The Revolutionary's Garden

The Revolutionary’s Garden Podcast is a how-to guide on gardening, sustainable farming, food security, and community organizing from a revolutionary perspective. Every other week we will go over a specific food or crop and lead you through growing, harvesting, and storing it. On off weeks we will be publishing a companion guide that details what you can plant and harvest based on your grow zone. For more information visit our website: www.TheRevGarden.com For bonus content and early access to episodes support us on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/RevGarden

Survival Crops 07/03/2025

Survival Crops In this beast of an episode, we dig into the myth of survival crops, and how silly planning a garden to be the sole survivor of a nuclear apocalypse is. That said, we do dig into what it takes to grow the kind of food you'd need to survive long term, and of course, we list our top ten survival crops. This episode is filled with disclaimers, but I'll include the big ones here: There is so much more to community food security than survival crops, I am not a doctor or a nutritionist, and this list is very much oriented towards north America. If you like our show please consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/RevGarden /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/37267145

Sunflower 06/02/2025

Sunflower In today's episode we cover an underdog in the garden, and one that deserves a place of honor in any local food system, and that's the sunflower! This gorgeous flower produces high protein seeds, a delicious food oil, high quality livestock feed, and can even remediate nuclear waste! We talk about the long and vital history of this crop, not just in its homeland of Turtle Island (North America) but also all around the world. We cover some tips and tricks for this ultimately easy to grow flower, and dive in to the many thing you can do with it. From snacking, to flour, to oil, to butter, there are so many things to do with this nutrient dense seed. For early access to episodes, bonus content, and a direct line to the Rev Garden team, be sure to support us on Patreon! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/36614800

Asparagus 05/19/2025

Asparagus In today's episode we cover what is likely the most well known perrenial vegetable: Asparagus. We cover this history of this glorified fern, as well as its unparalleled nutritional value. And of course after variety selection, and seeds vs crowns, we go over the diferrent methods of planting, growing and harvesting. Weighing the pros and cons of each method, we talk about how to keep this perennial gorwing for decades, even while being harvested for food. And as always, we wrap up with all of the terrific ways to preserve and prepare this delicous veggie. For early access to these episodes, bonus content, and extra goat photos, be sure to support us on Patreon! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/36614715

Rosemary 04/21/2025

Rosemary As winter comes to an end, here is our last herb episode of the season on a particular favorite of mine. We go over selecting a Rosemary variety, including why it will be common rosemary. And of course cover starting from seed, propagating, growing and harvesting. Plus a delightful dive into the many unexpected uses for rosemary! If you like our show, please leave a rating and review, or best of all support us on patreon! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/36235640

Freezing (Food Preservation) 04/07/2025

Freezing (Food Preservation) In this update to our food preservation series, we cover the basic best practices for how to freeze food safely. While we take time to weigh some of the problems and vulnerabilities of freezing, we also cover how to incorporate it into a more community based food system. And of course options for keeping your food frozen even in times of crisis, from insulation, to generators, to solar panels. /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/36030140

Parsnips 03/24/2025

Parsnips This underrated root vegetable is loaded with flavor, sugar, and is a robust addition to any garden. In this episode we cover common varieties from the All American to the Russian Krull. We go over the complicated question of interplanting parsnip, and dealing with the pests and diseases that want to feast on them. Aside from just leaving them in the ground overwinter, we go over how to can, dehydrate, and pulp this tasty root! If you like our show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Our patrons get early access to epsiodes, bonus content, and a direct line to the Rev Garden Team. https://www.patreon.com/RevGarden /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/35838145

Basil 03/10/2025

Basil In this continuation of our series on herbs, we talk about the champion of italian cuisine, and how it can be even more versatile. From seed selection, to planting, to pruning and harvesting. We of course hit the highlights on how to use basil, like pesto and in tomato sauce. But we also cover less known uses for basil like in Thai dishes, as a tea, or in salads. If you like our show, please leave a rating and review, or best of all support us on patreon! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/35607680

Dehydration (Food Preservation) 02/24/2025

Dehydration (Food Preservation) In this episode we cover the basics for dehydrating fruit, veggies, and herbs! Covering the impossibly long history of dehydration, how it affects nutrition and more. We cover the various ways to dehydrate, from the most rudimentary to scifi devices! And of course we go over some basic dehydration steps, and how to incorporate dehydrated foods into your diet! If you like our show, please leave a rating and review, or best of all support us on patreon! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/35413400

