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Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Plant Care for Earth Care with Farmer Nick

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, How To, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.8 • 883 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

How can our plant hobby make this world a better place? For me, learning to care for plants was the gateway drug for becoming more aware of how much growth opportunity I had when it came to caring for the earth. I've discovered that there are so many ways to lead a sustainable life, especially with our plant care journey. In this episode, I invited back Nick Cutsumpas, aka Farmer Nick, to further guide us in making small shifts that have a big impact on our planet’s wellbeing.

In this episode, we learn:

  • [00:52] Maria’s fall updates
  • [01:56] What today’s episode is about
  • [05:53] Who is Farmer Nick?
  • [08:04] Nick shares his plant journey from backyard gardener to plant coach and landscaper
  • [13:42] The most important value to your plant number
  • [15:22] Applying approachability and relatability to our plant care
  • [18:05] Why houseplants as a hobby encourages us to keep learning
  • [19:42] Dealing with plant death and adjusting your plant care
  • [24:28] What is the concept behind ‘mindful neglect’?
  • [26:42] Where to get the best grow lights to get your plants through winter
  • [27:57] How to reduce your food waste and garbage footprint
  • [29:45] On the misconception that plants can be stressful and take up a lot of your time
  • [34:47] Tips for a more sustainable and eco-focused plant parenthood
  • [39:43] Nick’s plant setup in his new home
  • [42:30] How houseplants can jumpstart our journey to sustainability
  • [45:46] How growing plants lessened Maria’s meat consumption
  • [47:24] Why every step for a sustainable lifestyle matters
  • [50:10] Where to find Nick and his book online
  • [51:33] A thank you to new Garden Party members

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For a deep dive into our conversation on sustainable plant parenthood,

check out the full show notes, blog, and tips here!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

So for me learning to care for plants was a gateway drug for many things that I like to say, but one of the things it was a gateway for me was to become more aware at how much growth opportunity I had back then to caring for the earth.

0:14.4

Living in New York City for over a decade had me pretty disconnected from nature

0:18.4

and knowing how much I needed to do my part when it came to taking care of

0:22.2

our mother earth.

0:23.8

When I connected with plants, I reconnected with nature and all of a sudden I found myself

0:27.6

googling composting, how to compost a New York City, Zero Waste Living, and trying to figure out little shifts that I could make in my life to improve the well-being of our planet.

0:36.2

Our guest today is on a mission to help the masses learn how to effectively care for the Earth

0:41.6

while caring for plants. So welcome back.

0:44.3

Blue mangrove radio.

0:52.3

Hey, Plant Friends, I hope you've had beautifully planty weeks. I certainly have as I'm

0:57.2

enjoying the fall season. I'd love to take a minute and ask you a favor if you've

1:01.2

been enjoying the planty content that we've been putting out for you,

1:04.2

would you mind taking a minute picking your favorite episode? It could be this episode, it could be one

1:08.4

recently, and sending it to one of your plant friends. I would love for all of us to collectively share the show and go inspire a

1:15.7

plant friend with an episode that you think they would love today. So thanks in

1:18.7

advance for doing that. Also before we dive into this episode I wanted to say a big welcome to our newest Garden Party members,

1:25.0

Janna, Megan, and Amy.

1:27.0

For those of you that don't know, I host the Bloom and Grow Garden Party, which is an online Facebook-free platform.

1:33.4

It has an iOS and Android app,

1:35.6

and I call it the plantiest and kindest corner of the internet.

1:39.0

It's so fun.

1:40.0

We've got conversation topics, regional groups to connect with local plant friends, a plant

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