The Garden Culture Podcast with Bailey Van Tassel: Recent Episodes
Bailey Van Tassel
The Garden Culture Podcast is more than just a how-to garden podcast, this is a place where we let the garden inspire our lives, as well as get to know incredible people who infuse their own lives with the magic of nature and gardening. Follow along as we talk about what to do in the garden each month and interview interesting people who weave gardening into their lives. Our host, Bailey Van Tassel, is a home gardener and the founder of a national gardening club. Her goal is to get more people gardening, especially in suburbia and small spaces, as she has. Bailey's mission is to make gardening an American pastime and a part of our innate culture. Her hope is to have more families raise their kids with a reverence for nature and an instinct for growing their own food and flowers.
Join Bailey Van Tassel as she talks through her Fall gardening seed order and what exactly she's planting, why, and with which other plants. She shares some fun stories about her seed choices and who influenced her as well as where she sources her seeds.
For a guide to seed starting that Bailey wrote, go here. Download a calendar that outlines when exactly to start seeds or transplants for your US hardiness zone. You NEED this.
Seed sources: Johnny Selected Seeds Territorial Seed Co Botanical Interests Renees Seeds
For more info on Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com www.instagram.com/baileyvantassel
In this episode, Bailey interviews Liz "Ms.Magic" Hayes about her work as a healer and inner child expert. They talk about how the family unit resembles a garden and how to be the gardener that guides your family. Liz gives tips on cultivating your inner child and how to hear your inner being (they're different).
Mentioned in this episode: Abraham Hicks Liz's Book Rec: "Behaving As If The God In All Things in Life Mattered" by Michelle Small Wright For more info on Liz, you can find her on Instagram HERE.
For more info on Bailey Van Tassel, go to www.baileyvantassel.com
For more information on Heirloom Roses, go to www.heirloomroses.com and use code MYGARDEN20 for 20% off.
Bailey Van Tassel dives into her personal advice on getting started when it comes to organic gardening and growing your own food. She tackles hardiness zones, soil, and other good-to-know insights.
For more information on Bailey, visit her at www.baileyvantassel.com or on Instagram HERE.
For information on Heirloom Roses, go to www.heirloomroses.com and use the code MYGARDEN20 for 20% off.
Angela Ferraro Fanning started out as a graphic designer with a passion for eco-wise choices. She then went from holistic homesteader on just ¾ of an acre to full-on permaculturist operating her historic farm in New Jersey. Angela teaches us, organic gardeners, how to implement permaculture principles like companion planting, working with animals, and taking cues from the patterns in nature to help us have self-sustaining gardens that work for us, not against us. She also digs into the benefit of perennials, and how we can transition into a beck and call system with our plants that leads to self-maintenance. This conversation is so enlightening for even home gardeners with just a few pots.
For more information on Angela, visit www.axeandroothomestead.com, or find her on Instagram HERE. For more information on Bailey Van Tassel, visit www.baileyvantassel.com or find her on Instagram HERE.
To read the books written by Angela: The Little Homesteader Series The Harvest Table Cookbook The Sustainable Homestead
Angela’s top book recommendations: Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown Miraculous Abundance by Perrine Herve-Gruyer
For more information on Heirloom Roses and their own-root roses, visit www.heirloomroses.com Use code MYGARDEN20 for 20% off! Fall is the perfect time to plant roses, so don't miss out on this great deal.
Bailey opens up her inbox for questions and inquiries. In this episode, she answers the questions and shares a bit more about her personal journey as well as gives specific gardening advice. Bailey addresses when she shifted from city to gardening life, how to get onions going, why your greens aren't growing, how to achieve balance as a mom and gardener, and where she gets her garlic.
Some links for mentions in this episode: Fall Gardening Episode 032 for Fall planning The Kitchen Garden Society as a tool for staying organized Dr. Becky Good Inside Dixon Dale Farm for Onions Food in Jars by Marisa McClellan Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden Territorial Seed Co for garlic
Mark Peacock moved to the US from London in 2020 and began a new gardening journey. He shares his story with us and how he grew up in the United Kingdom gardening, eventually went to school for landscape design, ended up in the editorial world, and now is living in America gardening in Austin, Texas. Mark and Bailey chat about the differences and difficulties of a new growing zone, as well as what could make gardening a bigger part of the American culture. For more information on Mark, you can follow him on Instagram HERE.
