The Healthy Garden

The Healthy Garden

The Healthy Garden Podcast, with Randy Ritchie. Where soil is important and growing a healthier world is job #1! As an industry insider, Randy takes us on a journey across the landscape of gardening. The Healthy Garden Podcast topics range from the truth about organics, to how to make compost tea, how GMO’s get into your soil, how to fix your clay soil, organic rose care, growing healthy nutrient dense food and why he hasn’t sprayed a pesticide or an herbicide in over 25 years. Health is Wealth! It’s time to take our Gardens back from the Big Chemical companies that control the world of gardening. The Healthy Garden Podcast will help you take your sacred spaces back with history, insight, wit, humor and great music. Join us Weekly!

Episodes

April 29, 2024 32 mins

After 2 weeks on the road, Randy Ritchie tells you what is happening in the "Organic" industry today. This is Norma's favorite podcast so far, with details that you should know about!

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See what you can do to get more real organic products into your garden with this QuickCast!

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February 21, 2024 5 mins

This is the first QuickCast ever on The Healthy Garden. These are 3-5 minute blasts on important information for our health and our gardens. Happy and Healthy Gardening Everyone!

 

A Hundred Years of Deception

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Is the food at your supermarket safe to eat? How do we know and what can we do to make sure we are eating healthy, real organic and Non-GMO food? 

Why are pesticides on food allowed today? Do you know the causes of autoimmune deficiency that are occurring today? 

How many of the dirty dozen is your favorite restaurant serving up? 

What should we do to stop this madness?  

 

Norma interviews Randy Ritchie on this special episode! Jo...

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January 10, 2024 27 mins

Are you ready for the changes that 2024 might bring to your garden? 

What is changing on The Healthy Garden Podcast and in the world today? 

Join Randy and Norma on the first interview on The Healthy Garden Podcast!

 

For information on what to watch out for in gardening products, pick up a copy of A Hundred Years of Deception, Why Gardening Must Change, today!

https://a.co/d/1Uox6q8

 

Happy New Year and Happy and Healthy Gardening...

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December 13, 2023 28 mins

What is Food Security? Are you Food Secure? Is Your Garden Food Secure? 

Hear what you need to know and more, this week!

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Discussion on Steer Manure, Cow Manure, Chicken Manure, Poultry Litter and more, the details of non-organic seed in organic food production and what Randy recommends you choose for your healthy garden!

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Are you confused on which compost is best for your healthy garden and body? Today on Episode #64, we are going to dissect the myths and truths about Animal Manure Compost and Plant-Based Compost. Learn about these two types of inputs for composting here and now. 

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September 19, 2023 32 mins

The events from the National Heirloom Exposition from a real organic booth in the center of it all. This beautiful event had its ups and downs and then its ups again. Listen here to the highlights of this 10th annual expo! 

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September 4, 2023 33 mins

Randy takes us on a historic walk down memory lane and shows us what to be aware of and what to ignore to be more conscious in the garden. 

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August 25, 2023 30 mins

***UPDATED VERSION***

How do we treat the inequities in gardening? What does The Great Famine have to do with your garden today? What are some real organic substitutes for fungicides and fungal issues? This and much more, join us!

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Today, on this Healthy Garden Podcast episode, we're going to talk about some of the things in the world of gardening that we should really look at changing- why these things need to be addressed and how, as gardeners, we can stop the madness and address the problems that are holding healthy gardening back. 

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Many of us don't know that even "Organic" products contain toxins. Find out some of them here on this week's Healthy Garden Podcast!

UPDATE: Randy Ritchie's newest gardening book, A Hundred Years of Deception - Why Gardening Must Change, is finally out on Amazon! Get your copy today to rid yourself of the chemicals and toxins in gardening products: https://a.co/d/fH1XCwY

 

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How do we deal with stress and plant stress? 

What are the ways to reduce stress in the garden?

What is key to optimal microbial health in your garden?

This and Randy sings Elvis! Don't miss it! 

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July 17, 2023 31 mins

The MOST IMPORTANT Healthy Garden Podcast Ever!

Are you following the wrong advice? Do you know where the fertilizers in your garden came from, the story behind them and why you need to stop using them? How do you UnFertilize your garden? Find out Now!

Plus, find out all about Randy's new book coming out this month!

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July 10, 2023 32 mins

Is the stuff you've been buying and adding to your garden good for you and your garden? Is what is recommended at the nursery good for your garden? Are Master Gardeners and Influencers telling you the truth about soil? What can you do to save yourself and your garden from BAD Soil? All this and more! Also, join Randy Ritchie for more truth, from an insider in the lawn and garden industry, at socialcompost.substack.com.

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July 3, 2023 27 mins

The Acid Loving Plant Mystery

  1. What are some of the many types of acid loving plants? 
  2. What do some ingredients sold for acid loving plants do to the soil?
  3. What is in the process in nature that creates acidic soil?
  4. How do you create acidic soil at home?
  5. How do you grow successful acid loving plants? 
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June 26, 2023 28 mins

What size was the original wild tomato? Why were tomatoes a prime produce for canning? What are some of the best tomato secrets that experts aren't talking about? This and much more, as always, on this week's episode.

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June 19, 2023 31 mins

Is water a food? What is the chemical process of water in the garden in an understandable way? What are some choices for healthy drinking water? 

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June 13, 2023 36 mins

What does Rocky and Bullwinkle have to do with gardening? Who do the two cities represent in the gardening world today? What can we start doing today at our local nursery to be healthier and help the planet?

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