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Old Ways New Days
Homesteading with a focus on urban and suburban sustainable living with a pagan and spiritual twist.
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Old Ways New DaysAt the Garden Gate - episode 7
🍂🌱 IS YOUR GARDEN READY FOR AUTUMN? 🌱🍂 Just because summer is fading doesn't mean it's time to put the garden away! In fact, autumn can be one of the most…
Old Ways New DaysThe Living Earth: What Is Actually Happening Beneath Our Feet?
🌱🪱 WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING BENEATH YOUR FEET? 🍄🌎 We spend so much time worrying about what's growing above the ground that it's easy to forget about the…
Old Ways New DaysWhen Is a Garden a Garden? Illinois’ Right-to-Garden Law, Local Ordinances, and the Fight Over a Neighborhood Garden
When Is a Garden a Garden? What happens when the garden you carefully cultivate becomes someone else’s idea of an overgrown yard? In our latest episode of Old…
Old Ways New DaysBeyond the Harvest: What Season 1 Taught Us About Growing Our Own Food
🌱🍂 WE'RE BACK! SEASON 2 OF OLD WAYS NEW DAYS IS HERE! 🍂🌱 Before we look ahead to a new season of growing, learning, and living a little closer to the land…
Old Ways New DaysAt the Garden Gate - episode 6
🌱 AT THE GARDEN GATE IS OPEN! 🌱 Have you ever harvested a beautiful tomato, bean, pepper, or flower and thought, “I wish I could grow this again next year”?…
Old Ways New DaysSeason 2, Episode 1: "Welcome Back"
🌿 We're back. 🌿 Season 2 of Old Ways, New Days is here — same small-space homesteading, same low-key pagan energy, same two people arguing about whether…
Old Ways New DaysThe Harvest Moon — Gathering What We Have Grown
🌕🍂 The Harvest Moon is here… and it’s time to gather what we’ve grown. Tonight on Old Ways, New Days, we’re stepping beneath the light of the Harvest Moon and…
Old Ways New DaysAt the Garden Gate - episode 5
🌱🥕 The Harvest Doesn't End When You Pick It! You've spent months planting, watering, weeding, battling pests, and watching your garden grow. Now the vegetables…
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Old Ways New DaysSeeds of Tomorrow Episode Three: Saving the Future One Seed at a Time
A seed is never just a seed. It’s history. It’s resilience. It’s hope wrapped in a tiny living package. Join us as we explore: 🌾 Heirloom vs. hybrid vs…
Old Ways New DaysSeeds of Tomorrow — Episode Two: How We Changed Our Food
Ever wondered why grocery store apples all look the same… why bananas don't have seeds… or why your backyard tomatoes taste so much better than the ones on the…
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At the Garden Gate - episode 4
You've watered it. You've weeded it. You've watched it grow for weeks... But now comes the question every gardener eventually asks: "Is this thing actually…
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Closing the Gate on July: Finishing Strong & Preparing for the Harvest
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At the Garden Gate - episode 3
🥵🌿 Is the summer heat taking a toll on your garden? If your tomatoes are dropping blossoms, your lettuce has bolted, or everything seems to wilt by lunchtime…
Old Ways New DaysAt the Garden Gate - episode 2
Who’s been nibbling your garden? If you’ve ever walked outside to find your lettuce missing, your beans chewed to the ground, or your tomatoes sampled by…
Old Ways New DaysSeeds of Tomorrow Part One: The Hidden Cost of Convenience
Every apple. Every tomato. Every ear of corn. Every seed tells a story. Long before grocery stores, refrigeration, and global supply chains, our ancestors…
Old Ways New DaysUnseen Guests: Listeria, E. coli, and the Summer Parasite on Our Produce
That perfect strawberry can't tell you if it's safe 🍓 This week on Old Ways, New Days, we sit with the unseen guests that ride home on our produce — Listeria…
Old Ways New DaysThe Care of Steel: Ancient Wisdom for Keeping Homestead Tools Alive
Every great harvest begins with a well-cared-for tool. This week, we’re stepping into the workshop to explore the forgotten art of tool maintenance. 🪓 Learn…
Old Ways New DaysAt the Garden Gate - episode 1
Have you ever felt like you're throwing money away on plants that just won't survive? You're not alone. In our very first At the Garden Gate episode, we're…
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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…
Old Ways New DaysAt 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…
Old Ways New DaysBackyard 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…
Old Ways New DaysWho 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 🏡…
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Old Ways New DaysThe 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…
Old Ways New DaysThe 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 🍓…
Old Ways New DaysThe 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 🧠…
Old Ways New DaysTending 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 🐛…
Old Ways New DaysGrowing 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 &…
Old Ways New DaysResilience 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…
Old Ways New DaysThe 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…
Old Ways New DaysSacred 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…
Old Ways New DaysThe 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 —…
Old Ways New DaysEarth 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…
