Grow & Preserve a year's worth of food

And eat homegrown all year

No pesticides, chemicals or large yard required. Stock your pantry in one season.

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✓ Over 200 students enrolled
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Whether you are...

Brand new to gardening

and don't know where to start

Have been gardening for years

and want to take it to the next level

Worried about food security

and want to get prepared

You're in the right place.

8 Weeks to eating Homegrown All Year

Week 1: Create a Garden Plan

Learn how to make the most of your space, how to utilize intensive crop spacing, and how to plan for an automatic watering system. Walk away with a garden plan, a preservation plan, and a planting schedule for your zone.

Week 2: Seeds, Seed Starting & Soil Biology

How to pick the right varieties for your needs (we’ll give you all of our top favorite varieties and their sources so that you can skip the trial and error). Learn how to start your own seeds at home to save money OR how to buy the right starts so you don’t have problems all season.

Week 3: Bed prep & Soil

Everything you need to know to get off to a strong start in Spring: learn about soil biology, the crucial role soil plays in success, and how to source the right kind of high quality compost. Learn how to start a raised or in-ground bed from scratch, or how to amend an already established garden. 

Week 4: Automatic Watering

The number one comment we get here is, “This was the biggest game changer!” We show you how to order and install your own custom watering system in just a couple of hours. Not only does this drastically increase your harvest, but it drastically decreases the amount of time you have to spend caring for your garden.

Week 5: Transplanting & Care

Get crops in the ground at the right time: learn how to plant, transplant, trellis, and deal with pest naturally. Getting a good start to the season makes all the difference come harvest time. 

Week 6: Preservation Basics

Learn all of the fundamental preservation methods like canning, dehydrating, curing, freezing and cold storage so that you can make every single major crop last all winter long

Week 7: Seed Saving

There are many crops that you can easily seed save but there are some important rules to learn first. Learn the science of seeds and how to selectively save them to improve your garden year after year

Week 8: Harvesting & Putting the Garden to Bed

Intensive harvesting techniques to maximize production, and exactly what we do each season to make the next one better

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What our course members tell us

At the end of every course, we ask our members to complete a survey. Here is what they tell us:

Say the value far exceeds what they paid
1 %
Go on to buy another course
1 %
Satisfaction. We have yet to be asked for a refund.
1 %

Meet Jake & Amanda

7 years ago, our family set a goal to grow all of our own meat and produce for a year, and to learn the preservation techniques that would allow us to eat our homegrown food all year long. And we wanted to grow it all without pesticides, chemicals, or artificial fertilizers.

At the time, we had two full-time jobs, 11 kids between us, and very little money to spare. Growing all the food our family needed for a year was no small task.

By the end of the second year, we had figured out the homesteading side: what to grow for long-term storage, how to preserve the harvest, and which varieties actually last through winter.

By year 3, we decided to expand and start growing food for our local community — and we invested in professional training for market garden production to help us scale up: we learned how to implement intensive spacing, automated systems, soil biology, and the efficiency principles that professional growers use to maximize yield from every square foot.

What we discovered is that almost nobody was combining the two worlds. When you apply the efficiency and high yield thinking of a market garden to the preservation and storage focus of a homestead, something remarkable happens: you can produce A TON of food in a very small space in a way that actually saves a lot of money! 

The combination has become the foundation of everything we teach. It’s why our students consistently get more food out of less space than they ever expected. And it’s why our 1/16th acre garden now feeds all 13 of us, all year long, with enough variety and volume to fill a root cellar, pantry and freezer!

As we shared about our journey, we started getting requests to teach what we had learned. So we did. And over the past several years, we’ve helped hundreds of families learn to grow and preserve their own food — in backyards, raised beds, small plots, and larger homesteads across zones 4-8. 

For us, the real value was never the money we saved (though we do save thousands of dollars a year on groceries). It was the peace of mind – knowing where our food comes from. Knowing what’s in it – and what isn’t. Knowing we have the skills to keep feeding our family no matter what happens. 

That last part has started to feel more important than ever. 

 

“After this gardening course, I had the largest harvest I could possibly have! I learned so much and was able to apply almost everything to my own garden space. All questions were answered. Would 100% recommend any gardener come learn more — whether you are a beginner or experienced, I think all would find it interesting!”

Candy LaMar

2024 Course Member

What's Included

Gardening Course

➤ Modules 1–3 unlock immediately on enrollment — start planning your garden tonight, don’t wait for the kickoff

➤ Remain modules released weekly, in time for you to learn and then apply  

➤ Each module is 2-3 hours of video lessons, most of which you can listen to while you work  

240 page Full Color Course book

➤ Shipped to your door within 3-5 days of enrolling 

➤ Profiles on 36 major fruit and vegetable crops, 29 culinary and medicinal herbs, and 25 flowers for cutting and drying

➤ Includes our tested variety recommendations for your zone — the ones that taste best, yield most, and store longest, after 6+ years of trial and error

➤ Growing tips and tricks for each crop that took us years to figure out — you get to skip the trial and error

➤ All of our favorite preservation recipes

➤ Garden planning worksheets and sample garden plans for both raised beds and in-ground gardens

Food Preservation Course

➤ A course within a course! You get immediate access when you sign up.

