The Total Turn Around
“I love watching the progress of my garden – it’s really exciting to see things grow. My husband and I are gardening together. Harvesting what’s growing in the garden and eating it has added to the fun!!
Mary Jo, beginning gardener in the #10 Garden Series” on my YouTube channel
Mary Jo’s excitement is what I want you to feel everyday – the pride and joy of growing fresh, flavorful, healthy, food in your own backyard for you and those you love to enjoy together. Nothing like it!
For this to happen, you have to take the next step and commit to the action that will make your desire a reality.
Why Don’t You Grow Your Own Food?
Too Much Time, Too Complicated, Too Expensive
I love to grow my own food and have grown pounds and pounds of fresh produce in my own backyard. I often ask people why they don’t grow their own food? I have found that there are a few common reasons. Many people think it will take too much time – that they will not be able to fit gardening into their busy schedules. Some think it’s too complicated – they feel overwhelmed at the amount of information out there on how to grow vegetables, or they think growing a garden is too expensive and they can’t fit it into their budget. Sound familiar?
Wrong Veggies at Wrong Time
Many new gardeners make the mistake of planting the wrong vegetables at the wrong time of year. As a result, their garden does not produce anything, and they decide not to continue growing their own food. Have you ever faced this problem?
Mary Jo’s First Garden Attempt – No Grow!
Mary Jo wanted to start a vegetable garden – and had actually done so a few years ago – but unfortunately, her garden got neglected, became overgrown, under watered and died before she was able to harvest anything.
When I asked her why her garden was not successful, she said although she wanted to grow her own food, she felt it took just took too much time to keep up. She became overwhelmed at how much information was on the internet about complicated gardening methods, she didn’t know what types of veggies to plant in the warm weather vs the cool weather, how to plant, water, or care for them.
She was disappointed that she spent a lot of money purchasing vegetable transplants at the local garden center, planting them in the garden, and didn’t see the payoff when her garden died before she was able to harvest anything. She just didn’t feel like growing her own food was for her anymore.
Quick, Simple, Inexpensive = Successful, Productive Garden
A few years later, she was ready to try again. I walked Mary Jo step by step through quick, simple and inexpensive techniques to starting a garden in the $10 Garden Series on my YouTube channel, CaliKim Garden & Home DIY. Thousands of other gardeners from all over the world watched and learned as I shared step-by-step instructions on how to grow a productive garden.
She now has a thriving, productive garden and enjoys harvesting fresh vegetables from it daily to feed her family. She has a feeling of pride when she looks at her garden, knowing that she grew it herself! She and her family are happier and healthier as a result of the action she took.
In fact, because she took that first action and had success with her garden, she had the confidence to expand the simple garden I helped her with and has started a second, much larger garden in another area of her backyard! She is enjoying the fruit of her labors and feeding her family, organic, tasty, healthy food!
See how her garden looks and hear more about her garden expansion by watching this video: $10 Garden Series #11, Mary Jo’s Garden, You Won’t Believe This!
Do you want to learn how to grow healthy tasty food for your family? Then it’s time to take action.
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-Many beautiful, full color photos of my garden.
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CaliKim
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Awesome thank you for sharing have a blessed day mind salad are doing well
Hi Linda,
So glad to hear that your salad is doing well – garden fresh salads are the best, so tasty and healthy! Happy Gardening!
Hey Kim,
You’ll have to update us on Mary Jo. Any problems, critters? How about the expansion of the garden. I’d love to know what she ended up putting there.
Keep up the great work!
Hi Susan,
Her expansion garden is going crazy! We do want to get over there to film a new episode soon – stay tuned. One thing for sure, she is HOOKED and loving her garden fresh food! Thanks for stopping by!
Wow Kim,
I can’t get over her garden! The zucchini patch is hysterical! I can barely keep up with one or two plants. She’ll be needing a lot of good recipes.
I just sliced into my first Kellogg’s Breakfast tomato. What a great tasting (and big) tomato. I’ve shared some with friends and they’re blown away by them. That IS a keeper, along with the Jimmy Nardello peppers, also my first time trying. I’ll be growing more of those in the years to follow, also. I almost hate to pick them because they look so great on the plant. Thanks for the great recommendations.
Hello Susan, believe me, I was blown away too! I saw it for the first time as we filmed – the transformation was unbelievable! She is feeding the entire neighborhood!