Mark's gardening book recommendations: RHS Encyclopedia of Plants The Secrets of Successful Gardening by Richard Sudell, 1939 The Lost Gardens of England The Jewel Garden by Monty and Sarah Don
Some tools mentioned in this episode: Garden Heir Long Necked Watering Can Dutch Hoe
For information on The Kitchen Garden Society, www.thekitchengardensociety.com
Every gardener needs to evaluate the time, space, and cost of their plants in order to make sense of what to grow and not grow. Today's episode is another nod at the oncoming Fall seasons and explores how I use a return on investment mindset for growing my own vegetables. Things we will talk through are the time it takes to leave something in a bed, the space it takes up, the cost of seedlings vs the cost of local or grocery store-bought crops, how much water something needs, etc. These are all crucial aspects of how we decide what to grow and how much of it.
For more information about Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com For information on Bailey's "Poker Planting" method, go HERE.
It's time to start planning and preparing for the Fall/Winter garden so that we can order bulbs and seeds. In this episode, we're digging into garden prep with crop rotation and soil amending, herbs, veggies, flower bulbs, and garlic. Bailey covers overwintering and gives a few lists of what to think about growing this upcoming fall gardening season in each category of flowers, herbs, and veggies.
Mentioned in this episode are two great gardeners who have mastered the flower bulb lasagne method: Arthur Parkinson and Claus Dalby.
Bailey buys her garlic from Territorial Seed Co and has a blog about growing garlic here.
For all the plant lists and more in-depth show notes, visit www.baileyvantassel.com
Dear friend and horticulturist Kristen Colvin gives us some practical pest tips that will help both now, and also in advance of a new season. She talks us through pest prevention in the home garden and also the steps for when you see trouble. Kristen talks about when to plant a plant to help combat common ailments, as well as her favorite trap plant and why. To find out more about Kristen, you can find her on Instagram HERE.
Some links mentioned: Moleskin with dots for keeping your garden journal, HERE.
Book recommendations: Gardening Under Lights by Leslie Halleck Plant Grow Harvest Repeat by Meg Cowden
For more information about Bailey, www.baileyvantassel.com
Today I'm digging deep into my favorite organic gardening approaches, as well as spilling the beans on what I most closely follow.
Now that we're in Summer, it's time to plan for Fall/Winter. This episode walks through the very basics of Bailey's favorite gardening styles:
- Square Foot Gardening
- No-Till Gardening
- Ruth Stout Method
- Hugelkulture
- Back to Eden Method
- Lasagna Method
- French Intensive Gardening
To find your US Hardiness zone, go here: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/
Links talked about:
Square Foot Gardening
Mel's Soil Mix
The Postage Stamp Garden Book
Charles Dowding No Dig
For more info on Bailey go to www.baileyvantassel.com
Today Bailey Van Tassel talks to Farmer Greg Reese about his entry into farming, and now 1,000 tiny farms - his project to help get small urban farms off the ground. Greg goes from zero experience to woofing in Hawaii and eventually spearheads the 1,000 Tiny Farms movement as well as a new agrihood in San Diego County. He's passionate about soil health, nutrient density, and getting people close to their food.
For more information about Farmer Greg, visit www.1000tinyfarms.com
For more info on Bailey Van Tassel, visit www.baileyvantassel.com
Today we're talking to Jill Winger of The Prairie Homestead all about legacy, as well as why and how to do the homestead life - no matter where you are. Jill has been sharing for years about cooking from scratch, organic gardening, and living a country life. Now, she's written her second book which helps to inspire people from all walks of life to consider simple homestead living.
We talk about how she's adjusted her gardening approach as time goes on, herbicide contamination, thinking critically and independently, and so much more.
