Believe it or not, spring is around the corner.  Here in NorCal, it is still wet with periods of cold, so one does have to be careful with working soil and protecting from potentially freezes.  LOTS of prep to do for the upcoming season.

It is time to plant:

·       Broccoli

·       Cabbage

·       Carrots

·       Cauliflower

·       Collards, swiss chard

·       Kale

·       Leeks

·       Loose leaf lettuce

·       Peas

·       Potatoes….late in the month

Chores include:

·       Sow tomatoes inside

·       Start flowers (sunflowers, strawflower, zinnias, etc)

·       Direct sow sweet peas

·       Plant bare-root (roses, fruit trees, asparagus, strawberries, rhubarb, berries)

·       Spray fruit trees

·       Fertilize

·       Compost

·       Clean up, cut back

·       Prune roses, fruit trees

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Welcome to episode 7 of ChardCast.

In this months episode join students from Holyrood School in a blue plaque walk and talk through the town. 

Have you ever wondered what life was like for the Lace Mill workers back in Victorian times? Have a listen to this fascinating episode and find out more about the history of the town and its people. Listen to the end, there’s a real insight from the students about what they’ve learnt and what they imagine a museum of the future could look like.

Thanks, as ever, to Chard Museum for making this episode possible and a big thank you to the students and the staff who accompanied us on our walk and helped out on the production process.

Don’t forget, if you have any stories to share please do contact: info@chardmuseum.co.uk


ChardCast is a project produced by Richard Tomlinson and managed by Chard Museum on behalf of Culturally Chard. It is funded through South Somerset District Council and Historic England. ChardCasts are all available via the Museum website at www.chardmuseum.co.uk

The fourth episode of ChardCast comes to you from the beautiful environment of Chard Reservoir Local Nature Reserve. Join volunteers and Rangers for an audio-walk that takes you on a journey to some special and unique places. Learn about bird-calls, flora and fauna (both native and non native) and discover some of the history of this magical and important place.

Many thanks to Hannah Stanton, Ranger with South Somerset District Council, for her insight and to: Jack, John, Tony and Dave, for their thoughts, memories and inspiration.

Chard Cast is a project produced by Richard Tomlinson and managed by Chard Museum on behalf of Culturally Chard. It is funded through South Somerset District Council and Historic England. ChardCasts are all available via the Museum website at www.chardmuseum.co.uk

Shawn and Simon dig out from December's snowpocalypse and bring with them a bounty of beautiful, bitter, brassicas. 

Questions, comments or corrections? Hit us up at email@eatdrinkcheap.ca

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Alexis Sawyer's Shilling Cookery For The People: https://www.amazon.ca/Shilling-Cookery-People-Embracing-Entirely/dp/1436749719

Caldo Verde: https://www.eatdrinkbreathe.com/portuguese-style-kale-soup/

Fermented Chard Stems: https://raiasrecipes.com/2018/04/lacto-fermented-rainbow-chard.html

Track and Food Podcast: https://www.midrangevancouver.com/track-food

The Great Courses on Kanopy: https://www.kanopy.com/en/category/915

In this second episode of ChardCast we join children from Manor Court Community Primary School talking about their experience of performing in Chard Carnival. There’s also a fascinating and emotional insight into carnival over the years from Steve Dawe (a ‘carnivalite’ of 30 years), Jason Baker (Chairman of Chard Carnival Committee), Claire Brown (a member of Chard Carnival Committee for ten years) and Doreen Toms (a life member of Chard Carnival Committee for 50 years).

Chard Cast is a 12-month project produced by Richard Tomlinson and managed by Chard Museum on behalf of Culturally Chard. It is funded through South Somerset District Council and Historic England. ChardCasts are all available via the Museum website at www.chardmuseum.co.uk

In this first episode of ChardCast we join volunteers at Chard Museum talking about a selection of photographs from the museum archive. Find out how some aspects of Chard have changed over the years, whilst others remain the same. There’s also an insight into the camera’s unique ability to capture, sometimes unintended, details that spark memories. Listen to the end to find out more about Chard’s ‘Famous Five’.