Old Ways New DaysRoots 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…
Old Ways New DaysThe 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…
Old Ways New DaysPlanning 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…
Old Ways New DaysSnakes, 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…
Old Ways New DaysBackyard 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…
Old Ways New DaysThe Land Remembers
The chemicals used to fertilize modern fields were once used to make bombs. After WWII, excess war factories turned their production toward agriculture — and…
Old Ways New DaysPart 2: Black Herbalists & Plant Medicine
This Black History Month, we honor the Black herbalists who healed under enslavement, carried medicine in memory, and kept communities alive when care was…
Old Ways New DaysPart 1: Rooted Resistance: Black Innovators, Ancestral Wisdom & the Foundations of Sustainable Living
“Before sustainable living had a name, it had roots. 🌱 This Black History Month, Old Ways New Days honors the Black innovators, ancestral farmers, and land…
Old Ways New DaysFrom Soil to Shaker: Stocking Your Herb & Spice Cabinet from the Garden
Before spices were trendy, they were powerful. 🌿 From garden herbs to world-changing seeds, this episode of Old Ways New Days explores how to grow, dry, store…
Old Ways New DaysFrom Harvest to Cellar: The Real Work of Food Preservation
Food preservation isn’t pretty — it’s powerful. This episode of Old Ways New Days dives deep into real‑world food preservation: pressure canning, water bath…
Old Ways New DaysFebruary Fires & First Fruits From Imbolc to Lunar New Year and the Living Traditions In Between
February is not an empty month. It’s a time of milk returning to the pail, candles lit against the cold, homes cleansed for what comes next, and new years…
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Pilgrim's Wilderness: A Story of Faith, Deception, and Survival
Book: "Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier" by Tom Kizzia (Crown Publishers, 2013) National Domestic Violence…
Old Ways New DaysFrom Prairie Dreams to Urban Gardens: The Evolution of American Homesteading
The Homestead Act of 1862 promised land, opportunity, and independence — but its story didn’t end in the 1800s. In this episode of Old Ways New Days, we…
Old Ways New DaysBeat the Winter Blues: Start Your Garden Indoors in January
January isn’t too early — it’s intentional. While the land rests under frost, this is when the real work begins: choosing seeds, reading light, warming soil…
Old Ways New DaysBackwoods Home Magazine: A Comprehensive Review for Modern Homesteaders
What does self-reliance really look like when the internet goes quiet and the grid feels fragile? In this episode of Old Ways New Days, we take a thoughtful…
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Free Bonus! Blooper episode and Contest Winner announcement
In this FREE bonus episode we announce our winner and get to speak with them on the phone; followed by a compilation of bloopers that were edited out from our…
Old Ways New DaysMidwinter Homesteading Upkeep: Thriving Through the Cold Months
Winter may slow the world outside, but a homestead never truly sleeps. In this week’s episode, we’re diving into midwinter maintenance—the quiet, essential…
Old Ways New DaysMidwinter's Magic: Celebrating Pagan December Traditions
When December's darkness falls and the year breathes its last cold breath, ancient fires are kindled. Long before modern winter holidays, our ancestors…
Old Ways New DaysWhen and How to Start Seeds for a Bountiful Harvest
Before the first shoot breaks the soil, before the garden hums with bees and sun-warm leaves, there is a quieter kind of magic—the moment we place a tiny seed…
Old Ways New DaysCottagecore or Cultcore? The Real Work of Pagan Homesteading
This week we’re pulling back the curtain on the cottagecore fantasy and diving into the raw, sacred, often messy reality of land-based pagan living. From…
Old Ways New DaysWhen Winter Weighs Heavy: Understanding and Healing Seasonal Affective Disorder
As the days grow shorter and the nights stretch longer, many of us feel the weight of winter settling into our bones. It's more than just the cold — it's a…
Old Ways New DaysHonoring the Original Keepers: Indigenous Peoples Day and Reciprocal Homesteading
Before we tend our first garden bed or harvest our first herbs, we must ask: whose land are we standing on? This Indigenous Peoples Day, we explore how pagan…
Old Ways New DaysHerbalism on the Homestead: Growing and Using Herbs for Medicine, Magic, and Self-Reliance
When frost settles on the windows and the land lies dreaming, the heart of the homestead still beats—softly, greenly—beneath the glow of indoor light. In this…
Old Ways New DaysStoring the Season: How to Stock Food for Winter
Winter is coming, and a well-stocked pantry can make all the difference. In this episode, we’ll break down how to plan, store, and organize your food supply…
Old Ways New DaysThe Dark of the Moon, The Dark of the Year — Destruction, Shadow, and Renewal
When the Moon disappears and the nights stretch longest, the world turns inward. From Samhain to Imbolc, we walk through the dark — not to be lost, but to be…
Old Ways New DaysBy the Light of the Red Flame: Ancient light, Modern Wisdom
The city never really sleeps. Even in the quiet hours, it hums — glowing white and blue against the sky. Beneath that light, the night still breathes. This…