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  • Growing Flora of the Fields with Winnie Pitrone | The Beet

    Growing Flora of the Fields with Winnie Pitrone | The Beet
    Mar 10 2025
    Today's episode is sponsored by LMNT, an electrolyte drink mix free of sugar, artificial colors, and other dodgy ingredients. Receive a free LMNT Sample Pack with your order at http://drinklmnt.com/Beet Episode Description: In this episode of the Beet Podcast, Logan chats with Winnie Pitrone of Flora of the Fields, a biodynamic flower farm in Mendocino. Winnie grows vibrant tulips, ranunculus, anemones, daffodils, and more, crafting them into breathtaking bouquets and wedding displays. Tune in for expert tips on growing and arranging your own gorgeous blooms and growing an edible garden, too! Connect with Winnie Pitrone: Winnie has been growing cut flowers on the Mendocino Coast in partnership with her husband, Andy Mackey, since 1992. They are small-scale, bio-intensive horticulturists following their flower passion, emphasizing detail and diversity. They believe that the purity of method, gardening exclusively with hand labor and hand tools, is reflected in the quality of what they produce. Find more from Winnie on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/winniepitrone/ Find more from Winnie on her website here: https://www.floraofthefields.com/ Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup Do You Love Epic Gardening products? Join the Epic Affiliate Program! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Enroll In Sweet Pea School with Marryn Mathis | The Beet

    Enroll In Sweet Pea School with Marryn Mathis | The Beet
    Mar 3 2025
    Marryn Mathis went from a career in finance to full-time flower farming in a very short period. Since then, she has mastered growing sweet peas, dahlias, and more on her ten-acre farm in the Pacific Northwest. In this episode of the Beet Podcast, she and Jacques discuss the flower craze, and dive into the particulars of growing great sweet peas. Learn More: When to Plant Sweet Peas: Tips For Your Zone Connect with Marryn Mathis: When Marryn discovered flower farming, she fell in love with the idea of showing her children the joy of a life of digging in the dirt, being outside, and growing beauty. So she sold her home in the suburbs, bought a farm, and became a flower farmer. Today, she’s growing a life she loves and making a difference in her community one bloom at a time. Find more from Marryn Mathis on her website: https://thefarmhouseflowerfarm.com/ Find more from Marryn Mathis on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefarmhouseflowerfarm/ Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop-beet → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests-beet Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube-beet → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog-beet → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup Do You Love Epic Gardening products? Join the Epic Affiliate Program! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • Grow Your Own Worm Castings with Steve Churchill | The Beet

    Grow Your Own Worm Castings with Steve Churchill | The Beet
    Feb 24 2025
    Today's episode is sponsored by LMNT, an electrolyte drink mix free of sugar, artificial colors, and other dodgy ingredients. Receive a free LMNT Sample Pack with your order at http://drinklmnt.com/Beet Vermicomposting is the topic of today’s conversation with Jacques and Steve Churchill. They cover Steve’s entry into the field, all the way to his founding of the Urban Worm Company. They also discuss how to build your own system from the ground-up! Listen in today and start your worm composting journey. Learn More: Worm Castings: Powerhouse Poop From Wiggly Worms - Epic Gardening Connect With Steve Churchill: In the early 2000s, Steve Churchill was fascinated by worms that moved into his hot compost pile after it cooled, transforming it into rich worm castings. This prompted his own research into the role of worms in soil, and he started his own worm bin. Steve founded the Urban Worm Company in 2014, which was at first an educational blog about vermicomposting. It has since transformed into a growing business with 7 figures of annual revenue as of 2022. Find more from Steve on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urbanwormcompany Find more from Steve on his web site: https://urbanwormcompany.com Listener Exclusive: As an exclusive for our listeners, use code BEETPODCAST for 10% off your next order (one use per customer) at shop.epicgardening.com! Whether you’re looking for seed-starting supplies, high-quality seeds to plant, or a raised bed or planter to start them in, we have supplies to get you growing. Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop-beet → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests-beet Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube-beet → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog-beet → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup Do You Love Epic Gardening products? Join the Epic Affiliate Program! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Get GardenFit with Madeline Hooper | The Beet

