Episode 131: Listen here!

More wild weather in Manitoba leads Maggie and Dave to make predictions for what their average last frost date will be this year in the Southern Manitoba/Winnipeg region. Will it be later than usual? Or just on track? Or, will we be waiting until the first new moon in June (June 28) to plant out? The co-hosts make their predictions!

Maggie shares a sad update about losing her flock of hens over the weekend to a predator (more details here on Instagram). More information via CBC on the Avian/Bird Flu spreading across the country.

Dave’s Fav Thing: The concept of plant variegation

Maggie’s Fav Thing: Acquiring a Home Cannabis Growing License

Listener Question of the Week: “I am hoping to transplant my peppers in the next day or so. This is my first year of successful seed starting! My question is, when I transplant them, can I plant them up to the bottom set of leaves? Or more towards the base of my soil? Thanks in advance!” — Shailynn Dakota Fuz

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This week’s guest:

Urban Farmer, Akosua from re.Planted Urban Farm

About Akosua Asare:

Akosua is an urban farmer based in Deep River Ontario near the Ottawa Valley. Alongside her husband Ben, she runs the re.Planted Urban Farm, growing cut flowers, vegetables and microgreens in just under 1,400 square feet of front yard space across her property and her neighbours. She’s implements no-dig, regenerative farming practices on their property, selling their harvest at local farmers markets in the area.

This episode covers:

Her background and story about immigrating to Canada to Ghana
Drawing farming inspiration from Curtis Stone, the “urban farmer”
Her pivot from being on entrepreneur featured on Dragon’s Den to a farmer
What Akosua grows on her farm
Tips on growing Lisianthus flowers from seed
The story behind the name of their urban farm “rePlanted”
The Charles Dowding model of “no-dig” using well-rotted manure
How Akosua maximizes space in her urban farm
What to look for when buying high quality manure
Akosua’s internal struggle of being a minority in the farming community

This episode is sponsored by:

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