To get more info about Jill Winger: www.theprairiehomestead.com
Jill Winger on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jill.winger
For more info on Bailey Van Tassel: www.baileyvantassel.com or www.instagram.com/baileyvantassel
Books mentioned:
Elliott Coleman: https://amzn.to/4371HzY
Michael Pollan's Second Nature
Wendell Berry's The Unsettling of America
We're back! After a long maternity leave. Here's the scoop on what Bailey planted this year, the changes she made, and overall what the plan is for her spring and summer garden.
For more information on Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com
Learn about her gardening subscription, The Kitchen Garden Society, at www.thekitchengardensociety.com
Leah is a vintage expert and interior stylist. She's also a breath of fresh air, surprising Hollywood when she left the TV industry to start a homestead in Texas. She was on the popular show, Fablife alongside Tyra Banks and Chrissy Teigen, and then went on to have her own television program, Home to Homestead.
Leah tells us about how and why she made the transition, how she considers herself a soil farmer and vermicomposter, and so much more.
For more about Leah find her on Instagram HERE.
For more info on The Kitchen Garden Society: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
For more info on Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com
In this episode, we explore the flower industry and the realities of its impact on the world, our soil, in your home, for workers, etc. Unfortunately, few regulations exist where most commercial flowers are grown. These highly chemically treated plants are then delivered to our grocery stores and the mass market in the US, eventually sitting right on our countertops.
Brianna Bosch of Blossom and Branch Farm offers some great tips and advice, talks about renoavting her own growing space to be sustainable, growing flowers, and overall educates us on thinking beyond the red rose and flowers being available year-round.
For more info on Brianna, follow her on Instagram here.
You can find Bailey at www.baileyvantassel.com or checkout her membership, The Kitchen Garden Society here.
Lisa Bass is with us today, the woman behind Farmhouse on Boone. She is a wife, mother to 7, and successful entrepreneur who has led many women through the ins and outs of blogging and YouTubing, yet also sharing her own simple living and handmade life.
Lisa shares about what it takes and key decisions that she's made to allow for only working a few hours a day while homeschooling and homemaking. She talks about her approach to gardening, and overall "home life".
We talk a lot about Lisa's amazing blogging course, which you can check out here. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to start blogging or start taking it more seriously.
For all things Lisa and Farmhouse on Boone: www.farmhouseonboone.com
Some things we mention:
Nourishing Traditions book
YouTube channels for Eugenia Diaz, Her86m2, and Shay Elliott's The Elliott Homestead.
For more info on Bailey Van Tassel: www.baileyvantassel.com
For info on Bailey's monthly gardening membership, The Kitchen Garden Society: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
Jill Ragan joins us today with the good word on farming in a tiny but mighty space. She tells us her story of starting a farm from scratch with no experience farming or gardening at scale and going from market farmer to flower farmer to educator, and now author. She gardens year-round and talks about how she stewards herself as a gardener as well as seeks to educate others on their journey in growing.
Jill's book, The Tiny But Mighty Farm is a great resource for anyone wanting to grow in a small space with maximum yield.
Some other books mentioned:
The New Organic Grower by Elliot Coleman
The Lean Farm by Ben Hartman
The First Time Gardener:Growing Vegetables by Jessica Sowards
For more info on Bailey visit www.baileyvantassel.com
Check out Bailey's monthly gardening membership to keep you on track no matter what US Hardiness zone you are in at www.thekitchengardensociety.com
In this episode, we dig into "seasonal eating" with one of my dear friends, Annette Thurmon, of Azure Farm. Annette has taught me a lot about eating seasonally and its benefits. We talk about how to eat seasonally, choosing what's in season first when planning meals, nutrient density, eating plant-based, and so much more!
To find out more about Annette: www.azurefarmlife.com
Annette's cookbook, The Harvest Table: https://amzn.to/3w2gVat
Annette's Membership: www.livehomegrown.com
For more about Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com
The garden in January is Winter's garden, with a dash of longer days promising spring's return. Let's explore what's happening in the kitchen garden, for foraging, and inside the home as we lean into preparing for this beautiful year ahead of us. There is still a chance for starting seeds, finding wild foods, and also tending to our gardens even if not growing much.
