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26 May 2022
Designing, Garden Design, Gardening

My Exact Kitchen Garden Planting Plan

The day has come and gone (okay, but just like a couple of days ago). Our inaugural planting day in the NEW KITCHEN GARDEN! 

All of a sudden soil was in (yes, all 110 bags) and I was ready to go and had starts waiting for me, and it just … happened. And I had the most giant smile on my face ever of all time. I even texted my husband about it. 

But what did I plant, you ask?! I’ll show you! I got started on my plan, which I actually completely used the garden club for (if you don’t know, I have a monthly gardening club for all US hardiness zones) because in my excitement I forgot everything I knew about timing and what to plant right now, etc. 

I always tweak as I go, so this is never a final plan, BUT I’m going to stick pretty close to this for many reasons, which I’ll fully explain. 

I actually do think I may need to number my beds, which is sending me into a very fun place of looking for cute metal number placards. But, going left to right and top to bottom: 

BED ONE: 

The large tomato bed is what I planted first. I had some great Beef Steak tomatoes from Burpee and needed to plant them ASAP. How do I plant them? I prune all lower leaves off and plant way deep down the stem. Immediately stake them with support, and companion plant some of these: basil, marigold, alyssum, borage. 

I did plant some basil and will add much more. I’m actually thinking I’ll do Alyssum instead of marigolds this year because marigolds require a lot of deadheading in my experience. 

Other tomato varieties: Juliette, San Marzano, and a white sugar tomato that has won a local taste test – had to do it. 

BED TWO: 

Empty so far, but will be home to other tomatoes, borage, carrots (maybe too late in the season), and onions. 

BED THREE: 

The strawberry bed is going to sit half-empty for a while because I’m undecided on them. Chives will go in regardless. But strawbs take forever to produce well. I do have excellent acidic soil amendment for them at the ready! 

BED FOUR: 

I first added some nasturtium seeds to the inner edge to create an aisle from the walkway. All beds from the arch trellis to the fountain will have them. I can’t wait for this detail! Kale is going in asap, and I started seeds of bachelor’s buttons and bee balm – this is gonna be a good bed. 

BED FIVE: 

This was supposed to have cucumber, but I put some super long vining tomato plant there with the cosmos. Squash went in too! I have no clue about the variety because the kids and I started these a month ago and I didn’t write it down. Some mix of yellow squash and zucchini. 

BED SIX: 

Potatoes and watermelon are the names of this game. Until I rename it “just watermelons” because I didn’t buy seed potatoes in time it seems. 

BED SEVEN: 

Sweet potatoes bed! Wow, this seems ambitious. I need to get some slips asap – or this will be a catch-all bed of extras. We always need more beans and squash, so we’ll see. 

BED EIGHT: 

I did plant the cosmos border, and squash that the kids started from seed! But the arch will have Scarlett Runner Beans because they’re so stunning and I’ve been dying to grow them. 

BED NINE: 

Bush beans, cucumber, and peppers! I have incredible peppers that Burpee sent me and I am absolutely so eager to see them. Something about how unique all the peppers are just intrigue me. 

BED TEN: 

I started calendula seeds here and then bought eggplant instead of okra. Because let’s face it – I’m from California and I have NO idea what to do with okra. More peppers will go here too – everyone loves a jalapeno moment. 

And that’s a wrap on that! Off to go send love to all the seedlings! 

If you want more info on how to plan your garden, check out THIS POST.

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With everything that I’ve loved deeply in life, I wish I started sooner. Wish I found my husband sooner, had babies younger, got into gardening and started making it my life a decade earlier.

If I would have listened to the nudges and trusted them more, I would have. In fact, the story of how my husband and I fell in love is ALL about a second chance he took on me a year after I “wanted to be friends” 🤦🏻‍♀️. But he was the one all along. There’s a psychic and roller skates and magic moments woven throughout the story – a tale for another day.

Fast forward a few years and I almost never started my first garden if my husband hadn’t challenged me to finally act on my supposed dream to have a big garden.

Luckily, I started documenting it from the get go! But I didn’t take the leap into making it my business somehow until about two years later.

