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Home Gardener’s
Weekly
Issue
No. 93
September
20, 2024
Herbs for Preservation: Freeze or Dry?
Looking for the best way to preserve your fresh herbs? Check out our latest blog, “Herbs for Preservation: Freeze or Dry?”
We explore two easy methods: freeze herbs in ice cube trays to lock in flavor for soups and sauces, or hang them upside down to air-dry for long-term storage. Both techniques have their perks, so you can choose the method that fits your kitchen style and cooking needs! ❄️🌿
[Video] How to Grow $400 of Vegetables in 40 Days
Rising grocery prices? Frequent out-of-stock items? Economic uncertainty?
These are all great reasons to start growing your own vegetables and herbs while reducing your food costs. You can save hundreds—if not more—on your annual grocery bill! And the best part? It doesn’t require much time, effort, or space! Find out how by watching this video by Grow Your Own Vegetables’ Master Gardener Trainer Stacey Murphy, who grew over $400 of vegetables in 40 days.
Weekly Garden Tip:
If you live in a colder climate, use dark rock to build garden beds (or paint raised beds a dark color) to absorb more heat.
Turn raised beds into cold frames!
FREE Resource:
6 Tips to Maximizing Your Harvest
Unlock the secrets to a bountiful garden with our FREE resource: 6 Tips to Maximizing Your Harvest! 🌿
Inside, you’ll discover six expert tricks that farmers and top growers use to boost their yields:
🌱 Double up on rows without overcrowding your plants
🍅 Plant tomatoes strategically to expand your grow space and increase your harvest
🥕 Harvest root crops for higher yields and more produce
🥒 Bend spacing rules to fill your garden and harvest basket to the brim!
🥬 Extend your growing season with innovative gardening techniques
Rediscover gardening and transform your harvest! Download your free guide now and grow more than ever before…
The Fresh Food Essentials Course
Discover how to grow $400 worth of vegetables & herbs in 40 days
so you can enjoy the fresh food lifestyle!
The Fresh Food Essentials Course has several major benefits to consider…
🍅 Using this course format, it’s possible that you can grow enough vegetables in the first 40 days to cover the cost of this course 8x over!
🍅 Hourly, in-person consulting fees would run you $1000+ to get a garden started—and that’s just the set up! Tap into Stacey’s years of expertise at a significant discount.
🍅 You have lifetime access to the course! You’ll always have complete notes and videos you can come back to again and again.
In this course, you’ll find resources to discover a simple garden lifestyle
so you can enjoy a long, healthy life.
There are lots of different ways to garden. This course will show a practical step-by-step plan for your first wildly successful vegetable and herb garden. We’ll break down the information overload into easily digestible lessons so that you and your garden can easily thrive.
→ You choose! Grow in outdoor raised garden beds, containers, or start NOW with trays indoors—no matter what the weather is like outside. 😉
Discover how to choose the best tools and supplies from the garden stores so you can get started right. This course will show you exactly what you need!
“I grew hundreds of pounds of produce. Your class has been extremely helpful to me, an amazing value for the money. I honestly have not had this much progress planning an annual garden before this class, and I can’t thank you enough for your clarity, support, and optimism during this process!!!” – Lena
“Stacey speaks to issues and details most videos gloss over or omit. Furthermore, she has the ability to make complex topics easily understood and quickly implemented—a true gift. Her course is invaluable. Anyone can do this!” – Charlotte
“The biggest impact for me is having a better sense of confidence that I can grow organic produce successfully, and also the knowledge that I have a safety net if I have questions or problems in the future as an alumni who still has access to question/answer sessions. At this point, I feel it was definitely money well spent.” – Michele
FREE ONLINE EVENT:
October 3rd – 9th, 2024
Sleep, Energy & Hormone Summit
🌿 Join the Ageless Energy Summit:
Mastering Gut Health, Sleep, & Hormones in Midlife!
In today’s fast-paced world filled with processed foods, environmental toxins, and relentless stress, it’s no wonder so many are struggling with gut health issues… That may be what drew you to gardening– to take control of what you put into your body.
That’s why we’re excited to invite you to an extraordinary event hosted by renowned gut health experts, Jason Prall and Laura Frontiero, taking place from October 3-9, 2024. Introducing the Ageless Energy Summit: Mastering Gut Health, Sleep & Hormones in Midlife.
