Grow Spices + How to Store Food

Grow Your Own Spices

In the first part of the show, we chat with Tasha Greer about how to grow your own spices. She’s the author of the book Grow Your Own Spices. 

We chat about:

• The difference between a herb and a spice
• Spice-growing ideas for this time of year
• Seed-grown spices
• “Underground” spices
• Spices that might already be in your landscape
• Spices that a patio gardener can grow in containers and overwinter indoors

Feed Yourself for a Year

In the second part of the show we talk with homesteader, cold cellar, and food storage expert Steve Maxwell for ideas about food storage – even if you’re an urban dweller. He’s the creator of the online course Feed Yourself for a Year: Select & Store 365 Days of Food.

He talks about:

• The reason for having a supply of stored food
• The advantage of preserving your own food vs. kits
• Ideas for urban dwellers to store food
• The importance of stored water
• Making basement root cellars
• Making a roothouse
• Smoking food