Sustainability Book Chat

Deborah Niemann
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Sustainability Book Chat

Whether you live in a suburban condo or on an off-grid farm, you can live a greener lifestyle. In the Sustainability Book Chat we talk to authors who can help you reach your goals to achieve a more self-reliant lifestyle, whether that means starting a container garden on your balcony or having chickens in your backyard or making greener transportation choices.

  1. 02/05/2023

    Diane Sorensen: The Tales of Mr. Ken Rooster and the Six Sassy Hens

    Whether you're a chicken keeper or someone who simply gets annoyed when reading children's books that are filled with misinformation about animals, Diane Sorenson's, The Tales of Mr. Ken Rooster and the Six Sassy Hens, is a fun little gem that's sure to delight young children, as well as the adults reading the book to them. The book includes short stories about the seven chickens in the author's backyard, and many of the stories, such as the ones about the fox and the raccoon, are based on tr...

    18min

  2. 31/01/2023

    Chris McLaughlin: Growing a Good Garden Naturally

    If you want to grow a garden that is in sync with nature, then you need to check out Chris McLaughlin's ninth and newest book, The Good Garden: How to Nurture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food — All in Your Own Backyard. In this episode, Chris and I are talking about several of The Good Garden concepts presented in her book, starting with knowing your ecosystem. We talk about how pollinators and wildlife are your partners in the garden, how to control weeds naturally, and h...

    29min

  3. 24/01/2023

    Lisa Kivirist: Homemade for Sale

    It only seems natural that after you perfect a homemade delicacy for your family and friends, the next step is to start selling it. Until recently this was financially impossible in many states due to regulations that meant you would have to invest big bucks in infrastructure to start a business. However, now that all 50 states have cottage food laws, you can start selling food directly from your home kitchen. But before you start baking and selling, be sure to listen to this ep...

    35min

  4. 14/06/2022

    Tasha Greer: Weed-Free Gardening

    When talking about weeds, people use words like enemy, battle, and war. No one wants weeds in their garden, right? Well, it depends! In this episode, author and gardener Tasha Greer talks about why we can't win the "war on weeds," and why we don't really need to. In fact, it's entirely possible to make peace with weeds in our garden. Tasha goes way beyond the usual suggestions for mulching and pulling weeds. In fact, she tells us why pulling weeds is actually a bad idea. And mulching can ev...

    26min

  5. 08/03/2022

    Bevin Cohen: How to Make Nut and Seed Oil

    One of the reasons we decided to start raising pigs almost 20 years ago was because I thought it was the only way we could produce our own homegrown cooking oil — also known as, lard. I assumed that creating oil from seeds and nuts would simply be too challenging for a non-professional. In this episode, author, gardener, and oil maker Bevin Cohen talks about his book, The Complete Guide to Seed & Nut Oils. He dispels that myth that I fell prey to — that making oils at home is too challeng...

    22min

  6. 11/01/2022

    Jessica Walliser: Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden

    You might think that someone who write a book about bugs would have been a bona fide bug lover forever. But author Jessica Walliser admits up front that she used to think nothing of spraying pesticides all over plants to kill bugs, even if the pesticide was blowing back in her face and she could smell it and taste it! Jessica is the author of the second edition of Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, which should be arriving in bookstores right about the time that this episode drops. ...

    30min

  7. 07/12/2021

    Callene and Eric Rapp: Raising Rabbits for Meat

    If you have ever thought about raising rabbits for meat, either for your own dinner table or as a business, today's episode will get you at least a step or two closer to that goal. Eric and Callene Rapp have raised tens of thousands of rabbits over the years and are sharing their hard-earned knowledge in this episode and in their book, Raising Rabbits for Meat. We are talking about various breeds of meat rabbits, as well as housing, diet (grassfed or not), and breeding. And we also talk abo...

    26min

  8. 30/11/2021

    Josh Volk: Build Your Own Farm Tools

    Whether you can't quite find the exact tools you need for your farm or you think you can improve on what's available or you simply like to build your own, Josh Volk's latest book, Build Your Own Farm Tools provides tons of inspiration and heard-learned lessons. Volk says he was always taking apart toys as a child and worked his way through college as a bicycle mechanic before getting a degree in mechanical engineering. Then when he turned to farming, it was only natural for him to start buil...

    21min
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Whether you live in a suburban condo or on an off-grid farm, you can live a greener lifestyle. In the Sustainability Book Chat we talk to authors who can help you reach your goals to achieve a more self-reliant lifestyle, whether that means starting a container garden on your balcony or having chickens in your backyard or making greener transportation choices.

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  • Criado por
    Deborah Niemann
  • Anos de atividade
    2021 - 2023
  • Episódios
    22
  • Classificação
    Livre
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    © 2023 Sustainability Book Chat
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    Sustainability Book Chat

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