    Get GardenFit with Madeline Hooper | The Beet
    Feb 17 2025
    Today's episode is sponsored by LMNT, an electrolyte drink mix free of sugar, artificial colors, and other dodgy ingredients. Receive a free LMNT Sample Pack with your order at http://drinklmnt.com/Beet Longevity in the garden doesn’t typically cross a gardener’s mind, as the seasons’ cycles and the life of plants predominate. But Madeline Hooper found that proper and consistent body movement dispels the myth that gardening is inevitably strenuous. In this full episode of the Beet Podcast, Madeline and Kevin discuss this most important topic and explore how you can garden in a healthier, more mindful way. Connect with Madeline Hooper: Madeline Hooper is an expert gardener and recognized horticulturalist who cultivates 10 acres in upstate New York. Through her experience, she was invited to become a trustee of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and then the Vice Chair of Berkshire Botanical Garden, where she has worked for the past ten years. After spending these 30 years gardening Madeline found a solution to the aches and pains that come with it by learning to move her body to prevent strain and stress properly. She shares what she learned with others in her GardenFit television show. Find more from Madeline Hooper on her website: https://gardenfit.fit/ Find more from Madeline Hooper on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getgardenfit/ Listener Exclusive: As an exclusive for our listeners, use code BEETPODCAST for 10% off your next order (one use per customer) at shop.epicgardening.com! Whether you’re looking for seed-starting supplies, high-quality seeds to plant, or a raised bed or planter to start them in, we have supplies to get you growing. Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop-beet → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests-beet Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube-beet → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog-beet → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup Do You Love Epic Gardening products? Join the Epic Affiliate Program! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • Kevin and Jacques Gear Up for Spring | The Beet

    Kevin and Jacques Gear Up for Spring | The Beet
    Feb 10 2025
    Today's episode is sponsored by LMNT, an electrolyte drink mix free of sugar, artificial colors, and other dodgy ingredients. Receive a free LMNT Sample Pack with your order at http://drinklmnt.com/Beet In this full episode of the Beet Podcast, Jacques and Kevin soak up the sun, cherish their garden holdovers, and get excited about the Seattle Northwest Flower and Garden Show! Spring is coming, the bees are out in full force, and seeds need to be started. For now, Jacques and Kevin discuss how to achieve peak flavor from their current and soon-to-be grown tomatoes. Are you joining us at the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival? Get 2-day tickets for only $20 here: https://bit.ly/25NWFG_EPIC Listener Exclusive: As an exclusive for our listeners, use code BEETPODCAST for 10% off your next order (one use per customer) at shop.epicgardening.com! Whether you’re looking for seed-starting supplies, high-quality seeds to plant, or a raised bed or planter to start them in, we have supplies to get you growing. Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop-beet → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests-beet Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube-beet → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog-beet → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup Do You Love Epic Gardening products? Join the Epic Affiliate Program! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • Kitchen Gardening with Bailey Van Tassel | The Beet

    Kitchen Gardening with Bailey Van Tassel | The Beet
    Feb 3 2025
    Epic Gardening is heading to Seattle for the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival from February 19-23, 2025 at the Seattle Convention Center! Come visit our interactive Epic Gardening booth to shop your favorite Epic products, score exclusive show discounts, and enter huge giveaways - plus, you’ll get to meet Kevin and Jacques in person! We’re also sponsoring the Small Space Solutions Stage, happening daily at 4 PM, featuring expert-led panels to inspire your 2025 garden. Kevin and Jacques will be live on stage Friday, Feb 21 & Saturday, Feb 22, and after the panels, we’ll be giving away amazing prizes and special discounts. Get your tickets now for just $20 for a two-day pass! Use our exclusive link: https://bit.ly/25NWFG_EPIC Seattle Convention Center – 705 Pike Street, Seattle, WA Show Dates: February 19-23, 2025 In this full episode of the Beet Podcast, Jacques and Bailey Van Tassel confer over garden design and kitchen gardening. Learning from her own endeavor to design her home kitchen garden in California, Bailey offers insight into how even a small area can be full of thriving edible plants. Listen to her and Jacques discuss the ways they pack flavor into their growing spaces. Learn More: How to Grow a Kitchen Garden in Raised Beds Connect with Bailey Van Tassel: Bailey Van Tassel, author of Kitchen Garden Living, and the founder of The Kitchen Garden Society, shares her gardening skills online with a wide following of interested gardeners and clients. Focused on kitchen gardening and cut flowers, she showcases how gardeners can grow in any amount of space with a limited amount of time. Find more from Bailey at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baileyvantassel/ Find more from Bailey at her website: https://www.baileyvantassel.com/ Listener Exclusive: As an exclusive for our listeners, use code BEETPODCAST for 10% off your next order (one use per customer) at shop.epicgardening.com! Whether you’re looking for seed-starting supplies, high-quality seeds to plant, or a raised bed or planter to start them in, we have supplies to get you growing. Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop-beet → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests-beet Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube-beet → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog-beet → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup Do You Love Epic Gardening products? Join the Epic Affiliate Program! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • Homesteading Successfully with Katie Krejci | The Beet

