In 2009, I suddenly developed a serious and disabling autoimmune disease – psoriatic spondylitis.

I was in severe pain 24 hours a day for several years, as I couldn’t tolerate pain medications and conventional medicine couldn’t control my disease. I could no longer work at ground level, and my hands became badly damaged.  At one point, I couldn’t even hold onto a fork long enough to finish eating a meal.

I became disabled and lost my job. I had to sell my homestead, and my sister and I bought a home together.

In desperation, I went gluten-free and changed my diet to one that included large amounts of fresh organic fruits and vegetables – nearly 10-12 servings a day. At least 50% of every meal now consists of vegetables.

By eating large amounts of fresh vegetables, my inflammation and pain levels have improved greatly!  I’m not cured by any means. I’m still greatly limited in my activities due to permanent damage to my joints, and I have to deal with occasional flare-ups of my disease.  But I'm so grateful for the health improvements I now have!

My diet has made such a dramatic difference to my health that my garden is now a high priority for me.  I never want to go back to experiencing years of unrelenting pain again!

But purchasing 10-12 servings of organic fruits and vegetables a day is very expensive.  I became determined to be able to harvest large amounts of fresh, high quality vegetables all year-round, and to store and preserve some of our extra produce.

It was time to get really serious about my gardening!

Learning How to Plan a Year-Round Garden Wasn't Easy!

Believe it or not, my Master Gardener training didn't teach the nitty gritty details of year-round vegetable gardening.  Nor did my college courses on organic agriculture. 

And much of the information on garden planning and scheduling available in books and the internet is very generic.  Authors often assume that common gardening techniques and schedules will work just fine in any climate or region - and that's simply not true!

Planning my garden wouldn't be difficult if I was just growing a standard row garden in the summer, and was going to preserve most of my food.  I would just create a larger garden, use a simple garden schedule, plant more rows, and can or freeze most of the food. 

But that would require a lot more work and a lot more space than we had available. And I would only have fresh vegetables a few months a year.

My sister and I have limited time, space, and energy for our garden.
We needed to use small garden beds.

But learning how to produce a lot more food from a small garden, and to schedule fresh harvests all year, requires quite a bit more planning than a simple summer row garden.

I Finally Took My Vegetable Garden to the Next Level

I wanted the freshest and most nutritious food possible - and lots of it!  Casual gardening would no longer meet my needs.  I focused my research on how to plan a bountiful year-round garden.

I studied the information provided by other highly experienced year-round gardeners. I conducted experiments in my own garden. I pulled together data from all over the internet.

It took months of research and compiling material from multiple sources, 
​but I finally had the information that I needed 
- and in a step-by-step process that I could easily use!

We Now Have the Garden That We Dreamed Of!

With my sister doing most of the physical work in our garden, we now:

Harvest nearly 900 pounds of vegetables a year

Enjoy fresh food from our garden all year-round

Save over $2,000 worth of grocery bills each year

Spend an average of less than 2 hour per week in our garden

So, What's Next?

I've had many members of the Abundant Mini Gardens community ask me detailed questions about planning year-round gardens.  Unfortunately, the nature of blog posts means that these articles have to be pretty generic. There is no way to provide enough detailed garden planning information within short articles for gardeners all across the country .

So, I decided to take the next step.

I worked closely with a core group of gardeners from many different regions, to design a course that will teach people how to create their own custom-designed year-round garden plan and calendars.  

I'm now ready to offer this special course to gardeners who are passionate about growing more of their own vegetables. 

So...

Are You Eager to Take Your Own Vegetable Garden
to the Next Level?

Are you determined to:

Save Thousands of Dollars on Your Grocery Bill

Eat the Freshest, Highest Quality Food That You Can

Become More Self-Sufficient in Producing Your Own Food

Enjoy the Safest Food Possible - Free from GMO and Pesticides

If Your Answer is "YES!"
Sign up for my special course below...

The Step-by-Step Blueprint for Planning a Year-Round Vegetable Garden

In this third module, you'll learn several different methods that you can use to calculate how much to plant for each crop - whether for fresh harvests or for preserving.  You'll also receive special spreadsheets that you can use to better estimate the space needed for producing certain amounts of 30 different vegetables.

Discover Where to Place Vegetables in Your Garden

In module 7, you'll learn about the various factors and issues involved in positioning crops within your garden beds.