Getting Creative in the Garden

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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There are so many ways to get into gardening. Josh put his hands in soil when he wanted to cultivate local food sustainably. Through the local community garden, he gets a sense of what it’s like to grow in small spaces. He also has a testing ground for multiple gardening techniques. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3Qs5zI1 Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/405LkD0 Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3FuZ1lM EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3Q5RCxX Learn More: Ollas: Irrigate Your Garden With Ancient Tech Connect With Josh McWilliams: Josh McWilliams is the co-founder of GrowOya. He’s a certified chef with a passion for the farm-to-table movement. Learning about food systems while on the Sustainability Council at the University of British Columbia, led him to want to find the most efficient, sustainable way to grow his own food, while living in a state of "time poverty" (too many things to do and not enough time to do them) that so many of us seem to be experiencing. From this, Growoya was born! Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Pinterest YouTube Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One of the beauties of getting into the craft of gardening is that you really can approach
0:16.3	it from almost any angle you want.
0:17.8	You can say, I want to grow for flavor, I want to grow for food production, I want to
0:20.9	grow for beauty, I want to grow for sustainability reasons.
0:24.7	It's really endless.
0:25.7	I've identified at least 15 different ways, folks get into the craft.
0:29.1	Josh McWilliams, back in the show, co-founder of Grow Oya, your story seems to be one of necessity.
0:35.0	You wanted to find a way to grow something because you wanted to grow fresh produce as a
0:38.4	chef but didn't have the time and there goes the Oya's.
0:42.3	Actually, I'm curious what your garden looks like today.
0:46.0	How does the Josh McWilliams home garden actually look and how do the Oya's set up?
0:51.0	Give us a little rundown.
0:53.3	I've been a member of a community garden since about 2014, I love it.
1:00.7	I love the community aspect, I love the space to grow and since then, it's kind of been
1:09.5	Oya's testing grounds, I've been small suburban living, so condo to condo, I've been an absolute
1:21.6	pirate on a balcony, trying to grow in every container that there is, every configuration,
1:28.6	as well as laneways and driveway gardens.
1:34.2	Growing in small spaces or when you don't have space, I've really leaned into it and I
1:40.6	think that's a big barrier for a lot of people.
1:43.8	I don't have room to grow, I can't grow because I don't have a farm.
1:48.4	I don't have a farm either and most of the last decade has been growing in spaces that
1:52.7	weren't ideal and it's amazing and inspiring once you begin that you can really grow a
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