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www.baileyvantassel.com for more info on Bailey Van Tassel
In this episode of The Garden Culture Podcast, Bailey Van Tassel interviews Chloe MacKintosh of Boxwood Avenue. Chloe started a blog years ago with the aim to sell pillows and share about her ranch life. She soon turned that blog into a successful business and then an interior design firm, eventually a brick-and-mortar shop, The Boxwood Mercantile. Chloe still finds time to connect with nature, plant her garden each season, and lead international retreats. She now shares with us her search for true meaning in the merchandise space, as well as the stories that go alongside the beautiful goods and wares that she finds.
Chloe has been deeply inspired by nature since she was a little girl and shared the connection between gardening and life and business with us.
Find Chloe here: www.boxwoodavenue.com
Some Links:
Western Sunset Gardening Book
Savory Institute
Epic Gardening
About The Kitchen Garden Society: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
Join us for a ONE-TIME offer of an annual membership (at a discount) with code MASTERCLASS
Let's take a peek into gardening in 2023, what we're talking about here on the podcast, what I'll be focusing on in the garden, and over in The Kitchen Garden Society.
Things I do to take stock of heading into the new year:
- A personal download of the highs and lows of the year
- Review my garden journal and take inventory of what worked, what didn't, what I want to change, and what I'm inspired about
Coming up: A Garden Planning Masterclass! I'm walking you all through my EXACT planning method for mapping out the garden. It's FREE. Sign up HERE.
I have planned dozens and dozens of gardens for people, and this method has proved to work!
I also have a deal for you for joining The Kitchen Garden Society - a one-time offer to join via an annual membership at a 20% discount. Use code: MASTERCLASS.
Some gardening subjects I'm excited to dig into:
- Maximizing growing vegetables
- Cut flower gardening year round
- Getting taller cut flowers
- Biodynamics
- Permaculture on a small scale
- Landscape design (borders and hardscape)
- Designing kitchen gardens
- Sustainable fashion
- Understanding glyphosate
- Agri-hoods
Email me with requests! Guests, subjects to cover, anything! Bailey.vantassel@gmail.com
This episode inspired me so much! Wow. Jordan and Silvan have found some innovative ways to live off the land without actually owning any land! They also go into this seasonal challenge that they do, their staple crops, how and where they grow, and so much more.
Jordan and Silvan are experienced farmers and sustenance gardeners who specialize in small-scale food production in an urban environment. After running a small organic CSA farm in North Carolina for a couple of years, Silvan and Jordan relocated to Pittsburgh and focused on making their home garden and community garden plots a source of abundant food and education. In addition to their popular Instagram and TikTok profiles where they share their journey eating what they grow, forage and hunt, Silvan and Jordan both write freelance gardening articles for the online publication Wild & Whole. They also just finished their comprehensive online gardening and preserving course, The Complete Guide to Growing Your Own Food.
Link to their gardening course & website:
https://homegrownhandgathered.retrieve.com/store/#/general/the-complete-guide-to-living-off-your-garden
https://homegrownhandgathered.com/
Their handle for both Instagram and TikTok is @homegrownhandgathered.
Books mentioned
Farming the Woods by Ken Mudge
https://amzn.to/3UZfmUS
The No-Till Farm by Daniel Mays
https://amzn.to/3hrpcRR
Incredible Wild Edibles by Sam Thayer
https://amzn.to/3FQh7j5
For more info on The Kitchen Garden Society: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
This is Bailey's monthly gardening subscription where we get you your best season yet! It's where gardening meets life, saves you time, and keeps you inspired.
There are plenty of ways to garden without any land! Believe me, I know from experience! I review eight ways that you can start gardening with no acreage, most of which I have tried and done myself! This could also be explained as "urban gardening", small space gardening, balcony gardening, etc. - anyone that doesn't have a lot of space or access to in-ground planting.
First, thank you to my members in The Kitchen Garden Society - my monthly membership. We are staying on track in the garden together, as well as infusing our lives with the magic of seasonal eating, living daily in the rhythms of nature, and so much more. I'll hope you'll check it out!
