and when Jackie started her podcast, she knew very little about gardening. Jackie is now my resident expert for all things gardening! Over the last five years, she has done more than 300 interviews on the Green Organic Garden Podcast with some of the most incredible gardeners who have all shared their knowledge! And although Jackie works full-time as an elementary school teacher, she has found that she is spending more and more time in the garden each year. In today’s episode, Jackie will be talking to us about some of the things that we can do for Mother Nature that will help people learn, and she will tell us about some of the easier vegetables to plant indoors. Be sure to stay tuned for more! The Organic Oasis Guidebook There are all different kinds of gardeners. Jackie and her husband wrote a book called The Organic Oasis Guidebook to help people grow vegetables because growing vegetables is a different learning curve from gardening. Jackie’s husband’s goal Jackie’s husband grew up on a cattle ranch. His current goal is to grow as much food as he possibly can to supplement the produce that they need. It involves intense gardening, and Jackie refers to his garden as his “mini-farm”. Jackie explains why her podcast is so successful One of the reasons why Jackie’s podcast is so successful is because of all of her amazing guests and their willingness to share their tips, their expertise, and their gardening secrets. Authentic, garden math problems and challenges Jackie is an elementary school teacher, and for the last two years, she has been posting videos online, with authentic, garden math problems and challenges for her students to solve. Carrots Carrots are easy to grow but hard for adults to plant because the seeds are so tiny. Carrot seeds fit very nicely into the hands of little kids, however. Kids Contrary to popular belief, Jackie knows that kids love eating freshly harvested fruits and vegetables! Indoor gardening Jackie’s favorite things to grow indoors are herbs in pots on her window sill. She loves to have basil plants growing indoors at all times. Arugula If you grow arugula indoors, you can start picking and eating the leaves when they are still tiny, and you will get lots of flavor out of them. The leaves will keep on growing until they eventually reach the size of a lettuce leaf. Cherry tomatoes You can grow cherry tomatoes indoors. Cherry tomato plants might be a bit too big for a window sill, but you can grow them in a pot on the floor next to a window. Then you can also put the plant outside on the patio in the summer. Seeds, versus starter plants Gardening is a bit like an experiment, and some seeds are easier to propagate than others. Growing vegetables from starter plants, if you can find them at a farmer’s market, will be faster than growing them from seeds. Sprouts Jackie likes to start growing her sprouts in December. You can buy a seed sprouter, or you can make one from a large mason jar covered with a piece of window screen fabric. Place a layer of organic radish, alfalfa, broccoli, or any other sprouting seeds on the bottom and soak them in two inches of water for twenty-four hours. Then, pour the water out and rinse the seeds in clear water every day until they have grown big enough to get eaten. Bigger container gardening It is possible to grow your herbs and vegetables in all kinds of different containers, and some people even like to plant their vegetables in specially designed cloth bags because they are easier to haul around. Soil health With container gardening, you have more say about the kind of soil that you use because you can decide from which source you want to take it. Companion planting Marigolds are good for planting with tomatoes because they put out a strong scent that repels the bugs that eat tomato plants and leaves. Nasturtiums are also good companion plants for planting next to vegetables in containers to repel bugs. Container plants Vegetables that grow above the ground are better for planting in containers. Root crops, however, usually do better growing in outdoor beds. 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(https://www.deerbusters.com/) (https://www.deerbusters.com/) Jennifer Smith is here to tell us how code "fences" can save us 10% when we solve one of the biggest garden challenges there is especially in 2020!      Intro (2s): Welcome to the Green Organic Garden Podcast. It is Friday, July 10, 2020. It's my mom and dad's anniversary. If my dad was still alive, I think he'd be married for probably 55 years, something like that. And I am excited because I have a guest who's back in the line to talk to us about something that when I went to Free the Seeds of this year, do you number one out of 40 people? I talked to you. I think 36 of them said the biggest challenge they have for growing their garden is deer and keeping the critters out.   (https://amzn.to/2Xnb7Yl) My Garden Journal (https://amzn.to/2Xnb7Yl) Join us on the Listen App (https://listenapp.co/)using invite code: GREEN Jackie Marie Beyer (39s): And that's certainly like something that people talk about a lot. So we have somebody here with a solution. I think she even has a 10% discount (https://www.deerbusters.com/) for GREEN organic garden podcast listeners. So I'm here from deer busters is Jennifer Smith. So welcome back, Jennifer. Jennifer Smith (57s): Thank you. It's glad to be back. Jackie Marie Beyer (60s): Hey, did you know that I found this podcast? So I'm working for this podcaster and one of my jobs is to like find shows that he be really good guest on, and there's actually a show that's called. I think it's Patient Zero (https://www.patientzeropodcast.com/). That's all about Lyme disease. Jennifer Smith (1m 16s): I have not heard of that. Jackie Marie Beyer (1m 18s): It was listed as Apple, one of Apple's top podcasts in 2019. So I'm really curious to check it out because it has to be more than just basic science and stuff. Like I don't know what it's about, but anyway, we're here to talk about what we can do to protect our gardens, that we work so hard to grow from the deer that are beautiful and lovely. And I love to see deer in my yard. I just don't want to see them eating my flowers and vegetables.[caption id="attachment_137102" align="alignnone" width="768"] Mike built these little tents that worked for years back in the beginning. Look at that lawn, boy we've come a long way. But really in the beginning these two bed provided a lot of food.[/caption] Jennifer Smith (1m 42s): There are graceful animals. We love them. It's a love, hate relationship rally, and there are beautiful from afar, but the minute they start eating our plants, AKA our hard work. Then we don't like them so much and we need to humanely get rid of Bambi and his friends and I have the solution to make it happen. So what I recommend is growers need to look into installing an deer offense. Jennifer Smith (2m 16s):It is the most reliable means for deer management[gallery ids="137099,137100,137101" type="rectangular"] But then they got serious. We have over 260' of fence around the house and another 260' around the minifarm. It's essential!But there are a number of factors to consider such as other animals that are destroying the garden. As well as height requirements. We, we have experienced a lot of changes this year, being the dreadful 2020 that we know of with COVID-19. COVID-19 has also made changes in deer movement. And so we need to discuss that for, for the spring.   Jennifer Smith (2m 48s): We know that stay at home orders. It was great that gardening allowed us as home growers to be able to do what we love outside and enjoy the, the warmer air that we, that we were wishing for in the winter time. But now we have to worry about the deer that were traveling onto our landscapes. They were destroying our plants because they were fearless of human encounters. So the deer in the spring, they were, Jackie Hey, lost you... Because of COVID-19 deer became fearless, traveling on to lawns and gardens in search of food.... Support this podcast