Chard Cast is a 12-month project managed by Chard Museum on behalf of Culturally Chard. It is funded through South Somerset District Council and Historic England. ChardCasts are all available via the Museum website at www.chardmuseum.co.uk

Lots of tasks during the hot summer season, including:

• Plant cabbage, carrots, beets, celery, kale, onion seeds, potatoes, mustards, chard, collards, leeks
• Deadhead flowers
• Hose off whiteflies, sticky traps
• Clean up old fruit on trees, ground
• Still time to summer prune fruit trees
• Order fall bulbs
• Support melons on the ground or on vines
• Continue to deep water young, newly planted trees
• Deadhead, cut back mophead hydrangeas

A wide variety of listener questions are addressed, including:

• How to control Leaf Miners on cucumber
• What type of milkweed for Monarch butterflies
• Lawn clippings for mulch?
• How to get rid of green hornworms
• Yellowing leaves on mandarins & limes
• Bubbles from the soil while when watering potted plants
• Pepper plant with black at the base of stems
• Do sunflowers stunt the growth of surrounding plants
  
  

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This episode is the garden To Do list for the month of February – actually quite a busy month.

• Fruit trees – spray liquid copper for peach leaf curl before they bloom. Also time to spray dormant oil if you have insects overwintering
• Prune fruit trees, roses (except one time blooming), grapes, blackberries – ensure you have a few days of dry weather following. Hold off on pruning frost sensitive plants
  
  
• Plant:
  • Broccoli, beets, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, collards, kale, mustard, peas
  • Can start potatoes & radishes towards end of the month
  • Bare root roses, fruit trees
  • Can start tomatoes & peppers inside
    
    
• Soil amendment: Get organic material in there for spring planting.  Compost, manure, beneficial nematodes
  
  
• Cleanup: Weed control (don’t let them go to flower)

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Brigitte Gemme of VeganFamilyKitchen.com shares 6 easy vegan cooking hacks to increase the nutritional value of your food. 

Original post: https://veganfamilykitchen.com/natural-vegan-nutrition-boosters/  

Brigitte offers delicious whole food plant based weekly meal plans to make meal planning and batch cooking easier! No need to worry about “what’s for dinner?” anymore. You can try a one-week plan for free. She also offers free templates and printables on her website as well as great recipes and strategies for success at veganfamilykitchen.com.

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In this episode, I discuss November garden To-Do tasks.  There is actually quite a lot as we transition fully into the colder and wetter months of the year.

• Continue clean up – pull out dead plants; remove lead, vegetable and fruit debris
• Plant bulbs – chill tulips or buy Darwin varieties
• Divide grasses, agapanthus, etc
• Plant vegetables:  Fava beans, bok choy, broccoli, celery, swiss chard, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, leaf lettuce, mustard, onions, radish, shallot, spinach
• Plant cover crops: Fava beans, red clover
• Move succulents out of potential rain
• Bring plumerias inside
• Plants non-frost sensitive perennials
• Plant sweet peas (plants or seeds)
• Plant CA native seeds
• Turn off irrigation
• Controls winter weeds (like oxalis)

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In this episode, I discuss October garden To-Do tasks.  There is a big variety with a lot on the list, including:

• Continue clean up – pull out dead plants; remove lead, vegetable and fruit debris
• Use soil sulfur to drop pH
• Prune non-frost sensitive plants
• Cover succulents if chance of rain
• Add beneficial nematodes
• Plant perennials
• Buy bulbs…chill tulips 8-12 weeks
• Plant vegetables – fava beans, beets, bok choy, celery, swiss chard, collards, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustards, peas, radishes, shallots, turnips
• Cover crops, including fava beans, clover
• Consider planting wildflower seeds – CA natives… clarkia, poppies
• Collect seeds off prior year plants

To ask questions for future shows, submit them at:

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• email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

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So, you’ve bagged your game, and you’ve decided to process it yourself. What do you need to do next? Rick Cary of CHARD joins Gun Talk's Kevin "KJ" Jarnagin to discuss wild game processing and preparation. Gun Talk Hunt is proudly supported by Timney Triggers and Springfield Armory.