Here are the 8 Ways To Garden Without Land Tips:
- Container gardening
- Vertical gardens
- Community gardens
- HOA garden approach
- Appeal to the city you live in
- Volunteer for someone else in their garden
- Approach a restaurant or chef
- Grow Indoor herbs and bulbs
Some links that I mention:
Lettuce Grow vertical farmstand by Zooey Deschanel
Small Space Gardening blog - behind the scenes on my designing a tiny 2'x4' garden: https://baileyvantassel.com/2021-2-23-garden-design-behind-the-scenes-sage-cottage-starter-garden/
Grow herbs indoors with something like this: https://amzn.to/3iNEEI5
I hope you've been inspired by this episode! Share with someone who keeps talking about wanting to garden, and if you've loved this, subscribe!
xo,
B
Today I chat with Kayla Lobermeier, co-founder of Under a Tin Roof. Kayla has been a successful gardneing, and historical living blogger with various other gigs for about a decade. She is known for her amazing food and homestead-inspired videos on Instagram, as well as her prairie-core aesthetic. In this episode we dig into zero waste, living historically, and what the journey from market gardener and CSA to blogger looked like, as well as hear about moves from country to city to back again.
For more info about Kayla, visit www.underatinroof.com
You can also find her on Instgram at www.instagram.com/underatinroof
About The Kitchen Garden Society: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
Thank you so much to our loyal members over in The Kitchen Garden Society, Bailey Van Tassel's monthly gardening membership where all US hardiness zones can stay up to day on what to be doing each month, get seasonal recipes, as well as learn more skills for in the garden.
Today we're going through nine ideas for making homegrown/ from the garden gifts! These are all inspired by what's accessible right now in my own garden. Plenty of ideas to get you going, and there is no shame in purchasing some garden goods to gift - it's the though that counts my friends.
I hope you enjoy and get into gifting something simple, thoughtful, and easy.
A started bulb in water vase link HERE
Herb Garden Aluminum container: Walmart
Tea bags in tins - get tins HERE & bags HERE
Chive and rosemary salt herb glass containers HERE
Herbed wine blog post HERE
Link to Leah Larabell on Episode 3 HERE
Pressed flowers for bookmarks HERE
Learn more about my favorite natural cleaning product, Koala Eco HERE!
For more info on Bailey Van Tassel, visit https://www.baileyvantassel.com
Lauren Liess is a wildly successful interior designer, author, shop owner, cook, mother, and so much more. Her design philosophy is deeply inspired by nature and her life pursuing the outdoors. Today we talk about how nature really speaks to her projects on all levels, how she makes time to garden and why it’s so important to her.
For all things Lauren Liess go to www.laurenliess.com where she shares personal musings, design, gardening, recipes, an amazing shop, and more.
Some links from within the episode:
“The Thoughtful Gardener” by Jinny Blom
https://amzn.to/3SYV7G4
“The Art of Outdoor Living” by Scott Shrader
https://amzn.to/3DWnoss
Starbright Farms hydrosol
https://www.starbright-farm.com/shop?category=Hydrosols
For more info on Bailey Van Tassel: www.baileyvantassel.com
For more info on Koala Eco:: www.baileyvantassel.com/naturalcleaning
Or visit this link to snag some right now: https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=2032067&u=2536335&m=125166&urllink=&afftrack=
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Welcome to November in the garden, kitchen, forests, and home. This month we celebrate cool season crops, chestnuts, and much more - like my special twist on what we're thankful for this year.
For more information visit: www.baileyvantassel.com
This podcast is all made possible by The Kitchen Garden Society, a monthly gardening membership that guides you through what to do and how to do it each month in the garden.
Consider joining us this month for lessons, daily inspiration for seasonal living, expert takeovers, and more!
www.thekitchengardensociety.com
Heather Webber is a fiction author with over 30 titles to her name. She writes mystery, romance, and magical realism, weaving nature and folklore into all her stories. In this conversation, Heather talks about her stand-alone novels which involve a lot of herbalism, flowers, and plant magic, yet in a very real way. We chat about her writing, and how she got started with three kids under the age of six, writing during naptime.
