Growing with Nature - Trailer

Growing with Nature - Trailer

Author: Daron Williams May 21, 2021 Duration: 2:06

Do you want to bring nature to your backyard, grow food, and help heal our living world? Join Daron Williams—restoration ecologist, permaculture enthusiast, and lifelong gardener—for concrete steps you can take at home to cultivate abundance for people, plants and wildlife. 

This podcast is a hands-on journey through regenerative soil building, permaculture, restoration ecology and more. 

We’ll learn how to plant fruit trees, berries, and perennial vegetables to get abundant, low-maintenance harvests for your family and community, year after year. 

We’ll learn how to build healthy, living soil, no matter what your soil looks like today:

How to build the soil life that will help your plants thrive, and how you can break up even the most compacted soil without having to dig through it. 

We’ll learn how you can support wildlife, so you can keep pests in balance and enjoy the living world around you.

Like how you can create habitat for predators of common garden pests and enjoy more harvests for your family and community.

And how you can attract songbirds and hummingbirds in multitudes, and enjoy their colorful dance right outside your doorstep. 

We’ll talk about native plants, and why songbirds and native pollinators depend on them, and how you can bring these plants home to create a place-based landscape full of beauty, abundance and life. 

And on this hands-on journey, we’ll talk about how to work with the unique characteristics of your property—to make the most of the space you have to cultivate abundance for people, plants and wildlife. 

Your journey—is just beginning. Let’s work together to heal our living world.

Subscribe to the Growing with Nature podcast on your favorite listening app, and watch for new episodes every Wednesday morning starting on June 2nd 2021. 

Tune in, grab a shovel, and make the living world around you come alive.

Click here to learn more about Growing with Nature.

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Daron Williams has spent a lifetime with his hands in the soil, and in Growing with Nature, he shares that deep, practical knowledge with anyone curious about the ground beneath their feet. As a restoration ecologist and permaculture practitioner, Daron moves beyond simple gardening tips to explore how our personal spaces-a balcony, a backyard, a community plot-can become active participants in a healthier ecosystem. Each episode feels like a conversation with a thoughtful neighbor who has both the science and the stories to back it up. You’ll hear about transforming lawn into productive food forests, creating habitats for native pollinators, and understanding the quiet rhythms of soil and season that make cultivation possible. This isn’t just theory; it’s about the tangible, sometimes messy, joy of working with natural processes. The podcast digs into the how and the why, offering listeners a genuine sense of agency. Whether you’re aiming to grow your first tomato or design a landscape that supports local wildlife, Daron provides a grounded, encouraging path forward. It’s for those who find satisfaction in a handful of compost and wonder in a sprouting seed, an invitation to participate directly in the living world. Tune in for a blend of ecology, hands-on guidance, and the simple conviction that small steps at home can ripple outward.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 34

Growing with Nature
Podcast Episodes
What are Micro-Climates and How to Get Started with Them [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:40
Do you know what micro-climates you have on your property? Learning how to identify existing micro-climates and how to create new ones can help you cultivate abundance.In this episode, we look at what micro-climates are,…
How to Manage Wet Areas on Your Property [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:31
Managing wet areas on your property can be a challenge. But these areas can also be very important for wildlife and building resilience in the face of climate change. And you can even grow food in them.In this episode, w…
3 Ways You Can Cultivate Abundance This Fall [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:59
What are you doing this fall to cultivate abundance? While the vegetable garden is slowing down and the days are getting shorter fall is a great time to take steps to ensure your land will be filled with abundance next s…
3 Reasons Why You Should Mulch Your Soil [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:36
Your soil needs to be covered with mulch. Without it soil life will suffer, your plants won’t thrive, and the land will be less abundant. You should mulch your soil if you want to heal the living world. In this episode,…
How to Get Started with Critter Homes and Why You Should [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:11
If you want to support wildlife then you’ve got to give them a place to call home and take shelter. Critter homes are a great option and are simple to create. Plus, these simple structures can provide other benefits such…
Why You Need to Keep Your Fall Leaves and What to do with Them [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:03
When the leaves start to fall from the trees what do you do with them? If you’re like most people you rake them up and get rid of them. But if you want to cultivate abundance and heal the living world you need to keep yo…
3 Lessons Learned from a Hot Dry Summer – The 2021 Drought [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:45
Due to climate change the 2021 drought hit hard in the Pacific Northwest. And these impacts of climate change aren’t only being felt here. But there are lessons you can learn from these extremes that will help you adapt…
Why You Should Grow Miner’s Lettuce [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:12
Do you have a shady area that you’re unsure what to plant? Using these shady areas for food growing can be a challenge. But miner’s lettuce happens to love growing in the shade. And it tastes good.In this episode, we loo…
Why Your Garden Needs Logs and Rock Piles [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:43
Did you know your garden needs logs and rock piles? While these aren’t normally a part of a vegetable garden they actually have a critical role to play in helping your garden thrive. In this episode, we look at why your…