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Are you a gardener, farmer, forager or herbalist - or maybe you're a little plant curious? Then you've come to the right place - this is Seeds & Weeds a podcast from Small House Farm!
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The Seeds and Weeds Podcast is hosted by Bevin Cohen and brought to you by Small House Farm. Support the show at www.patreon.com/smallhousefarm
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From soothing teas to immune-boosting brews, this episode is a winter wellness treasure chest. Listeners get an exclusive behind-the-scenes moment as we celebrate submitting a ginormous new manuscript— a major project set to hit bookshelves in July 2027. From there, it’s all about the herbs: Peppermint & Spearmint for digestion, mocktails, and holiday calm Ginger for warming tea blends and digestive support Fennel & Thyme for soothing sore throats Sage & Rosem...
From growing and harvesting to seed saving and cooking, we’re exploring everything you need to know about squash! Learn the difference between summer and winter squash, how to cure them for long-term storage, and discover creative ways to use squash in the kitchen—from roasted seeds to pumpkin puree and even edible leaves and flowers! 🍂 Plus, we’re sharing the incredible benefits of nutrient-rich pumpkin seed oil, including its uses in cooking and natural body care products. Did you know pu...
🍂 Celebrate the Season of Transition with Seeds and Weeds! 🌱 In this special Autumn Equinox episode, the Seeds and Weeds podcast dives into the magic of fall! From the crisp air to the golden hues, we embrace the beauty of the season while sharing practical tips and inspiration for gardeners, foragers, and herbalists alike. 🌻 ✨ Highlights include: A deep dive into the versatile herb sage—its culinary, medicinal, and gardening wonders. Learn how to make sage-infused compound butter, frie...
We’re diving into the juicy world of tomatoes—the ultimate summer garden staple. 🍅 From growing tips to recipes, seed-saving techniques, and expert advice, this episode is your one-stop shop for everything tomato. 🎙️ What’s Inside This Episode? Tomato Varieties Galore: From cherry tomatoes to beefsteaks, indeterminate to determinate, and even wild varieties, we explore the incredible diversity of tomatoes. There’s truly a tomato for everyone! Expert Growing Tips: Erica Kempter from N...
Flowers offer us food and medicine in addition to beauty. Let's explore some of our favorite summer flowers and the many ways we can enjoy them in the kitchen and apothecary. Some of our favorite summer flowers include Chamomile, Rose and Yarrow. We share some recipes and advice on how to make the most of these summer delights. We'll also talk about some creative ways to use the bounty of herbs and veggies that are available right now. Check out the Mountain Rose Herbs blog that's...
Celebrate the Sun in our Summer Solstice Special Episode! Herbalist Mary Colvin joins us to talk all about lemon balm; in the kitchen, garden and apothecary - we love this amazing herb! We share some recipes for herbal jellies, special stuffing for the Solstice feast, using salt to preserve herbs, and dig into the many medicinal uses for lemon balm. Mary shares info on lemon balm tea, topical uses for infusions and some of her favorite blends for lemon balm teas and tinctures.&nbs...
Some herbs we can grow, others we can gather.. while some herbs might need to be purchased. In this episode we're exploring the many ways we acquire herbs! We'll chat about some of the best herbs for growing and why we love having an herb garden. Hear from forager George Barnett about when to gather our herbs and why its so important to be safe and responsible foragers! Learn more about George's work at The Hungry Forager at https://www.thehungryforager.com/ Listen to the full conversat...
We're taking a deep dive into seeds! Let's explore our relationship with seeds and how seeds can be found everywhere! We also talk about how to grow a Three Sisters Garden, sharing our experience after reading Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden. You can watch our full Three Sisters Youtube video at https://youtu.be/0SyKclXdz-A?si=pFijygMfF5_sGMd_ This is one of our most popular videos! Bevin shares advice for growing healthy and productive corn - from sunlight and soil requirements to pr...
Spring has returned and we're ready to celebrate! This is the season of renewal and we're talking about some of our favorite spring plants.. What are we planting and what's popping up in the wild? We also dig a little deeper into one of our favorite spring herbs - stinging nettles! Learn more about this important plant - where it grows, how to harvest it plus the many ways that we can make use of this powerful ally in the kitchen and the apothecary. Have you ever wondered what th...
It's time to start planning and planting the garden! This is one of the most exciting times of year - dreaming and scheming for our best garden yet! In this episode we cover three simple steps to get the garden growing, from sun and soil to seeds and lights. We talk about soil testing, seed starting mix, transplanting schedules and germination tests. We also dig into the seed stash and talk about all the seeds we're planning to buy this year, and the seed companies we're shopping with! ...
