Pssst… we’re coming up on my favorite day of the year.

Yes, it’s my daughter’s birthday 😉 but also, it’ll be the first official day of SPRING tomorrow! 🌱🌼🐞🌈

My plants have been tucked in their garden beds since last fall, sittin’ cozy under a thick layer of last year’s plant debris. I use old plants as a free mulch throughout my garden because 1) they’re free, and 2) they add nutrients to the soil as they break down.

The plants are cut down at soil level once they start dying back—leaving the roots in place below ground to feed beneficial microbes—while above ground, the foliage is scattered over the surface as is.

It’s a super efficient way of composting in place while protecting the soil structure over winter.

This is just one of many “tricks” I use in the garden to save time and money while improving my soil in one go. (So, less compost and fertilizer is needed in spring, and the soil food web—that mighty little network of worms, bacteria, fungi, and microorganisms—is fired up and ready to work right away.)

I share other tricks like this in my online course Lazy Gardening Academy, and today I’d like to tell you a little more about it.

(Don’t worry, this is the only dedicated email I’ll send this season. I just want to share a helpful resource if you’re the type that likes structured lessons in a logical order, without searching all over my site to piece together advice.)

I won’t repeat the sales page over on the course site, as you can head over there if you’re the least bit curious—but I’ll say this:

The lazy way.

By following my course, you’ll learn how to create regenerative natural systems in your own 100% organic vegetable garden—in other words, letting nature do all the hard work for you.

Here are 5 things you should know about Lazy Gardening Academy:

1. You can start from the beginning, in the middle, at the end, wherever you want—the modules are organized by garden phases, so you can just skip to the phase you’re in or want more help with.
2. My “power users” have logged in hundreds of times in the last 6 years since the course launched. This is a resource you’ll come back to as needed, whenever you’re planting a new bed or looking for a little extra motivation.
3. The course is NOT “everything you need to know”—it’s only what you need to know and more importantly, what you need to DO to get the same results I’ve had in my garden for more than a decade: huge, healthy harvests without battling pests and pulling weeds all season.
4. Have you ever watched a YouTube video and realized everything that was said in that 20-minute video could easily be explained in 2 minutes? You won’t find that here. Each video is a bite-sized lesson for easy digestion. If you’re not into video, I have full transcripts available to download. So no matter your learning style—be it slideshows, video, reading the closed captions, or printing and reading lessons at your leisure—you’ll have easy access to all the info.
5. An on-the-go app means you can take the lessons with you and watch/read them in your kids’ car pick-up line, the doctor’s waiting room, or simply have as a handy reference in your back pocket (literally!) while you’re working in the garden. No need to log in from a computer and be tied to a desk. (I wish all courses had this!)

⚡️ If you’ve made it this far and your interest is piqued, sign up by March 27 to snag my 1-on-1 garden coaching bonus—a complimentary offer as my way of saying thanks for trusting me! ⚡️

March 27 is a week from now, FYI. You must sign up by 11:59 pm PT and pay in full to receive my bonus coaching offer. It’s a $200 value so hey, it’s like getting 40% off the whole package of course + coaching! 😊

Cheers to spring!