Regenerative Living

Natural Gardening

For Everyone

A gardening basics series

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Want to try out gardening using natural methods?

These six guides walk you through how to design and manage your next gardening project successfully.

Pro Tip: Be sure to check out the printable resources at the end of each lesson. There are research papers and easy to read practical guides available for download.

A Note on Our Approach

All the content on this site was drawn from trusted sources such as the USDA and university extension programs. You can review the deep-dive research papers to learn more. This site was co-written with AI, under close human guidance.

The Natural Gardening Basics Series

Six Guides, One Growing Season

Read them in order, or jump to whatever your garden needs right now.

Assess sun, size, placement, water access.

14–16 minute read

How to build living soil instead of just digging it.

15–17 minute read

Learn about beneficial insects in your garden.

12–14 minute read

Choose the best seeds or seedlings and plant them well.

17–19 minute read

Nurture Life Naturally

Tips for caring for your garden as it grows to get the best results.

15–17 minute read

Harvest, prepare, and share.

13–15 minute read

Not Sure Where to Start?

Find Your Place in the Season

You can start learning at any place in the season.

1

Nothing planted yet?

Start with Pick Your Spot and Fix Your Soil, then move through the series in order.

2

The garden's in & plants are growing?

Jump to The Good Bugs and Nurture Life, Protect Naturally. These two guides are useful once things are already in the ground.

3

Harvest is coming in?

Go straight to Harvest & Eat for picking know-how, kitchen safety, and recipes that use what you grew.

Ready to start?

Every guide is short by design, ripe for a 5 minute skim or a less than 25 minute deep dive.

Start With Pick Your Spot →