Northern Spicebush 02/03/2025

Northern Spicebush In this episode we explore the lack of north American spices in our food, why that is and how we can start to correct it. Then on to the good stuff, identify, planting, and growing the Northern Spicebush. This incredible shrub can produce four different spice and foods! From its Chai like leaves, Black pepper like seeds, Allspice like berries, and Cinnamon like bark! If you enjoy our show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! We are really trying to increase the amount and consistency of content this year, and your support really helps! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/34911615

Pasteurization (Food Preservation) 01/20/2025

Pasteurization (Food Preservation) The closest we have ever come to a current events episode. In this latest installment of our food preservation series, we cover the ins and outs of pasteurization. From its hsitory, its current political dimensions, and of course, how to do it! Please listen to the full epsiode befroe jumping to any conclusions. If you enjoy our show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! We are really trying to increase the amount and consistency of content this year, and your support really helps! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/34715430

2024 Farm Update 01/06/2025

2024 Farm Update As we start off this new year loaded with all kinds of craziness, we wanted to share some of the big updates of the previous year of craziness! From finding ancient beech trees, to baby goats, to being harassed by a scummy code enforcement officer. it has been a year of ups and downs, but at least it makes for some entertaining content! If you enjoy our show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! We are really trying to increase the amount and consistency of content this year, and your support really helps! If you are interested in helping with or joining us on the communal farm, please feel free to send an Email to Thank you all so much for your support, and enjoy! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/34729200

Mint 12/09/2024

Mint In this full episode comeback, we will be talking about possibly the easiest to start with herb, mint! We dive into some of the basics for growing and cultivating this wildly versatile herb. We also cover some of the many things you can do mint, from jellies, to teas, to salad greens. If you like our show, please tell your friends about us, leave a review, and if you can support us on patreon. We offer our patrons early access to epsiodes, bonus content, and a direct line to the Rev Garden team. The Revolutionary's Garden is written and produced on occupied Abanaki land. A portion of the shows income are saved to be payed in the form of rent to the Wabanaki Alliance. Today we would like to recommned the podcast, Proles Pod! reborn from the ashes of proles of the roundtable, Proles Pod brings back some of the original shots, plus some terrific new ones to bring you a podcast about history, politics, and culture, without the liberalism. They are a very educational and very funny group of people who bring some absolutely critical content. https://prolespod.libsyn.com/ /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/34203180

Recent News Update 11/11/2024

Recent News Update Given recent political news, We wanted to offer a quick update on the podcast! New content coming soon comrades! Love and solidarity /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/33888757

Yogurt Mini 03/04/2024

Yogurt Mini We're alive! We will have more episodes coming to the feed soon, but in the meantime enjoy this yogurt mini epsiode! While we have previously released an epsiode on dairy preservation, in which we talk about yogurt making. But since then we have made quite alot of yogurt, and felt a small update to the yogurt making process would be helpful. /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/30156553

Garden 102 Alternative Planting 07/11/2023

Garden 102 Alternative Planting Welcome to the sequel to our garden 101 basics series! in this follow up guide, we will cover some of the slightly more involved garden tools, like building of hedges, using livestock in the garden, or employing alternative planting methods. In this first of our Garden 102 series, we will cover some of the more common alterntive planting styles, instead of just plantinf directly into the soil. We cover lots of styles both ancient and modern, fom terracing and mound gardens, to raised beds, hugelkulture, and Ruth Stout muclh gardening. We talk about the basics of each method, as well as go over some of their pros and cons! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/27433905

Dandelion 06/05/2023

Dandelion With Spring in full swing, we will finally be covering one of our all time favorite foragable plants, the dandelion! We cover the rich history of this plant as both food, medicine, and even a source of rubber. And of course we have to throw our two cents in on the debate between dandelions status as an invasive vs nonnative vs naturlized plant. We go over where to find this entirely edible memebr of the aster family, as well as how to haevest and eat everythting from the root, to the leaves, to the flowrs to the seeds! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/27047787

Jam 04/25/2023

Jam To wrap up this seasons series on food preservation, we are going to finish with the gateway drug to canning. Jam! From jam, to jelly, to fruit butter, even to fruit leather, we cover this simple and tasty food preservation spread and all the ways you can make it. While we do use a simple blueberry jam recipe as an example, we also cover lots of variations, and how to alter it for diferrent fruits. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/26648769

Turnip 03/28/2023

Turnip As we transition from winter to spring, we're shifting gears from talking about winter storage crops to fast growing spring crops. And Turnips, miraculously enough, are both! We talk about this Revolutionary's wonder crop, which is fast growing, easy to store, nutritious, and delicious. We cover not only turnips role as a food crop for humans, but also its use as a cover crop and as a livestock feed. /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/26367399

