Grow a thriving vegetable garden without all the digging, watering, and weeding.

Here's a fact that you've seen in all the studies and memes:
Gardening is good for you.

And people who grow their own food, in particular, have higher levels of happiness and emotional well-being than people who just grow, like, roses or bonsai.

But those same studies and memes don't show how many people give up after the first year or two (or even mid-season) because they get frustrated with digging up clumpy soil, knowing what and when to plant, battling pests and mystery diseases, and ending up with tiny harvests for all that work and money put into their gardening projects.

Maybe you're one of these people.

You're tired of fertilizing and working the soil, turning the compost, pulling out old plants and putting in new ones... sometimes hours a day, only to end up with an aching back. ('Cause let's be honest, no one's getting any younger here.)

Traditional methods of gardening simply aren't sustainable—for you or your garden.

Here's a secret:

People think more work means bigger rewards, but that's not necessarily true. It just means more work. You don't need to toil over your garden to reap a dazzling harvest and the joy of hearing, "Wow, you grew all that?" when someone steps into your yard.

You need a better way. An easier and—dare I say it?—LAZIER way to garden that leaves you with more time to enjoy the fruits (and veggies) of your labor without breaking your back—or breaking the bank.

The best part? These methods work whether:

What's inside Lazy Gardening Academy:

Module 1 - Planning Your Garden

Let's start from the beginning, because my philosophy is: Do it right—right now—and you'll save yourself a lot of headaches later.

This is where we'll go over the 6 keys to creating your dream garden and the 1 thing you shouldn't waste your time on when you're prepping the yard. (Do NOT let this stall your garden project!)

Module 2 - Making Custom Raised Beds the Easy Way

Don't have a raised bed yet? Don't worry! You can choose from 2 easy-to-follow tutorials for making your own raised beds (in any size you want) in a style conducive to a low-effort, high-return garden, even if you're not a DIYer and don't consider yourself handy.

Learn the pros and cons of different types of lumber and how to protect that investment with my favorite non-toxic, permanent wood preservative that takes only minutes to apply—and you only have to do it once, forever!

Module 3 - Building Healthy Soil

How do you fill a raised bed inexpensively? These simple, sustainable methods help you make your own soil (so you don't have to keep buying bags of what's called "garden soil" but is really just bark), with guidance on amending your existing soil without feeling like you need a chemistry degree. In plain English, I show you how to make soil your silent partner in the garden.

And 👉 I reveal the one mistake I don't want you to make when sourcing manure, because this little-known but surprisingly common problem can destroy your entire garden.

Module 4 - Automating Your Watering

This step-by-step tutorial takes the confusion out of choosing and understanding all the moving parts of a drip irrigation system and guides you through installation, even if you're not the most technical person. (Taught by another non-technical person—that's me!)

This is the exact system I use in my raised bed garden and I'll show you how to streamline it for yours.

Module 5 - Planting Your Garden for Maximum Yield

The most crucial things you need to know about climate zones, planting dates, and maturity dates (including little-known tactics to calculate them the right way), with smart shopping tricks to help you choose and grow the perfect plants for your garden. You'll learn simple techniques for maximizing your space, creating a mini ecosystem with less effort, and reducing pests and plant diseases with natural strategies that are overlooked in most gardens.

While everyone else is Googling how to get rid of pests on their plants, you'll be drowning in delicious abundance from all the food you've just harvested.

Module 6 - Mulching: The Secret Behind Every Successful Garden

Not all mulches are created equal. These are the 5 best mulches you should be using in your garden, how to grow them, how to make them, and where to find them for free (besides your own backyard).

Don't skip this vital step if you want a healthy, productive garden.

Module 7 - Growing More Food Without Planting More Food

How to get more out of your garden with no extra work, simply by looking at your plants in a whole new way.

This is the secret to harvesting nutrient-packed vegetables weeks—or even months—before they're ready so you can double the amount of food that comes from your garden, all without planting a single extra plant or seed.

Module 8 - Making Great Compost the Lazy Way

Most people make compost the same way. This is how you can make compost the easier, lazier way to reach the same results.

