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Subscribe now A little about us Staci and Kaitlin met at their first job out of college (won’t name names on when that was). Fun fact: Staci took Kaitlin’s first headshot on the day it was due for Business School ID cards. Luckily Kaitlin had brushed her hair that day (not always a given), it was a sunny day, and Staci had an eye to spot the perfect white stucco wall outside of our suburban office park. Since then, they’ve stayed in touch and exchanged ideas and advice (and occasionally commiserate) over motherhood, careers, and…veggie gardening. Kaitlin has watched her Local Landscaper (da ..read more

This season, we are going to grow two separate garden beds: Salad Makings and a Kid’s Snacking Garden. Each of these will be 8ft by 4 ft. Your only homework this week is to pick a garden so that you can follow along with us. (We’re really setting the bar low to make this feel achievable…take the small win). We live in Zone 7, so that’s where we’ll be focused. Over time, we hope to expand. Choose your own adventure for the season… Salad Makings: Tomatoes and Cherry Tomatoes Carrots Radishes Lettuce of all types: salad greens, spinach, arugula, kale Cucumbers Peppers Basil Kid ..read more

I had one of my first panicky garden moments when I started to see flowers popping up on my veggie plants. Some of them are big, some of them are small, some of them are beautiful, but I didn’t know what to do with any of them. Let’s dive right in. Generally, the default recommendation is to leave the flowers. An “obvious but not obvious” point: flowers are where the actual tomatoes/peppers/etc. come from. (We’re not above the basics in this newsletter). BUT, that’s oversimplified and there are a few scenarios when you’d want to snip them off. It’s really a question of where the plant is putti ..read more

Harvesting Lettuce It’s important to harvest lettuce every so often to increase production (and enjoy the fruits/veggies of your labor). Quick lesson on why to make sure you keep harvesting: Stimulates growth of new leaves (promotes continuous harvest, maximizes yield) While you’re at it, remove damaged or diseased leaves — helps prevent the spread of disease Max quality: delaying harvest can lead to tough and bitter (aka over-mature) leaves Lucky for you, it’s pretty hard to f*ck up this part of the process. Here are the simple steps: Wait until there at least 6 leaves Cut lower ..read more

Square Foot Growing Once you have a raised bed, you need to decide what to plant, and how! Square foot growing is a really great beginners method for just getting the plants in the ground. Especially for those of us who are trying to maximize our small space, row planting can feel like you’re leaving too much soil on the table… Square foot gardening was developed by Mel Bartholomew in the 1980s. It involves dividing a garden bed into small square sections, typically 1 ft x 1 ft, and planting different veggies in each square. Great things about this method: It can morph to any amount of space ..read more

Over the next few Fridays, I’m going to take a slightly different approach. I get so many questions from you all now, and I just can’t keep up with sharing all of the distilled intel I want to share! We’re in the midst of prime gardening season, and I want to make sure you’re armed with the info you need. While I make steady progress in my mission to make growing your own veggies really, really ridiculously easy and fun, I want to give you a head start with research and content that’s helped me get going. This will be pinned so you can always find it, and I’ll continue to build it out as I go ..read more