Grow Your Self
Surprising stories about the food you eat everyday and help to start to grow some herbs, salad, and vegetables yourself. Hosted by Nicole Burke, Owner of Rooted Garden and Gardenary Inc., Grow Yourself will wake you up to the wonder that's sitting on your plate and inspire you to change your life by growing in a garden of your very own.
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Do you want a garden that is easy to maintain, looks stunning, and gives you a ton of food? If you're saying yes, yes, and yes!, then you've gotta learn my planting plan system. Follow these 6 easy steps to plan your vegetable garden like a pro.
Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.
Grab my books, Kitchen Garden Revival and Leaves, Roots & Fruit to help you grow more: https://shop.ga...
No sun? No problem! If you're gardening on a covered patio or in a backyard shaded by trees and houses, there are still herbs that will thrive with your low light situation.
Learn more about growing your favorite herbs in my book, Leaves, Roots & Fruit.
Watch my video on why you're killing cilantro here.
Get everything you need to grow your own herbs in a container here.
Flowers can make your vegetable garden much more beautiful, productive, and fun! Here's my cheatsheet for the best flowers to add to your raised beds each growing season.
Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.
Grab my books, Kitchen Garden Revival and Leaves, Roots & Fruit to help you grow more: https://shop.gardenary.com/collections/books
Shop Vegetables Love Flowers here.
I'm chatting with LaTasha Harrell of Anne Harvest in Houston, Texas, on the Grow Your Self podcast today. LaTasha specializes in all things green and is one of my favorite gardeners to follow.
Note: This was recorded in November of 2023.
Visit Aneu Harvest: https://www.aneuharvest.com/
Follow LaTasha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aneuharvest/
Learn how to become a Gardenary Consultant like LaTasha at https://www.g...
You're never going to kill cilantro ever again after you listen to this podcast. Cilantro plants aren't actually that hard to grow—there's just one factor that's making or breaking your cilantro game in the garden.
Learn more about growing your favorite herbs in my book, Leaves, Roots & Fruit.
Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.
For full show notes, head over to the Gardenary ...
There's one thing worse than never starting a garden, and that's starting a garden and then quitting because your plants die or you're just not having success.
The barriers to learning how to garden can be high, but a garden consultant can help. Learn all the reasons it's worth it to hire a garden consultant to help you get started.
Find a consultant near you at www.gardenary.com/garden-consultant-inquiry.
In this episode, I'm breaking down how much money you could charge clients if you start working as a garden consultant. (No, you don't have to keep giving away your garden expertise for free!)
Join our Gardener's Side Hustle Workshop if you're interested in turning your love of the garden into a business: https://www.gardenary.com/hustle
Find show notes for the Grow Your Self podcast at www.gardenary.com/podcast.
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Today, I'm telling you 10 of my favorite plant combinations that you've got to try in your own garden. I don't really use companion planting charts, but I do aim for a wide variety of plants. I'll teach you how I determine which plants will grow well together and result in a beautiful, abundant harvest basket!
Tell me: which plant combo are you most excited to grow?
Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.g...
I am many things, but a homesteader is not one of them. What I am is BUSY. If you're busy, too, you can still grow food to enjoy daily with less than half an hour of tending each week. Here are five types of garden-fresh foods you can enjoy every single day even if you're not a homesteader or farmer, even if you have just a small garden space.
Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.
I learned how to garden on the go while raising four young children. I didn't even know enough to know all the "rules" I was breaking. I was just having fun and figuring things out as I went. And it turns out, I still like my way of doing things, even though most people find it weird.
Here are some "weird" things you can start trying out in your garden to make it more fun and maybe even work better than the "right way" to do thi...
Did you know you could use plants to protect your other plants? That's right.
This type of companion planting is one of the best forms of organic pest control. This packed episode is your guide to the best herbs you can plant in your garden to protect your fruits and vegetables from pests ranging from ones you can barely see (aphids) to ones as large as you (deer) and everything in between.
Shop Kitchen Garden Revival if you st...
Did you know that Americans are expected to spend $180 billion (that's right, billion with a B) on gardening and landscaping in 2024? I've been in the gardening business since 2015, and today I want to tell you some crazy facts about this industry.
If you love gardening, learn how you can help others start their own gardens and make a little piece of that billion-dollar-pie.
Join us for the Gardener's Side Hustle here: https:...
Meet the lady who's transforming Davidson, North Carolina, into a beautiful, edible, luffa-covered city! I'm chatting with Sara Rubens of Seed to Sanctuary today on the Grow Your Self Podcast.
Note: This was recorded in November of 2023.
Visit Seed to Sanctuary: https://www.seedtosanctuary.com/
Follow Sara on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seed2sanctuary/
and Facebook: http://facebook.com/seedtosanctuary
There are so many planting rules out there, and I break about 90% of them in my garden. I'm going to tell you why breaking some of the most common rules just makes sense and why planting the Gardenary way is more fun!
Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.
For full show notes, head over to the Gardenary blog.
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Nothing can awaken all of your senses like gardening. It's the ultimate keystone habit if you're looking to spend more time outdoors, exercise more, eat fresher foods, or do a little something to help out the planet.
Here's your inspiration to make 2024 the year you start a garden.
Grab your 2024 Gardenary Planting Calendar for free at www.gardenary.com/podcast.
For full show notes, head over to the Gardenary blog.
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If you like surprises, then roots might be one of your favorite things to grow in the garden because you won't really know what you're getting until you—Surprise!—pull them up. When the thing you want to harvest grows underground, you have to accept that most of the magic will happen out of sight.
And growing roots really is magical. Here's how to plant, tend, and harvest your own carrots, radishes, and beets.
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 gard...
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 ...
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.
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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.instagra...
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