Six Groceries You'll Never Have to Buy Again Once You Listen to This

You don't have to douse your plants in Miracle-Gro to grow an abundant and beautiful garden. You don't even have to use fertilizer at all. (I don't!)

Now, I'm not talking about natural minerals or animal products. I'm talking about synthetic materials. Here's why I think you should stop using fertilizer in your garden and what to do to nourish your veggies instead. 

Shop Kitchen Garden Revival if you still need to set your garden up. And check out my book Leaves, Roots & Fruit for more tips on how you can grow WITH nature, not against it. 

Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.

For full show notes, head over to the Gardenary blog. 

Thanks for being a part of Gardenary! If you liked this episode, help us grow by sharing it with a friend!  And if you're not already following Gardenary @gardenaryco on Instagram, we can hang out over there too! You can see all the things I'm planting and growing in 2024, and I'd love it if you'd tag us in pics of your fertilizer-free garden! 

How do I keep animals out of my garden? That's the question we're answering in today's podcast. 

Everything from vine borers to gophers wants a piece of your vegetable garden, and you're stingy. You don't want anything but YOU enjoying all that fresh, delicious produce—I get it! Here's what you can do to keep pests out of your garden space without using sprays or cages or coyote urine. 

Shop Kitchen Garden Revival if you still need to set your garden up. 

Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.

For full show notes, head over to the Gardenary blog. 

Thanks for being a part of Gardenary! If you liked this episode, help us grow by sharing it with a friend!  And if you're not already following Gardenary @gardenaryco on Instagram, we can hang out over there too! You can see all the things I'm planting and growing in 2024, and I'd love it if you'd tag us in pics of your garden! 

Controversial opinion: mulch is NOT necessary in a vegetable garden. In fact, mulch can actually do more harm than good. Here are three reasons I don't use mulch in any of my raised-bed kitchen gardens. 

Shop Kitchen Garden Revival if you still need to set your garden up. 

Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.

For full show notes, head over to the Gardenary blog. 

Thanks for being a part of Gardenary! If you liked this episode, help us grow by sharing it with a friend!  And if you're not already following Gardenary @gardenaryco on Instagram, we can hang out over there too! You can see all the things I'm planting and growing in 2024, and I'd love it if you'd tag us in pics of your mulch-free garden! 

Annie learned how to garden while living in NYC, and now she's building a hugely successful garden consulting business, Seed and Vine, in Columbus, Ohio, and raising her two young children.

Here's what a year of gardening looks like in Ohio. Make sure to stick around for Annie's tips on how to grow potatoes in raised beds.

Visit Seed and Vine Co here: https://www.seedandvine.co/

Follow Annie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seedandvineco/

If you live anywhere near Columbus, you definitely need to check her out. 

Learn how to become a Gardenary Consultant like Annie at https://www.gardenary.com/

If you want someone like Annie to come help you grow right where you are, you can find a garden consultant near you at gardenary.com/garden-consultant-inquiry. 

For full show notes, head over to www.gardenary.com/podcast. 

Thanks for being a part of Gardenary! If you liked this episode, help us grow by sharing it with a friend!  And if you're not already following Gardenary @gardenaryco on Instagram, we'd love to hang out over there too! You can see all the things I'm planting and growing in 2024. 

If there is one thing that I am convinced that every single person in the entire world could grow themselves, it is salad. We really could change the world for the better if each of us decided to grow our own greens at home.

If you want details for how to grow salad plants, I've got a step-by-step guide in my book, Leaves, Roots & Fruit, so you don't have to grow alone! 

Shop Kitchen Garden Revival if you still need to set your garden up. 

Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.

For full show notes, head over to the Gardenary blog. 

Thanks for being a part of Gardenary! If you liked this episode, help us grow by sharing it with a friend!  And if you're not already following Gardenary @gardenaryco on Instagram, we can hang out over there too! You can see all the things I'm planting and growing in 2024, and I'd love it if you'd tag us in pics of your double harvests! 