While it’s fun (er, maybe depressing) to play the what if game, I look back and feel so proud of when I finally took the leap into the unknown, investing in my heart. I knew I wanted to keep gardening and sharing, but had no clue what I was doing.

Now, being able to help others take that leap – take what they love and make it what they *do* – it’s the ultimate full circle.

My one-day (maybe even just one time!) masterclass in making your passion your business via Instagram, is OPEN.

I am so excited to meet whomever is meant to be in this even with me. It’s a live zoom, and I’ll be POURING my heart and all my knowledge into it. Years of my own investment, experience, and insight, coming straight to you.

My goal has always been: do what I love and spend time with whom I love. Work on my own schedule, make a full-time income, be present for my family. And Some days I can’t believe I’ve actually done it!!

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Maybe they’ll resent how much they “had to garden” as teenagers, rediscovering it a decade later, much like my own journey. 

No matter the destination, the moments when we’re out adventuring together talking about wild fennel and cactus flowers, treasuring the perfect-heighted walking stick and a Turkey vulture feather - those are the moments when my soul sighs with contentment and I know that I have done enough. 

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Perhaps they’ll look back and giggle together about how mom made them sing a song to an Elderberry bush as a gift of reciprocity when we had nothing else. 

Or maybe they’ll long for the sweet days with sticky hands from pulling needles off rosemary stems, and returning worms to their dirt homes. 

Maybe they’ll resent how much they “had to garden” as teenagers, rediscovering it a decade later, much like my own journey. 

No matter the destination, the moments when we’re out adventuring together talking about wild fennel and cactus flowers, treasuring the perfect-heighted walking stick and a Turkey vulture feather - those are the moments when my soul sighs with contentment and I know that I have done enough. 

#raisethemwild #wildandfreechildren #motherhoodrising #foraging
Perhaps they’ll look back and giggle together about how mom made them sing a song to an Elderberry bush as a gift of reciprocity when we had nothing else. 

Or maybe they’ll long for the sweet days with sticky hands from pulling needles off rosemary stems, and returning worms to their dirt homes. 

Maybe they’ll resent how much they “had to garden” as teenagers, rediscovering it a decade later, much like my own journey. 

No matter the destination, the moments when we’re out adventuring together talking about wild fennel and cactus flowers, treasuring the perfect-heighted walking stick and a Turkey vulture feather - those are the moments when my soul sighs with contentment and I know that I have done enough. 

#raisethemwild #wildandfreechildren #motherhoodrising #foraging
Perhaps they’ll look back and giggle together about how mom made them sing a song to an Elderberry bush as a gift of reciprocity when we had nothing else. 

Or maybe they’ll long for the sweet days with sticky hands from pulling needles off rosemary stems, and returning worms to their dirt homes. 

Maybe they’ll resent how much they “had to garden” as teenagers, rediscovering it a decade later, much like my own journey. 

No matter the destination, the moments when we’re out adventuring together talking about wild fennel and cactus flowers, treasuring the perfect-heighted walking stick and a Turkey vulture feather - those are the moments when my soul sighs with contentment and I know that I have done enough. 

#raisethemwild #wildandfreechildren #motherhoodrising #foraging
Perhaps they’ll look back and giggle together about how mom made them sing a song to an Elderberry bush as a gift of reciprocity when we had nothing else. 

Or maybe they’ll long for the sweet days with sticky hands from pulling needles off rosemary stems, and returning worms to their dirt homes. 

Maybe they’ll resent how much they “had to garden” as teenagers, rediscovering it a decade later, much like my own journey. 

No matter the destination, the moments when we’re out adventuring together talking about wild fennel and cactus flowers, treasuring the perfect-heighted walking stick and a Turkey vulture feather - those are the moments when my soul sighs with contentment and I know that I have done enough. 

#raisethemwild #wildandfreechildren #motherhoodrising #foraging
Perhaps they’ll look back and giggle together about how mom made them sing a song to an Elderberry bush as a gift of reciprocity when we had nothing else. 

Or maybe they’ll long for the sweet days with sticky hands from pulling needles off rosemary stems, and returning worms to their dirt homes. 

