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Everyday Homesteading

Homesteading Family

Home Management, Leisure, Home & Garden, Arts, Self-sufficiency, Organic Gardening, Education, From-scratch Cooking, Homestead Pantry, Sustainable Living, Food, Modern Homesteading, Simple Living, Herbal Remedies, Homesteading Podcast, Food Preservation, Raising Livestock, How To

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Most people never fail at gardening. They quit before they begin. In this episode of Everyday Homesteading, Josh sits down with Luke from MIgardener to talk about why so many aspiring gardeners stay stuck in the dreaming and planning phase — and what it actually takes to start. You’ll learn: Why fear of failure quietly holds people backThe mindset shift that changes everythingThe importance of journaling and tracking your harvestHow to grow what your family actually eatsWhy building soil ever...

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0:00.0	Hey you guys, this is Carolyn from Homesteading Family. Did you know that every single month
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0:41.1	forward slash podcast dash magazine. Again, that's homesteadingfamily.com forward slash podcast dash
0:51.9	magazine. So many people, they enter the the dreaming phase the planning phase but they
0:58.4	never get to the starting phase because they're so worried about failure we are so risk
1:02.9	averse to failure that we just we want to cross our teas and dot our eyes and we never ever get
1:09.7	to the actual starting phase and And I tell people, start,
1:13.2	start. If your soil's not perfect, you're going to figure that out. If you're overwatering,
1:18.3	you're going to figure that out. Welcome to everyday homesteading, the show for busy families who want
1:23.0	more self-sufficiency without burning out. I'm Josh. And I'm Carolyn from homesteading family.
1:28.7	And in every episode, we share time-tested knowledge on topics from growing and preserving your
1:35.0	food to raising livestock, to herbal medicine, and anything homesteading in between.
1:40.9	Let's jump in. Excited to be here with you today and excited for our guest, Luke Marion, from
1:49.4	M.I. Gardner. A very, very wonderful YouTube channel, gardening YouTube channel.
1:57.6	If you haven't been there, check them out. We're going to get to know Luke a little bit
2:01.3	today, and you'll learn a little bit more how to connect with him as well. But before we bring
2:08.8	Luke on, need to say thank you to our sponsor and for making this episode possible. And our
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