Our guest this week is Nicky Schauder from Permaculture Gardens in Northern Virginia. She grows food with her husband Dave and their 6 children in Northern Virginia. They run a program called Grow It Yourself Community and teaches online courses on permaculture.
Nicky studied permaculture with Wayne Weiseman and is currently studying the effects of compost tea with funding from a grant. We chat about her progress. Listen in.
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Resources
Visit Permaculture Gardens here
Follow Nicky and her adventures on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest
Join the Grow It Yourself Community here
Watch her videos on YouTube here
Stuff we mentioned during the conversation:
- Celtuce – grow this rare veggie in your spring garden
- Find out more about permaculture zones here
- EM Bokashi – aerobically fermented compost inoculant product that helps plants grow
- John Kempf’s plant pyramid – Learn more about what plants need to thrive
- Bionutrient Institute – Dan Kitridge’s program educating farms about how to increase nutrient density in crops through stewarding the soil food web
- Nicky’s recommended video for how to brew compost tea safely
- EarthFort – a supplier of compost tea brewers and supplies. They carry the vegan alternative to fish hydrolysate
- TeaLab – sells the pump Nicky uses for her compost tea
- Boogie Brew – the inline filter we use for removing chlorine and chloramine before brewing tea
- Michael Phillips – The Holistic Orchard
Find more about composting and compost tea on Gardenerd
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