Benjamin Page from the (https://amzn.to/2Xnb7Yl) My Garden Journal (https://amzn.to/2Xnb7Yl)   Jackie Marie Beyer (8m 17s): Welcome to the Green Organic Gardener Podcast. Today is Friday, July 10, 2020. And I have an awesome guest on the mic who's written a fantastic book called Playing in the dirt. He's a chiropractor. He's got an awesome (https://www.instagram.com/benpagedc/). So welcome to the show. Ben Ben, right? Ben Page (8m 46s): Yeah. It's been yep. Most people call me Ben, Benjamin is my real name, but Ben is what most people call me. I think there's three people in the world that call me Benny and two of passed away. So it's down just one, but yeah, most people call me then. Yeah. So it's great to be on the show. It's great to be with you. Jackie Marie Beyer (9m 1s): Well, thanks. Well, I'm so excited. Oh yeah. And you also have a podcast, the wellness farmer podcast. So listeners like I've been like jonesing for some good podcasts. Listen to this winner like at that kind of has changed lately. Cause I think I've been to over a thousand podcasts websites in the last month working for this new podcast or I'm just doing research, trying to find podcasts where she would be a good fit as a guest. And it's just been fascinating, but even still out of like the thousand websites, I've only found, I think four that I've actually added to my phone and less than a dozen that I've checked out and been like, Oh, this might be good.   Jackie Marie Beyer (9m 39s): So I am excited. I am been thinking, I wish more people would share more podcasts. Like people that I listen to would share more. So the (https://pastosverdesfarm.libsyn.com/), I know listeners are going to love that. (https://pastosverdesfarm.libsyn.com/) Ben Page (9m 53s): Yeah, that's what I tried. I mean, it's more of a wellness farmer (https://pastosverdesfarm.libsyn.com/) at the moment. But at the, when I started the podcast, I was a farmer. I actually raised a meat on pasture. So chicken, sorry, chicken on pasture. And that's why that's where the podcast kind of got its name. Jackie Marie Beyer (10m 10s): Well, do you want to tell us about that or I want to kind of hear a little bit about that was that down. So you're in Argentina. Was that down in Argentina or like where was that? Ben Page (10m 21s): And that was before we came to Argentina, we opened, so I was working with a chiropractor for about five years and then I've left and opened my own clinic. And at the same time I started a farming enterprise. And what I did is I raised chickens on pasture in a place in Southern Utah. And that's where I was raising the chicken on pasture and at the very end imagining. (https://amzn.to/2HRc44U) Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World (https://amzn.to/2HRc44U)And, but some of the books that helped me were, I mean, some of the books I recommend are that books by Joel Salatin and who has a great enterprise and he's done great work, but I basically did what Joel Salitan does. Ben Page (10m 52s): I made my own version of coops with as domes. I didn't use his version. I made a don't coop and I would just, I would let the, let the chickens run, run on pasture while every day I moved the move to the coop to fresh green grass and tell you the truth. That was probably my favorite time of the day. I worked in the, in the farm on the morning. And then I worked in my clinic in the afternoon and waking up and going, moving those, those coops and watching those chickens run forward and eating all that fresh green grass and the bugs that were present was just beautiful. Ben Page (11m 24s): I loved, it was such a great time that I'll never forget those times. And I'd like to actually get back into it because it was so much, it was so neat to be able to do that and work as a chiropractor at the same time. We did that for about a year though, because the sales weren't that... Support this podcast

Nicole Masters from (https://www.integritysoils.co.nz/) is here today! Intro (0s): Hey There! Green future growers. Thanks for joining us today. If you're new to the show, I hope you'll subscribe on iTunes or your favorite Android app and let's get growing! Get your copy of our amazon today (https://amzn.to/2OZDKWQ)! (https://amzn.to/2OZDKWQ) Jackie Marie Beyer (19s): Welcome to the Green Organic Garden Podcast! It is Friday, July 3rd, 2020. And I have one of the most awesome guests ever to come on the show. She was recommended by Patti Armbrister. (https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/podcast-2/86-patti-armbrister-garden-and-agriculture-educator-extraordinaire-changing-how-our-schools-eat-one-cafeteria-at-a-time-hinsdale-mt/) Robin actually went all the way to New Zealand to work with her! For the Love of Soil: Strategies to Regenerate Our Food Production Systems (https://amzn.to/2Zykp41)Jackie Marie Beyer (1m 11s): She is a soil expert and she is here to talk to us. She wrote a book for the love of Nicole (https://www.integritysoils.co.nz/)! Nicole Masters (1m 28s): Thanks for having me, Jackie, that's like the best introduction lead in of all time. Yeah. I really appreciate being here. Thank you. Jackie Marie Beyer:We are so excited to have you, and I know you are going to drop golden seeds.That's what I call like golden nuggets of value bombs. You're where people say on other podcasters. I just know, like I told you in the email Soil health is without a doubt, the key to my show and show. And then Patti Armbrister (https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/podcast-2/86-patti-armbrister-garden-and-agriculture-educator-extraordinaire-changing-how-our-schools-eat-one-cafeteria-at-a-time-hinsdale-mt/) has her own little fan club, like one of my, like I'm the president. And like, they just love her. And she was like, how come you haven't had Nicole Masters on your show yet? I'm like, what did happen with that? And I guess I never sent you the email show. I meant you last year when I first heard about you and I dropped the ball. Jackie Marie Beyer (2m 13s): So thank you so much. And go ahead and tell listeners about yourself. Like what time is it where you are? You're in New Zealand, right? Nicole Masters (2m 20s): No way when COVID hit, I got on a plane and I got to Montana. So right now I'm in Idaho. Jackie Marie Beyer (-): You did? Nicole Masters (2m 27s): Yeah. I have a trailer in a horse here in Montana. And so yeah, I just, yeah, just kind of really looked at what I was doing and you know, is it the site of a book tour? And you know, my schedule was pretty much the most I was staying anywhere was like three days traveling through Australia and New Zealand and Canada and, and yeah, I guess COVID hit and I was so grateful cause I was like, I need to stop. I need to reconsolidate. I need to, yeah. Just not be rushing around the planet Which I think a lot of people have that same experience. So yeah. I feel like I'm a lot more settled now.   