Bailey Van Tassel goes through six steps to designing your own kitchen garden, starting with how to properly gather and unpack inspiration. She goes through finding the right space, measuring it out, and planning for beds, borders, and pathways. Bailey talks about some of the programs that she uses to do this and how to think about configuring your space. This is a great listen to bookmark or send to a garden friend! Pre-order Bailey's book, Kitchen Garden Living HERE. And snag some bonuses...

After a request from a listener, Bailey talks about managing grief through the garden. This episode has a trigger warning for lightly talking about miscarriage and death. Bailey shares personal experiences and her three main points for how to use and think about your space while managing loss. Bailey talks about how being a gardener has carried her through hard times and how she managed that. This Episode is sponsored by Calzuro. For info on Calzuro and their wonderful clogs: www.calzuro.com...

Bailey digs into how to prep your kitchen garden for vacation this year, protecting it from heat and pests. She shares tips from the perspective of how many days out you are from the trip, working towards your final date of departure, and making sure that your garden is well thought out. This Episode is sponsored by Calzuro! For info on Calzuro and their wonderful clogs: www.calzuro.com and use code "GARDEN15" for 15% off! To pre-order Bailey's book, Kitchen Garden Living, go HERE and get a...

This discussion is one of my favorites to date! The truth about seeds is that they are not all created equal. In fact, where they come from is quite important. Anne Fletcher of Orta Kitchen Gardens joins us and tells her story of creating beautiful seed-starting pots after killing so many of her plants. Anne is a self-proclaimed unnatural green thumb with ADHD who wanted to start her own seeds and needed a more hands-off solution. She shares the journey to founding Orta Kitchen Garden, as...

Bailey Van Tassel shares behind the scenes on how she got her book, Kitchen Garden Living, published. She shares tips for networking, pitching, and putting a concept together. Bailey also talks about the contents of the book and how it's more than just a "how to garden" book, brimming over into lifestyle and home. To pre-order her book, Kitchen Garden Living, go here. There is a fun pre-order bonus for you! For more info on Bailey, go to www.baileyvantassel.com or find her on Instagram...

After an onslaught of love, support, and questions, Bailey shares her decision to move her family of five from Southern California to Middle Tennessee. She shares the ins and outs of how and why they made the decision, as well as her story of an impossible and long-forgotten prayer being answered. For more info on Bailey Van Tassel go to www.baileyvantassel.com Thank you to our amazing Sponsor Neptune's Harvest! Find them at www.neptunesharvest.com Use code "Gculture" for 5% off.

Emma and Mary Kingsley are the mother-daughter duo behind Lady Farmer, a brand that began with a sustainable clothing line and now is a successful podcast (The Good Dirt) around slow and conscious living. Emma and Mary talk about each of their childhoods and how it informed their current path together. They chat about what moved them to do a Kickstarter campaign which led to where they are now, on a sustainable path and how they live within that ethos. This chat is a great peek into how it...

Spoiler alert: at the end of this episode are the secrets you've been waiting to hear for how to have the most envious vegetable garden. Bailey Van Tassel interviews Ann Malloy, one of the owners of Neptune's Harvest, an organic fertilizer company. It was founded by Ann's grandfather, who left school at 14 to help provide for his family. Their story is incredible and along the way we learn about how beautifully they've built a truly organic fertilizer company from fish by-products that fuel...

In this mini episode, Bailey Van Tassel shares her tips for growing organic tomatoes. She covers the basics of cultivating them, as well as personal advice, common pitfalls, and favorite tomato varieties. Favorite tomatoes: Rapunzel, Snow White, Sungold, and Rosso Sicilian For more information on Bailey, go to www.baileyvantassel.com Join The Kitchen Garden Society at www.thekitchengardensociety.com

This week we unpack the secret behind my favorite garden amendment as of late - wool pellets. They are SUCH a triple threat - holding moisture, repelling slugs, and slow-releasing nitrogen. We talk to Megan, the founder of Kestrel Ridge Pellet Co., who started her business as a way to make use of the incredibly wasteful wool industry. The wool by-products that come from either unsellable or undesirable wool make for fantastic fertilizer. When pelleted, it's easy for the home gardener to use....

Mapping out where all of your vegetables go in the kitchen garden can be overwhelming. Have no fear - I have a system for you! It's my own Poker Planting method that helps you prioritize and plan based on what you want to grow the most, and then fit things in from there. I do follow some companion planting basics, which I talk about. But mostly we debunk how important companion planting is and instead talk about biodiversity. We did a live recording of using the poker planting method and...

Kylie Gray Ailers joins us today and goes deep into her journey of starting a flower farm. Kylie owns and operates Gray Girl Farms which sells Dahlia flowers and tubers, as well as peonies now. Kylie walks us through the surprising agronomy side of growing tubers (it's like growing potatoes!), as well as the details on getting started with purchasing wholesale tubers, operating costs, getting soil samples, the works. Kylie shares about her "do less and get good" philosophy as well as how she...