I'm not a homesteader. I'm not trying to live off the grid or anything. I spend about five minutes a day in my garden, and here's what I haven't had to buy at the grocery store in years. If I can do it, you can do it too! These are simple plants you can grow in a small space so that you never have to buy them again.

If you want details for how to grow these plants, I've got step-by-step guides in my book, Leaves, Roots & Fruit, so you don't have to grow alone! 

Shop Kitchen Garden Revival if you still need to set your garden up. 

Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.

For full show notes, head over to the Gardenary blog. 

Thanks for being a part of Gardenary! If you liked this episode, help us grow by sharing it with a friend!  And if you're not already following Gardenary @gardenaryco on Instagram, we can hang out over there too! You can see all the things I'm planting and growing in 2024, and I'd love it if you'd tag us in pics of your double harvests! 

My top ten most viral videos this year got over 20 million views on Instagram alone and helped me grow my account to now 800,000 followers! Here's a little bit about what made each of these videos viral sensations.

If you have a small business and want to learn more about using Instagram to grow your audience, visit Wyldly at https://wyldlyco.com/ and sign up for the challenge.

Follow Wyldly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wyldlyco/

Thanks so much for being part of the Grow Your Self podcast and making the garden ordinary with me here at Gardenary. I would love it if you would come and say hello on Instagram, give the podcast a like, and please leave a review. Your reviews help other people know whether or not this show is worth a listen. 

Did you know you can grow your own organic salad greens for at least six months of the year, no matter where you live? After you hear this, you'll have no more excuses not to have all your favorite greens growing at your house because I'm about to give you the complete guide from start to finish.

This is Chapter 3 of my step-by-step gardening system. Grab a copy of my book, Leaves, Roots, and Fruit to check out the other steps. 

Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.

For full show notes, head over to the Gardenary blog. 

Thanks for being a part of Gardenary! If you liked this episode, help us grow by sharing it with a friend and leaving a review! And if you're not already following Gardenary @gardenaryco on Instagram, we can hang out over there too! You can see all the things I'm planting and growing in 2024, and I'd love it if you'd tag us in pics of your beautiful salad harvests! 

If you're not a huge fan of kale, that's because you've been getting your kale from the wrong place (read: the grocery store). Homegrown kale is so delicious, tender, and nutritious, and growing enough for an entire year is easier than you think!

If you want details for how to grow kale and other leafy greens, I've got step-by-step guides in my book, Leaves, Roots & Fruit, so you don't have to grow alone! 

Shop Kitchen Garden Revival if you still need to set your garden up. 

Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.

For full show notes, head over to the Gardenary blog. 

Thanks for being a part of Gardenary! If you liked this episode, help us grow by sharing it with a friend!  And if you're not already following Gardenary @gardenaryco on Instagram, we can hang out over there too! You can see all the things I'm planting and growing in 2024, and I'd love it if you'd tag us in pics of your beautiful kale harvests! 

I'm chatting with one of my favorite gardeners today, Katie Oglesby of Katie Oglesby Garden in Lake Geneva, WI. Contrary to popular belief about gardening in cold climates, she actually gardens from March all the way to November. Not just gardens, but creates the most magical growing spaces. 

If you're gardening in a colder climate, you're going to be so inspired by all the incredible things Katie grows for so many months of the year.

And if you love raspberries, you've got to hear her growing tips. I'm renaming her the Million Dollar Raspberry Woman. 

Find Katie at katieoglesby.com and on Instagram @katiemoglesby. If you live in Wisconsin, you definitely need to check her out. 

If you want someone like Katie to come help you grow right where you are, you can find a garden consultant near you at gardenary.com/garden-consultant-inquiry. 

For full show notes, head over to www.gardenary.com/podcast. 

Thanks for being a part of Gardenary! If you liked this episode, help us grow by sharing it with a friend!  And if you're not already following Gardenary @gardenaryco on Instagram, we'd love to hang out over there too! You can see all the things I'm planting and growing in 2024.