Heather is such a sweet voice and creates such great work for us.
I'll even be sending out a copy of each of my favorites of hers to three of you who leave a review!
For more information on Heather visit: www.heatherwebber.com
To read her latest novel, In the Middle of Hickery Lane visit: https://amzn.to/3D1gz8z
To check out the Broth Academy, visit the link below. It is a GAME CHANGER for your health and beyond worth it. https://www.familieswhocook.com/a/2147522728/ZTKcaC8U
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To get more info on Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com for all her blogs, and recipes, and to listen to the pod.
Twins and business partners, Boo and Sarah Simms share with us about their “little cheese shop”, Lady and Larder, and what makes everything taste so much better.
These sisters have done incredible things from partnering with Williams Sonoma to getting featured in Wall Street Journal. Just a few accomplishments among being mothers and entrepreneurs who support hyper-local sustainable food culture.
We discuss eating seasonally and locally, the flavor gap, and what it means to find a sense of place. Boo and Sarah have incredible hearts for community and bringing gardening, local farming, and cheese-ing to the table. You will LOVE them.
For more information on Lady and Larder: www.ladyandlarder.com
For more information on Bailey Van Tassel: www.baileyvantassel.com
Check out Bailey's monthly gardening membership, The Kitchen Garden Society here: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
If you're loving the podcast, subscribe and leave us a review! We are so grateful that you're here!
Designing a garden and working with a landscape designer or contractor can be quite the journey. Listen in as I talk through my own renovation, the choices we made, and the mistakes too!
To download your free ebook about cooking with broth, go here:
https://www.familieswhocook.com/a/2147520885/ZTKcaC8U
or go to Baileyvantassel.com/bonebroth
For more information on Bailey Van Tassel: www.baileyvantassel.com
If you're loving the pod, we would love a review or any requests, questions, or thoughts! Email Bailey at bvtassist@gmail.com
Join me for a refreshing chat with Becky Cole, a wife, mother, author, and farmer, as well as a self-taught gardener and herbalist. We dig into her childhood in Ireland, how she’s returned to a slower-paced life immersed in nature after fashion school, and the ins and outs of running a farm. Becky shares some tips for slow living as well as just beautiful conversation about the love of growing things and organic farming and gardening. This is a conversation to savor.
For more information on Bailey Van Tassel: www.baileyvantassel.com
For information on The Kitchen Garden Society: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
The Kitchen Garden Society is a monthly gardening membership to help you grow year-round in all US Hardiness zones and live inspired by the garden.
For more information on Becky Cole: www.beckyocole.com
Becky's Book, The Garden Apothecary can be purchased where books are sold, and here: https://amzn.to/3T3T97P
Visit Becky's Farm, Broughgammon Farm: https://www.broughgammon.com/
In this episode, we welcome the month of October. We go through gardening in October as well as foraging and hit the high notes of what is ready to be planted and what should be tended to.
We also touch on some cozy and timely October traditions as well as the benefits of garlic and onions when it comes to natural healing and cold and flu season.
For more information on Bailey, visit www.baileyvantassel.com
For more information on our monthly membership, The Kitchen Garden Society, visit www.thekitchengardensociety.com
We would love it if you subscribed to this podcast, and please leave a review to let us know what you think! We are so grateful that you came to listen.
Gardening to replace the grocery store is a massive undertaking and one that Kate Schatt (of Venison For Dinner) and her family take seriously. Kate walks us through her journey from gardening being a chore to a beautiful act of service, as well as talks through what she and her husband grow. Kate and I tackle the issue of how to intervene when organic gardening and pests don't mix, and her philosophy on it.
Where to find Kate:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/venisonfordinner
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZl8c8uSpoLnyGctcsc0AtQ
Her website here: www.venisonfordinner.com
Some subjects we mention in this episode:
Linda Gilkeson and her books: http://www.lindagilkeson.ca/
@Ruthannzimm on Instagram
#Howmariusmetkate on Instagram to hear more of her and her husband's story.
