About this podcast
A podcast about perennial plants and trees associated with food forests, permaculture, and restorative agriculture.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 74 episodes
- Ice Watch with *Redacted* · 1 h 4 min · Season 4 Episode 25This week on Propaganda By the Seed I've gone on a tangent, instead on my normal plant stuff, I'm talking to a couple folks who have been monitoring our local ICE facility and…
- Kratom with Dr. Christopher McCurdy and Dr. Swathi Nadakuduti · 1 h 35 min · Season 4 Episode 24In this episode I'm speaking with Dr. Christopher McCurdy and Dr. Swathi Nadakuduti about Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa). If you aren't familiar with this species, they are a tree…
- Summer Gardening with Live Like the World is Dying · 58 min · Season 4 Episode 23This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Brooke follows up with Aaron from Propaganda by the Seed about planting a garden and what you can do now that it's summer. We talk…
- Perennial Beans with Ken Asmus · 1 h 4 min · Season 4 Episode 22In this episode I'm talking to Ken Asmus of Oikos Tree Crops about perennial beans. Ken has been growing andbreeding perennial food plants since the 1970s and has developed many…
- Spring Gardening with Live Like the World is Dying · 60 min · Season 4 Episode 21This week I am back collaborating with my friends at Live Like the World is Dying, this time Brooke is asking me questions about planting a spring garden. Live Like the World is…
- Apples with Laura Sieger · 1 h 24 min · Season 4 Episode 20In this episode I'm talking to Laura Sieger about Apples. We cover history, care, varieties and re-framing expectations. Laura is a freelance orchardist and nursery worker who…
- Skirret with Cicada Seeds · 52 min · Season 4 Episode 19This week I'm talking with Michalina Hunter of Cicada Seeds about Skirret (Sium sisarum). Skirret is a perennial root vegetable in a Apiaceae family that produces clumps of…
- Wild Grains and Seeds with Pascal Baudar · 2 h 4 min · Season 4 Episode 18In this episode Tim rejoins as co-host and we talk to Pascal Baudar about foraging wild seeds and grains. We cover some basic techniques for harvesting and processing these…
- Teaching Kids About Plants · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 17In this Shorts episode I'm talking about teaching kids about plants. It basically boils down to inviting them to the topic, following what they are interested in, encouraging…
- Haskaps with Dr. Bob Bors · 1 h 23 min · Season 4 Episode 16In this episode of Propaganda By the Seed, I'm talking with Dr. Bob Bors about Haskaps. Bob spent many years working with this species and selected and named some of the best…
- Repodcast: Solecast: Food Forestry & Perennial Vegetables w/ Aaron Parker of Edgewood Nursery · 1 h 34 min · Season 4 Episode 15Today I'm reposting the very first podcast I was ever on, an episode of The Solecast from 2018. This podcast sparked my friendship with Tim which led, eventually, to…
- String and Traps · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 14In this shorts episode I talk about string and traps, mundane, but perhaps important topics. After that I answer Gather's question about sourcing unusual plant species. I'm…
- Pears with Lauren Cormier and Blaine Fortin · 1 h 9 min · Season 4 Episode 13This week I am talking with Lauren Cormier about pears! Lauren works for the Maine Heritage Orchard and is exploring, documenting and preserving the old pears of Maine. She tells…
- Composting · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 12This week on Propaganda By the Seed Shorts I'm talking about composting. It's a big topic so even though this is a bit longer than average for a short episode, it's really just…
- Favorite Plants with Linda Black Elk · 42 min · Season 4 Episode 11In this episode I chat with Linda Black Elk about a few of her favorite plants. Linda is a ethobotanist and plant educator who is currently the Educational Programming and…
- Problems with Permaculture / Implications of Hybridization · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 10This week on Propaganda By the Seed Shorts I'm talking about the problems with permaculture and attempting to answer Emma's questions about the implications of hybridization on…
- Peecycling with The Rich Earth Institute · 1 h 24 min · Season 4 Episode 9In this episode I'm talking with Tatiana and Arthur of the Rich Earth Institute about peecycling (the use of human urine as a fertilizer). We cover all the ins and outs of…
- Hoses and Hose Accessories · 19 min · Season 4 Episode 8In this week's episode of Propaganda By the Seed Shorts, I'm talking about garden hoses and how to keep them from being a pain in the butt. Basically you need to keep them in…
- Corn with Neftalí Duran · 56 min · Season 4 Episode 7This week on Propaganda By the Seed I'm talking to Neftalí Duran about Corn / Maize. Our conversation covers Corn culture past and present as well as some of the excellent…
- Informational Resources · 21 min · Season 4 Episode 6In this shorts episode I offer some of my favorite informational resources, from vague concepts to specific books to the exceptionally obvious. Many are linked in the show notes…