Jackie Marie Beyer (3m 9s): Isn't that interesting. You did not want to be in New Zealand and wanting to be in the United States for the pandemic. I mean, I guess I said repeatedly, if you have to be in it, Montana is like the best place to be. But New Zealand seem to be on top of things, like aren't, they one of the best countries, Nicole Masters (3m 28s): Well, they are in terms of like total lockdown and quarantine, but I don't have a house or a base in New Zealand. So I was like, where would I quarantine? Where had I totally locked life down? And if I was going to lock down, I want to be with my horse. I want to be able to be out in the mountains and, and working cows. And, and I just didn't have that set up in New Zealand. So it seemed much more, I mean, all my friends do think I'm insane. Like, and you know, the media certainly overseas, isn't putting very good light on America, but I knew that, you know, ranching life would pretty much continue as usual,... Support this podcast

It’s time to get growing! Jackie Marie Beyer, of the Green Organic Garden Podcast, joins us once again for today’s show. Jackie has been podcasting for a little over five years now and she runs a one-woman-show. At the time of this recording, she had single-handedly produced 311 episodes of her podcast, while also working full-time as a teacher.  Jackie had what she describes as a “brown thumb” when she started her podcast. She’s managed to turn that around over the last five years, however, and now she feels confident that she can grow a fair amount of food.  Today, Jackie will share some simple steps that you can take to create a supply of fresh, healthy, organic garden herbs and vegetables. She will explain which vegetables are easy to grow, and she will suggest some of the things you might want to put in your yard or landscape if you’re new to gardening. Jackie’s book Jackie and her husband, Mike, wrote a book called The Organic Oasis Guidebook, which explains how spending much of your time living outdoors is good for you, and good for Mother Nature too. Because what’s good for us is also good for where we live.  In the book, you will find a challenge for new vegetable gardeners.  There are many reasons to grow garden vegetables Starting a vegetable garden at home will not only give you constant access to a supply of fresh, health-giving greens, it can also save you a lot of money as organic vegetables that are sold at local farmer’s markets are often quite pricey.  Backyard gardening, patio gardening, indoor gardening, and raising food of our own is currently becoming very appealing to more and more of us! So much so that online seed suppliers are battling to keep up with the demand.  Starting with a new garden If Jackie had to start a new garden now, she would plant one small, deep bed, one larger deep bed, and some kind of fruit.  She would grow carrots, lettuce, and peas outside, planting them in the second week in April. The lettuce should come up quickly, but the carrots could take a little longer. Sugar snap peas grow vertically so they’re nice to plant if you have a smaller area to grow things in.  With lettuce, you have a choice. You can either harvest them whole or you can pick the leaves and they will keep growing. Jackie’s favorite lettuce to grow is black-seeded Simpson. As long as you keep picking them, they will keep on growing until they start to bolt. She would also plant a cherry tomato plant in a pot. Planting fruit The great thing about planting certain fruit trees, like raspberry bushes, blueberry bushes, apple trees, peach, and plum trees, is that they will come back year after year. They might need to be cut back a bit, or pruned, but for the most part, they will keep producing more and more as they get older. And it doesn’t take too much effort to care for them.  Berries and cherry tomatoes are very easy to freeze as they don’t have to be cooked beforehand.  The easiest way If it’s too much work for you to dig up a patch of your sod to make a vegetable garden, you can mark out an area, lay down some newspaper to cover the sod in that area and soak it with a lot of water. Then place some cardboard on top of the newspaper and cover it with compost, manure, or some very good soil. Within two weeks to a month, you will be able to plant right on top of the sod without having to dig it up. This can save you a lot of back-breaking work.  Talk to your neighbors Most people are very willing to share their garden knowledge. So talk to your neighbors to find out what they’re growing, and when they plant things.  Companion planting Planting a border of flowers and herbs around your garden is very pretty to look at, it smells fantastic, and it helps reduce the number of bad pests that would otherwise come into your garden and eat your vegetables. Planting sunflowers around your vegetables is also a good idea because they attract ants, which eat aphids, so the aphids are more likely to stay away from your food plants. Some good companion plants are marigolds and nasturtiums. Remember to always have something blooming in your garden. Build your soil by planting cover crops Don’t have to let your bare soil sit for longer than twenty-four hours. You can plant cover crops in a small garden to build your soil if you only want to plant something in a couple of months but you want to dig the bed right now. The cover crop will put nutrients into the soil and you can remove it before it goes to seed, leaving you with a bed full of nutrient-rich soil.  Some good cover-crops are things like clover, buckwheat, sweet potatoes, and radishes.  If you don’t have anything else to plant in their place, you can allow your lettuces go to flower rather than pulling them out.  Links and Resources: Everyday Green Home The GREEN Organic Garden Podcast - Check Out Jackie’s FREE Organic Gardening Course! The Organic Oasis Guidebook   FREE Organic Gardening Basics eBook! Romanesco Broccoli Heirloom Seeds - Non-GMO - Untreated - Open Pollinated! Chives Herb Heirloom Seeds - Non-GMO - Untreated - Open Pollinated! Vegetable Spaghetti Squash Heirloom Seeds - Non-GMO -Untreated -Open Pollinated!

