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This replay of my interview with Pamela Lund originally aired in March of 2016 but she is an awesome volunteer for Free the Seeds which is coming up March 3, 2018 so I thought it was a good time for a replay! http://freetheseedsmt.com () “http://planetbharvest.com (Planet B Harvest) provides fresh and healthy produce grown in beautiful northwest Montana, as well as products made with locally-sourced ingredients. Fresh Pea Shoots from Planet B Harvest Fresh pea shoots taste like the essence of sweet green peas. They are great on their own with a little homemade dressing, or as part of a salad. I also add them to stir fries, soups, and any dish that would benefit from a pop of bright green and sweet pea flavor. Pea shoots are naturally low calorie, and loaded with Vitamin C, Vitamin A, and Folic Acid. Blend them into your morning smoothie for a healthful boost of nutrients and flavor. https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/PlanetBHarvestFarmersMrkt.jpg () Sunflower greens Sunflower greens are baby sunflower plants harvested just as the second set of leaves appear. They retain the nuttiness of raw sunflower seeds with the satisfying bite of a leafy green. A big bowl of sunflower greens tossed with raw pumpkin seeds and homemade ranch dressing is one of my favorite healthy snacks. Sunflower greens are low calorie, containing Vitamins A, B, D, and E, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. They pack a nutritional powerhouse as part of your juicing recipe.” It was fun to meet you at the Kalispell Farmer’s Markets. Everything I say is based on one season of experience. For folks, who are thinking are starting. Be in the starting phase, and might have some empathy, with those who want to jump in! I think you’re gonna inspire some people for something they might want to try… Full Show notes coming soon! Some recommended resources: So I thought I’ll try the straw bales in there and put a little soil on top, he recommends you condition them for 14 days, this might be useful with your tomato starts fertilize and get the composition started before hand because you have heat from the composition I think you can plant earlier then you would here typically in Montana. I wold cover them at night and sometimes it would get down into the 30’s and the heat in the composition in the straw the heat they would get in the soil… I’ll have to look into that a little more. I belong to a face book straw bale farmers… This woman last year I worked with did the whole straw bale thing… The 2 I mostly go to a re the flower farmers and there’s this Montana gardeners one I go to, mostly if I go somewhere it’s my podcasting group I have to admit… more detail how do you, it’s one of the reasons it’s not so economical for a larger scale, if you can use them as sheet mulching as something on your garden. It’s not that reusable and he talks about Mike’s always wanted to build a straw bale house.  well that’s ambitious… Mike built our house …  and last year with this mini-farm, and the drought, we ran out of water with 2 wells, every other day… Because down there at Mandy’s at lower valley farm, and she has like 4, maybe 8 times what he planted and I thought how will we ever water that? Didn’t we just finally raise the temp of the plane 2 full degrees this month or something …  One of my major motivations for putting my hands in the dirt… but I think as everybody might rebale One of my motivations for putting my hands in the dirt is …. climate change is happening, we might not know, it’s hard to predict what will the effects …won’t be business as usual… decentralizing food production … on a smaller scale, look at what works and what doesn’t work and adjust closer to real time to climate conditions then any big agribusiness Support this podcast