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Old Ways

43 episodes · en-us

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Homesteading with a focus on urban and suburban sustainable living with a pagan and spiritual twist.

Episodes

Knee-High by the Fourth: Garden Folklore, Summer Sayings & Harvest Wisdom Around the World
27 min · Jul 2, 2026
At the Garden Gate a new Mini-segment introduction
3 min · Jul 1, 2026
Backyard Food Forests for Beginners: Layered Planting Systems, Perennial Foods, and Low-Maintenance Abundance
29 min · Jun 25, 2026
Who Decides What's on Your Plate? Food Sovereignty, Global Diets, and the Future of Self-Reliance
19 min · Jun 19, 2026
Contest Time!
5 min · Jun 16, 2026
The Honey Moon: Bees, Roses, and the Sweetness of the Gathered Year
29 min · Jun 11, 2026
The Turning Garden: From Spring Coolness to Summer Abundance
23 min · Jun 4, 2026
The Blue Moon: Folklore, Magic, and the Sacred Rarity of Becoming
21 min · Jun 2, 2026
Tending the Summer Garden: Water, Weeds, and Working With Nature
22 min · May 28, 2026
Growing Calories: The Forgotten Art of Feeding Ourselves
17 min · May 21, 2026
Resilience in Uncertain Times: Food, Fear, and the Power of Local Roots
8 min · May 14, 2026
The Hands That Fed the World: Women’s Hidden Agricultural Labor
11 min · May 7, 2026
Sacred Weeds: Reclaiming the Plants We Were Taught to Pull
37 min · Apr 30, 2026
The Ethics of Foraging: Sacred Harvest, Reciprocity, and Remembering Our Place
37 min · Apr 23, 2026
Earth Day: From Protest to Practice — Sacred Activism & the Call to Care
14 min · Apr 16, 2026
Roots Without Land: Urban Homesteading Beyond Ownership
26 min · Apr 2, 2026
The Spiritual Practice of Soil Building: Compost, Grief, and the Slow Magic of Renewal
13 min · Mar 26, 2026
Planning the Garden Like Our Ancestors: Seed Mapping, Companions & Sacred Design
18 min · Mar 19, 2026
Snakes, Saints, and Shadows: The Untold Story of St. Patrick’s Day
11 min · Mar 17, 2026
Backyard Homestead Basics: Simple Structures That Last
20 min · Mar 12, 2026
The Land Remembers
21 min · Mar 5, 2026
Part 2: Black Herbalists & Plant Medicine
15 min · Feb 26, 2026
Part 1: Rooted Resistance: Black Innovators, Ancestral Wisdom & the Foundations of Sustainable Living
15 min · Feb 19, 2026
From Soil to Shaker: Stocking Your Herb & Spice Cabinet from the Garden
17 min · Feb 12, 2026
From Harvest to Cellar: The Real Work of Food Preservation
27 min · Feb 5, 2026