➤ Learn how to water bath can AND pressure can everything from fruits and vegetables to beans and meat

➤ Learn all of the methods you need to know to preserve every kind of major crop

➤ Includes all of our favorite recipes that we use to preserve our garden every year

Community & Support

➤ Live Q&A Sessions so that you can ask questions and get help troubleshooting as you are implementing the lessons at home.

➤ Direct access to Amanda and Jake by email all season long — not just during the 8 weeks. If you have problems come up, you can reach out and get help problem solving any time.

➤ Access to our private online community where you can also ask questions, share your progress and successes, share recipes, and connect with other people on the same journey

Lifetime Access

Sometimes life happens! We give you lifetime access so that you can skip lessons you’re not ready for, rewatch lessons, and keep coming back as often as you need to. And when new videos are added, you will get those too!

One payment of $589 OR 4 payments of $159

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What our course members say

I had the opportunity to take Jake and Amanda’s Garden course and it was outstanding. We learned everything from planning, to what to grow based on what our family eats, where to buy seeds, when to plant, how to care for plants, when and how to harvest, and we got lots of recipes along the way. This is truly one of the best investments I’ve ever made.”

Alicia Birkner

2022 Course Member

“I thought I had a lot of gardening experience, but I learned so much from Amanda and Jake! I learned about improving my soil, buying seeds, making my own potting mix, starting seeds, making biochar, and preserving produce. From their enthusiasm and their own experiences, I felt encouraged to quadruple my garden space. My life has truly been enriched by them.”

Annette Mull

2025 Course Member

“Amanda and Jake truly have a heart for teaching and empowering others. They are well organized and the class being broken into chunks throughout the season was brilliant — you learn enough to practice what is relevant at that point in the season without becoming overwhelmed. They were so great at answering all my questions and never made me feel silly for asking ‘dumb’ questions.”

Mariah Schmidt

2023 Course Member

A GARDENING Course TAILORED TO

YOU

YOUR ZONE

Weather, pests, soil type, season length, and plant varieties all vary drastically by zone and region. This course is tailored specifically to Zones 4-8.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

If you have never gardened before, you can start with the basics year 1, and then implement some of the more advanced techniques year 2 and 3. Rewatch videos as much as you want for years to come until you have mastered the material. 

YOUR PACE

Lunch breaks, after the kids go to bed, or while you’re having your morning coffee.. fit in learning on your schedule. You can complete the course at the pace we recommend or at the pace you prefer- whatever works best for you! Each module is 2-3 hours long.

YOUR GOALS

Whether your goal is to start a hobby garden, you are looking to grow and preserve a year’s supply of food, or you want to scale up and grow produce to sell, we teach you everything you need to know to help you accomplish the goals that work for your time, budget and resources. 

YOUR QUESTIONS

We will be with you every step of the season from planning in January to final harvesting & preservation in October. Join us live on our Q&A sessions or watch the recorded version later. You can also reach out to us any time by phone or email – we are available to answer questions all year long.  

YOUR COMMUNITY

You will have access to our online gardening community, filled with past and current members that are gardening and preserving in the same zone, weather, and conditions as you are. This is an amazing resource for sharing information, asking questions, and building  {gardening} friendships in your area!

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CoursE

Overview

Seven comprehensive modules with everything you need to know to master the skills to grow and preserve a year’s supply of nutrient dense food 

MODULE 1

Orientation & Goal Setting

Take a tour of a variety of backyard gardens in different landscapes. Learn our method for planning out a garden/  homestead. Most mistakes are made by people who don’t start with an end goal in mind, so this module is essential!

MODULE 2

Planning & Pitfalls

Learn how to plan a garden for a watering system, weed barrier, crop spacing and succession sowing so that you can make the very most of the space you have. When you are finished, you will have a professional garden plan, a food preservation plan, a seed shopping list, and a seed starting and planting schedule for your zone.

MODULE 3

Seed Starting 101

Learn everything you need to know to successfully start seeds indoors. With our method, you will spend less money on seed starting than buying starts Year 1! Additionally, learn how to sell seed starts, how to grow microgreens, and how to make your own pesticide, pest & chemical-free germination mix. 

MODULE 4

Spring Prep

Learn how to source compost (that doesn’t contain human waste), how to start a garden from scratch, how to broadfork for better success, how to set up an automatic watering system, how to use weed barrier and other weed suppression methods, and learn about season extension and trellising methods for different crops.

