Home Gardener’s
Weekly
Issue
No. 109
January
24, 2025
The Best of Superfood Garden Summits Collection
In the Best of Superfood Garden Collection, you’ll learn tips, tricks, and techniques about all of your favorite gardening topics AND new ideas you may not have thought of before.
Some of the biggest names in gardening are part of this collection. This is our red carpet event—but in overalls and boots! 🧑🌾
Here’s why this collection is a must-have for gardeners like you:
🏆 20 Inspiring Gardening Presentations: Hand-selected from some of the most visionary voices in organic gardening.
🌱 Expert-Led Insights: These presenters aren’t just skilled growers—they’re passionate teachers who love inspiring gardeners worldwide.
💡 Endless Inspiration: Whether you’re battling snowy weather or stuck in a gardening rut, these presentations will rekindle your excitement and help you plan your best garden yet.
Don’t wait for inspiration to strike—it’s right here, ready for you! Imagine dreaming up your next garden filled with healthy, delicious superfoods and knowing exactly how to bring it to life.
↓ Take a look at the amazing presentations you’ll get! ↓
👩🏽🌾 We Decided to Become Farmers with Rob Herring
🩺 How Organic Superfoods Help Hormonal Balance and Skin with Dr. Trevor Cates
🌎 Climate Change with Marjory Wildcraft
🪴 Small Space Gardening with Enoch Graham
🔨 Building Lasagna Beds with Greg Peterson
✨ The Miracle of Soil Organic Matter with Matt Powers
🦹♀️ Supercharged Soil with Michael Kilpatrick
🍊 Double the Nutrient Content of Your Crops + Citrus for Cleansing with Jana Bogs
💩 Super Easy Composting with David the Good
🥦 5 Simple Ways to Grow More Food in the Same Space with Jason Matyas
👍 Succession Planting & Intercropping for Better Yields with Melissa Norris
🌰 Understanding Types of Seeds with Crystal Meserole
🌿 Garden Like an Herbalist with Heather Irvine
💧 Replacing Irrigation with Permaculture with Paul Wheaton
🕺 10 Garden Hacks with Stacey Murphy
🌱 Weeds are Superfoods Too (for you & your garden!) with Tasha Greer
🪲 Your First Step in Integrative Pest Management: Part 1: Observing Local Pest & Disease Patterns
🐝 Gardening with Bees with Catie Coman
🥗 Herbs for Dinner! with Kami McBride
☮️ Garden Healing: Celebrating Biodiversity and Peace with Manju Kumar
Can you learn to be a Green Thumb Grower? Yes, if you simply learn to observe! This habit is about having a relationship with your plants. Get curious and notice their needs and desires.
Learn to look at your garden from a beginner’s mind, and start by watching this video today.
Weekly Garden Tip:
Asking open-ended questions about your garden is a catalyst for vast improvements. Yes or no questions generally don’t leave enough room for the perspective shifts needed to help you see gardening in a new light. For example, instead of asking if you have healthy soil or need to improve it, asking, ‘What is one thing I can do to improve my soil this year?’ leaves your mind in a state of wonder, ready for exploration– a seed whose vines bear many fruit.
Gardening is about more than planting seeds—it’s about helping plants thrive despite challenges. After assisting thousands of gardeners, one lesson stands out: plants want to grow! With the right approach, you can help them succeed.
Read our blog and learn how to overcome common gardening hurdles and create a thriving garden.
FREE Resource:
The Essential Guide for the Home Fermenter
Getting cabin fever in this winter weather? Fermenting is a perfect indoor activity that boosts the nutrition of your foods. In this Guide, you’ll learn the how and why of fermentation, explore its history and types, discover its many benefits, and find out what you’ll need for a safe and successful start. Unlock the secrets of fermentation and enjoy a nourishing, fun new hobby!
Dear Arti:
Question: Do you think indoor grow lights will work with herbs throughout the winter? I want to grow parsley, chives, thyme, rosemary, and mint. – Steffi S., Slingerlands, NY
Answer: Hi Steffi,
So glad you asked! Yes, most herbs can thrive if grown indoors with lights during the winter. Be sure you provide enough light and that the light is positioned at the proper height for the herbs to photosynthesize properly.
If you’re wondering what the proper height is, that will depend on the type of light you’re using. Every light is different. Be sure to use a full spectrum bulb for plants, and I recommend purchasing from a company that specializes in agricultural lighting.
You also need to make sure you provide enough light hours. That will also depend on the light you use, but as a general rule, they’ll need many more hours than they need from the sun. I would say start with 14-16 hours for mature plants. If you’re growing seedlings, start with 18 hours.
Now, keep in mind that chives, thyme, rosemary, and mint are perennial, so you might consider providing a dormant period in the cold for them (especially the thyme and rosemary), as that is their natural cycle. If you want year-round harvest, you could do something like:
Grow two of each. Leave one outside at the beginning of winter for 6 weeks, then bring that one inside. As that one begins to produce, put the other one outside for the remainder of the winter.
And parsley is a biennial but we grow it as an annual, so you’ll want to replant this each year, as the second year the plant will focus on producing seed, not leaves.
I hope that helps, Steffi!
GYOV CEO and Lifestyle Gardener Denise Beins recognizes that winter brings balance, demonstrating the dependence and resilience of little lives. These freezing winter temperatures are taking out some of her hardier plants that can often over-winter in the area. As hummingbird feeders get frozen quickly, she is rotating feeders to feed the birds.
Thanks for nurturing nature, Denise!
Free Training
WHO: The Art of Anti-Aging
WHAT: Let’s Get Personal Summit
WHEN: Airing Now!
Want in on the most powerful secrets to look and feel your best, avoid and overcome disease, and live long and well?
22 world-renowned doctors & researchers are about to reveal the top health secrets from their specific areas of expertise that are so powerful – that have been proven so effective – that they themselves make certain to personally take these steps.
You haven’t heard all these secrets before, but you need to…
From Food to Freedom
WHO: Food Revolution Network
WHAT: From Food to Freedom
WHEN: Airing Now!
If you love powerful, life-changing stories, don’t miss From Food to Freedom—a must-see film available to watch for free right now! This inspiring documentary follows six individuals battling serious health challenges during the height of a pandemic as they embark on a bold 10-day journey to reverse disease using only the food on their plates.
Here’s why you’ll want to watch:
🌱 Discover how food can be a powerful tool to prevent and reverse disease.
💪 Be inspired by real people taking bold steps toward better health.
🎥 Enjoy a heartfelt, true story that will leave you motivated and hopeful.
Don’t miss your chance to catch this moving film during its free four-day screening. Watch now and see what happens when people take control of their health!
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HARVEST CLUB
This Monday during the weekly LIVE Q&A, Harvest Club members talked about how to make sure you have enough nutrients each season (even when your containers are too big to replace all the substrate), the hard reality about indoor heat-based food composters, and more!
To view the replay, log into your portal and click here!
🍅🥕🌽🫐🍆🌱 Get your questions answered and keep moving forward on your fresh food goals in Harvest Club! 🍅🥕🌽🫐🍆🌱
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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