Eggs 03/13/2023

Eggs We've gotten a ton of requests in the past few months to do an episode on chickens, especially for eggs. We actually plan on doing an special series on livestock in the coming year, including one episode for chickens for eggs and one episode for chickens for meat. But until then, we figured we could put together an episode on eggs, and not just from chickens, but from ducks and quail as well. We go over the basics for raising any sort of poultry, from their coop, to food to water. We also talk a but about pasturing basics, and whether or not to give poultry an outdoor run, a pasture, a tractor, or just let them free range. We briefly dive into some of the specifics on raising chickens, ducks, and quail, as well as the pros and cons for each. and finally, we wrap up with a but of discussion about eggs, their nutrition, how to use them, and how to preserve them! We hope this episode will help get you by until our deeper dive into livestock, and helps get you started on the journey to egg laying poultry. /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/26201547

Apples 02/27/2023

Apples Today we will be tackling our first ever fruit tree on the show, and what better fruit tree to start with than the ubiquitous apple tree. We've expressed our doubts about the utility of apples in the Revolutionary's Garden, but their presence across every american town and prolific nature make them worthwhile to talk about! We talk about the colonial myths of johnny appleseed, various apple varieites, and some of the diferrences between root stocks, real roots, and dwarf and full sized trees. While we can only briefly cover topics like pruning, we spend plenty of time on mulching, interplanting, and pest control for your apple trees. And of course, if you like this epsiode, be sure to check out our other episode on apple cider, so you have plenty to do with all your fresh fruit! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/26061828

Food Preservation (Pickling) 02/13/2023

Food Preservation (Pickling) A long overdue update to our food preservation series, for todays episode we will be covering pickling. And not just pickling cucumbers, but all manner of fruits and veggies from carrots, to onions, to cabbage. On top of covering the primary forms of pickling, vinegar pickling and lacto fermenting pickles, we also cover other lacto fermented dishes like Sauerkraut and Kimchi! If you like the show, please tell your comrades about us, leave a like and review on itunes, and follow us on facebook. If you can afford it, please consider supporting us on patreon. Our patrons get early access to episodes, bonus content, and a direct line to the REv Garden team. Currently we are doing a special bonus series on socialist agriculture, from the coffee coops of Chiappas, to the citrus plantations of the Soviet Union. As Always our show is produced on Occupied Abankai land, specifically the land of the Kennebec people. We pay a portion of the show's proceeds to the Wabanaki Alliance in the form of rent. Remember, Land Acknowledgements are a good first step, and rents are better, but nothing is a substitute for land back and indigenous sovereignty. Today we would like to recommend The collective organizations food not bombs. While individual organs within the food not bombs network can be hit or miss sometimes, their overall message of bringing the community together to feed people is a good one. I have disagreed with many folks on food not bombs before, but we’ve always been able to come together and do the important work. IF you;re struggling to find a way to start organizing, reach out to your nearest food not bombs for help, as they can be a good start. /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/25913151

Alliance of Native Seedkeepers - Interview with Fix Cain 02/06/2023

Alliance of Native Seedkeepers - Interview with Fix Cain Our first interview of the year, we talk to Fix Cain, co-founder of the Alliance of Native Seedkeepers. Alliance of Native Seedkeepers is an incredible project to reinvigeroate indigneous culture and food ways, primarily by the preservation and revitalization of seedsaving and foodways. This is just a great interview as Fix is a genuinely funny guy, with soem terrific insights. To learn more, or to purchase some of their terrific seeds, make sure to visit the Alliance of Native Seedkeepers at their website and seed store. https://www.allianceofnativeseedkeepers.com /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/25613445

Onion 01/30/2023

Onion Continuing with our usual winter themes, we are going to cover one of the best winter storage vegetables! With a vibrant taste, and the ability to store for months, onions are a great addiiton to any garden. We cover the history, variety selection, and how to grow and store this perfect root cellar crop. /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/25613388

January Farm Update 01/23/2023

January Farm Update Thank you for tuning into this January farm update! While winter is a sleepy time on the farm, we still have to deal with horny goats, crazy storms ripping roofs away, and more! We also update you on the some of the upcoming interview episodes, a bonus series, and much much more. /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/25613313

Garden 101 Harvest and Storage 01/16/2023

Garden 101 Harvest and Storage Welcome to the final installment (For now) of our Garden 101 series! In this episode, we cover the proper setup for a good garden and harvest storage system, from harvesting tools, to the wash station, to the kitchen. We cover the general methods of harvest for major vegetable types, and how to get them into storage or your kitchen quickly, cleanly, and efficiently. After all, all of this garden advice does little good if you don't actually get to eat or share what you grow. For more information, check out our website where you can find a transcript for this episode. And if you can, please consider supporting us on Patreon. Our Patrons get early access, bonus content, and a direct line to the Rev Garden team. /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/25613265