    Homesteading Successfully with Katie Krejci | The Beet
    Jan 27 2025
    Returning guest, Katie Krejci is all about living healthier and more self-sufficiently by relying on the land and growing her own food. Her homesteading journey has been anything but easy, especially after moving to a sprawling 240-acre lot in Minnesota. In this episode of the Beet Podcast, Katie and Jacques dive into her journey, the lessons learned from failure, and how it’s all shaping her path to sustainability. Learn More: When to Start Seeds in Zone 4 Connect With Katie Krejci: Katie Krejci brings her experience as a dietitian and a homesteader together as "The Homesteading RD" where she helps others become more self-sufficient, cook from scratch, and enjoy wholesome REAL food. On her 240-acre homestead in the north woods of Minnesota she and her husband have a large garden, raise their own chickens, tap maple trees, hunt, forage, and more! Katie grew up in the city, so she is self-taught and loves sharing her knowledge with others via social media and her website. Find more from Katie Krejci on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehomesteadingrd/ Find more from Katie Krejci on her website: https://thehomesteadingrd.com Listener Exclusive: As an exclusive for our listeners, use code BEETPODCAST for 10% off your next order (one use per customer) at shop.epicgardening.com! Whether you’re looking for seed-starting supplies, high-quality seeds to plant, or a raised bed or planter to start them in, we have supplies to get you growing. Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop-beet → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests-beet Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube-beet → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog-beet → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup Do You Love Epic Gardening products? Join the Epic Affiliate Program! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • Mike G’s Recipe for a Healthy Foundation | The Beet

    Mike G’s Recipe for a Healthy Foundation | The Beet
    Jan 20 2025
    Today's episode is sponsored by LMNT, an electrolyte drink mix free of sugar, artificial colors, and other dodgy ingredients. Receive a free LMNT Sample Pack with your order at http://drinklmnt.com/TheBeet In this episode of the Beet Podcast, Kevin chats with Mike Greenfield of Life by Mike G about the joys of growing and cooking your own food. From discovering each other on YouTube to Mike’s gardening adventures, they dive into how homegrown ingredients can transform your meals. Tune in for a fun, inspiring convo on cooking and gardening! Learn More: 11 Vegetable Garden Layout Plans to Try This Year Connect with Mike G: Over the past twelve years, Mike Greenfield has been producing educational and entertaining digital food content through his YouTube channel, Life By Mike G (formerly Pro Home Cooks). With a belief that cooking is an intrinsic part of life, he strives to help people create a stronger, healthy foundation in their lives, overcome their fears of the kitchen, and take back the art of cooking. Find more from Mike G on his website: https://lifebymikeg.com/ Find more from Mike G on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzH5n3Ih5kgQoiDAQt2FwLw Listener Exclusive: As an exclusive for our listeners, use code BEETPODCAST for 10% off your next order (one use per customer) at shop.epicgardening.com! Whether you’re looking for seed-starting supplies, high-quality seeds to plant, or a raised bed or planter to start them in, we have supplies to get you growing. Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop-beet → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests-beet Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube-beet → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog-beet → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup Do You Love Epic Gardening products? Join the Epic Affiliate Program! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 mins