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This continues my series of what garden tasks should be on your to-do list for each month. Here I cover the cold and blustery month of December.

• Spray peaches/nectarines with liquid copper
• Apply horticultural oil for overwintering pests
• Plant frost resistance perennials
• Chard. Kale, fava beans, radishes – all can still be planted
• Clean up plant debris, especially under diseased or pest infected plants
• Be prepared for frost with cotton sheets or frost blankets

To find Marlene on social media or ask questions for future shows, submit them at:

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• YouTube
• email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

Jana speaks with Cameron Allcott with Progressiveplants.com about growing Kale and other vegetables hydroponically, and answers your winter garden questions around trees, roses and more. Why it’s still important to water your evergreen trees and why you still have plenty of time to plant! We also pay respects to a friend that we just lost in the garden business – Grant Holdaway.

In the Tip of the Week, Jana tells us why it is important to winterize your garden for wildlife so you can provide a lifeline for many of our native species during the cold months.

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https://progressiveplants.com

Remembering Grant Holdaway:

https://www.premierfuneral.com/obituaries/Grant-Holdaway-2/

https://utahstories.com/2016/08/grant-holdaway-a-farming-legacy/

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 153

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Dr. Simon Chard

Key Takeaways

 
● Introduction 

● Dr. Chard’s Background 

● British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry 

● PARLA toothpaste tablets 

● A Touchy-Feely Moment with Craig 

● Meditation, Prayer, & Positive Self Talk 

● Dealing with Negative Life Events and Negative Self Talk 

● Unity Across the World and Other Positives During Coronavirus Crisis 

● Dr. Chard’s Plan Post-Covid 

● On Dentistry and Mental and Physical Health  

● Comradery Amongst Dentists 

● When Inevitable Things Go Wrong in Medicine 

● Closing

 
References 

PARLA toothpaste tablets 

The Millennial Whisperer by Chris Tuff on Amazon   

Tony Robbins seminars ​ 

Headspace app​ 

Inside The Pain-Body by Eckhart Tolle  

  
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

Words of Wisdom about COVID-19  

 
Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed 

 
Tweetable 

If you have a lifetime of better tomorrows, you have an epic life 

Your words create your reality 

If you know your weaknesses, now is the time to work on them  

When you’re suffering you're just expanding your capacity to feel 

Dr. Simon Chard is an award-winning cosmetic dentist, international lecturer, and British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry board director. Based just outside of London, he co-owns Rothley Lodge Dental with his wife Dr. Meghan Chard, where he practices minimally invasive restorative dentistry utilizing cutting edge technology and techniques. Dr. Simon is also a co-founder of Pärla Toothpaste Tabs, an eco-friendly and plastic free oral health care brand that is disrupting the toothpaste market.  As a prominent cosmetic dentist in the industry Dr Simon has been featured in British GQ, The Times and Men’s Health. Follow Dr. Chard on instagram: @drsimonchard

Here we are in mid-September already. Where did the summer go? I never mourn the end of the summer garden season, but I am getting a bit later start than usual on my favorite garden - the fall garden. So as I now plant in haste, I wanted to share what you should know for fall vegetable garden success, including best plants and tips for cool-season growing.

Kelly Chard is a celebrity accountant and the Founder of Growth MD, an accounting firm working with medical and dental practices throughout Australia. In this episode, she talks about her career as an accountant in the medical industry, what motivates her everyday, and how to rise above a male-dominated industry. 

She also shares some tips on how doctors and dentists can set up their own practice and the challenges she had to overcome to get to where she is today. 

In this episode we cover: 

• Advice for doctors and dentists who want to set up their own practices 
• What motivates her every day 
• Overcoming the impossible 
• Defining herself in a male-dominated industry 
• How she got involved with the BFD (Business For Doctors) Group 

And many more! Check out the full episode.

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It's April, which should be the start of gardening season in the Chicago-land area...   but under the long spell of winter, everything is delayed. Join Jen and Betsy's lively discussion about involving your kids in getting planting, inside or outside! Fun ways to spark interest in trying new things, and ideas for what to look for at this time of year.