Cranberry Redux 01/12/2023

Cranberry Redux This is a reupload of our intial episode on Cranberries. something happened in the upload that seriously degraded the audio quality, well below our modest standars. so this is a rerecorded and reuploaded epiosde, with much better audio. In this episode we discuss the history, selection, and growing of the most underappreciated berry in north America. First clarifying the muddy definition of cranberry, then following its history from the indigenous nations of north America, through colonization, up to today. We cover how to grow cranberries, both in your home garden, as well as a guerilla gardening plant. and finally we wrap up with the many easy ways to prepare and preserve this incredible little berry. If you like our show, please consider supporting us on Patreon. Our Patrons get early access to episodes, bonus content, and a direct line to the Rev Garden team. https://www.patreon.com/RevGarden Our show is written and produced on occupied Abenaki land, and we pay portion of the shows proceeds to the Wabanaki Alliance in the form of rent. Today we would like to recommend The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, by Sean Sherman https://sioux-chef.com/ /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/25588848

Winter Solstice special (Patreon release) 12/19/2022

Winter Solstice special (Patreon release) To celebrate the solstice, We'll be releasing this Patron only special bonus episode, The Apple Tree Man. While tangentially Garden related, this is an old folk tale from Britain, that is dear to my heart, and a perfect tale for the season. Enjoy, and happy solstice! /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/25290426

Garden 101 (Pests and Diseases) 12/12/2022

Garden 101 (Pests and Diseases) In this fifth installment of our garden 101 series, we cover the common pests, pathogens, and diseases that can afflict your garden. Wile we most thoroughly cover general bio security to prevent diseases, we also cover how to manage a disease outbreak once it occurs. As well as common methods such as fencing, push pull, and bait plants to deter a range of pests. If you like our show, please consider supporting us on Patreon. Our Patrons receive early episode access, bonus content, and a direct line to the Rev Garden Team. Our show is produced on occupied Abenaki land, and we pay a portion of the shows proceeds to the Wabanaki Alliance in the form of rent. Todays Recommendation is The Bio-Integrated Farm, by Shawn Jadrnicek. /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/25290375

Interview with The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist (Bonus Episode) 12/05/2022

Interview with The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist (Bonus Episode) Wanted to share with you all this interview I did with The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist youtube channel. We talk about the Rev Garden project in general, as well other topics like organizing in rural areas, food security, and dunking on patriotic socialists. I'm including a link below if you want to see the video version of this interview as well as a link to his channel, where he has tons of interviews. Please show his project some love and doll out plenty of likes and comments. Interview link: Channel link: Please enjoy this public release of a bonus episode from our Patreon! Wanted to share with you all this interview I did with The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist youtube channel. We talk about the Rev Garden project in general, as well other topics like organizing in rural areas, food security, and dunking on patriotic socialists. I'm including a link below if you want to see the video version of this interview as well as a link to his channel, where he has tons of interviews. Please show his project some love and doll out plenty of likes and comments. Interview link: Channel link: /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/25149822

Corn 11/28/2022

Corn In this latest episode of The Revolutionary's Garden, We cover arguably one of the most important crops in the world, Corn! Everything from its rich history, to modern controversy. We go over in detail how to select a variety, cultivate it in a variety of methods. and ultimately how to harvest and process it. As always if you like our show, please recommend us to your friends, leave reviews, and follow us on facebook. If you can, consider supporting us financially on Patreon. Our Patrons receive early access to episodes, bonus content, and a direct line to the Rev Garden team. https://www.patreon.com/RevGarden As always our show is produced on occupied Abanaki land, specifically the land of the Kennebeck nation. We pay a portion of our show proceeds to the Wabanaki alliance in the form of rent. Remember, land acknowledgements are a good first step, and rents are better, but nothing is a substitute for land back and indigenous sovereignty. Today we would like to recommend the afro-indigenous farmer Chris Newman and his cooperative farm network Sylvanaqua farms. On top of a lot of great articles trashing colonizer farming, Joel Salatin, and more, Chris Newman shows all of the great work being done by his cooperative farm network and mutual aid projects. While you learn a lot just by following him on social media, if you subscribe to his patreon you get hands on round tables discussing cooperative farm practices and more. https://www.patreon.com/skywoman /episode/index/show/therevgarden/id/25149591

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