Garden Betty
For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."
help me out? I've got some questions 🤔
Does it feel like the year is already over once Thanksgiving rolls around? Everything's a blur and we're just trying to make it to 2026? Yeah. Same. Things start slowing waaaay down around here, so I like to hunker down and strategize about the future of Garden Betty: where it's going, what you're looking for, and how I can make it all come together. Being a one-woman show is no easy task, but I've been at it for over 15 years (‼️) and I try to make each year better based on the feedback I...
micro tomatoes and other EASY vegetables you can grow indoors
For most people, the first snow (or even the first hard freeze) ushers in the end of the gardening season. And while you can certainly hang up your trowel and call it good for the year, I think it's more fun to try to keep something going through winter, but within the warmth and comfort of your own home. Do you ever grow food indoors? Not mason jar sprouts or windowsill herbs, or even those potted citrus trees you drag back inside every October to overwinter... but vegetables you can...
don't miss these early BF deals ⚡️ or this sweet opportunity
I know, I know... You're probably getting bombarded with Black Friday emails this week. And it's not even Black Friday yet. But I wanted to sneak this into your inbox because Amazon has tons of early holiday sales going on, and if you're like me, you like to get all your holiday shopping done before Thanksgiving and skip the madness. Because I've got a special incentive to share what I'm loving, I've scoured Amazon for the best deals and gathered all my favorites into one simple shopping...
scrape out the seeds from your cranberries and do THIS!
I recently learned you can grow cranberries from seed. I mean, maybe that's obvious when you stop to really think about it, but I had to look this up because I was thinking it would be fun to add cranberries to our garden next year. (I'd been planning to get a few plants.) And whaddya know—you can start them from seeds from the bagged cranberries you get at the store! It's not as straightforward as starting other seeds, but still fun to try. Here's how ⬇️ The next time you buy cranberries,...
how to turn fall leaves into brown gold 🍂
Right now, my kids' favorite thing to do when we walk through neighborhoods or parks is drag their feet (or even their bodies 😆) through piles of crisp fall leaves. It's been such a beautiful season in Bend with all the changing colors and lots of leaf piles to play in. 🍂 True story: Several years ago, when I first moved onto my property, I made a post in my local Facebook group asking strangers if I could have their bagged-up leaves. Dozens of people offered up hundreds of bags—all I had to...
my new book is HERE! 🇺🇸
Just released!!! 🎉 About two years ago, my longtime book editor asked if I would write a book about Route 66, America's most recognizable roadway, to honor the Route 66 Centennial in 2026. 🇺🇸 It would be very different from all my other cookbooks and on the surface, it didn't seem doable: I knew little about Route 66, none of the recipes would be my own, and was it all going to be diners, drive-ins, and dives? You could only have so many recipes for burgers and pies, after all. But the more I...
For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."