Love of Dirt

Nicki Mckay

Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It's feared, it's unknown, it's challenging, it's rebellious. But it doesn't have to be hard. In the Love of Dirt podcast we explore topics around growing food, fair food and sustainable living. 

  1. 11/04/2021

    How to succession plant your veggie patch

    Our final episode for 2021.  In this episode I share tips that will help you learn how to have something to harvest from your vegetable garden every day with succession planting.

    12 min

  2. 10/28/2021

    Why you should grow flowers in your vegetable garden

    Flowers are an integral part of a thriving organic vegetable garden.  In this post I talk about why should you grow flowers amongst your vegetables and our favourites to grow and why.

    12 min

  3. 10/21/2021

    Growing Blueberries in Pots

    One of the first fruits I started to grow whilst renting was a blueberry. Many years ago blueberries used to be so cost prohibitive to buy here - around $8 for a 125g a punnet. I always thought they were a cool weather fruit after seeing them sell dirt cheap in huge punnets when we were travelling in Canada, but failing to realise that blueberry farms surrounded me in my home town growing up. In this episode I share some blueberry growing tips.

    12 min

  4. 10/14/2021

    How to store seeds for your veggie patch

    If you're a seed hoarder like myself, there is nothing worse than trying to propagate seeds and they are no longer viable even if the date says they should be good. Seeds do have a shelf life, but environmental influences (aka the way you store them) have a massive affect their viability. In this episode I talk about methods for storing your seeds.

    11 min

  5. 09/30/2021

    Seed raising for beginners

    I have so many people say to me that they are terrible at raising things from seeds. I get it, it can be pretty easy to kill seeds if the conditions aren’t right. Too much water, too little water. Too much sun, not enough sun.  In this weeks podcast I wanted to share some tips for seed raising.

    19 min

  6. 09/23/2021

    Managing Powdery Mildew

    Powdery mildew can be devastating to many crops and it is highly infectious so can spread quickly in your garden if you don’t get control of it.  In this episode I chat about what it is, how to avoid it and how to manage it when you've got it.

    7 min

  7. 09/16/2021

    Square foot gardening in Australia

    Square foot gardening is an intensive gardening technique very popular in the US/UK.  In this podcast we talk about what it is, the pros and cons and how we do it in Australia.

    10 min

  8. 09/09/2021

    How to deal with tree roots invading your vegetable garden

    Tree roots invading your vegetable garden is a huge problem taking water and nutrients.  In this episode I chat about some strategies we've used here to fix the problem.

    7 min
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Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It's feared, it's unknown, it's challenging, it's rebellious. But it doesn't have to be hard. In the Love of Dirt podcast we explore topics around growing food, fair food and sustainable living. 

Information

  • Creator
    Nicki Mckay
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Love of Dirt
  • Show Website
    Love of Dirt

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