#182: Mike talks Hydrating Vegetable Seeds with Annie Haven of Authentic Haven Brand Natural Brew

#182: Mike talks Hydrating Vegetable Seeds with Annie Haven of Authentic Haven Brand Natural Brew
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In this week's episode, Mike talks with Authentic Haven Brand owner, Annie Haven, about the benefits of using manure tea on the fruits, veggies and herbs you grow in your home vegetable garden. Annie will explain how you properly use manure tea in your home vegetable garden, touch on valuable points if you have well water or city water, and talk about solutions for using manure tea regardless of the size of your home vegetable garden. In this episode, here’s what we’ll cover: What is manure tea What are the benfits of manure tea Using manure tea in your compost pile Manure, its safety and what to look for How to use manure tea in your home vegetable garden Valuable manure tea techniques regardless of garden size What to do if you are using well or city water The organic industry and some classic real world case studies Items mentioned in this episode include: Authentic Haven Brand of Manure Teas Seed company histories and timelines Organic fertilizer maker accused of using synthetic chemicals Herbicide-Contaminated Manure Damages Organic Crops in Washington State Ronco Plastics Growing A Greener World TV Joe Lamp’l Authentic Haven Brand Alfalfa tea Authentic Haven Brand Cow manure tea Authentic Haven Brand Horse manure tea Straus Family Creamery: Certified Organic Milk & Dairy Products About this week's Guest, Annie Haven: Haven Seed Co. was established in 1853 and incorporated in 1873. Haven Seed Co. grew for commercial seed until 1968 when the focus was then turned to Manure tea which was harvested from the horses used to pull the equipment through the fields and the livestock raised to feed the workers. Haven Co. processed and packaged the manure in large "Pillow case size bags", brewed the tea, then flood irrigated the fields to restore nutrients to the soil. Authentic Haven Brand Natural Brew is harvested, processed and Eco hand packaged, from Haven raised grass fed livestock, free of antibiotics, growth hormones, herbicides and pesticides. Over the past 7 years Social Media for Authentic Haven Brand Natural Brew has played a big roll in the introduction of brewing and feeding cow, horse and alfalfa teas to replenish needed nutrients to the soil. Gardeners around the world have seen tremendous results in their gardens and indoor house plants once they started brewing and feeding Authentic Haven Brand Natural Brew. Photos (click to enlarge)
Previous Podcast Episodes #181: Mike interviews Niki Jabbour Author of Groundbreaking Food Gardens #180: Mike interviews LaManda Joy the founder of the Peterson Garden Project #179: Mike interviews Helen Yoest the author of Plants with Benefits #178: Mike interviews P. Allen Smith Giving us His Best Garden Tips and Talks Heritage Chickens #177: Mike talks Fertilizers, Soil Amendments and School Gardens with Cindy Rajhel

How to Build a Bat House

Photo courtesy: National Wildlife Federation

Bats can eat more than 500 mosquitoes in an hour!  So says the National Wildlife Federation website.  How would you like to keep the mosquito population down to a minimum without having to spray harmful chemicals.  

Incorporating bats has been a long used practice for organic gardening methods.  Of course first you need to get a bat or two in your area, and without a house, they won't stay long.  

Check out this step by step tutorial by the National Wildlife Federation so you can build a bat house for your self.

http://tinyurl.com/nbcox57

6 Ways to Help Ensure Your Veggies Will Succeed

photo courtesy: http://gardeningjones.com/blog/2014/05/27/6-ways-to-help-insure-your-veggies-will-succeed/

Anytime you can pick up a few tips on making your home vegetable garden a bit more successful or productive, you simply have to read on.

Today, our good friend Gardening Jones, posted 6 tips for your home vegetable gardening that can do just that ... help insure your vegetables will succed.

http://gardeningjones.com/blog/2014/05/27/6-ways-to-help-insure-your-veggies-will-succeed/

5 Tips on How You Can Stop Your Tomatoes from Cracking

photo courtesy: http://www.tomatodirt.com/tomato-cracks.html

Even the most experienced vegetable gardeners will have a tomato crack on them.  Don't ever feel like you are alone when this happens.  Our friends over at Tomato Dirt have written a nice tutorial on cracking tomatoes and what you can do about it.

There is a boatload of beneficial information in this article, so be sure to head on over there by clicking the link below and checking it out.

http://www.tomatodirt.com/tomato-cracks.html

9 Pest-Fighting Flowers

photo courtesy: http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/10805/pest-fighting-flowers

Companion planting is a hot topic in the world of vegetable gardening.  You engage in companion planting for a variety of reasons, to attract wildlife that can aide in pollination, fighting pests, reduce disease and many more.

One of the cool things of companion planting, is to get to plant many things that serve a wide range of purposes as well as provide a lot of color and fragrances, such as this list of 9 Pest Fighting Plants, written by vegetable gardening author Greg Holdsworth.

There are some popular items on this list, along with some traditional favorites.  Enjoy!

http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/10805/pest-fighting-flowers