There's so much happening in the world right now, as we find ourselves in the middle of an unprecedented global pandemic. This led Marla to reach out to today's guest, Jackie Marie Beyer, of the Green Organic Garden Podcast, because there is always something we can do, and Jackie has some really helpful information to share with all of us today.  Jackie is Marla's resident expert about all things gardening. She lives in Northwest Montana, and she works as an elementary school teacher. Today she will be talking to us about some things that we can do for Mother Nature, and to help people learn.  Starting with the Green Organic Garden Podcast Jackie started her podcast back in 2015, intending for her husband, who is their head gardener at home, to teach people how to garden. Apart from growing a few geraniums, Jackie used to know almost nothing about gardening at the time.  Now, she has reached her 311th interview on the Green Organic Garden Podcast. In the five years that the podcast has been running, Jackie has interviewed hundreds of the most incredible gardeners who have all shared their knowledge. And although she works full-time, Jackie has found that she is spending more and more time in the garden each year.   Growing vegetables is a separate learning curve from gardening Some gardeners like to grow only flowers, and others prefer doing vegetables or landscapes.  Jackie's husband grew up on a cattle ranch. He now has a "mini-farm" going at their home and his goal is to grow as much organic food as possible to supplement their family's needs.  Becoming a more effective and efficient gardener On the Green Organic Garden Podcast, Jackie interviews experts on all aspects of gardening. And they share their secrets to becoming a more productive, effective, and efficient gardener.  A teacher's life Jackie has been considering what things will look like if nobody is allowed to go back to school on Monday, after Spring Break, so she’s been looking for new and exciting things to post online for her students.  Kids love gardening, and Jackie loves posting authentic garden-math problems and challenges for her students. She started doing it one winter, two years ago when her school was closed for a snowstorm, and she made some videos for her students about counting all the loose change that they could find in their homes.  Carrots are easy to grow but hard to plant Carrots are one of the easiest vegetables to grow, but they are hard to plant because the seeds are so tiny. Children's fingers are much smaller, however, so they can plant the seeds, and space them out, quite easily. An innovative way to plant carrot seeds with the right spaces between them is to cut strips of newspaper and, using a paste made from flour and water, stick the carrot seeds onto the strips of newspaper, about an inch apart. Then simply plant the strips of newspaper and keep watering them. Then, wait for the carrots to start growing.  Growing things indoors Jackie’s favorite things to grow indoors are herbs, in pots. And she loves to always have a basil plant growing on her windowsill, where it is easy to water it.  To grow herbs indoors, Jackie prefers to use an organic seed starter, like Espoma Organic Seed Starter Potting Mix. You can put some of it into a planting pot with some pebbles at the bottom for good drainage and some dirt. Put it in a sunny spot and be sure to water it every day.  Arugula is another good plant to grow indoors because the leaves are full of flavor and you can start eating them when they are still tiny. The arugula plant will continue growing until the leaves reach their full size, similar to lettuce leaves. The herbs that Jackie loves to grow indoors Jackie loves to grow basil, parsley, rosemary, arugula (her favorite), cilantro, and cherry tomatoes in pots indoors, on her patio, or her windowsill.   Is it better to start growing seeds or starter plants indoors? If you can get hold of some starter plants at a farmer’s market, they will mature faster than seeds will. And some seeds will propagate faster than others. Rosemary and lavender are a bit more difficult to grow, so it would be best to grow them from starter plants.  Sprouts Jackie likes to start making sprouts in December. To do that, you can buy a sprouter and place some organic sprouting mix, or some radish, alfa-alfa, broccoli, or any other sprout seeds on the bottom, and soak them in two inches of water for twenty-four hours. Then, pour the water out and rinse the seeds in clear water every day until they have grown enough to be eaten. Bigger container gardening It is possible to grow herbs and vegetables in all sorts of containers, indoors or even on the patio.  Referral Links and Products: https://www.amazon.com/Romanesco-Broccoli-Heirloom-Seeds-Pollinated/dp/B01JSH1MVQ/ref=everydaygr025-20 https://www.amazon.com/Chives-Herb-Heirloom-Seeds-Pollinated/dp/B01JT2J4BA/ref=everydaygr025-20 https://www.amazon.com/Vegetable-Spaghetti-Squash-Heirloom-Seeds/dp/B01JZUNL2O/ref=everydaygr025-20 https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/ Free E-book on Organic Gardener Basics The Organic Oasis Guide Book -  Espoma Organic Seed Starter Premium Potting Mix  

