From a garden... This is my disclaimer ☺️ Now if you keep on watching and reading, you've been warned. I've been gardening since I was a child, with my parents and my grand parents. So I am very familiar with a neat garden where everything has its place and is tidy. I did actually practice for a while when I lived in California. But when we bought our house in Brittany, France, that type of perfect gardening didn't make any sense to me any more. Some might say, a shame because our newly acquired 2.5 acres had it all, a French flower garden that bloomed all year round, a traditional veggie patch and perfectly trimmed trees everywhere. I started to read about permaculture and watch videos about how to create a haven of peace. My goal was to make this peace of land as inviting to wild life as possible. So we stopped trimming everything and started to consider what was needed for an entire ecosystem to take place. It's still too cold for us to plant where I live (or it could be and therefore I wait until mid May to plant most of my veggies), so what you'll see here are mainly the perennial plants or bi yearly. The white half circles you can see are used to cover crops when necessary (cabbages particularly). It looks messy, but hopefully you can see and understand how things are setup and get how everything is working together. Oh and our plan has worked! We now have many red squirrels, hedgehogs, ducks, salamanders, newts, rare birds, moorhen, frogs, toads (I could probably go on for a long time) and all sorts of insects that regularly stop by and stay with us ☺️ We also have 7 hens. A weasel lives in one of the barns and foxes regularly come by, but so far everyone has enough to eat so they don't need to kill our retired chickens (who we got from a nearby farm). Right this is it for me ☺️😅

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨: - Why your tomatoes are growing tall and leafy but not actually fruiting (and the real fix that isn't just "fertilize more") - How to hand-pollinate tomatoes & cucumbers - Pickling vs. slicing cucumbers, and what "burpless" actually means - Planning a garden around a move, a short summer window, and which plants are actually worth hauling with you - Companion planting for pest control — including how to attract parasitic wasps 🐛 - Why your seeds might not be germinating (and a simple rule of thumb for planting depth with no packet) - Growing peas and courgettes (zucchini) together and why the timing might actually work in your favor - And an honest take on cucamelons. You're welcome. 😜 If you're a premium member, head to the classroom; it's all there waiting for you. Written recap if you're a skimmer, replay if you want the full experience. 🙌 And if you're not premium yet and you're reading this thinking "wait, I want access to THAT" — read more about it here, or just shoot me a DM. I'll tell you exactly what's included, and we can figure out if it's a good fit. No pressure, I pinky promise. 💚 P.S. If you wanna read what members are saying, check it out HERE