About Tending Seeds: Adventures in Gardening, Homesteading, and Herbalism
Follow along on our journey of living off-grid on our 42 acre homestead in western Colorado as well as running a regenerative herb farm and creating seasonal herbal products to meet the needs of our community. Other topics discussed will include planning and goal setting for your best life, the importance of community building, and tons of DIY projects for the farmstead.
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Ep 70 - Hunting for Food and Freedom with Christie Green
Host interviews author Christie Green about her hunting adventures and the pursuit of food and freedom, offering insights into self-reliance and connection with nature.
15 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep 69 - Growing Seedlings and Running Plant Sales w Marla Alexander
Hey friends! I'm super excited to have my friend and fellow herbalist, Marla Alexander, on the show today! In addition to running an herbal seed library, Marla has been growing plant starts for bigger and bigger plant sales every year for quite a while now. She currently organizes a large Denver-based plant sale every spring and coordinates growing lists for three different growers that provide the plants for that sale.
Today we'll dive into Marla's tips and tricks and she'll share TONS of knowledge and advice for how to make sure your plant sale is successful. This is a great potential way to make a little sidehustle income for your homestead, or to just deepen your community connections by offering plants to neighbors, community gardens, etc. In the past, doing a small spring and/or fall plant sale has been an easy way to at least cover the cost of our farm's seed order for the year.
Also, after we finished recording the episode, Marla reached out with one more piece of advice for the planning/prep portion of the episode: she suggested having signage for each species of plant being offered, if possible with photos included of the mature plants, to help people visualize what they will look like after growing. Marla said to make sure to laminate your signs for easy re-use the following year! This is especially great because it lets more introverted folks get the info they need without having to talk to you, and it leaves you free to focus on helping people with sales! It might be a bit of work on the front end, but they're reusable so you'll just have to add new signs for any new plants you add to your grow list the next season :)
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Connect with Marla on Instagram
The herb seed library that Marla started!
The plant labels that Marla recommended in the episode.
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Our farm shop is full of goodies for you! If seasonal allergies are getting you down, I'd highly suggest our Green Spiral Tea!
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21 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep 68 - Latine Herbalism with Josie Castaneda
Hey friends! Spring is in full swing and we're making lots of headway on some big projects, like our greenhouse build!
Today I'm excited to bring you an interview with Ioselleve "Josie" Castaneda, a modern-day curandera or practitioner of Mexican Folk Herbalism. She is the author of Latine Herbalism: A Beginner's Guide to Modern Curanderismo, Healing Plants, and Folk Traditions of the Americas.
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Connect with Josie at Curandera Remedies or on Instagram
Get a signed copy of Latine Herbalism.
Also mentioned in the episode: Episode 61 – Italian Folk Healing with Jill Fazio
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Our farm shop is full of goodies for you! If seasonal allergies are getting you down, I'd highly suggest our Green Spiral Tea!
Follow Nordic Fox Farm on: Instagram * Facebook * TikTok
Coming through Hotchkiss, Colorado? Swing by our new in-person farm store at 148 E Bridge St! We'd love to see you and have a chat over a cup of tea!
Use code PODCAST25 at checkout to save 10% on everything in the farm shop!
Inside a recent episode
Ep 70 - Hunting for Food and Freedom with Christie Green
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I actually want to make my human footprint, you know, less impactful. So yeah, hunting is like this direct conduit and catalyst to what I feel is my most authentic self and my most true way of how I want to be living on the earth. I mean, that sounds in a way so cliche, like, and also so broad brushstroke, but it's true. It's like, it's just very basic and very real. And the animals show that all the time. There's nothing superfluous about them. There's nothing. Everything they do is, It's wholly self-contained. And I don't know, I just so admire that. And I'm envious. They have a hard life, too. […]
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