Old Ways New Days
Homesteading with a focus on urban and suburban sustainable living with a pagan and spiritual twist.
Episodes
72 episodes
When Is a Garden a Garden? Illinois’ Right-to-Garden Law, Local Ordinances, and the Fight Over a Neighborhood Garden
When Is a Garden a Garden?What happens when the garden you carefully cultivate becomes someone else’s idea of an overgrown yard?In our latest episode of Old Ways, New Days, we’re digging into the story of an award-wi...
Beyond the Harvest: What Season 1 Taught Us About Growing Our Own Food
🌱🍂 WE'RE BACK! SEASON 2 OF OLD WAYS NEW DAYS IS HERE! 🍂🌱Before we look ahead to a new season of growing, learning, and living a little closer to the land, we're taking a moment to look back.What did Season 1 teach us about ...
At the Garden Gate - episode 6
🌱 AT THE GARDEN GATE IS OPEN! 🌱Have you ever harvested a beautiful tomato, bean, pepper, or flower and thought, “I wish I could grow this again next year”?You can—and you may already have everything you need.
Season 2, Episode 1: "Welcome Back"
🌿 We're back. 🌿Season 2 of Old Ways, New Days is here — same small-space homesteading, same low-key pagan energy, same two people arguing about whether talking to your plants actually works (it does, fight me).This episod...
The Harvest Moon — Gathering What We Have Grown
🌕🍂 The Harvest Moon is here… and it’s time to gather what we’ve grown.Tonight on Old Ways, New Days, we’re stepping beneath the light of the Harvest Moon and into one of the most meaningful turning points of the year.
Mabon: The Second Harvest
🍎🍂 The Harvest Is Gathered. The Wheel Turns Once More.As the days and nights come into perfect balance, we arrive at one of the most meaningful points on the Wheel of the Year — the Autumn Equinox.Join us on Old Ways, N...
The August Full Moon: The Harvest Within
🌕🌻 The garden is overflowing. The days are still warm. And yet, if you listen closely, you can hear the first whispers of autumn. The August Full Moon invites us to pause and look beyond the harvest in our baskets—to recogniz...
At the Garden Gate - episode 5
🌱🥕 The Harvest Doesn't End When You Pick It!You've spent months planting, watering, weeding, battling pests, and watching your garden grow.Now the vegetables are finally ready...But here's the question:How ...
Seeds of Tomorrow Episode Three: Saving the Future One Seed at a Time
A seed is never just a seed.It’s history. It’s resilience. It’s hope wrapped in a tiny living package.Join us as we explore:🌾 Heirloom vs. hybrid vs. open-pollinated seeds 🌎 Why biodiversity matters 🌱 The incredible people ...
Seeds of Tomorrow — Episode Two: How We Changed Our Food
Ever wondered why grocery store apples all look the same… why bananas don't have seeds… or why your backyard tomatoes taste so much better than the ones on the shelf?In this episode of Old Ways, New Days, we trace the fascinatin...
At the Garden Gate - episode 4
You've watered it. You've weeded it. You've watched it grow for weeks...But now comes the question every gardener eventually asks:"Is this thing actually ready to harvest?" 🍅Pick it too early, and you might miss the ...
Closing the Gate on July: Finishing Strong & Preparing for the Harvest
At the Garden Gate - episode 3
🥵🌿 Is the summer heat taking a toll on your garden?If your tomatoes are dropping blossoms, your lettuce has bolted, or everything seems to wilt by lunchtime, don't panic—your garden may simply be trying to survive the heat....
The Waning Moon: Harvest, Wisdom, and the Descent Into Mystery A Seasonal Journey from Lughnasadh to Samhain
The moon is shrinking now.Not weakening — releasing.This is the season of the Waning Moon and the Crone: the wise one, the keeper of what has been harvested, the one who knows that some things must fall away before anythi...
The Buck Moon Strength, Growth & Standing in Your Power
🌕 The Buck Moon is rising...As July's Full Moon climbs into the night sky, the forests grow quiet, the gardens overflow, and nature reminds us that the strongest growth often happens where no one else can see it.Join us on ...
At the Garden Gate - episode 2
Who’s been nibbling your garden?If you’ve ever walked outside to find your lettuce missing, your beans chewed to the ground, or your tomatoes sampled by mysterious midnight visitors, this episode is for you.Join us as we ex...
Seeds of Tomorrow Part One: The Hidden Cost of Convenience
Every apple.Every tomato.Every ear of corn.Every seed tells a story.Long before grocery stores, refrigeration, and global supply chains, our ancestors carefully saved seeds from their strongest, healthiest, and most ...
Unseen Guests: Listeria, E. coli, and the Summer Parasite on Our Produce
That perfect strawberry can't tell you if it's safe 🍓This week on Old Ways, New Days, we sit with the unseen guests that ride home on our produce — Listeria, E. coli, and the summer parasite making its rounds across the US right now: Cyc...
The Care of Steel: Ancient Wisdom for Keeping Homestead Tools Alive
Every great harvest begins with a well-cared-for tool.This week, we’re stepping into the workshop to explore the forgotten art of tool maintenance.🪓 Learn how to: • Prevent rust with the classic sand-and-oil bucket • Sh...
At the Garden Gate - episode 1
Have you ever felt like you're throwing money away on plants that just won't survive?You're not alone.In our very first At the Garden Gate episode, we're answering a real question from the r/gardening community abo...
Knee-High by the Fourth: Garden Folklore, Summer Sayings & Harvest Wisdom Around the World
In this episode of Old Ways, New Days, we wander through gardening folklore and summer harvest sayings from around the world — from "corn should be knee-high by the Fourth of July" to planting by the moon, midsummer herb gathering, sai...
At the Garden Gate a new Mini-segment introduction
Pull up a bucket and lean on the fence. This is your introduction to the Old Ways New Days (OWND) Reddit community companion to the Old Ways, New Days podcast's At the Garden Gate series—a welcoming place to ask gardening questi...
Backyard Food Forests for Beginners: Layered Planting Systems, Perennial Foods, and Low-Maintenance Abundance
What if your backyard could feed you for decades with less work each year?This week on Old Ways New Days, we're exploring Backyard Food Forests for Beginners—layered planting systems, perennial foods, berry bushes, fruit trees, ...
The Longest Light: Midsummer, Sacred Labor, and the Tending Season
☀️🌿 The Longest Light is Here 🌿☀️The Summer Solstice marks the longest day of the year—the moment when the sun stands at its highest point and the land hums with life.But Midsummer is more than a celebration of sunlight.It'...
