026 – Putting Your Yard to Bed

026 – Putting Your Yard to Bed

with host Linda Borghi

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How do you put a yard farm to bed for the winter?  Linda shares about her passion to take care of the soil. The earth likes to be covered all the time. Learn some ways to keep the soil covered.  Why? Because we are growing more than plants, we are actually growing soil the year round. What we do in this season will make a big difference when it’s time to plant again in the spring!

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025 – Gardening with Children

025 – Gardening with Children

with host Linda Borghi

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Linda’s history goes way back regarding gardening with children. Hear Linda’s stories working with children. Kids today need to be connected to the earth for good development. Kids that get “soiled” are healthier. This investment with children when they are young, will help them to be so much healthier and wiser for the experience.  Studies show that children who grow some vegetables are more apt to eat vegetables. When gardening with children, you will grow so much more than food. You will plant important skills and seeds of joy in your children!

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024 – Milk Crate Farm

024 – Milk Crate Farm

with host Linda Borghi

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Linda’s been back on tour!  New tagline: “You are just one seed away!”  From what? Well…Everything!

Here I am by the Hudson River and wherever I go, the first thing I think about is, what can we grow here?  How about a mini milk crate urban farm? Yepperooni!

Check out the versatility of growing like this and all the easy details step by step!  Learn how simple it can be to grow some of your own food!

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023 – Food Waste & Red Wigglers

023 – Food Waste & Red Wigglers

with host Linda Borghi

Linda’s experience with what an intimate relationship with waste looks like.  

Find out why 50% of food today is wasted and an innovative, easy solution.  

Hear the wisdom of a dedicated worm farmer!

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022 – Puerto Rico: A Blank Canvas

022 – Puerto Rico: A Blank Canvas

with host Linda Borghi

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According to a  2016 article, for the first time in 30 years, Puerto Rico began to experience an agricultural renaissance. After Hurricane Irma, they are a blank slate. A new story can be written.  There are sustainable, resilient resources that can be accessed to help write a new story for Puerto Rico.

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021 – The Future Lives in the Fall

021 – The Future Lives in the Fall

with host Linda Borghi

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Gratitude is the Attitude…as Linda is harvesting seed from her 600 square feet yard farm, she is always amazed at the miracle of seeds to secure the future of life on the planet.  Even after disaster, we are so grateful that nature has a code of recovery.. Gems of wisdom in this podcast to help all of us seize the opportunities for regeneration, including  Biodynamic solutions for disaster recovery.  Discover Linda’s  “Java Juice” that produces 5 foot basil plants!

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