Old Ways New Days
Homesteading with a focus on urban and suburban sustainable living with a pagan and spiritual twist.
Episodes
51 episodes
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'...
Who Decides What's on Your Plate? Food Sovereignty, Global Diets, and the Future of Self-Reliance
Who decides what's on your plate?🌎 Global food-system reform🥕 The EAT–Lancet Commission🌱 Food sovereignty vs. food security🐔 Responsible animal husbandry🏡 Homesteading as resilience🤝 Building local food networ...
Contest Time!
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The Honey Moon: Bees, Roses, and the Sweetness of the Gathered Year
The Honey Moon rises in June 🌕🍯This is the season of the bee and the rose — sweetness gathered, hearts opened, abundance tasted.In this episode:🐝 The ancient lore of bees & "telling the bees"🌹 What the rose teach...
The Turning Garden: From Spring Coolness to Summer Abundance
The garden is changing 🌿☀️ In this episode:🧄 Harvesting garlic scapes from hardneck garlic🌱 Succession planting spring crops into summer abundance🍓 Preserving fresh berries🌾 Mulching & weed con...
The Blue Moon: Folklore, Magic, and the Sacred Rarity of Becoming
Once in a Blue Moon 🌕💙 In this episode, we explore:🌌 Blue Moon folklore & spiritual symbolism🌿 Lunar herbs, foods & colors🕯️ A powerful Blue Moon ritual🧠 Emotional & intuitive energy of...
Tending the Summer Garden: Water, Weeds, and Working With Nature
Early summer gardening isn’t just about growing… It’s about tending 🌿 In this episode:🌱 Making fertilizer from weeds💧 Keeping thirsty plants hydrated🐛 Identifying common garden pests
Growing Calories: The Forgotten Art of Feeding Ourselves
What if your garden could actually feed you?In this episode, we explore: 🥔 High-calorie survival crops 🌽 Small-space food production 🫘 Beans, potatoes, corn & resilient staples 🌎 Ancient growing me...
Resilience in Uncertain Times: Food, Fear, and the Power of Local Roots
The world feels uncertain… but that doesn’t mean you have to feel unprepared.In this episode, we explore:🌱 Modern food systems 🖤 Climate anxiety & how to move through it 🌾 Building resilience in everyday life
The Hands That Fed the World: Women’s Hidden Agricultural Labor
The hands that fed the world… were often never named.In this episode, we explore the hidden agricultural labor of women:🌱 Seed keepers 🖤 Midwives 🥛 Dairy workers 🧵 Textile makersWork that sustained e...
Full Moon Season: The Mother, Beltane Fire, and the Season of Becoming
The Full Moon season begins with Beltane 🔥🌕 And Beltane is ancient. It's the "bright fire" — the sacred threshold our Celtic ancestors crossed between worlds, leaping flames, blessing cattle, and weaving ribbons around the Ma...
Sacred Weeds: Reclaiming the Plants We Were Taught to Pull
What if weeds aren't weeds at all? What if they're the land's own diagnostic report — telling you exactly what your soil needs and how to heal it? In this episode of Old Ways, New Days, we go deep:&n...
The Ethics of Foraging: Sacred Harvest, Reciprocity, and Remembering Our Place
When was the last time you asked the land permission? This week on Old Ways, New Days, we step into one of the most important — and most overlooked — conversations in the foraging world: The Ethic...
Earth Day: From Protest to Practice — Sacred Activism & the Call to Care
Earth Day didn’t start as a hashtag.It started as a protest.In this episode, we explore:🌍 The true history of Earth Day 🌱 Sacred activism & earth care as spiritual practice 🌾 Permaculture ethics ...
Roots Without Land: Urban Homesteading Beyond Ownership
Think you need land to homestead?Think again.In this episode, we explore urban homesteading without land ownership — from container gardening and balcony permaculture to community gardens and guerrilla growing.Becaus...
The Pink Moon Rising: Fertility Magic & Flowering Intentions
The Pink Moon is rising 🌕A moon of fertility, growth, and quiet becoming.In this episode, we explore:🌱 Flowering intentions 🌕 Moon water & seed blessings 🕯️ A simple early spring fertility ritual ...
The Spiritual Practice of Soil Building: Compost, Grief, and the Slow Magic of Renewal
What if nothing in your life was truly wasted? Not your grief.Not your past.Not even the parts you wish you could throw away.In this episode, we explore the spiritual practice o...
Ostara & the Painted Egg: Balance, Resurrection, and the Art of Becoming
When day and night stand in perfect balance… What within you is ready to awaken?In this week’s episode, we step into the Vernal Equinox — the sacred hinge between dark and light. We explore:✨ The ancient roots of s...
Planning the Garden Like Our Ancestors: Seed Mapping, Companions & Sacred Design
Before we plant… we plan.In this week’s episode of Old Ways New Days, we’re mapping the garden like our ancestors:🌱 Seed placement with intention 🌿 Companion planting wisdom 🌎 Spiritual land design&n...
Snakes, Saints, and Shadows: The Untold Story of St. Patrick’s Day
Everyone wears green on March 17th… but do you know what the “snakes” really represented?This episode dives into the true history of St. Patrick’s Day — from Christian conversion to cultural erasure — and how modern witches can reclaim t...
Backyard Homestead Basics: Simple Structures That Last
What if your garden didn’t just grow food…What if it grew fences that live, beds that feed themselves, and soil built from yesterday’s scraps? In this week’s episode of Old Ways New Days, we’re breaking down easy at-ho...