Interviewing Jackie was a breath of fresh air. She offers enthusiasm, humor, insightful reflection and even sings her song for 2019! Host of the Organic Gardener Podcast, Jackie has interviewed hundreds of farmers and gardeners sharing insight on how to grow your own best garden. In this interview Jackie reveals her strategies for staying motivated. She shines a light on the power of creativity. And encourages us to celebrate our successes.   How to earn motivation Why tune into nature How creativity spawns creativity   www.fearlessselflove.com Organic Gardener Podcast with Jackie Marie Beyer https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/ Monte Dolack https://www.dolack.com/ Michael Hyatt https://michaelhyatt.com/ https://mailchi.mp/5611bc3d7dfd/free-garden-course Jackie’s paintings: Jackiebeyer.com   Show Highlights: 01:47 Fearless Self-Love Retreat 2019! Book your spot now and save $100! 02:28 Easeful Living Practice: Set up yourself for success in the kitchen 10:51 Why getting older rocks, and some of the hurdles we all face 15:58 What’s motivation got to do with it? 24:50 Why it lights Jackie up to be 50 years old -- self-publishing, podcasting and a trip to Paris 32:59 The motivation of celebration and connection 39:56 Jackie’s theme some for 2019   Favorite Quotes: “I feel like I’ve been waiting my whole life to be 50.” -- Jackie Marie Beyer “Life happens for you, not to you.” -- Jackie’s 2018 Mantra “Write it down, make it happen.” -- Michael Hyatt “Draw it down, make it happen.” -- Jackie Marie Beyer “I feel like Facebook could get rid of bullying, if it was used properly...how many kind comments can you make?” -- Jackie Marie Beyer “Can You Feel It?” -- Michael Jackson Meet Jackie: Jackie Marie Beyer is the host of the Organic Gardener Podcast where she interviews backyard gardeners, market famers, sustainable agriculture experts and nutritionists. She’s lived in NW Montana with her husband Mike for the last 25 years  where they grow as much food as they can each year. Their goal is to help you build an organic oasis of healthy food or an earth-friendly landscape using the best practices that will save you time and energy while developing a natural ecosystem that supports wildlife and the planet at the same time.

Here’s my interview on the High Energy Girl Podcast! (https://highenergygirl.com/)  where I talk about earth friendly practices, growing organic nutrient dense food, and living sustainably. Tracee: (https://highenergygirl.com/) Hi Jackie! So excited to talk with you today! Thanks for having me Tracee!!!! Well I think we have a lot in common I can’t wait for listeners to hear from you! Why don’t you tell them a little bit about yourself! My name is Jackie Marie Beyer and my husband Mike and I have a property in NW Montana and he’s a gardener so I started a podcast called the (http://organicgardenerpodcast.com/) , we’re just about to celebrate 4 years our anniversary we launched on January 29, 2015 I just posted episode 254? (http://organicgardenerpodcast.com/) (http://organicgardenerpodcast.com/) I think, with interviews I’ve done with market farmers, backyard gardeners, sustainable agriculture experts, nutritionists and all sorts of people about the conversation all about growing healthy nutrient dense food. My husband and I are just dedicated to helping people create their own organic oasis. Whether you want to grow, or are just interested in landscaping. Organic Lawn Care I have gotten so many questions this summer especially on how to grow an organic yard! You know people really interested in just being more… One of the things I’ve learned from my podcast is your yard is one of the biggest places you don’t want chemicals! Cause where do babies learn to crawl toddlers and kids run around dogs run around   So I’ve gotten a ton of questions about that this summer, and then he has what I call the Minifarm that he planted, so our goal is to grow as much produce as we can possibly grow for us for our family and if we can eventually get to be market farmers down the line, IDK or we’re not there yet, we have limited water resources. We just keep learning. IDK if I said in the pre-chat, but we’ve been married 25 years so we’ve been slowly building. We started out the first 6 years I was here we didn’t have running water and just we would have like 2 little tiny beds, I’ve just really we’ve come a long way and we are dedicated to helping people create their own organic oasis. Whether it’s small just growing a tomato plant or some herbs for your food, or growing a bigger place and maybe even starting to sell for market. Where are you located? We’re in the Northwest corner of Montana in the Rocky Mountains. We’re about 7 miles south of the Canadian border in Montana. We have a pretty short growing  season so we’ve learned a lot of techniques to extend our season, but one of the benefits I’ve learned after talking to my guests it’s actually a lot easier for us to grow then in the south because because they have a lot more bug and pest problems. Benefits to growing your own healthy food So everybody has their challenges, the north east had a lot of rain problems the last few years, and just as our climate is changing gardening is really changing. The benefits to growing your own healthy food that has more nutrients in it you are eating fresh grown locally are just gigantic! From brown thumb to green thumb! I used to say I had brown thumb and I could barely keep a basil plant or a geranium alive and I have learned to grow a ton! I think that is part of what makes my show a success! Is my guests are amazing and it just really produces! I was telling you I am not known for my sand but the quality of the content that is shared we have all learned so much from! (http://organicgardenerpodcast.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e3e16d6ddb7c0acd9e17348ed&id=b6a8f6bd31&e=e16e7400c4) We’d love if you’d join   Organic Gardener Podcast Facebook Community!... Support this podcast

At Authentic Teacher we are dedicated to helping students learn using culturally relevant lessons, best teaching practices and state of the art technology to help parents and teachers provide the best education possible in the 21st century! Jackie Beyer Episode 58 features Authentic Teacher website and podcast founder Jackie Marie Beyer. Jackie is an experienced educator… The post Ep. 58: Authentic Teaching with Jackie Beyer appeared first on Sunshine Parenting.