Maybe they’ll resent how much they “had to garden” as teenagers, rediscovering it a decade later, much like my own journey. 

No matter the destination, the moments when we’re out adventuring together talking about wild fennel and cactus flowers, treasuring the perfect-heighted walking stick and a Turkey vulture feather - those are the moments when my soul sighs with contentment and I know that I have done enough. 

#raisethemwild #wildandfreechildren #motherhoodrising #foraging
Perhaps they’ll look back and giggle together about how mom made them sing a song to an Elderberry bush as a gift of reciprocity when we had nothing else. 

Or maybe they’ll long for the sweet days with sticky hands from pulling needles off rosemary stems, and returning worms to their dirt homes. 

Maybe they’ll resent how much they “had to garden” as teenagers, rediscovering it a decade later, much like my own journey. 

No matter the destination, the moments when we’re out adventuring together talking about wild fennel and cactus flowers, treasuring the perfect-heighted walking stick and a Turkey vulture feather - those are the moments when my soul sighs with contentment and I know that I have done enough. 

#raisethemwild #wildandfreechildren #motherhoodrising #foraging
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Perhaps they’ll look back and giggle together about how mom made them sing a song to an Elderberry bush as a gift of reciprocity when we had nothing else.

Or maybe they’ll long for the sweet days with sticky hands from pulling needles off rosemary stems, and returning worms to their dirt homes.

Maybe they’ll resent how much they “had to garden” as teenagers, rediscovering it a decade later, much like my own journey.

No matter the destination, the moments when we’re out adventuring together talking about wild fennel and cactus flowers, treasuring the perfect-heighted walking stick and a Turkey vulture feather – those are the moments when my soul sighs with contentment and I know that I have done enough.

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Making final moves💧Got the last piece for my bed irrigation today! 

Why water with soaker hoses, you ask? I’ll tell you. 

They’re flexible, moveable, controllable, and hide well.

I love hand watering too, but this is much more of a long term and steady choice. 

Linked in stories and highlights AND on the blog for you. But bookmark this puppy so you don’t forget. These are Linex brand. 

I’ve used them before (hence these photos) and with clients! Love love. 

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Making final moves💧Got the last piece for my bed irrigation today! 

Why water with soaker hoses, you ask? I’ll tell you. 

They’re flexible, moveable, controllable, and hide well.

I love hand watering too, but this is much more of a long term and steady choice. 

Linked in stories and highlights AND on the blog for you. But bookmark this puppy so you don’t forget. These are Linex brand. 

I’ve used them before (hence these photos) and with clients! Love love. 

#irrigation #soakerhose #gardendesign #kitchengarden #gardenersofinstagram
Making final moves💧Got the last piece for my bed irrigation today! 

Why water with soaker hoses, you ask? I’ll tell you. 

They’re flexible, moveable, controllable, and hide well.

I love hand watering too, but this is much more of a long term and steady choice. 

Linked in stories and highlights AND on the blog for you. But bookmark this puppy so you don’t forget. These are Linex brand. 

I’ve used them before (hence these photos) and with clients! Love love. 

#irrigation #soakerhose #gardendesign #kitchengarden #gardenersofinstagram
Making final moves💧Got the last piece for my bed irrigation today! 

Why water with soaker hoses, you ask? I’ll tell you. 

They’re flexible, moveable, controllable, and hide well.

I love hand watering too, but this is much more of a long term and steady choice. 

Linked in stories and highlights AND on the blog for you. But bookmark this puppy so you don’t forget. These are Linex brand. 

I’ve used them before (hence these photos) and with clients! Love love. 

#irrigation #soakerhose #gardendesign #kitchengarden #gardenersofinstagram
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Making final moves💧Got the last piece for my bed irrigation today!

Why water with soaker hoses, you ask? I’ll tell you.

They’re flexible, moveable, controllable, and hide well.

I love hand watering too, but this is much more of a long term and steady choice.

Linked in stories and highlights AND on the blog for you. But bookmark this puppy so you don’t forget. These are Linex brand.

I’ve used them before (hence these photos) and with clients! Love love.

#irrigation #soakerhose #gardendesign #kitchengarden #gardenersofinstagram

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