Home Gardener’s
Weekly
Issue
No. 99
November
15, 2024
Webinar: Plant Wisdom
In today’s chaotic world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by everything happening around us. To stay grounded and centered, a powerful practice called plant communication can help you reconnect with nature and find peace amidst the storm. This ancient skill, long forgotten in modern culture, is something we all have the ability to tap into.
Plant communication allows you to receive guidance directly from plants, helping you stay calm, make clearer decisions, and care for yourself and others more effectively. To help you get started, our friend Kami McBride, author of The Herbal Kitchen, is offering a free webinar on how to awaken this ability. With over 30 years of experience, Kami will guide you in how to communicate with plants, overcome skepticism, and integrate plant wisdom into your life.
Webinar highlights:
• How to overcome doubts about plant communication.
• Recognizing when you’re truly connecting with plants.
• How plant communication supports a regenerative approach to herbalism.
• The importance of relational, Earth-directed learning in herbal studies.
Our community is full of creative, determined people like you who have made gardening part of their lifestyle…no matter what time of year it is and no matter what kind of space they have.
One of our students tackled a new project to grow greens year-round– an indoor closet garden!
In this video, you’ll learn about Shannon’s closet garden setup and Stacey’s tips for increasing yields indoors:
💜 Avoid mold, disease, and bugs with proper airflow
💜 How to get the most out of your lighting
💜 Fertilization for maximum health and harvest
Shannon’s closet garden has made a huge impact on her life and her health. 💪
Are you ready to get creative with your space and overcome obstacles so you can grow all year long?
🌿 In this downloadable guide, you’ll discover essential information about seed types to help you grow with confidence! Learn about the most common seed types, understand the key differences between GMO and patented seeds, and explore the distinction between market and biological terminology.
With this knowledge, you’ll be empowered to make informed choices and create a garden that truly aligns with your values. 🌱
Ready to start growing your own veggies and herbs? Our blog will walk you through the essentials of getting started with seedling gardening. Learn how to choose the best seeds, prepare your soil, and give your seedlings the care they need to thrive. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this resource will help you create a healthy, flourishing garden that provides fresh produce right from your backyard. Get started today and grow your own fresh foods at home! 🥕🌿
Weekly Garden Tip:
Avoid leaving more than 7 leaves on your leafy greens (like kale, collards, and chard) at any given time. There’s no need to leave more on the plant; that just cuts down on the air circulation, increasing the chance of disease. Plus, it invites all the more pests to feast on your harvest! Lessening the leaves also allows you to plant closer together and harvest smaller, more tender leaves.
Expand your garden toolkit with the garden tool that never wears out!
For many of us, our growing season has slowed and it may be a good time to be more reflective. What did you learn from your garden this season? What do you want to do differently next go round?
You might think of journaling as a garden extra, but it can be a powerful tool to gain insight and propel your journey forward. The secret is adapting that tool to your unique garden space, needs, and goals so that it really works for you!
Course Instructor Crystal Meserole has spent years developing the garden mindsets and journaling techniques that you find in this course. She shares them with the passion and generosity of a gardener who has been through it all…and who has come through with a thriving, successful garden!
Inside the Garden Mindset & Journaling Course, you’ll learn:
📓 The importance of honing in on your BIG WHY every year
📓 Mindsets to start off right and return to when you get off track
📓 Why garden overwhelm happens to almost everyone and how to navigate it
📓 How to create rituals that you enjoy and that keep you on track
📓 Different modes of journaling and the different ways they serve you
📓 How to set up inspiring journal spaces that get you in the mood
Your garden journal should conform to YOU, not the other way around.
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Fantastical Winter Garden 5-Day Adventure
The greatest myth in gardening is thinking there is a perfect growing season, but the reality is that growing food is a lifestyle! There is something to do all year round. So, why wait to get started?
Get started with the FREE 5-Day Fantastical Winter Garden Adventure focuses on how mindset impacts your garden. Plus, we’ll be growing together!
Dear Arti:
Question: Best organic method of weed control in raised beds; how to make my own organic weed control treatment? – Kaylene
Answer: Hi Keylene!
Any organic weed killer you use can still harm the beneficial organisms and plants around it. Plus, many organic weed killers don’t work as effectively as you’d hope.
Anything applied to the soil can affect its composition. For example, vinegar can kill weeds, but it also alters soil pH and can damage nearby plants.
I recommend hand-pulling weeds when you can. If you’re dealing with rhizome-spreading weeds, be sure to pull up as much of the root as possible. Afterward, you can help prevent new weeds by using mulch, planting biointensively, or adding ground covers like micro clover. If you keep pulling up those rhizome spreaders, they’ll eventually give up.
For ongoing weed management, you can use a hoe (I prefer the collinear hoe) and lightly scuff the top few inches of soil once a week. This will both kill weeds and expose pest pupae and eggs to the harsh environment above the soil surface, preventing them from maturing into pests. It’s a great two-in-one method!
I hope that helps!
🏡 In the GYOV Garden
GYOV CEO and Lifestyle Gardener Denise Beins added some leaves in some of her garden beds to enrich the soil for the next growing season.
She’ll let them do their magic, as they protect the soil and plant roots from winter temperatures as well as our magical superheroes in the soil (beneficial microbes and earthworms). They will break down in time for spring planting!
DOCUSERIES
Unbroken: Decoding Autoimmunity
WHO: Zonia
WHEN: November 25 – December 5, 2024
WHAT: Unlock immune-boosting secrets from 30 top doctors and health experts. Learn natural, safe ways to heal your body from the inside out— starting with fixing just one key chain link in your immune system. 💪
Discover green foods that block toxins, sugars, and fats, plus easy ways to boost your vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants for better health.
With the latest breakthroughs and real-life success stories, you’ll gain the tools to stop autoimmune reactions in their tracks.
Register now and get a free guide: The 18 Most Nutritious Greens and What They Can Do For You.
Inside the guide you’ll discover:
• A prehistoric green with 1045% of your daily vitamin K.
• A microgreen with up to 4000% more nutrients than mature greens.
• A Japanese veggie for better digestion and blood sugar control.
FREE SUMMIT
WHO: Heart Mind Institute
WHEN: November 19-24, 2024
WHAT: Are you tired of feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or held back by negative thoughts and limiting beliefs? The 2024 Rewiring Your Beliefs World Summit will provide you with the knowledge, skills, and support you need to break free from old patterns and habits that no longer serve you.
What we believe can often become our reality– even in the garden! 🌱 That’s why mindset is foundational in our courses.
Our friends at Heart Mind Institute and NeuroDynamic Institute have brought together world-renowned experts for this transformative 6-day event. You’ll explore ways to rewire your brain for optimal health, happiness, and life performance.
This summit is happening from November 19 – 24, 2024, and your free pass awaits you here along with immediate LIFETIME ACCESS to 3 powerful video interviews with Wim Hof, Sharon Salzberg, and John Assaraf, along with 2 insightful eBooks: Rewiring Your Beliefs and Neuro-Somatic Mindfulness!
Prepare to optimize your brain function, enhance your well-being, and achieve your fullest potential during this 6-day revolutionary journey.
It’s time to break free from limiting beliefs!
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HARVEST CLUB
This coming Monday, we’re releasing your Cabbage Growing Guide. Learn to grow, nurture, harvest, and store your cabbage.
Plus! Get a special GYOV recipe featuring cabbage. 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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