Home Gardener’s
Weekly
Issue
No. 83
July
12, 2024
📝 Blog
Why You WANT Pests in Your Garden
Having a pest problem in your garden can feel exhausting, as if you are fighting a battle you are meant to lose. However, sometimes this problem can be solved by a simple mindshift change and some smart decision making, so nature can run its course- and you end up with a successful harvest! Check out this week’s blog post and learn why it is okay to allow some pests to stick around in the name of simpler, good steward gardening!
Step-by-Step Guide to 15 Breathwork Exercises
Stepping into the garden can sometimes feel like taking a deep breath. Aaaaahhh!
Breathwork, an ancient practice now well-verified by science, offers powerful benefits, and in this outstanding new guide from our friend Brian Vaszily, you’ll discover the exact steps for 15 easy and effective breathwork exercises. Each exercise targets different benefits, such as boosting energy, improving focus, reducing anxiety, eliminating negative thoughts, enhancing sleep, lowering blood pressure, relieving pain, and improving immune and gut health.
Get your completely FREE copy of The Easy Step-by-Step Guide to the Top 15 Breathwork Exercises right here. Brian, a good friend and a leading natural health & longevity researcher for over 20 years, is providing this 28-page report with easy instructions and visuals. This guide supports the upcoming Live Long & THRIVE Summit, a major online event not to be missed (more on that below).
🪴 Container Gardening Micro Course! 🪴
Learning the keys of container growing empowers you to create your best garden, which is why we’re excited for you to see our Container Gardening Micro Course!
An Online Format That Fits Your Busy Schedule
Access what you need, when you need it!
Four video lessons that teach you all you need to know to get started growing right at home.
Watch the pre-recorded lessons anywhere and anytime (with a good internet connection). You have lifetime access to these materials. All your lessons are ready for you to get started now.
This course includes videos, resources, and workbooks to help you:
🪴 How to find growing space you might not even know you have
🪴 How to get creative, even if your space isn’t “ideal”
🪴 How to customize growing conditions with containers
🪴 How to not invest a lot of time and money up front
🪴 How to create a garden to work for someone with limited mobility
🪴 How to grow your own herbs to save you money on your grocery bill
🪴 How to start small and add onto your garden at your own pace
🪴 How to care for your container garden plants
The course also includes a two month free Harvest Club Membership to receive answers to your questions and find YOUR best next step that to make the biggest impact toward reaching your garden goals. Learn with and from this positive private online community and receive support from our team of experts and students from all around the globe.
[Video] Container or Raised Bed Garden: What’s the Difference?
In many ways, gardening has its own language. This can feel a bit overwhelming, especially if you are new to gardening and want to invest your time and money in the right ways! This shares everything you need to know about the differences and similarities in container gardening and raised bed gardening, so you have the confidence boost you need to get your hands in the dirt.
Weekly Garden Tip:
Honing your watering skill can take time. Understanding how much to water different plants and recognizing when they need it can feel confusing when you’re just starting out. Rule of thumb for successful watering: Get to know your plant varieties! Learn when that plant wants water and how much they need in any given stage of growth. For example, don’t heavily water tomatoes the day before harvesting, and avoid harvesting tomatoes after a heavy rain. Otherwise, your tomatoes are likely to split from too much water after harvest. The tomato regulates fluid in the fruit… until you pick it!
FREE Resource:
Successful Pest Management for the Organic Grower
Check out this fantastic free resource to learn the most helpful and practical ways to get a handle on pest management in your garden! Pests can feel like a crisis to all of your hard work, and this eGuide explains just what you need to do so you can worry less and partner with nature to see results.
Product Feature: Permaculture Bundle
We’re thrilled to announce that Matt Huber’s, ‘Boosting Your Garden Yields by Growing Algae’ presentation will be featured in the Permaculture Adventure Bundle, curated by Superfood Garden Summit presenter Paul Wheaton. This bundle includes contributions from incredible experts like Paul Wheaton, Ben Falk, Michael Judd, Colleen Codekas, Curtis Stone, and Bevin Cohen.
This comprehensive package offers invaluable advice on boosting garden yields, finding the perfect homestead property, constructing natural buildings, ultimate raised bed gardening, creating homemade body products, wildcrafting, and much more. It provides a wealth of information through various media sources, including e-books, movies, plans, presentations, and digital magazines, making it an essential resource for both budding and experienced homesteaders.
Dear Arti:
Question: Something is eating the leaves and stems of my tomato plants. I can’t find any cut worms or see anything but [something] eats them right to the ground. What is it? What can I do to stop it? – Gloria
Answer: Hi Gloria,
While cutworms aren’t the only potential perpetrator here, they are the most likely. The caterpillars themselves spend the day hiding out in soil so you won’t see them during the day. Plus, they’re brown so they’re camouflaged in the soil.
Your best remedy is always prevention: Interrupt the life cycle BEFORE more eggs are laid. Scuffle the top 1-2” of soil twice per week with a hoe for 2-3 weeks before planting in your squash bed. This brings pupae to the soil surface. The sun will dry the eggs and larvae out and the birds will feed on larvae. Soil scuffing is your ultimate method for pest prevention and does the least damage to beneficials.
Another strategy is to plant beneficials that draw caterpillar predators into your garden.
If you’re a member of Harvest Club, you can download your Harvest Club guide on cutworms here for more tips on dealing with cutworms.
🏡 In the GYOV Garden
GYOV CEO and Lifestyle Gardener Denise Beins is busy growing lemon grass and lemon balm in containers. These two plants can spread more than desired, so growing in a container keeps it confined. Additionally, choosing to grow in a container allows Denise the ability to move her lemon grass indoors during the colder months!
Fresh Food Events for You!
Live Long and Thrive Summit
WHO: Brian Vaszily | The Art of Anti-Aging Institute
WHEN: July 17-23, 2024
WHAT: Do you want to stay active and enjoy your life to its fullest … including your garden … for years to come
Join us for the Live Long & THRIVE summit to learn practical ways to do just that!
Gain total clarity on the MOST powerful, little-known and evidence-based steps out there for you to fight disease, live long, and thrive…
From the most qualified healthy aging and longevity MDs and researchers on the planet – including true living legends, as you’re about to see.
*Replay Weekend*
The Best of the Essential Oils Revolution®
WHO: Health Means
WHEN: This Weekend! July 13 & 14
WHAT: The Best of the Essential Oils Revolution® is replaying this weekend!
Learn about using essential oils for health and healing.
Essential oils can be a key component to making your own body care and cleaning products. They’re also a vital ingredient when crafting homemade (non-toxic) medicines.
This is your chance to discover:
• DIYs for immediate pain relief
• Best essential oils for cooking
• Top essential oils for skincare
• Best essential oils for detoxification
• Specific oils to address anxiety
• And so much more!
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HARVEST CLUB
This coming Monday, we’re releasing your Valerian Growing Guide. Learn to grow, nurture, harvest, and store your valerian root. Plus, get a special GYOV recipe featuring valerian! Find it on your Growing Guide Dashboard HERE.
Not a member of our garden membership Harvest Club? You can get a one-time complimentary two month membership with any of our courses. Harvest Club has tons of resources to help you thrive. Plus, you get access to ongoing garden support through email. Learn more here.
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