Jackie Marie Beyer, The Organic Gardener and host of the Organic Gardener podcast educates people how to grow successful, healthy and chemical free gardens. Common topics on the podcast include soil health, composting, native landscaping and seed saving. Jackie, along with her husband Mike live on 20 acres of what they lovingly call the “Organic Oasis,” which includes an organic garden, small orchard and mini-farm near Glacier National Park in Montana. Because of her commitment to chemical-free gardening, a large portion of Jackie’s audience consists of young people in their early twenties and thirties. Millennials are naturally drawn to organic gardening because of the value they place on caring for the environment and people. She often refers to her audience as “Green Future Growers” because of their dedication to growing a greener future. Jackie is a passionate environmentalist devoted to helping people develop earth-friendly gardens that produce nutrient dense food with the least amount of time and energy possible. Read more at The Green Home Coach Website! The Green Gab Podcast Links Bar:  Subscribe via iTunes |   Subscribe via RSS Feed |  Facebook Page |  Twitter Page |  Stitcher Page Connect with The Green Gab Podcast Hosts: — Marla Esser Cloos on – The Web – Twitter – Facebook – LinkedIn — Tony Pratte on – The Web – Facebook – LinkedIn  Green Gab: About the Hosts of The Green Gab Podcast: Green Gab Podcast Host Marla Esser Cloos is the Founder of The Green Home Coach – a company leading the way to inspire you to learn about, focus on and put into place Green Solutions when it comes to your life, home building and more. Marla is an NAHB Master Certified Green Professional, LEED AP and Missouri Woman Business Enterprise. She Earned her B.S. in Engineering and Public Policy and a Certificate in Energy from Washington University. Click here to learn more about Marla at her website online via TheGreenHomeCoach.Com Connect with Marla Esser Cloos on – The Web – Twitter – Facebook – LinkedIn Green Gab Podcast Host Tony Pratte is the Director of Builder/Contractor Relations at The Sound Room in St. Louis, Missouri. Tony is a graduate of St. Louis University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has earned a Masters in Environmental Management & Sustainability at Harvard University Tony’s 20+ year career has allowed to him to collect a number of experiences, connections and perspectives that offer an incredibly unique point of view that adds incredible value to each episode. Connect with Tony Pratte on – The Web – Facebook – LinkedIn

Replay 137. Gardening to Attract Birds and Butterflies | Earth Friendly LK Landscape Design | Linda Kelso originally aired May 5, 2016 and is another awesome source for information on Earth Friendly Landscaping Linda Kelso Earth Friendly Landscape Design (http://organicgardenerpodcast.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e3e16d6ddb7c0acd9e17348ed&id=b6a8f6bd31&e=e16e7400c4) We’d love if you’d join   Organic Gardener Podcast Facebook Community! (http://organicgardenerpodcast.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e3e16d6ddb7c0acd9e17348ed&id=b6a8f6bd31&e=e16e7400c4) The Organic Gardener Podcast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. My Top 6 Favorite books (http://amzn.to/1kxoTBl) How to Grow More Vegetables, Eighth Edition: (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You … (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains,) (http://amzn.to/1kxoTBl) The Market Gardener: A Successful Grower’s Handbook for Small-Scale Organic Farming (http://amzn.to/1Jcji8h) (http://amzn.to/1TeLUb1) The Farm on the Roof: What Brooklyn Grange Taught Us about Entrepreneurship, Community, and Growing a Sustainable Business! (http://amzn.to/1TeLUb1) (http://amzn.to/1QDkvgG) by Liz Carlisle (http://amzn.to/1RWF2Pd) Richard Wiswall  Organic Farmer’s Handbook (http://amzn.to/1RWF2Pd) (http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/) The New Organic Gardener by Eliot Coleman (http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/) Gardening to Attract Birds and Butterflies Udemy E-Course My testimonial on the Udemy (https://www.udemy.com/the-secret-to-a-bird-and-butterfly-filled-backyard/?couponCode=OGPodcast) page! “Linda has done a great job of explaining in simple steps how to bring more beneficial insects, birds and butterflies etc into your garden making it a wonderful place to be. Her easy action steps will change the landscape of your garden quickly but with improvements you will benefit from for years to come.” -Jackie Marie Beyer from The Organic Gardener Podcast Returning from  LK Landscape Design (http://LK Landscape Design)  I really want to encourage you to visit because it’s really come a long way and has some great blog posts! (http://lklandscapedesign.com/) I was reading about Gardening to Attract Birds and Butterflies (https://www.udemy.com/the-secret-to-a-bird-and-butterfly-filled-backyard/?couponCode=OGPodcast) the’s going to tell us about today! She gave me a free peak and the videos are beautiful and awesome! I learned a ton! (https://www.udemy.com/the-secret-to-a-bird-and-butterfly-filled-backyard/?couponCode=OGPodcast) Thanks! I appreciate all the kind comments. Gardening to Attract Birds and Butterflies (https://www.udemy.com/the-secret-to-a-bird-and-butterfly-filled-backyard/?couponCode=OGPodcast) So my Gardening to Attract Birds and Butterflies (https://www.udemy.com/the-secret-to-a-bird-and-butterfly-filled-backyard/?couponCode=OGPodcast) . It’s really focused on helping homeowners or anyone who has access to an outdoor space, even if it’s a balcony or a rooftop garden or maybe like a shared garden in the city. It’s about how to turn that space into something that will support and attract birds, and butterflies and  other beneficial insects! I do that through teaching people how to do very simple, practical and fun DIY projects. Guiding them through the kind of plants to plant and how birds and butterflies look at your yard which is a little bit different from how we look at it! I think that one of the key things that you said there was simple and Do – It – Yourself. And they’re simple enough even I can do them! I liked the way you had really easy... Support this podcast

