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Growing with Nature

Growing with Nature

Daron Williams

Do you want to bring nature to your backyard, grow food, and help heal our living world? Join Daron Williams—restoration ecologist, permaculture enthusiast, and lifelong gardener—for concrete steps you can take at home to cultivate abundance for people, plants and wildlife. Tune in, grab a shovel, and make the living world around you come alive.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Growing with Nature episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Growing with Nature for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Growing with Nature episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Growing with Nature - Why You Should Grow Miner’s Lettuce
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08/25/21 • 12 min

Do you have a shady area that you’re unsure what to plant? Using these shady areas for food growing can be a challenge. But miner’s lettuce happens to love growing in the shade. And it tastes good.

In this episode, we look at why you should grow miner’s lettuce.

Check out the show notes to learn more about miner’s lettuce and get access to the resources mentioned in this episode.

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Let’s skip the fall cleanup this year. Don’t rake up the leaves, don’t cut down the dead flower stalks, and leave the branches where they fall. While this might seem crazy you can skip the fall cleanup. Or at least do less.

In this episode, we look at why messy is beautiful and why you should skip the fall cleanup. The result will be more abundance for people, plants, and wildlife.

Check out the show notes to learn more about why messy is beautiful and why you should skip the fall cleanup and get access to the resources mentioned in this episode.

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Growing with Nature - The Most Important Reason to Plant Native Plants
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11/10/21 • 18 min

Often people skip native plants but when you do this you limit your land's ability to be abundant. But why?

In this episode, we look at the most important reason to plant native plants. In short, it’s because native plants share a long evolutionary history with the other life that live around them. Native plants play a unique role in the environment due to their long evolutionary history with wildlife.

Check out the show notes to learn more about native plants and their role in cultivating abundance and get access to the resources mentioned in this episode.

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Growing with Nature - 3 Pacific Northwest Native Plants for Easy Winter Harvests
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10/27/21 • 12 min

Growing these 3 Pacific Northwest native plants can provide you easy harvests all winter long. There’s something special about going outside and getting greens for salads and for cooking even in the middle of winter.

In this episode, we look at nodding onions, miner’s lettuce, and checkermallow plus some tips on expanding your winter garden beyond these 3 great native plants.

Check out the show notes to learn more about these 3 Pacific Northwest native plants and get access to the resources mentioned in this episode.

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Growing with Nature - How to Get Started with Critter Homes and Why You Should
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09/22/21 • 18 min

If you want to support wildlife then you’ve got to give them a place to call home and take shelter. Critter homes are a great option and are simple to create. Plus, these simple structures can provide other benefits such as keeping the soil cool and moist around your plants.

In this week’s episode, we dive into critter homes and look at how you can get started with them and why you should.

Check out the show notes to learn more about critter homes and get access to the resources mentioned in this episode.

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Native lupines fix nitrogen and support wildlife. These amazing plants are far superior to the ornamental lupines sold in box stores.

In this episode, we look at the native lupines of western Washington and why you should grow them. And with over 200 species of lupines found in North and South America and Northern Africa and the Mediterranean, there could easily be native lupines where you live too.

Check out the show notes to learn more about native lupines and get access to the resources mentioned in this episode.

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Growing with Nature - Getting Started with Native Vegetables
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06/02/21 • 29 min

Did you know you can grow native vegetables right in your backyard and garden? These great vegetables can provide year-round harvests with much less care than traditional vegetables.

In this episode, we dive into native vegetables and how you can get started with them.

Check out the show notes to learn more about native vegetables and get access to the resources mentioned in this episode.

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Growing with Nature - What are Purple Tree Collards and How to Get Started
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07/14/21 • 12 min

Purple tree collards are an amazing perennial vegetable. They taste great and a single plant can provide an abundance of harvests all year round. Tree collards can easily replace other collard greens and kale in your meals.

In this episode, we dive into purple tree collards and how to get started with them.

Check out the show notes to learn more about these amazing perennial vegetables and get access to the resources mentioned in this episode.

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Growing with Nature - Goumi Berries - A Great Nitrogen Fixing Berry
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02/23/22 • 11 min

Nitrogen-fixing plants can help your other plants grow. Plants like your fruit trees and berries. But there are some edible nitrogen-fixing shrubs. One of my favorites are goumi berries. These great berries not only provide food but will also fix nitrogen helping your other plants thrive.

In this episode, we look at goumi berries and how to add them to your growing areas.

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When the leaves start to fall from the trees what do you do with them? If you’re like most people you rake them up and get rid of them. But if you want to cultivate abundance and heal the living world you need to keep your fall leaves.

In this episode, we look at the benefits of keeping your fall leaves and what to do with them. From supporting wildlife to building soil keeping your fall leaves will help you heal the living world and cultivate abundance for people, plants, and wildlife.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Growing with Nature have?

Growing with Nature currently has 34 episodes available.

What topics does Growing with Nature cover?

The podcast is about Leisure, Home & Garden, Permaculture, Nature, Wildlife, Podcasts and Science.

What is the most popular episode on Growing with Nature?

The episode title 'Introducing Cascara—A Fantastic PNW Native Tree' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Growing with Nature?

The average episode length on Growing with Nature is 17 minutes.

How often are episodes of Growing with Nature released?

Episodes of Growing with Nature are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Growing with Nature?

The first episode of Growing with Nature was released on May 21, 2021.

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