White Strawberries

About White Strawberries

Based on your recent episodes, here is a polished podcast description that accurately highlights your exact mix of practical skills, guest experts, and holistic topics: 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! 🌱 Get in Touch & Connect: Interview Inquiries & Guest Pitching: hello@whitestrawberriespodcast.com Instagram: @whitestrawberriespodcast Facebook: White Strawberries Podcast

Publisher

Samantha Penman

Category

arts · health & fitness · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Apr 2025

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

57 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   How to Raise Seeds, Easily, For Free

   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment If you’re new to raising seeds, this episode is for you 🌱 If you want a visual guide to this episode here it is! I’m running through the very basics of how I raise seeds, including how I make my own seed-raising mix using compost and worm castings. I also share a few optional additions, which seeds I recommend starting with if you’re new, how deep to plant them, and my simple method for keeping seeds damp and protected from pests. My biggest tip? Start with l...

2. 

   13 Oct 2026

   3 Common Orchard Mistakes in Spring and What to Do Instead | Unedited

   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment Good morning and happy Spring from Aotearoa, my deck at sunrise. This episode is unedited with the natural bird song of the morning. I cover 3 mistakes I'm seeing gardeners make right now. - Not mulching their trees - Pruning now! (No don't) - Planting fruit trees now I'll unpack why these are mistakes and what to do next. Ask a Question – Submit a gardening question for a future episode. About Sam – Learn more about the host of White St...

3. 

   29 Sept 2026

   How and Why to Grow in Guilds

   Ask a Question or Leave a Comment What exactly is a plant guild — and how do you know what belongs in one? In this episode of White Strawberries, I’m answering a listener question about guilds: what they are, whether they all follow the same principles, and whether the plants in a guild need to come from the same place. A guild is simply a group of plants that support one another. Instead of thinking about a fruit tree as an individual plant that needs to be maintained, we can start thinking ...

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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