Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping

Make Seed and Nut Oils at HomeOur guest today makes oils from a wide range of nuts and seeds. Bevin Cohen runs Small House Farm in Michigan, where he specializes in oils, seeds, and cosmetics. Home Oil PressingCohen says home oil pressing gives fresh oil with superior flavour to oils that are mass produced.He explains how to press small batches of oil at home. Oil Seeds for Northern GardenersIn this episode, Cohen talks about how to press oil from:* Flax* Hemp* Walnut* Pumpkin* Black currant* Borage* Watermelon  

Show Notes

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Make Seed and Nut Oils at Home
Our guest today makes oils from a wide range of nuts and seeds. 
Bevin Cohen runs Small House Farm in Michigan, where he specializes in oils, seeds, and cosmetics. 

Home Oil Pressing
Cohen says home oil pressing gives fresh oil with superior flavour to oils that are mass produced.
He explains how to press small batches of oil at home. 

Oil Seeds for Northern Gardeners
In this episode, Cohen talks about how to press oil from:
  • Flax
  • Hemp
  • Walnut
  • Pumpkin
  • Black currant
  • Borage
  • Watermelon  


 
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What is Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping?

Want to grow your own food but need creative ideas so you can get the most from your space and your growing zone? Our passion is the edible garden.

We help people grow food on balconies, in backyards, and beyond—whether it’s edible landscaping, a vegetable garden, container gardens, or a home orchard.

There are many ways to approach edible landscaping. Find out how to harvest enough fruit, vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers. Get top tips for exotic crops. And learn how to garden in a way that suits any situation.

Host Steven Biggs was recognized by Garden Making magazine as one of the “green gang” making a difference in Canadian horticulture. His home-garden experiments span driveway straw-bale gardens, a rooftop kitchen garden, fruit plantings, and an edible-themed front yard. He's a horticulturist, award-winning broadcaster and author, and former horticulture instructor with George Brown and Durham Colleges in Ontario, Canada.

Get started with one of our fan favourites. Season 6, Episode 10: Big Harvests from a Small Space with a Vertical Vegetable Garden.