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July 1st, 2010
"The Big Ten" The HEAT is on in Germany, how is his garden doing? We expand on the Big Three from last time to the Big Ten, the most important crops in the world and Russell explains the purpose and uses for each one, including some you may not have heard of, and more sources for you on the web. Since rice is so GMO he recommends wild rice, it's a super food and good for the brain, he found a great article "Move Over brown Rice - Go Wild!" He is running experiments on three different ways to grow wild rice, it's a cash crop, you can also make some bucks. The most important root crop is the normal potato, go to his Youtube Channel and see the "True Potato Seed" (have you ever seen that?) He is putting up new video clips all the time building a resource for everybody! And bring up his BTO page when you listen so you can follow along as he describes the slide show. As we continue through the Big Ten soy beans stand out as one of the first GMO'd crops in the 80s, so go check your innocent looking vegetable oil, it's probably GMO! Big #8 is in the banana family and very interesting, a deliberate hybrid clone made 5 to 8 thousand years ago! "They are beautiful and fascinating plants from who knows what planet they came." The last two Big Ten don't sound so good, they both have a type of poison and one can lead to malnutrition. Um, and by the way, you know not to eat a green potato right? |
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June 4th, 2010
"The Lost Crops of the Andes" That latest tips from his garden, dealing with the slimy and how to keep them away from your strawberries! World food crops, the Big Three that make up half the world's caloric consumption. GMO corn is everywhere, how to protect your corn from airborne pollen contamination or store your heirloom seeds until the "storm" is over. Big GMO with rice, and the interesting difference with wheat. On to the misty root crops of Machu Picchu vegetables, often called the "lost crops" and the zones where they can be grown. (We can grow them here!) Details on these cool crops, Maca for warriors, Mashua, and many more easy crops adding more nutrition and new flavors to your plate! Cold winter ground, even frozen, can be a great place to store vegetables, "you can think of it as an addition to your pantry or root cellar, it's buried gold out there." What is safe to leave in the ground and what isn't. The benefits of Jerusalem and Chinese artichokes, more tasty additions. He left the best for last, Skirret! Pest resistant, bugs won't eat it, and makes massive amounts of sweet roots. Have your pen ready as throughout the hour Russell gives sources for seeds and plants. Bon Appetit! |
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March 8th, 2010
"The Weird Whacky World of Plants" Tobacco, how we grow these marvelous plants step by step and ways of keeping snails away while the plants are vulnerable. Why grow tobacco? Its benefits and uses, how to make bug spray with good old natural nicotine, which comes with a little warning you should know just in case. It's much better than industrial poisons, the effects of DDT last for years, nicotine dissipates fast. When to harvest, and then comes the art of curing without a lot of chemicals. There are several ways and Russell likes to make his own cigars and pipe tobacco. He experiments with curing green, yellow, and brown leaves, also the fragrance and flavoring of the tobacco and figuring out how much you need to grow. Then, in honor of International Women's Day Russell talks about yams...huh? In the U.S. what we call yams are actually sweet potatoes; there is such a thing as a real yam, but very hard to find so "Russell's insider trading tip of the month" where to get them! The really weird things about this plant, ways to prepare and its other uses, the benefit for women, about hormones and the birth control pill, air potatoes that you can eat or plant, and beware of the myths about plants. Indian Shot also known as Canna Lily, another wacky plant... bullets from a plant, beat that! |
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January 18th, 2010
"Individual Sovereignty Starts with a Seed" First what's going on in Germany, many are talking about the flu hoax as people there are healthier than they have been in years, and the 20 below crazy weather. Being prepared: In 2008 the G8 was talking about financial problems, now the topic is the edge of the food crises. Individual sovereignty is the way to go, in this hour, more about growing our own food, the un-obvious about potatoes, a warning to heed, how to grow them and store them up to six months, sprout inhibitors in store bought potatoes and the effects of irradiation. Sweet Potatoes are popular on holidays but there are very good reasons why would you should include them in your garden, and saving seeds for the next year. How much wheat do you have to grow to make a one pound loaf of bread? Winter projects, dreaming up the design of your garden, placing it where you'll see it every day and observe changes. Julia's daily touch make his plants do better! Don't forget about flowers that bring the bees, with the right flowers you can make them come to *your* garden. Tobacco growing (even if you don't smoke) and much more next time! Send your questions to Recommended websites from Russell: Heirloom seeds - rareseeds.com Ancient grains - beautifulegardens.org Potato varieties - seedsavers.org For folks in the UK - realseeds.co.uk |
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October 26th, 2009
"The Magic of Findhorn" Joining our preparedness series, it is lovely that Russell's first interview in the USA is here at BTO! He was determined to come to our studio to meet us, hydroplaning down I-5 in the rain storm, "but that was no problem because I used to be a surfer down in California so that was cool with me." And when he and his daughter Julia arrived the sun came with them. About him as a teenager falling in love with horticulture. The Findhorn Garden captured him, "and I fell in love with this idea that there is something behind the plants out there in the garden that we don't see." He plans to go visit Sepp Holzer, another man with great education who trusts learning from experience rather than books and rules. From the Seattle area where he worked growing tropical plants, (a fancy name for house plants!) and in spite of it being a scary move for him, he spent three years living at the base of a volcano in Indonesia helping to develop the fabulous gardens which includes California Redwoods growing alongside the palm trees! "Species and genetics, all these concepts we have about plants, it's all man made... we don't know really where plants originated, there's just so much we don't know about the genetic history of plants." He knew of RSE, but when he found BTO he discovered there was more to it than reading books and became a student. In this series we will learn about the traditional as well as the "occult" forgotten knowledge of horticulture, propagation to make more plants, making your own hybrids, tubers, harvesting seeds, storing seeds (with no experience you are in for a big surprise) and enjoying the product of your labor, such as making sweet potato chips that are out of this world! "All these things are easy to do, not obvious, but it's simple." |
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Russell Leon, a Professional Horticulturist, was inspired to start gardening as a teenager after reading "The Magic of Findhorn" by Paul Hawken. While keeping an eye out for the unseen forces in the garden he quickly realized that working close to the earth was his passion, even if he hadn't met any nature spirits or "Divas"... yet. After finishing up two degrees in horticulture he left California to work in the Seattle area growing tropical plants.
For over ten years now Russell has been producing educational video programs on various themes in horticulture, sustainable
agriculture and biology - primarily sold to high schools, universities & libraries.
