We head to Franklin to see how the 100 yard long wind rows comprised of leaves, grass clippings and twigs heat up to become a microbe-rich soil amendment.
Tour of a large organic farm located just a few miles from downtown Nashville.
A working farm that is as much about the education of growing things as it is about yields.
We visit an organic flower farm to see how building healthy soil is the first step to growing rows and rows of beautiful flowers.
A unique set-up for a high-yielding vegetable gardening using no cost items to start seeds, fertilize and prevent weeds.
Jeff Poppen tours the grounds of Delvin Farms which is a small farm having a big impact on Nashville's home-grown market.
Jeff Poppen decided to give some new crops a try as they had been so enticing in the seed catalog. He has had success with the plantings of borage, lamb's quarters, and Italian dandelion.
We get a tutorial in bokashi composting. This is a method of composting in which food waste is collected in an airtight bucket and then allowed to ferment about 2 weeks.
Experience has taught our Barefoot Farmer, Jeff Poppen, that one should plot out the garden, examine planting and harvest times, and choose varieties long before the hoe hits the dirt.
A couple has a large vegetable growing operation underway in their small urban backyard, complete with chickens and a spot for seed starting.
Jeff Poppen shares Long Hungry Creek Farm's main key to success, compost.
Barefoot Farmer, Jeff Poppen, explains the practices of biodynamic farming including Steiner's nine preparations'. He contrasts these practices with those of an organic farming operation.