For more info on Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com
For more info on The Kitchen Garden Society: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
In this episode I'm digging into fall gardening and what exactly I’m doing and planting right now in the garden (mid-Sept). I go through how I'm handling each plant. I'm also giving some tips for presence and savoring this in-between month, as well as sharing my sources for soil, where to buy garlic and the best farm for buying onion starts.
I also talk about failure in the garden and how perfectly OK that is. Some edible flower info gets snuck in here as well.
I hope you enjoy and subscribe! If you do, I would LOVE a review (the Podcast Gods love the reviews apparently)!
For more info on Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com
Join us in The Kitchen Garden Society! You get instant access to the September info: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
Number 2 Organics for bagged soil: https://www.number2organics.com/
Weather site I like: www.Wunderground.com
Territorial Seed Co for garlic: https://territorialseed.com/
Dixondale Farms for onions (take note of short vs. long day):https://dixondalefarms.com/
My marigold sticky buns recipe: https://baileyvantassel.com/cooking-with-edible-flowers-9-marigold-recipes/
Raised bed garden hoops: https://www.gardeners.com/buy/super-hoops/8609749.html?VariationId=P_5637154490
Blank garden Journal: https://amzn.to/3qA2Crd
Come get to know Misha Gillingham of Farm Luxe, an author, gardener, and philanthropist. She left the city in California (and her job in luxury travel) for an island in Washington State having never gardened or farmed before and then published a book about her stunning 12-acre farm. Hear her story of growing up barely making ends meet, ending up with a mission to donate all her profits to the food bank. You will love Misha's heart.
Follow Misha on Instagram @farmluxe or pick up her book, Blooms & Dreams here: https://amzn.to/3eBJaay
Watch her show at www.farmluxe.tv
For more info on Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com
For more info on The Kitchen Garden Society: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
Quick bonus episode! In this episode, I answer the top question that people ask me in interviews: "Do you still wish you had a farm?".
I've been known for the pursuit of living farm life (again) and settling instead in the suburbs. I share my tips for finding contentment wherever you are and answer that big question.
For more info go to www.baileyvantassel.com
For information on my monthly gardening subscription: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
If you love listening, I'd love a review! Also, feel free to email with any questions! bvtassist@gmail.com
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You can find Leah and her herbs, teas, tinctures, potions, and books at www.highgardentea.com on Instagram @highgardentea.
Leah walks us through her personal journey to herbalism since she was not raised in a home with herbal knowledge. She healed a unique auto-immune disease using herbs. She also guides us through “using” herbs versus having a relationship with them, how herbs work with our bodies and with western medicine, what her top herbs are for the kitchen gardener, and what she recommends for beating cold and flu season.
Leah is a wealth of knowledge and such a treat to hear from - she truly works as a healer and is such a guide for anyone wanting to develop their own herbalist journey, even if just in their own home apothecary.
Some notes from the episode:
Frontier Co-op for fresh organic herbs: https://www.frontiercoop.com/
Welcome to Autumn! September is such a lovely month, transitioning us into a new season.
To read more about what Bailey is growing this fall: https://baileyvantassel.com/the-art-of-fall-gardening/
Some information listed in the episode:
The Kitchen Garden Society: www.thekitchengardensociety.com
Walker Apple Candles: https://hattiehazel.com/collections/frontpage/products/walker-apples-soy-candle
Great places to buy bulbs:
Territorial Seed Co
American Meadows
Welcome to The Garden Culture Podcast hosted by Bailey Van Tassel.
Bailey is a busy home gardener, wife, mother, and small business owner. Her goal is to inspire a life filled with gardening and nature, bringing the outdoors in as often as possible.
Bailey grew up on a hobby farm, but now lives in Southern CA in zone 10B. She is the founder of The Kitchen Garden Society (https://www.thekitchengardensociety.com), a monthly gardening club subscription for all hardiness zones with daily inspiration for living seasonally, monthly tips for sowing and harvesting, to-do lists, timely gardening lessons, expert advice, and recipes.
Bailey has a personal blog that focuses on home gardening and how to garden in a suburban setting. You can find that at https://www.baileyvantassel.com or find her on Instagram at @baileyvantassel