The Unexpected Gardener

S3E2 - You Don’t Need a Homestead | Start Right Where You Are

You don’t need 40 acres, a milk cow, or a picture-perfect homestead to live a little differently. In this episode, I’m digging into what I really mean when I say “come h

S3E1 - A Health Scare, a Hard Season & Coming Back!

Unexpected Gardener is back—and honestly, I wasn’t sure it would be, even though I love podcasting. This summer brought a health scare, a hard season, and a lot of time

S2E15 - Chicken Keeping 101 With The Girly Homesteader

If you have wanted to start keeping chickens but have no idea where to start my friend Laura from The Girly Homesteader does not disappoint! She breaks it all down. I too

S2E14 - Calm The Heck Down!

I am going off topic today to tell you to please calm the heck down! For your own sake, take a breath and step away from the computer. A few things have been bothering m

S2E13 - Prep Like a Boss! Guest Laura Breaks it Down

If you are at all interested in common sense prepping this is the episode for you! My friend Laura shares so many amazing tips that you will be prepping in no time. Pre

S2E12 - Restoration Farm (dreams can come true!)

In this episode I share how the dream of starting my non profit Restoration Farm came about and what the status is now!

S2E11 - Greyson's Story Part 2

Part 2 of my son's story and how he is completely off all pharmaceuticals and only taking supplements! His is a HARD journey and it was difficult at times to share it wit

S2 E10 - Greyson's Story Part 1

This is raw and honest. I apologize for the audio issues and the fact that I had trouble getting through it! I will address the microphone issues, I promise but I hope y

S2E9 - 2024 Garden Lessons Learned

After a break I am back to recording and I missed it so much! In this episode I am recounting all the lessons I learned in the 2024 garden and I think a few points will

S2E8 - My Take On Conspiracy Theories

I have a take on all the recent conspiracy theories that are popping up after hurricane Helene devastated part of my beautiful state. Some of you won't like my take and

S2E7 - How Do People Like Us Prepare For a Disaster?

It's not the most fun topic to talk about but these times call for this conversation. How to regular folks without a ton of land, living in cities or suburbia prepare fo

S2E6 - Poison Food in Schools & Dock Worker Strike

Follow up on previous episode about my frustration with the poison food my kid's school serves, what the head administrator said and how I am reacting to that. Watch the

S2E5 - Two New Reasons To Buy Local

Not to sound like a broken record but I have two great reasons to break up with the grocery store and buy local food! If you want to take me up on the offer to be a beta

S2E4 - Should Christians Hold A Higher Standard When It Comes To Food?

I really went back and forth on whether to post this but in the end I think it's important. What we feed our kids is important and if we call ourselves Christ followers

S2E3 - Vertical Gardening with Greenstalk

I talk about them a lot and they are starting an epic sale on Sept 2nd so I decided to talk all about them. Several people on Instagram asked me to do an episode about it

S2E2 - The Fall Garden!

Today we are talking all about the fall garden, why I love it, what I'm growing and whether you can grow a fall garden too! I mention Greenstalk and it's my favorite way

S2E1 - My Favorite Clean Back to School Snacks

Snacks can be a hard thing to convert to clean so I take you through some of my favorite brands for the kids. Mentioned in this episode: Boulder Canyon Jacksons Sweet

Episode 27 - Preserving The Harvest

In this quick episode I give some ideas to deal with the burden of the harvest! I was completely overwhelmed when I had so much produce without a plan. This will help yo

Episode 26 - Sourdough Part 2

In part 2 we go from bulk fermenting to final bake! I also answer some questions I got from Instagram and cover the items I think are absolutely needed. If you didn't lis

Episode 25 - Sourdough Part 1

I'm not sure why it took me so long to do a sourdough episode! This will need to be in a few parts because there are so many things to cover. In this episode I cover why