S5E2 What does it take to start a garden, Different types of garden methods Guest Dylan Bruce - The Gardening with Joey and Holly radio show

The gardening with Joey and Holly Radio Show heard weekly March - Oct

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In segment 1 Joey and Holly go over what does it take to start a garden?
You may think ground but you do not even need that
Indoor growing
Happy leaf led
Window gardening/ 3 or 4 season porch
Knowledge
Accept you will fail
Be willing to try experiment be creative
Decide what you'd like to grow.
If you can grow outside
(side bed front yard)
Choose a location.
Plan your garden beds.
Invest in basic garden tools.
Is it safe to dig? Call diggers hotline
Test your soil.
Prepare the soil.
Choose the right seeds or transplants for your area.
We grow a new variety each year also grow some different uncommon plant Yacons
We have grown ocas and chickpeas before

In segment two Joey and Holly talk about different types of garden methods
Ground, Raised bed, elevated bed, Containers,
Perineal gardening, fruit tree, berries and so on
Straw Bale
Vertical gardening
HYDROPONICS
– BACK TO EDEN – WOOD CHIPS
This is good because it retains moisture, amends soil over time, protects the soil from solar radiation and weathering, and can suppress most weeds.
CONS: Wood chips will take nitrogen from the soil if mixed into the soil leaving plants with nitrogen deficiencies, hardy weeds will still find a way to grow, so weeding is still something that has to be done, moving wood chips can be labor-intensive and tiring. Planting seeds is also a challenge since mulch does not delineate between weeds and your vegetable plants.woodchip would be best in a perineal bed or followers
CORE GARDENING
Its like a like hugelkulture but you not mounding the soil up you are digging a trench in the raised bed if 4 ft wide dig in the middle length of the bed to the native ground about 1 foot wide fill will clean grass or straw and cover over it acts as sponge you do have to water to get it to charge
AQUAPONICS
An underground greenhouse is called a walipini in South America, from the Aymara Indian language, meaning “place of warmth.” As you dig, you save your upper-most topsoil to serve as the bottom of the greenhouse
Square Foot Gardening
Greenhouse, Cold Frames, and High Tunnels

Is segment 3 Joey and Holly welcome their guest Dylan Bruce who is the head of the breeding network of seedlinked and the Seed Partner Business Development Lead. He grew up on a CSA farm in SW WI and has worked within the food system since. Find out more at https://www.seedlinked.com/
1. What is seedlinked?
2. How can our listeners benefit from seedlinked?
3. You grew up on a CSA - for our listeners who dont know what a CSA is, please explain?
Dylan Bruce is the head of the breeding network of seedlinked and the Seed Partner Business Development Lead. He grew up on a CSA farm in SW WI and has worked within the food system since. Find out more at https://www.seedlinked.com/
4. What is the importance of community supported agriculture?
5. You are passionate about people having access to having a variety of seed choices, why is that important?
6. More information/links/ how to find out more about seed linked?

In segment 4 Joey and Holly answer gardeners questions

Q: If I try to grow short day onions in the north will they even grow?
A: Yes they will grow but will not put on a bulb or a very small one at best. Onions are in 3 categories: long day short day mid day. Long for the north, short for the south and midday for the middle of the country all based on daylight length during the summer.

Q: I am( located outside Boston Ma. I have a small vegetable garden(10ft x 20ft). I put in 4 inches or so of composted cow manure every fall. My question is in regards to wood ash. I normally generate 2 to 3 five gallon buckets over the winter from my wood stove. I dump this in the garden and it really(continued)