Plant Cunning Podcast

In this episode we speak with Richo Cech of Strictly Medicinal Seeds about how he first started germinating seeds as a young lad, how he visited East Africa as an older, but still young lad, and came back with seeds! We dive deep into Tulsi, talk about direct seeding, how to thin plants, and how you shouldn't always listen to Mandrake! 

In this episode we talk with one of my mentors, Art Ticknor, about Self-Realization, meditation, confrontation, celibacy, and the legacy of his teacher, Richard Rose. You can find him at SelfDiscoveryPortal.com and you can find out about the June TAT meeting at: TATFoundation.org. You can support the podcast at Patreon.com/PlantCunning

A little duo-cast with AC & Isaac!

We have a great time talking with Kami McBride about growing up in Northern California, learning to fish and forage with her grandfather, meeting Rosemary Gladstar at 22, and finding her inspiration of working with herbs. We talk about her book The Herbal Kitchen and how you can bring herbs into your everyday life by utilizing them in recipes. We talk about carminitives and gut health. And we have a great conversation about plant communication, and how she has helped her students remember and rediscover their inherent connection to the natural world and to plants, and how easy, natural and intuitive plant communication is. You can find her at https://kamimcbride.com/ And you can find our Patron at Patreon.com/plantcunning

In this episode we speak with Isaac's permaculture teacher Darrell Frey, of Three Sister's Permaculture, and the Permaculture Institute of North America about growing up drinking out of springs, snacking on cucumber root and trout fishing in the forests of Pennsylvania, of meeting Bill Mollison and getting inspired to start his own permaculture project, building a bioshelter (and what that is.) We also talk about finding a fungus that eats thripps, aphids and whiteflies, and how he would culture it to keep the bioshelter free of pests. We talk about ecological succession, and how Goldenrod can keep a prairie in a holding pattern for decades by inhibiting the germination of tree seeds. We also talk about the amazing, ancient forest gardens of French Creek in NW PA, and about forest gardening. He's got two wonderful books out, one is Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm, and the other is The Food Forest Handbook with co-author Michelle Czolba.  You can find our patreon at Patreon.com/PlantCunning

In this episode we dive deep into how plants like Rose, Hawthorne, Ginger, and mushrooms like Reishi can assist in the great work of self-transformation, about Anjanae's "spiritual glow-up" and studying with Karen Rose. We had a great time and hope you enjoy! You can find Anjanae at: https://www.rosegoldalchemy.com/, on IG @RoseGoldAlchemy, and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfHAPL9INQAcBCD0VA4lrrA And you can find us on Patreon at Patreon.com/PlantCunning

We had a lot of fun talking with Luke about Druidry, the Industrial Revolution, environmental activism, his favorite plants, and his new book A Druid Garden. You can find him at https://lukeeastwood.com/ And you can support the podcast at Patreon.com/PlantCunning

In this episode we speak with Jake Richards, author of Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic From Appalachia and Doctoring the Devil: Notebooks of an Appalachian Conjure Man and have a blast talking about the plants he uses in his practice, magical ethics, working with animal spirits, his ancestors and how to deal with hard to handle ancestors, and lots more! You can find him on IG at https://www.instagram.com/jake_richards13 and his books wherever fine books are sold! You can find the Plant Cunning Podcast Patreon at: Patreon.com/PlantCunning

Dina is an herbalist, permaculturist, author and educator from New York. We speak with her about growing up in New York City, the forgotten memories of her early childhood in Mexico, becoming serious about food as medicine at the age of 11, her mentors and teachers, how important diet is to health, and much more! We had a blast, and hope you enjoy the episode! She'll be opening registration for her online courses from April 10  to April 17th. To access online course sale one would go to this site:  https://www.inthewild.kitchen/ And this is her other site specific to Foraging & Feasting book, blog, events calendar, etc: www.botanicalartspress.com And check out our patreon at Patreon.com/PlantCunning

Check out Christopher Warnock's brimming library of information on traditional astrology, as well as links to his talismans and courses, at RenaissanceAstrology.com  And find the Plant Cunning Patreon at Patreon.com/PlantCunning (it really helps!)