So in all of our talk about opting out of systems and taking charge of our food supply, I have been getting a lot of Instagram messages lately from many of you who are ready to start growing stuff.

You know, maybe you've been kind of watching things as 2020 happened and all the accompanying excitement in our society and you've had it on your to do list, but now you're kind of like, you know what prices are going up, things are getting wonky, I am ready to grow some vegetables, where do I start.

So that is the topic that I am diving into with today's guest. I have Bailey Van Tassel with me today. She is a wife mother and garden blogger from Southern California.

Yeah, she just has great information. She's super inspiring. We talked about everything from how to find the plot in your backyard and get it ready kind of like the detailed way to get ready and then just get it done method.

We talked about mindset. And this is just a fantastic interview. So I know you're going to enjoy it just as much as I did. And if you are ready to reduce your dependence on the grocery store when it comes to vegetables. Well, you're ready to take some notes because here we go.

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Hey, Bailey, welcome to the podcast. Hello. Thank you so much for having me.

Absolutely. So I'm really excited for this conversation as we were chatting a minute before I hit the record button. You know, this is.

I feel like it's kind of the second wave of gardening interest that's coming through my channels at least. And I know you kind of echo the same sentiment.

A lot of folks have been messaging lately going, OK, you know, I've been watching what's going on 2020 was funky 2021's been interesting. I don't know where things are going to end up. So I'm ready to start gardening.

I need to see I need to convert my backyard. And so I'm starting to see like this wave of new gardening interest, which is fantastic. So I thought, you know, with all of your expertise, this would be a fun conversation for us to have today and give people some really media and both.

Yes, oh my gosh, I'm so excited to dig in. And I love that you and your audience is so into the depth and the meat of the conversation because there is a lot of surface information out there.

But there's not a lot of that tried and true practical. This is what I did.

You know, that's the stuff that we need. And so I'm excited to dive into that too.

Absolutely. So let's just start like, you know, I got a message this week. I want to start a garden. What do I do first? Like, how would you answer that person if they are brand new to this whole thing?

So I love that. I would start with, you know, space is going to dictate everything. So where do you have the space?

I'm assuming it's an outdoor space we could talk indoor gardening too, but where do you have the space? And that's really going to be a few things, which is what's the soil like in the space that you have and how much sun do you get throughout the year.

And what is your hardiness zone? So where are you in the country? Because not all gardening is created equal when I started gardening. I was reading sort of like the basic gardening 101 books.

And that just doesn't apply to me where I am in zone 10b I can garden year round. And a lot of plants that thrive in the spring will not work for me. I plant them in the fall. It's totally backwards.

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