At this FREE online event, you’ll discover cutting-edge strategies to:
• Restore your microbiome and balance gut health
• Connect gut health with mental clarity and emotional well-being
• Eliminate food triggers without restrictive diets
• Reduce inflammation and improve digestion
• Explore the gut-brain axis and its impact on overall health
Imagine 🍽️ enjoying meals without discomfort, 🌞 waking up energized, and 🧘♀️ feeling fully in tune with your body. This future is within reach—take the first step now!
Product Feature
Unlock the secrets of traditional agriculture with cover cropping! 🌱
This time-tested technique boosts soil health by adding rich organic matter, also known as green manure, and essential nutrients for your next crop. Plus, it helps keep weeds at bay. 🌾
Choose the perfect cover crop seeds to match your garden goals and growing season today!
Dear Arti:
Question: Which are the best companion plants for peas and lettuce? – Lasita R.
Answer: Hi Lasita,
Great question! Well, I actually like to plant peas next to lettuce and other leafy greens. Peas are nitrogen fixers, so they take nitrogen from the air and put it in the soil– so cool!
Nitrogen is vital to the vegetative stage of a plant’s growth, so planting crops whose leaves you intend to harvest nearby can help that crop thrive! Lettuce, kale, chard, collard greens are all good choices. Annual herbs like cilantro, dill, parsley, and basil are great options too!
And keep in mind that other plants can thrive nearby with peas, but I prefer to plant the leafy crops near those nitrogen fixers.
I also like to plant lettuce in the warm season behind a crop I can prune, which helps me get lettuce later in the season. Indeterminate tomatoes are a good choice for this.
🏡 In the GYOV Garden
GYOV CEO and Lifestyle Gardener Denise Beins is hoping summer sticks around just long enough for her cucumbers and tomatoes to fully ripen. 🍅 Her cucumber plants are bursting with blooms, and the bees are still buzzing happily between those and the stunning sunflowers. 🌻🐝 What’s even better? Denise has planted her sunflowers in the curb strip for her neighbors to enjoy, too! 👩🌾 It’s a true community garden moment, spreading a little extra sunshine in the neighborhood.
Fresh Food Events for You!
FREE HERBAL Q&A
Herbal Salts and LIVE Q&A
with Kami McBride
Have you ever wished to go beyond simply dabbling with your favorite herbs or wondered how to seamlessly add more of them into your daily routine? If so, you’ll love Kami McBride’s video training on making your own culinary oils. In this training, you’ll learn to make her tried-and-true Gold Oil—it’s absolutely delicious!
Kami, a clinical herbalist with over 30 years of experience, has been teaching people just like you how easy it is to use common kitchen herbs and spices every day. Plus, when you visit the link below, you’ll get all the details for her upcoming Live Herbal Q&A Session. During this session, Kami will share how to make herbal salts and answer all your culinary herbal questions.
• What: Herbal Salts and Live Q&A with Kami McBride
• When: Tuesday, September 24th at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
Add this Q&A to your calendar
MASTERCLASS SERIES
Learn How to Heal Your Gut, Balance Your Hormones, & Reduce Stress.
WHO: Food Matters Institute
WHEN: Starts September 23rd
WHAT: Do you or a loved one struggle with gut issues, inflammation, mood swings, brain fog, or constant stress? 😓 Are these symptoms holding you back from the life you had hoped for? You’re not alone. Many top health experts have been where you are— and they’ve successfully overcome their symptoms, healed their conditions, and built thriving lives helping others do the same. You can, too! ✨
Whether you’re 30 or 70, it’s never too late to take control of your health. With the right knowledge, healing is absolutely possible. Get ready to discover lasting solutions for those unwanted symptoms and create a life that excites and inspires you every single day! 💪
When you register, you’ll also receive four FREE recipe eBooks to kickstart your journey:
📕 Top 10 Easy Recipes to Destress & Support Your Hormones
📙 10 Gut-Healing Recipes to Repair Your Microbiome
📕 10 Gut-Loving Plant-Based Foods
📙 7-Day Gut Healing, Anti-Inflammatory Meal Program
Here’s to healing! 🌱
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HARVEST CLUB
Garden Jam LIVE Q&A happening soon where Harvest Club members get LIVE support for all their garden questions to help you get more out of your garden.
Monday, Sept. 23rd, check out a special presentation with Greg Peterson on Irrigation & Water Conservation Made Easy.
Wednesday, Sept. 25th, join the LIVE Jam. Link to join will be emailed to Harvest Club members.
NON-Harvest Club Members: Wanna see what LIVE Q&As are like? Click here and watch our March 25th, 2024 GYOV LIVE Q&A.
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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