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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Gardening for Wellness & Joy: White Strawberries
Dirty Dozen Guide: Nutrition, Pesticides & Biodiversity | Mastering the Garden
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Some fruits and vegetables are heavily sprayed with pesticides—and it’s not just a chemical issue. These plants may also produce fewer natural compounds that make them nutritious, and conventional growing methods can harm the environment. 🌱
Welcome to White Strawberries, In this episode, we unpack the Dirty Dozen—the 12 fruits and vegetables with the highest pesticide residues—and explore the Clean 15, foods that are generally safer. I’ll share advice on which ones to grow at home, which to buy spray-free, and which can be safely peeled or washed.
🏵️We’ll dig into:
- Why pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides are used, and how monocropping affects plant health.
- How home gardens and local market gardens naturally protect plants using biodiversity, companion planting, and soil care.
- Practical tips for growing grapes, strawberries, nectarines, spinach, celery, brassicas, lemons, apples, and potatoes.
- Understanding the Clean 15 and how peelable or resilient produce can reduce pesticide exposure.
- How natural plant stress produces phytonutrients that support both plant and human health.
Whether you’re a home gardener, conscious consumer, or just curious, this episode will give you practical ways to make smarter choices for your family and your garden—without judgment.
Resources & Links:
- Dirty Dozen & Clean 15 (NZ): Soil and Health Latest Dirty Dozen
- Dirty Dozen & Clean 15 (USA): Environmental Working Group – Dirty Dozen & Clean 15
- Dirty Dozen & Clean 15 (UK): Pesticide Action Network
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May your garden be abundant, your strawberries white, and your curiosity never-ending!
Run until the 18th of August 2026
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Free Fig Cuttings It costs me $27 to send you three different types, postage, packaging and stripe. But given they're $2 each at the supermarket... I 100% think 3 fig trees are worth it. It's either that, or the prunings are getting composted. I DO. NOT. need more figs 😂 (Say that 100x over Sam)
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