Gardening for Wellness & Joy: White Strawberries
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Welcome to White Strawberries, where gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living nourish body, mind, and planet. I’m Sam—a gardener, mum, educator, and self-confessed "lazy gardener" who loves working efficiently for maximum, delicious returns.
Each week, we explore practical ways to grow nutrient-dense food, foster resilience, and cultivate vibrant flowers for pure joy. From building food forests, living mulches, and fruit guilds to mastering plant propagation, composting, and soil health—we take the guess work out of the garden.
We dive into real-world growing: growing mushrooms, raising backyard poultry and livestock safely, fermenting, seed soaking, and managing garden extremes like storms and summer heat. Because when you design with nature and build biodiversity, everything thrives.
Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced grower, join me each week to simplify your garden and maximize your yield!
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Episodes
54 episodes
How to Take Cuttings
If you’ve ever looked at a beautiful plant and thought, I’d love one of those, you might not need to buy one. You might just need to take a cutting.In this episode of White Strawberries, we’re getting into the wonderfully simple...
How to Grow a Food Forest without buying plants | Levi Brinsdon-Hall
There are some funny reels at the moment about not showing the one you love how much you spend on plants! But it doesn't have to be like that. In this episode, I talk with regenerative grower and educator Levi Brinsdon-Hall a...
How do we Protect our Chickens from H5N1 bird flu | With Sez the Vet
Bird flu has arrived in New Zealand, and if you keep backyard chickens, ducks or other poultry, you may be wondering what this actually means for your flock.In this episode of White Strawberries, we talk about H5N1 bird flu and what back...
Welcome to White Strawberries Podcast
What if your garden could give you more time, more health, and more connection — instead of becoming another job?Welcome to White Strawberries: Gardening for Wellness and Joy.This podcast explores how growing food, flowers, and ga...
How to Grow and Harvest Asparagus
Asparagus is one of the most boujee perennial crops to put into your S&P 500—(perennial garden investment portfolio) but getting it right starts long before the first harvest. In this episode of White Strawberries, I...
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How to Create a Living Mulch | With Kath Irvine
What if the best mulch isn't something you buy or wheel around the garden—but something that's already growing?In this conversation with Kath Irvine, author of The Edible Backyard, we explore the science and practical app...
How to Grow a Food Forest in a Temperate Climate | With Jo Duff
What does it take to transform a bare paddock into a thriving food forest?In this episode of White Strawberries, I’m joined by Jo Duff, co-founder of Kahikatea Farm, who shares the lessons she has learned after more than 20 years develop...
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Hey! You missed an episode Sam! Behind the Podcast
Sam missed an episode! Why?Taking time to pause, reflect, and reset is just as important in life as it is in the garden 🌱In this personal episode of White Strawberries, I’m sharing a behind-the-scenes look at the podcast ...
Stop Guessing in the Garden: Simple Tests for Smarter Observation and Planting
🌱 Before you plant another single tree, there’s one step that can save you years of frustration: observation.In this Mastering the Garden episode of White Strawberries, I walk you through how to understand your land before you g...
Do Fruit Trees Need Pesticides? Rethinking Pest Control Naturally | With Matthew Priestley
Should we be using pesticides on our fruit trees? And if not… what do we do instead?In this episode of White Strawberries, I’m joined by Matthew Priestley, whose work and thinking around ecological systems challenges and ...
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Year-Round Fruit: Building Guilds for Continuous Harvest | Mastering the Garden
Discover how to design a garden that produces fruit all year long using the power of guilds. In this episode of White Strawberries, I dive into the concept of plant guilds—groups of plants, animals, and insects that support one another—and how ...
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Throw Back: Wine Cap Mushrooms in Orchards | With Sarah Williams
I'm uploading this episode for a second time because it is mushroomy gold!!In this earthy and enthusiastic episode, I chat with Sarah Williams—permaculture gardener, mushroom grower, and the green-fingered soul behind Sarah’s Green Acre...
Autumn Garden Planning: What to Sow and How to Harvest All Winter
Autumn is a busy, beautiful season in the garden, and what you plant now will feed you all winter. In this episode of White Strawberries, I share practical tips for creating a winter garden that thrives in a temperate climate. 🥕🌸
How to Ferment Vegetables at Home (Easy Beginner Guide)
In this episode Maria- kitchen gardening pro- and Sam explore the magic of fermentation and how it can transform your kitchen and your health. From homemade apple cider vinegar to quick kefir ferments, Maria shares her practical tips for beginn...
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Soaking & Sprouting Seeds: Why It Matters (and How to Do It)
Sprouting and soaking might be some of the simplest — and most forgotten — kitchen skills we have 🌱In this conversation, I sit down with my dear friend Maria to chew the fat (and the nut!) on soaking grains, sprouting seeds, act...
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Longevity Foods: Grow What Fuels Brian Johnson | Rooted in Wellness
🌱 In this episode we explore how the diet and wellness practices of Brian Johnson — who aims to optimise health and longevity — intersect with what we can grow in our own gardens. From legumes to berries, brassicas to nuts, Sam brea...
Blue Zones: Can Gardening Help You Live Longer?
💚The waitlist is open: Find Information on the Grounded Course hereA friend once asked me how I could justify spending 10 hours a week in the garden.That qu...
Throw Back: 5 Garden Side Hustles, that isn't selling plants| Sparking Joy
Looking to make the most of your garden or property without selling your harvest? In this episode of White Strawberries, I share five creative side hustles you can start right at home. From hosting garden tours and beehives...
How I Saved My Garden from Summer Storms, Flooding & Wind
This summer has been brutal for gardeners — relentless rain, flooding, fallen trees, fungal disease, and damaging winds arriving right in the middle of the growing season.I want to share with you five practical techniques that genuine...
Why Raised Veggie Beds Burn Out Beginner Gardeners | Mastering the Garden
Annual raised beds often feel productive at first… and then stop thriving. We talk about the hidden workload of annuals, why potting mixes run out of nutrients, add toxicity to our soil and how lack of biodiversity can lead to pests and frustra...
Throwback: Permaculture: Explained | With Dr. Sez the Vet
Hi everyone! We have flooding and power outages throughout my area this week! So I'm hunkering down with the kids and re-releasing a top hitting podcast of mine. Check it out!!In this episode, we dive into the messy, beautiful r...
Down with AI gardens & Up with Real Life! Why Community Changes Everything | Mastering the Garden
There’s no shortage of gardening advice online — but more information isn’t making us better gardeners. In fact, it’s often doing the opposite.In this Mastering the Garden episode of White Strawberries, Sam explores why o...
Garden Goal Setting like a pro: Less Hustle, more Joy | Mastering the Garden
Creating garden goals that bring you joy, wellness, and sustainability in 2026—without getting caught in the “more, more, more” trap!I guide you through a simple four-question exercise to set achievable garden intentions:Choo...
Annuals Beyond the Supermarket: What to Grow Instead | Sparking Joy
Supermarkets love annual crops — but only a very narrow version of them.In this Sparking Joy episode of White Strawberries, I explore annual vegetables and fruits you’ll almost never see on supermarket shelves — not becau...
More Perennials, Less Hustle: Gardening Beyond the Supermarket | Sparking Joy
Next summer, I’m choosing a quieter, more generous way of gardening — more perennials, less hustle.In this Sparking Joy episode of White Strawberries, I reflect on why perennial plants suit real life so much better...