Obsessed with Plants Podcast

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Episode 7: How to Help a Food Forest Recover

2026-02-2342:13

How do you help your garden or food forest after a natural disaster? Regardless of where you live, increasing weather extremes can have a massive impact on the food forest and home garden. If you are in the cooler climates, the harder (and dry) winter months can wreak havoc on your fruit trees. In the coastal regions, hurricanes can leave us in panic mode before or after the storm hits. And nation-wide, hail, drought, or tornado threats can cause unnecessary stress. ...

Episode 6: The ABC's of Soil Amending

2026-01-1048:33

A successful food forest starts with rich and living soil. If you want to experience high yields of fruit and vegetables from your food forest, the soil life is the key to abundance. As with all things, there are many ways to approach soil building, amending, and fertilization within a regenerative system. Some methods require human interaction, while others invite animals within the system. Some methods are free, while others will cost money for the whole ingredients....

Episode 5: How to control pests in the garden.

2026-01-0956:24

Crack the code on how to deal with pests in the garden and food forest. In this podcast, you will learn about how to deal with various insects, rodents, and other pests around the homestead. Learn how to stop songbirds from eating fruit, halt insect and rat problems, and how to prevent deer from eating your fruit trees. As a permaculturist, there are unique ways to deal with pest problems around the farm. This podcast will help you navigate the journey of living wit...

Episode 4 When a food forest stops producing food

2025-12-2438:26

If your food forest is struggling to meet the expectations for annual food production, it is often beneficial to step back and analyze the system. No one wants a "food-less forest" when the initial goal was abundance. In this permaculture podcast episode, we will have a lengthy chat about what can cause a slowing of production and what can be one to bring back the abundance. Whether your new system (< 3 years old) has never started producing OR your mature food forest ...

EPISODE 3: Planting Native Species

2025-11-2301:08:57

Native species of plants are a multi-layered gift to the ecosystem. Not only are they hardy and resilient, but they also support soil life, insects, and songbirds. In this episode, your hosts (David and Kris) will interview Chris & Christie Leibner from Wild Garden Co. Chris and Christie specialize in Florida native plants and garden design, and have served many families in Central Florida by integrating natives into the food forest and home landscape. &nbsp...

EPISODE 2: STARTING ON A BUDGET

2025-10-2547:17

Wouldn’t it be nice if we each had $500K to get started on our dream property and food forest? Better yet, wouldn’t it be nice if we had $1M and could retire and just become full time farmers on that land? Well, unfortunately many of us need to start on either a limited budget or limited time constraints, however – we can still take steps forward. In this episode, David and Kris will share not only how they got started planting their food forests, but also g...

EPISODE 1: Which planting style should you start with?

2025-09-2053:25

One of the initial hurdles to creating an abundant permaculture property is choosing the planting style. Do you want the space to be neat and formal with repeating colors and patterns? Or, would you rather your space be like a woodland forest covering a larger area? In this episode, David and Kris will talk about some of the options for planting styles, the benefits and drawbacks of each, and how these styles can impact overall yield. Among the many plan...

The Obsesed with plants podcast Episode 0.5 (About us)

2025-09-1929:53

Welcome to the Obsessed with Plants podcast with David Starbird and Kristofer Edler. This deep-dive podcast will cover some of the nerdy topics that need a little more attention in the permaculture community. Both David and Kris have extensive backgrounds in regenerative agriculture with years of growing experience. In this introductory prelude to the podcast, you’ll have the opportunity to get to know your hosts a bit and learn about their passion and experience. Dav...

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