I’m so thrilled that you are loving the Kellogg’s Breakfasts toms and the Nardello Peppers. They are both amazing, nothing compares! It’s so fun to be able to share this incredible taste with friends and family too! And I know just what you mean – I love seeing the gorgeous color outdoors – it always makes me happy. But I also love seeing them in my kitchen and tasting them too! Thanks for sharing and stopping by to visit!
Hey Kim! I am a young gardener in training I guess you could say. I have recently found gardening as my new hobby/ obsession!! I have also made a YouTube channel about my gardening adventures!! You and your YouTube channel have inspired me to make a channel my self and grow more!!:) I love your watermelon videos and I am also very inspired by Mary Jo and her garden!!:) And I’m glad that you have made your channel your career and your business!! I do have one question, will you and your husband be posting more on your other Vlog channel? I really loved the behind the scenes and how I can make my videos better quality!! Well best wishes on your garden!!:)
I love hearing from young gardeners – many young people don’t know where food comes from, and to experience of growing your own organic food at a young age only leads to better health later in later in life. Plus, it IS slightly addicting once you taste your first harvest, as you are finding out! Congrats on starting a YouTube channel – it is a lot of fun to be able to share something your believe in with the world. We really would like to start posting on our vlog channel again soon – starting our website, launching our new products, and our main YouTube channel have been about all we can keep up with. Hopefully soon! Have you watched the CameraGuy tips on our garden channel? He does have a few videos there, search “CamerGuy”. Also follow him on Instagram @calicameraguy – he does post behind the scenes pics there often. Good luck with your YouTube channel and thanks for stopping by the blog!
Yes I followed you both on Instagram!! Y’all have awesome Instagrams!! And I also did indeed watch the camera guy series on yalls main channel!! Thanks for replying!!:)
Loved the 10 dollar garden series videos! Loved watching a garden start to finish! I watched the Grow Light Box tutorial at Mary Jo’s today as I made my own! I’ll start my fall seeds in it soon! You are such an inspiration…make gardening so simple. Thank you for all that you do. So happy I found your channel to mold me into an actual gardener! As a wife and mother with little me time, gardening has really become a part of who I am as a person! Thanks to you!
Hello Brooke – so glad my videos and Mary Jo’s garden are an inspiration and you are finding yourself through this whole process! I really do find the garden provides so much more than food. Garden therapy is helpful to clear the mind and refresh the soul. Excited for you to start your fall seeds in your new grow light box! I will be starting a fall container gardening series soon, I hope you follow along with me – it will be fun to grow the cool weather crops together! Thanks so much for sharing your heart, it really motivates and encourages me! Happy Gardening!
If I could get the time off I would come over to you and help you with your plot….if just for that Sunshine…….try growing a Pumkin…..in a 9inch pot and put it on top of your compost bin….add a few extras….?finish up with a Pumkin that fills a wheel barrow……then after all those months of looking after it you can’t find the courage to eat it….mine raise a lot of money for children……gardening his what the he’ll do it ….goods and bands,more bands I,am afraid….get yours food before those pest do…..done let them beat you…by the way pumpkins need a lot of water……know that s I have got lots.
Wow – pretty impressive results from your giant pumpkin. So glad that you were able raise money to help the children. Growing your own food is so rewarding. Appreciate you stopping by to share your experiences!
Starting this week on a late summer/fall garden … bought the supplies for a compost bin today. I tried vegetables a few years ago, but deer harvested most of my crop. They’re a common problem in Georgia, even in suburban areas. Researched deer-resistant plants last week and by gum, they don’t eat potato vines cuz they’re poisonous! Who knew? So I’m starting with a potato perimeter! The remainder of the plants will be in large clear plastic bins, so I can move them for better sun exposure as the season progresses, and seal them from night-feeding critters after dark, at least to start. Thanks for all your valuable information and inspiration — I know I’ll be successful this time.
BTW, I love your formula for laundry soap; I tweaked it by adding 1/2 cup of Oxy Clean, and it’s better than Tide. Really! Only 58 cents a gallon, and only a few minutes to mix it up … works for me!
Hello Kathryn! Love that you tried the laundry detergent- and so glad that you found ways to make it even more effective! Saving money in the home is such a rewarding feeling. Great idea for the potato perimeter- deer are definitely a challenge for lots of folks. I don’t have that problem in my neighborhood, but those rodents are just about as destructive! Always something new to keep you on your toes in the garden, right?! Keep me updated on how your fall garden is growing and happy gardening!