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."
can't sleep? this will help 😴
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With the start of Daylight Saving Time, most people across North America lost an hour of sleep this weekend. (The contentious, years-long issue is once again being debated in Oregon's legislative session this year.) For a lot of people—namely night owls and folks with kids, both of which I am—it's a tough shift in the sleep routine. I know I need to be getting in bed earlier, but I often can't fall asleep if I do, and then I wake up completely discombobulated for the rest of the week. Sometimes I try to read a really boring book in bed, or take a lavender-infused bath to calm the mind or turn off all devices several hours before I plan to hit the sack, but there's another way to naturally induce sleep: eating the right kind of food before bedtime. Many fruits and vegetables contain small amounts of melatonin (and other sleep-promoting chemicals like tryptophan and magnesium), which help you settle down, fall asleep faster, and stay asleep longer. (You might even be growing some of them in your garden!) Speaking of sleep, my favorite mattress brand, Avocado Green Mattress, is running a spring sale right now—save 10% on the original Avocado original Green Mattress or Avocado Vegan Mattress! I personally own and love my four Avocado mattresses: the Original Green, Green Pillowtop, Eco Organic, and Eco Organic Kids mattress. Our oldest mattress (a king pillowtop) is going on six years and still looks and feels like new; you can read my honest review of it here. Our newest mattresses (the two Eco styles) are used in the kids' bunk bed and I have a full review of those coming soon, but after four months so far, I can say this: they're a fantastic (and fairly affordable) option for an organic children's mattress. ​Check out the sale here.​ P.S. Can't sleep? Eating these 13 fruits and vegetables can help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer.​ P.P.S. Thanks to my partnership with Gardener's Supply Company, I just scored an exclusive discount for Garden Betty readers. Use code GARDENBETTY10 to get 10% off your purchase this spring!​ This is where I got some of my absolute favorite gardening gear: the sturdiest tomato cages and trellises (which I've owned for over 10 years), Mod Hod baskets (over 5 years), and hanging tool caddies (also more than 5 years and still going strong):
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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."