December 21, 2025
2025 Recap and Reflection + All about Juniper: Winter Solstice Episode!
Pause with us at the Winter Solstice 🌲✨ We reflect on the year behind us, explore the magic of juniper, and sip on seasonal rituals that celebrate rest, renewal, and the returning light.
Solstice
Reflection
Juniper
✨ Celebrate the Season of Rest and Reflection ✨
In this Winter Solstice special of Seeds & Weeds, we slow down, look back, and dream forward. As the longest night of the year arrives, we reflect on a season of growth—both in the garden and beyond—celebrating milestones, lessons learned, and the rhythms that guide a life rooted in the land.
This episode weaves together solstice traditions from around the world, personal highlights from a banner year for the podcast, and an exploration of juniper, the evergreen herb of winter. Discover juniper’s medicinal magic, cozy culinary uses, and how it can support respiratory health, sore muscles, and seasonal rituals—plus a festive juniper mocktail (or cocktail) recipe to toast the returning light.
Thoughtful, grounding, and inspiring, this episode is an invitation to pause, honor the quiet of winter, and plant seeds for the year ahead. 🌲❄️
Seeds & Weeds recap:
Most downloaded episode of season 3 (2025) : All About Lemon Balm + Mulch in the Garden
We also mentioned this great episode: Let’s Chat w/ Jere Gettle
GoodPods Podcast of the Month in November 2025!
Bevin got the Seed Stewardship Award in January 2025 from the Central Indiana Seed Swap. Make a plan to attend this awesome event in 2026 if you’re in the area, more information at https://hcmga.org/central-indiana-seed-swap
2025 was the year for Herbs in Every Season, which was released in March 2025. We celebrated all year with our Patreon community by crafting seasonal boxes built around the book and inspired by its recipes and content. Get your copy here: https://www.smallhousefarm.com/product/herbs-in-every-season/
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