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Hey Zone 9 gardeners! Did you know that we can harvest year round? In the wild child garden, we harvest beautiful veggies 52 weeks a year. There is no need for cover crops, never a time when we can’t plant something, and there is always room to add beauty. Learn how to grow like a wild child in your garden too!

Wild Child Kitchen Gardening Kellye Jeansonne

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Hey Zone 9 gardeners! Did you know that we can harvest year round? In the wild child garden, we harvest beautiful veggies 52 weeks a year. There is no need for cover crops, never a time when we can’t plant something, and there is always room to add beauty. Learn how to grow like a wild child in your garden too!

    #53 Talking Tomatoes

    #53 Talking Tomatoes

    In this episode, we are talking tomatoes!   have alot to say about tomatoes, as you can imagine.  And today, we are getting right to it!!  My favorite varieties, how I like to grow them, and some tricks I have learned along the way, it is all here!   

     

    Links Mentioned In This Episode:

    Grow tomatoes like you have never imagined with my class The Tomato Grower's Playbook.  This class will take you through every piece and part of growing tomatoes. If you are a tomato grower, you need this playbook. 

     

    If you want to create soil that will feed your plants, you will love my class Wild Child Soil Building.  It will give you my complete soil building recipe and show you how to continue to building your soil to keep it getting better over time.

     

    Want to grow in a community of like minded plant ladies that want to maximize their space and increase their harvests? Good! I got you! Get more info on my mentorship program, the Wild Child Garden Club HERE.

     

    Get my Wild Child Garden Guide HERE and begin transforming your garden space.

     

     

    Other Podcast Episodes You May Like:

    Episode #51:  The Challenges of A Zone 9 Garden

    Episode #50:  Top 3 Mistakes Gardeners Make Before Planting

    Episode #46:  Three Things To Do In Your Garden Before Spring

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    #52 The Tricks Of Growing Corn In A Raised Bed

    #52 The Tricks Of Growing Corn In A Raised Bed

    In this episode, we are digging in to growing corn. Yes, you can grow corn in raised beds.  Yes, you can grow corn in zone 9. Yes, you can grow corn right now. And not only can you grow it. In this episode I am going to tell you why you should.

     

    Corn is magical, it is so easy to grow, and it can be grown in raised beds or containers!! YES!!

     

    In this episode I am going to share the tricks of growing corn so that you can grow corn this season.  WE PLANT RIGHT NOW!!! 

     

    Links Mentioned In This Episode:

    Download my very own plans for growing corn in raised beds HERE. These plans will show you how to get your corn growing in a raised bed or container right now.

    Get my Wild Child Garden Guide HERE and begin transforming your garden space.

    Want to grow in a community of like minded plant ladies that want to maximize their space and increase their harvests? Good! I got you! Get more info on my mentorship program, the Wild Child Garden Club HERE.

     

    Other Podcast Episodes You May Like:

    Episode #51:  The Challenges of A Zone 9 Garden

    Episode #50:  Top 3 Mistakes Gardeners Make Before Planting

    Episode #46:  Three Things To Do In Your Garden Before Spring

    • 30 min
    #51 The Challenges Of A Zone 9 Garden

    #51 The Challenges Of A Zone 9 Garden

    On this episode we are digging in to some of the challenges of growing in our zone 9 climate.  I get it, there are definitely challenges, but they should not keep us from growing. In fact.  If you have a solution to the challenge, it isn't really even a challenge anymore.  

     

    That is what we are going to do today!  Let's get some solutions to these challenges, and get growing!!  We are digging in to the challenges of temperature, pests, and unpredictable weather.  The solutions I am going to give you will take all of the overwhelm out of these very common challenges and make them something that you won't worry about for another second!

     

    Links Mentioned In This Episode:

    Get your garden growing zone HERE.

    Download my Wild Child Garden Guide HERE.

    Get my Wild Child Soil Building course HERE.

     

    Other Podcast Episodes You Might Like:

    Episode #19: Your Planting Questions Answered

    Episode #20: Late Frosts and What To Do If You Experience One

     

     

     

     

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    #50 Top 3 Mistakes Gardeners Make Before Planting

    #50 Top 3 Mistakes Gardeners Make Before Planting

    In this episode we are going to ruffle some feathers.  Heed the warning. I have made these mistakes myself, and I want to keep you from making them too!  DON'T PLANT BEFORE YOU LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE!!!

     

    Sometimes we don't know what we don't know.  This is the case with these mistakes.  Most of us are making them unknowingly.  Today I am sharing some simple ways to grow a better garden, but we have to break the habit!!  I am here to help you!!

     

    You might be making these mistakes, but good news!!  This is the season for clean slates and new starts.  Make these few changes in your garden and watch it thrive!!

     

    Links Mentioned In This Episode

    Join me in the FREE online Spring Vegetable Gardening Summit on February 26-29.  Click HERE to save your seat.

    The Kitchen Garden Academy Closes on February 25th, don't miss it!! Save your seat HERE and grow your best garden this season!

      

    Other Episodes You May Like:

    #46 3 Things To Do In Your Garden Before Spring

    #32 Who Are You As A Gardener

     

    Are you subscribed to get garden goodness delivered to your inbox week after week?  If not, be sure to fix that today!!  Join my email list HERE!

     

     

     

     

     

    • 31 min
    #49 Wild Child Companion Planting

    #49 Wild Child Companion Planting

    When you rush to the nursery at first sign of tomatoes on the tables, you are setting yourself up for a season of disappointment. I know this because this is exactly what I did for years, and what most gardeners do too, which is why most gardeners are frustrated at the end of every season.

     

    Learn the wild child companion planting method and transform your garden. Is this episode I will share the three steps to a plan that keeps your garden thriving all season, and download THIS freebie to learn my favorite companions to add to my vegetable garden! 

     

    If this is the season you want to transform your garden, you are in the right place.  Learn to companion plant like a wild child and maximize your space, increase your harvests, decrease pests and disease, and eliminate weeds for good!  Sound too good to be true?  Tune in!!

     

    Links Mentioned In This Episode

    Download my favorite companions HERE.

    Download my Wild Child Garden Guide HERE.

    Sign up for my FREE workshop Wild Child Companion Planting HERE.

    Check out my FREE class Raised Bed Gardening Made Simple HERE.

     

    Other Episodes You Might Like

    Episode #21 - Herbs: The Powerhouse of the Vegetable Garden

    Episode #47 - Spring Dreaming

     

    • 24 min
    #48 Is Growing Potatoes Worth It?

    #48 Is Growing Potatoes Worth It?

    Think potatoes are a veggie you can skip growing this season? Think again!  You will be missing such a rewarding growing experience, and I don't want that to happen!  Today, I will give you a couple of reasons why I think that growing potatoes is definitely worth it. I think you will agree!

     

    In this episode, we are talking through some of the biggest questions about growing potatoes, how we grow them in the wild child garden, and why I think it is the best way to grow them, hands down.  Plus we talk a little about varieties to grow, my favorite way to cook them, and how to live to 100.  It's always a good time here, so let's dig in, and be sure to grab your freebies below!  Wild child gardening is so much fun!

     

    Wild Child Resources To Help You Grow:

    Join My FREE Class "Raised Bed Gardening Made Simple" HERE.

    Get my "Wild Child Garden Guide" HERE.

    Learn to grow potatoes step by step in my class Growing Potatoes Like A Wild Child HERE

     

    Links Mentioned In This Episode:

    Check out the annual "Dirty Dozen" list HERE.

    Check out the trailer for the movie "Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones" HERE.

     

     

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