We're kicking off our third season with something new and different. Today we're celebrating SEED SWAP DAY! What's seed swap day? We're glad that you asked - you'll learn all about this national seed sharing initiative when we travel back in time to the year 2021! Learn more about National Seed Swap Day on Youtube: https://youtu.be/dzORyZTYmjA?si=_PEYsKtzpFDNdLBl Connect with the Community Seed Network and Seed Savers Exchange: https://www.communityseednetwork.org/ https://seedsavers.org/ ...
Grab a pillow - this episode is going to put you to sleep! ;) Maria Noël Groves, clinical herbalist and award-winning author, is here to talk about her new book, Herbal Remedies for Sleep. Learn about adaptogen and nervine herbs - how they're different and when to use them, plus Maria will share some of her favorite ways to work with herbs like lavender, lemon balm, holy basil and blue vervain! Find Wintergreen Botanicals and explore Maria's classes and herbal courses at https://wintergre...
Grow, harvest and enjoy exotic and interesting herbs and edibles - even in the smallest spaces! Garden educator and Youtuber Wendi Phan joins us to talk about growing exotic plants in her suburban garden in Los Angeles, some of her most popular Youtube videos and she shares tips and advice for those of us interested in growing exotic plants in our gardens. We also sample some of Wendi's classic jasmine green tea. Hear our tasting notes and learn more about harvesting and processing green ...
Grow your best garlic ever with farmer Kristin Graves! Kristin will tell us about planting, growing and harvesting garlic and will share tips to help us produce abundant harvests of this pungent allium. She also talks about using garlic to create value-added products, how to properly dry and cure garlic, black garlic cheesecake, The Garlic Goddess and so much more! Kristin Graves is a fifth-generation farmer in Alberta, Canada and the author of The Garlic Companion. In addition to her veget...
A special bonus episode of Seeds & Weeds! From 2021-2024, our friends at Hobby Farms hosted the Growing Good Podcast, a program about small-scale, sustainable farming. Bevin was a guest on the show in 2022 to talk about his book, The Complete Guide to Seed & Nut Oils. Unfortunately, Hobby Farm as decided to discontinue the show, but generously gave us permission to rebroadcast Bevin's episode here on Seeds & Weeds! Please enjoy this encore episode of Growing Good. Host Lisa M...
Grow and harvest fragrant lavender for the kitchen and apothecary! Author, chef, and lavender farmer Terry Vesci joins us to talk about her new book The Lavender Companion. We'll learn how to grow and harvest lavender, the best cultivars for culinary and medicinal uses and some of Terry's favorite ways to use lavender. She'll also share some tips to help us overwinter our lavender plants! Terry Vesci is the co-owner of Pine Creek Canyon Lavender Farm in Pine, Arizona, which welcomes thousan...
Let's dig into the wild world of fungi to explore the magic of mushrooms. We'll talk about growing and harvesting mushrooms and using the mushrooms as both food and medicine - plus recipes for double mushroom extract and delicious shiitake duxelles. This is a mushroom laced episode of Seeds & Weeds! Learn how to grow shiitake mushrooms on logs! Video 1: https://youtu.be/wh6PeZDriNU?si=yUwWQqLY3DUX7E6E Video 2: https://youtu.be/Xr5UzHWQusM?si=qlSj780YmRajCjx6 Listen to our interview wit...
Which came first - beer or bread? Let's explore fermentation, the history of food, and the work of Dr. Julia Skinner. Julia Skinner is a food historian, educator and founder of Roots, a fermentation and food history company that bridges the gap between modern people and historic food. Dr. Skinner holds a PhD in Library and Information Science and is the only historian or food writer in the US to win two 40 under 40 awards in one year. Julia is joining us on the show today to talk about her ...
Let's get wild! Herbalist Megan Edge joins us to talk about foraging, ethical harvesting, working with invasive plants, wild lettuce, medicinal mushrooms and so much more! Megan Edge comes from a long line of foragers and, having foraged across Canada in both wild and urban settings, she has a wealth of experience to share. A generational forager, Megan has ethically harvested from the forest since a child and now, through her shop, Beyond the Garden Gate, she shares Mother Nature’s healing...
We've got tomatoes on our mind! Bevin shares a story of Thane Earle, famed Wisconsin seed saver most well known for introducing the world to the Amish Paste tomato! Hear about Thane's incredible collection of seeds; more than 1000 varieties of tomatoes and hundreds of beans! We dig into the history of the classic Amish Paste tomato and meet other dedicated seed savers including Lee Stoltzfus from the Landis Valley Museum in Pennsylvania and Tom Hauch, founder of Heirloom Seeds. Bevin was ...
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