You'll learn how to turn (not literally, thankfully) a pile of yard debris into nutrient-rich compost without worrying about temperature, ratios, and whether you have enough to go around.

Bonus - What to Do at the End of the Season

How to close the loop on your garden by procrastinating on your garden chores—by months, even. Sound too good to be true?

It's not, and your garden will thank you for it with lots of deliciousness the following season.

Bonus - Mobile Access on iOS and Android

Now you can take my lessons in the field with you! Download my new app on iOS or Android, log in, and access the course anywhere you have an Internet connection.

You can watch videos on your phone or tablet while implementing the steps in real time and download all the supporting materials you need, including transcripts and worksheets.

Warning: This course is NOT "everything you need to know"

And that's a good thing. Everything pretty much means nothing because having too many lessons to slog through, too many decisions to make, and too many situations and outcomes to analyze can make you give up before you've even started.

You don't need more research, you need more action.

And the action steps in Lazy Gardening Academy give you exactly and only what you need to know and do to set up a super productive vegetable garden that practically runs on autopilot.

It takes all the guesswork and busywork out of growing your own food, so you're not overwhelmed with conflicting information telling you all the things you "could" do but never do.
 

So who am I to teach you?

You see, I'm not extra special. I don't have access to exclusive experts, gadgets, or resources. I just have a proven process that I follow every single time I'm ready to plant my garden.

If I can do this, so can you.

In fact, one of the advantages of having NOT grown up gardening, and only starting when I was a city girl in my 30s is that I've made countless mistakes.

I know the pain of killing hundreds of plants, and I remember what it was like those first couple of years I started gardening: the questions I desperately Googled, the shortcuts I tried to take, and the conventional wisdom that just didn't make sense for an urban gardener or someone growing on a smaller scale.

Learning it all on my own has made me tougher, more open to exploring new methods, and more curious on what else is working. And I'm committed to helping you create your dream garden with the least amount of fuss possible.

3 refreshingly real reasons to work with me

1. I didn't have that dreamy storybook childhood of helping my family in their garden or spending time on my grandparents' farm.

I grew up in the bone-dry desert of Las Vegas, where summers were over 100°F and the only things that would grow in our yard were Mexican fan palms.

(Happy to report that my family took up gardening many years later, and now grow a variety of heat-loving herbs and vegetables in their backyard—under cover, of course.)

In fact, I didn't start gardening (actual gardening, not just tending a few windowsill herbs) until I was 30 years old. I tell you this because I want you to know you don't need to have a "green thumb" to have a productive garden. You'll get there quickly with my help!

2. I was voted Most Studious in high school and 🤓 nerd alert: one of my favorite books in grade school was the dictionary.

Why do I mention it? Because I'm still that same girl 20-odd years later and my idea of fun is diving into research and learning something new.

I'm constantly questioning and tinkering (because there's always another way) and YOU get to be on the receiving end of my aha! moments. I will help you become a better gardener using strategies, hacks, and techniques I've had repeatable success with because they just WORK (without you having to put in more work).

3. I have two kiddos who inspire my entire business—yet make me want to hide in the bathroom at times.

Gemma is 8, loves to collect eggs from the chicken coop, and can eat dozens of snap peas in one sitting. In fact, the only things she'll eat (besides some combo of carbs and cheese for nearly every meal) are fresh fruits and vegetables—so I count that as a parenting win.

Ember is 4, loves to water the plants (though most of it ends up on herself or her sister), loves to "help" in the garden (which means I have to clean it all up afterward), and totally lives up to her fiery name.

If you're a parent to little ones, you know how hard it is to find the time to do, well, anything that doesn't involve bubbles and mud potions, glue and googly eyes, forts made with every pillow and blanket in the house, or another Lego impaling your foot.

That's why I developed my signature Lazy Gardening process—as a means of self-preservation so I can "shop" from my own garden without struggling to get out of the house. 😉 They say you become more efficient the less time you have, and in this stage of life, I find that to be so true.