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Health UnMasked with Karl Pilz and Dr. Eric Ginter

Dive into Health Unmasked with Dr. Eric Ginter and Karl Pilz, the Health Architect, as they unearth the secrets of "Smart Organic Gardening"! Discover how to craft your own fertilizers and microbial solutions using simple, cost-effective methods that supercharge your garden’s yields—all for just pennies.

How to Start a Spring Garden with Unique Techniques

Starting a spring garden is a fulfilling endeavor that combines practical planning with creative, experiential techniques. Here’s a detailed guide to launching your garden, incorporating both conventional and unique methods drawn from some of our seasoned gardening insights.

Plan Your Garden with Intention

Let's get Down and Dirty together as I dig in and introduce myself while paying homage to the Extension Master Gardener and Food Safety Advisor (food preservation) programs. Let's chat about gardening, herbs & spices for health and homemade remedies, canning, fermenting and more.

COMPOST TEA - WHAT IS IT AND HOW DO I USE IT? Compost tea is one of the best tools that an organic gardener can make to control both pests and diseases. Why? Because it is one of the most effective ways of providing minerals and nutrients to the plant as they absorb it immediately into their system through their leaves (just like humans do through their skin). Join us to find out how to make it and use it!

Don’t Panic It’s Organic with andy Lopez aka Invisible Gardener

PART 2: Continuation of our discussion on GMO's (Genetically Modified Organisms) and GEO's (Genetically Engineered Organism) and Monsanto's role in this equation!

Don’t Panic It’s Organic with andy Lopez aka Invisible Gardener

How To Care For Heat-Drought-Damaged Roses, Fruit Trees, And Other Plants! Many folks have written to me with terrible stories of the damages the recent heat wave has done to their plants, and they all want to know what to do about it. Many have mistakenly done the wrong thing to their plants, and now the plants are worse off than before! So I'll be addressing some things to do and some things NOT to do. Join us!

Don’t Panic It’s Organic with andy Lopez aka Invisible Gardener

This week we cover the problem of how to organically deal with Verticillium Wilt. Verticillium Wilt is a soil-borne fungal disease that can destroy vegetables, flowers and a wide variety of your trees (including the Coral Trees) and fruit trees. This disease causes the leaves of plants and trees to wither, and eventually, the plant dies. It can be a slow death taking a few years or months or even sooner. This is basically a soil mismanagement problem and should be addressed as such.