Ginny Yurich is the Founder of 1,000 Hours Outside, a bestselling author, a mother of five, and an advocate for reclaiming childhood and reconnecting families. Today she educates us on why she started the 1,000 Hours Outside movement and what it's done for her and her kids. She is also hilarious and this episode is full of laughs and wisdom. Ginny walks us through how she overcame the dislike of motherhood and caught her breath, the physiology of nature, and how to build a foundation of...

This week we're featuring an interview that Bailey Van Tassel had on The Good Dirt Podcast. Enjoy listening from a new perspective as we dive into Bailey's foray into gardening. Bailey is an entrepreneur and mother of three, who created both the Kitchen Garden Society and the Garden Culture Podcast. She grew up on a hobby farm in Sebastopol, California, but didn't fully appreciate her cowboy parents until she moved away and missed the huge garden, chickens, and pigs that she grew up around....

This week we hear from Christian Douglas, an award-winning garden and landscape designer who takes a food-forward approach to outdoor spaces. Christian is known for a luxury aesthetic that is also functional, bringing edible plants into the fold in a modern way, alongside traditional and timeless landscape design. We touch on how to replicate this food-centric plant strategy, his influence by permaculture and regenerative practices, as well as his time living in the UK. Christian touches on...

Bailey Van Tassel prepares us for the coming Spring with her seven steps to prepare for a new season in the vegetable garden. She takes us from setting goals to amending soil, picking plants, and mapping them out. Catch her tips for getting to know your hardiness zone as well as how to prepare for common issues. Take Bailey's garden mapping workshop HERE. www.baileyvantassel.com www.thekitchengardensociety.com

Bailey Van Tassel talks all things kids in the kitchen garden, using her experience as a mother of three. Bailey started gardening when her first son was eight months old and walks you through her top three categories of children and gardening. There's the overall engagement in nature, gardening tasks and jobs, activities and crafts, and then allowing your kids their own dedicated space. Join Bailey as she gives insight and advice on this. More about Bailey at www.baileyvantassel.com Join...

With 2023 behind us, Bailey Van Tassel has reflected on what went right, and also wrong in the kitchen garden. Here is a list of the top things that she really felt needed improvement: pests, pruning, bulk soil, weather waiting, proper trellises, earlier sow dates, and adding more perennials. Listen in for details. To get a seat in Bailey's free gardening workshop, go HERE. For more info on Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com To join the monthly gardening membership: The Kitchen Garden...

In this episode Bailey Van Tassel shares advice for people who want to start homesteading, but in a suburban environment. Her four priorities include gardening/preserving, water, bulk and batch cooking, and herbalism. She digs into the why of each. To get a seat in Bailey's free gardening workshop, go HERE. For more info on Bailey: www.baileyvantassel.com To join the monthly gardening membership: The Kitchen Garden Society This Episode is sponsored by Calzuro! For info on Calzuro and their...

Much like the fashion and home decor industries, gardening has trends too! Andrew Bunting, VP of Horticulture at The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and Bailey Van Tassel review the top ten trends for 2024 in the garden. A trend among the trends revolves around the growing passion that gardeners have for the environment and stewardship of land, but we also chat about particular plant varieties, the pursuit of hard-to-find houseplants, and homegrown national parks. For information on the...

Bailey Van Tassel gives her insight and tips for reading seed catalogs and choosing seeds for next year. She talks about understanding your hardiness zone, getting to know the primary pest and disease issues in your zone, as well as what else to look out for. Bailey also talks about how to choose your plants, set your goals, and store your seeds. Bailey mentions her free guide to seed starting - you can get that HERE. Seed catalogs to get: Johnny's Selected Seeds Territorial Seed Co. Baker...

Bailey Van Tassel interviews Whiteny Aronoff all about her journey into being a health-supportive chef and exploring the vibration of food. She talks about her label, Starseed Kitchen which sells spices and seasonings, as well as the life force energy of food and the importance of eating food that is alive. Whitney gives us some great seasonal recommendations for cooking and leaves us with the idea that there is a good, better, and best way of eating in support of our unique...

If the garden has taught us anything, it's to appreciate the truth about dirt and all its benefits. Zac Kieffer of E-Cloth joins us to talk about this very subject and the conditioning that we've all had around cleaning vs. disinfecting. Zac shares his personal mission to help us understand the gut and microbiome, all provoked by a bet he made years ago to run a triathlon. We learn a lot about marketing, what it takes to make clean claims, and the science behind microfiber and so much...

Bailey is talking about growing herbs this winter as well as their uses and great ways to gift them. She walks you through growing conditions as well as which herbs go well together in a planter.  To download this herb checklist and a recipe for rosemary biscuits, do that HERE.  For more info on Bailey Van Tassel go to www.baileyvantassel.com  For info on E-Cloth, go to www.ecloth.com and use code "Garden culture" for a discount!