Jackie Marie Beyer here on the mic Spring is Here it’s Wed March 21 and I am excited to tell you about all sorts of things.  Celebrating 1/2 Million Downloads real soon! So first I want to thank you so much for listening! We are just about to break 1/2 million downloads and that is amazing so thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Everyone who shared with a friend and is spreading the word that is phenomenal and I am just touched and honored to be the host of this great podcast where I get to share stories from people who think like I do who care about our planet and are just all around my peeps. Guests I am much closer to hitting all 50 states. When I talked with Vicki Henderson in Idaho, this weekend, I realized that talking to Vicki Henderson someone who is a backyard gardener, someone who has been gardening for a long time. I feel like I have been talking to a lot of guests who have written a book, or have a business or I mean I reached out to some chefs I can’t wait to share I talked to a couple already and others have reached out and said yes! Just with my schedule we haven’t been able to book and so I really realized my niche is just talking to people who love to garden and she’s a listener she’s in the  Independent Homestead (https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/173-independent-farmstead-biodiversity/)  in our giveaway and I think it would be so cool to have a listener from all 50 states! Whether your brand new and the lessons are fresh or you’ve been doing this for a long time and have great lessons! June is coming around the corner, I’m super busy right now with testing etc. but June will be here! Mike is always in the Facebook group, he’s there, the things he shares seem to get more downloads then me. March 2nd I went to this training in Bozeman, but made it to Free the Seeds and I actually paid for a booth and the first thing that happens is this woman comes up to me and says can we put you on your community radio? Community/College Radio So I also wanted to share that not only did we get picked up by  PRN (http://prn.fm/)  but at Free the Seeds someone came up to me and said can we put you on your community radio station and this light bulb went off. Listeners if you want to share the organic gardener podcast with your neighbors, if you would like to see people in your community learn that there are other options reach out to your local community radio station and see if they happen to be looking for a gardening show? It is easy for me to share the show when I upload it and share to  PRN (https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrganicGardenerPodcast/?ref=bookmarks)  on Monday nights anyway and that is a great way to get the message out there in your local community. Maybe make it your earth day activity this year. Do you have one of those? some kind of earth day new years resolution? IDK anyway that would be awesome if we could help other people share. I know when I find a new podcast that I have been looking for I am like where have you been all my life So that’s that if you want your neighbors to also listen just find out what your local community or college radio station is and see if they might be looking for content?  Education Sites Next I want to tell you about some education projects you might be interested in for your child, student, nice, nephew, kids classroom etc.  Rockstar Millennial I bought several domain names this month,  rockstarmillenial.com  (http://rockstarmillennial.com/) which is going to showcase the awesome rockstar millennials I have interviewed someday – I think out of my 230 guests so far over 70 of them are millennials and not that I don’t love the baby boomers who raised them or my fellow gen xers its just that they get such a bad rap and well you know what I think so… anyway I also bought  authenticmath.com (https://authenticmath.com/authentic-math-problems)  which are going... Support this podcast

From composting and viticulture to growing sunflowers and vegetables, Jackie Marie Beyer, host of the Organic Gardener Podcast, shares organic gardening tips and talks about her garden and her husband Mike's mini-farm near Glacier National Park in Montana. www.OrganicGardenerPodcast.com.

I got to be on the Vegetable Gardening Show and have the mic turned on me. I was very nervous and it was dark in Montana on an early Saturday morning and I wish there was a slide show playing instead but I still think I added some value. In This Episode of the Vegetable Gardening Show In this episode of the Vegetable Gardening show, Mike chats with Jackie Marie Beyer, host of the Organic Gardener Podcast. Jackie has interviewed over 200 organic gardening experts from around the world to get their best organic gardening tips, tricks and techniques. She takes on a unique perspective when it comes to organic gardening and being an organic gardening podcast host and that is, Jackie is still new when it comes to being an organic gardener. The Day I launched OGP (The Organic Gardener podcast :~)) Her husband Mike, has been gardening for over 40 years, but for Jackie, she still considers herself to be a newbie to the organic gardening trade, and so it is with this she dives into interviewing organic gardening experts on her show so she can learn how to be a better organic gardener herself. Jackie will share with us how she got started in organic gardening, how she started her podcast on organic gardener, as well as many of the organic gardening tips she has learned from the expert organic gardening guests she has had on her show. From there, Jackie will tell us why soil is the key to any organic garden, how composting plays a role in building quality soil, and what she has learned are the 2 biggest challenges of starting and maintaining an organic vegetable garden. This, and so much more, on this episode of  (https://www.youtube.com/user/mikethegardenerllc?sub_confirmation=1) ! Here’s What We’ll Cover in this week’s episode of the Vegetable Gardening Show How to get started in podcasting about gardening Gardening in Montana, starting from the “ground” level Learning the best tips from the pro gardeners Top 2 challenges of gardening Why having healthy soil is the most important first step Composting is easy Kitchen Gardening Mentioned in this week’s episode of the Vegetable Gardening Show (https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/) (https://freegardencourse.wordpress.com/) (https://podcastersparadise.com/) (https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm) (https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/favorite-composting-bin-make-free-minutes/) Show Sponsors: (http://www.averagepersongardening.com/seedsclub/) About this episode’s guest on the Vegetable Gardening Show, Jackie Marie Beyer About the Host Mike Podlesny is the host of the  (http://www.facebook.com/veggiegardening) . and don’t forget if you need help getting started check out our new  (https://freegardencourse.wordpress.com/) Free Organic Garden Course (https://freegardencourse.wordpress.com/)   Remember you can get the   2018 Garden Journal and Data Keeper (http://amzn.to/2zsnkMr)  to record your garden goals in  (http://amzn.to/2znBEa2) You can   download the first 30 days here  (https://mikesgreengarden.