Green Source Gardens Podcast

On this bonus episode of the Farmcast, we sit down with our accountant and owner of Moxy Accounting in Portland Oregon - Katye Maxon-Landis! Listen to us pick her brain about what it takes to play by the rules, pay your taxes, and make it in this cut-throat industry. Among other things, we talk about how keeping costs and overhead as low as possible gives us small farmers a very necessary competitive edge. We also get into the concept of green washing and what it feels like in the industry now that the cooperate takeover has descended. We hope you enjoy this info-packed chat!

Notes:

• If you would like to connect with Katye, you can find her at moxyaccounting.com
• Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert)
• Ben Worcester co-hosts and produces this podcast. Be sure to follow him on Instagram and Twitter (@benworcester)
• Don't forget to drop us a line at [email protected]

Original air date 9/22/2019

Springtime is here and we are excited to share our seasonal update. Join us for a cross-coastal chat with Nick, Liz, and Ben as they talk about Spring life of the farm, the starting of the growing season, animals in pastures, wildlife galore, direct seeding cannabis, economy vs ecology, and more! In the cultivar review at the end of the episode, Jesse joins us to take a deeper look at a strain called... Space Master. Don't miss it!

Notes:

• The Space Master is a cross of Master Kush and Purple Extra-Terrestrial Vehicle
• Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert)
• Ben Worcester co-hosts and produces this podcast. Be sure to follow him on Instagram and Twitter (@benworcester)
• Don't forget to drop us a line at [email protected]

Original air date 4/24/2019

Winter is here. That means it's time to close out Season 1 of the Green Source Gardens Farmcast. Join us as we cover topics about Nick’s time at the Emerald Cup in December, Cannabis breeding, and the magic of F1s. Seeds! Yule cakes! Anointing oils! And more! Stick around at the end of the episode for a cultivar review with Jesse Long on our cultivar ‘Coyote Art’ and hear the highdeas flow.

Notes:

• Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert)
• Ben Worcester produces this podcast. Be sure to follow him on Instagram and Twitter (@benworcester)
• Don't forget to drop us a line at [email protected]

Original air date 2/3/2019

In this summer update Nick, Liz, and Ben address some of the questions that get tossed our way though social media and email. If you follow us on Instagram and we haven't been able to specifically answer your questions, tune in... we may be covering it in detail! The rest of the episode we touch on planting tactics, updates on our attempts to direct seed, our 34% THC testing result, mulching with wool, giant parsnips, plant breeding, and more! We hope you enjoy the update. After the episode be sure to stick around for a cultivar review with Jesse on Cherry Lotus.

Notes:

• The Cherry Lotus is a cross of Glazed Cherries and White Lotus
• Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert)
• Ben Worcester co-hosts and produces this podcast. Be sure to follow him on Instagram and Twitter (@benworcester)
• Don't forget to drop us a line at [email protected]

Original air date 6/24/2019

As the holiday season begins, we are joined by Ben in NYC to recap our eventful fall. We talk about the challenging but rewarding fall harvest, plans for the continuing evolution of the farmstead, breeding projects, due dates, upcoming events, seed drops, and much more! After the episode Nick and Jesse do a cultivar review of Cherry Lion, one of GSG's interesting new crosses from the 2019 harvest.

Notes:

• The Cherry Lion is a cross between Glazed Cherries and Voltron
• Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert)
• Ben Worcester co-hosts and produces this podcast. Be sure to follow him on Instagram and Twitter (@benworcester)
• Don't forget to drop us a line at [email protected]

Original air date 11/29/2019

See you later 2019! Joint the team as Nick, Liz, and Ben have a winter solstice chat about the past year and the coming new decade. They look back on 2019 and chat on many interesting and diverse topics from musical minstrels in the garden, plants and their feelings, crystal wizard staffs, the benefits of drinking wild water, the coming election year, and more! We hope you enjoy our talk and we wish you a wild and wonderful new year.

Notes:

• Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert)
• Ben Worcester produces this podcast. Be sure to follow him on Instagram and Twitter (@benworcester)
• Don't forget to drop us a line at [email protected]
• Watch Cleve Backster and his research on bio-communication with plants and his sea monkey experiment! From the documentary 'Secret Life of Plants' https://vimeo.com/106603537

Original air date 12/31/2019

We normally tack on these cultivar reviews to the end of our seasonal updates, but this one was too good to wait! Join Liz, Nick, and Jesse as they smoke the High Lama and talk about their experience growing, harvesting and smoking this cultivar. This plant conveyed ideas about Earth care, flavonoids, Buddhist monks, and self awareness. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RIP) somehow made it in there too!

Notes:

• Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert)
• Ben Worcester produces this podcast. Be sure to follow him on Instagram and Twitter (@benworcester)
• Don't forget to drop us a line at [email protected]

Original air date 3/2/2019

Join Nick and Liz for a special canna-holiday episode! We sit down with our good buddies Dan Mar of High Tide Permaculture and Jesse Dodd of Biovortex to have an in-depth conversation on regenerative cannabis farming, share perspectives on the role of science and soul in the garden, and wax on about the power of trusting nature. We wish you a happy 4/20 filled with good friends and family! Celebrate with us and drop a line at [email protected]. Thanks to Brother Ben (@benworcester) for production and editing on this episode. Opening Theme by Mike Wert (@mugwert).

Links:

• High Tide Permaculture on Instagram
• Biovortex on Instagram

Original air date 4/20/2018

Happy Equinox! Fall is here and while the Sun is crossing the celestial equator, we are preparing to reap our harvest of tomatoes, peppers, corn, and cannabis! It is a rich and celebratory time of year. In this episode we sit down with Ben for a rousing chat about the enigmatic beauty of the Pinkleberry, breeding techniques, and the ecological diversity in the garden. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Notes:

• Thanks to Mike Wert for mixing our theme. Check him out on Instagram (@mugwert)
• Ben Worcester produces this podcast. Be sure to follow him on Instagram and Twitter (@benworcester)
• Don't forget to drop us a line at [email protected]

Original air date 9/22/2018

Spring is here and we are excited to announce the premiere of The Green Source Gardens Farmcast! While the seasons may be changing outside, the episode you are about to hear inside (your ears) was recorded over the winter when Elizabeth’s brother Ben was visiting for the holidays. Join us as we embark on this journey together with discussions of abundance, family and etymology. Earth! Mulch! Dogs! The Cosmos! It’s all in here. Ever wondered the origin of the phrase Soup to Nuts? Want to know if Andy Goldsworthy would be a good farmer? Subscribe to this new adventure and let us know what you think! Hit up [email protected] as well and drop us a line.

Links:

• More information on artist Andy Goldsworthy
• Alan Savory's TED Talk

Original air date - 3/20/2018