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/2018calendarjanuary.pdf)   while you’re waiting for it to come in the mail.  The Organic Gardener Podcast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com If you like what you heard on the Organic Gardener Podcast we’d love it if you’d give us review and hopefully a 5 star rating on iTunes so other gardeners can find us and listen to. Just click on the  (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/organic-gardener-podcast/id962887645) . Support this podcast

Host of the Organic Gardener Podcast Jackie Marie Beyer, Host of the Organic Gardener Podcast, lives in a cabin with her husband Mike nestled in the NorthWest corner of Montana where they enjoy the “Organic Oasis.”  Mike is the real organic gardener, who’s been growing vegetables, fruits and flowers for over 40 years. Living in a small cabin on 20 amazing acres in rural NW Montana, they only garden on about an acre of it. Mike starts broccoli, peppers, tomatoes, and lots of flowers in a makeshift greenhouse on their porch in the spring and then plants the rest outside as soon as he can work the soil. Every year they harvest potatoes, carrots, green beans, beets, and much more and eat fresh salads topped with radishes, fresh herbs, and nasturtiums all summer long.   In 2012 they planted a small orchard of fruit trees including apples, pears, and plums. Every year Mike’s goal is to plant more and more of our own vegetables so eventually they can make it through the year without having to buy any, or at least not many. Tell us a little about yourself. University of Montana (http://www.umt.edu)   and I moved to Missoula.   Tree Planting And when I was a junior my friends were like you should go plant trees and this one friend of mine said I should go work for this crew the “Frog-skinners” up in Eureka, MT. I said the frogskineners? Ok, they gave me the phone number, and it turned out to be Lisa’s husband and I called them, and they hired me, and I came up to plant trees, which was one of the hardest jobs ever but definitely one of my all times favoritest jobs ever! And that’s where I met my husband Mike on a mountain right in the middle of the woods and we’ve been happily married almost 22 years in a couple of weeks. That’s basically where I learned how to garden in Mike’s Organic Oasis. We’re both passionate environmentalists. He’s the biggest gardener who’s taught me everything I know, a lot of you know I talk about in the garden he does most of the work. The interesting thing in the book, the girl moves to Libby which is right near here, her dad has like 500 acres, we have 20 acres of Christmas trees, natural doug fir that Mike’s sold forever. I always think that’s a coincidence, that I didn’t even realize till I’d lived here for like 10 years and I ordered the book from amazon so I got pretty close. So that’s how I ended up gardening in Montana! How long ago was it that you originally came to Montana? I moved to Montana in 1988, right after the big Yellowstone fires (http://www.yellowstonepark.com/1988-fires-yellowstone/) , and I lived in Missoula for 3 years and then I came up here in 1991, was my first season planting trees! And then we got married in ’93! Tell me about your first gardening experience? So my mom, who I interviewed on  Clark Botanical Gardens (http://clarkbotanic.org)  (a 12-acre living museum and educational facility) in NY,  they have gorgeous flowers and tons of information and they had like a gardening program for kids. My mom tried to get me to garden as a kid, but I was definitely not interested in being in the hot sun, she thrives in the hot sun and I wilt. She didn’t grow a lot of vegetables. To me the big difference was having to bend over on the ground all the time whereas Mike has built all these raised beds and to me that is the big difference! When you don’t have to bend over in the back breaking weeding, when your up on the bed, and you can sit on the edge of the beds and weed makes it all the more appealing, convenient, easier. User friendly huh? (https://mikesgreengarden.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/img_0062.jpg) What does organic gardening/earth friendly mean to you? Organic gardening to me, since I started doing the podcast tons of people have talked about permaculture but I don’t know much about that. Organic gardening means to me using natural... Support this podcast

In this week's episode of the Podcasters Unplugged show we chat with Jackie Beyer from the Organic Gardener Podcast.  Jackie Marie Beyer is creator, producer, and host of the Organic Gardener podcast. The Organic Gardener Podcast inspires, teach, and promote earth-friendly techniques by interviewing organic gardeners who share their journeys, tips, and tricks to simplify the process of growing your own delicious healthy food. Links Discussed In This Episode: ScheduleOnce - A great tool to use for interview podcasts to set up dates/times for interviews. Connect With Jackie Here: Subscribe To The Organic Gardener Podcast On iTunes Social: Facebook --- Twitter --- Instagram Support The YouTube Creators Hub Podcast Here: If this podcast is bringing you value SUPPORT THE SHOW AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Libsyn --- Use OUR PROMO CODE "VALUE" when you are signing up for your Libsyn Hosting account to receive 2 FREE MONTHS. Patreon – Get Your Podcast Featured On The Show AND Have Me Review Your Podcast Personally Each Month And Help You With Your Journey. Audible – Sign up for Audible and get a FREE Audiobook Using our link Audio Blocks – Sign up for $99 PER YEAR for great audio to use in your content.