MODULE 5

Soil Spotlight

Biochar and compost tea are two incredible amendments that can significantly increase the health of your soil and the nutrient quality of your produce. Over time, they will reduce the amount of water and compost your garden needs. In this lesson, learn everything you need to know to make your own biochar retort and compost tea brewer, as well as how to use them in the garden. We also include various ways to begin composting and vermicomposting (aka how to make and care for a worm bin). 

MODULE 6

Last Frost to First Frost

Learn how to prepare seed starts for planting, how to transplant for best success, how to amend and prune crops like tomatoes and peppers for maximum production, how to deal with pest naturally, and more. Also included: a bonus module on how save seeds from all the main crops. 

MODULE 7

Fruit & Vegetable Spotlights

An everything you need to know lesson on how to grow and preserve our most essential storage crops. Lessons will include all of the tips and tricks we’ve learned for best success on how to plant, harvest and preserve/store all of the major crops.

Guide to Food Preservation Course

This course (within a course) covers everything you need to know to preserve fruits, vegetables, medicinal & culinary herbs and dry flowers so that you can make your harvest last all winter long. This includes how to pressure can, water bath can, how to cure crops for cold storage, how to set up cold storage, how to freeze foods, and how to dry & dehydrate.

These methods are the culmination of 6 years of trial and error to find the best ways to make each major crop last as long as possible. We include all of our favorite recipes too!

Q&A Sessions &
Garden Community

Every gardening season throws different curveballs, and we will be with you every step of the way to help you problem solve and succeed. 

Also included with this course is access to a private Facebook group for past and present class members to ask questions, share information, and communicate. Because this course is specific to Zones 4-8, the community is filled with gardeners that have similar growing conditions and growing methods. 

ALSO

Included

COURSE BOOK

With the purchase of the course, you will receive our course book in the mail. It has 240 full color pages that contain profiles on how to grow 36 major fruit and vegetable crops, 29 of our favorite culinary and medicinal herbs, and 25 of our favorite flowers for cutting and drying. We not only share all the essential information to grow each crop, but we give the tips and tricks we’ve learned over the years to have better success with growing and processing them and our favorite preservation recipes.

For the last 6 years, we have tested hundreds of varieties and taken notes on which ones do best in our zone, climate, weather, and soil conditions. We then pick the varieties that taste the best, yield the most, and store the longest. We include all of this information in our course book so that you get to skip the trial and error (and wasted money and time) and get fast tracked to success. 

Additionally, there are garden planning worksheets, sample garden plans for both raised beds and an in-ground garden, all of our favorite recipes and much much more.

Please note: This course book is only available to people who take this course, we do not sell it separately! 

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REVIEWS

What does gardening in zones 4-8 mean?

Zones are determined by the coldest temperatures a location reaches in the year. Typically, people in similar zones have a similar weather climate, season length (first and last frost dates), and can successfully grow the same plant varieties. 

We are located in West Spokane, Washington. We are between Zones 5B-6A, which are the light blue and dark green colors on the map. 

As you can see, there is a blue and green belt across the middle of the country that falls into the Zones 5 & 6 category. 

Our course content is most specific to zones 4-8.

CHECK MY ZONE

This course is for you if

➤ You want to learn how to garden without pesticides, herbicides, chemicals, and artificial fertilizers.

➤ You would like to source compost that does NOT contain human waste (most nurseries carry compost made from the city’s human waste)

➤ You are interested in learning how to make your own compost and natural soil amendments in a small backyard setting (i.e. you want to build a self-sustaining system)

➤ You want to learn how to plan a garden and grow all the food you {& your family} need for the year.

➤ You want to learn how to preserve & store produce for winter. 

➤ You are looking for a garden course specific to your zone and region for better success

➤ You would like a course that walks you through the season step by step 

➤ You want the ability to ask questions and get help with problems that arise all season long

➤ You want to meet other local gardeners who are also trying to grow and preserve their own food.

This course is NOT for you if

➤ You want to know how to do large scale farming with tractors & heavy equipment 

➤ You want conventional growing methods that include the use of pesticides & artificial fertilizers/amendments

➤ You are in zones higher than 8

➤ You live in a Southern region or climate different than ours.

COMPREHENSIVE. CONVENIENT.

AND LIFETIME ACCESS.

Once you’re in, you’re in.

Too fast paced? Life comes up? No problem! With lifetime access to the course content, you can keep going back and rewatching videos as much as you need to.

You will also get any new videos, worksheets, and course book additions that we release. Plus, you’re welcome to go through the program with the new class again each year.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Absolutely! Our course timeline (the releasing of modules) , content, and course book are all designed for zones 4-7 specifically. That being said, if you are in zone 3-8, just about everything will still apply to you as well. 

Yes! Just know that some of the pests, weather, humidity, soil conditions, etc. that you face will be different than us. We will help you as much as we are able, but we will be more limited in that capacity. 

You will have lifetime access to the course.

Yes. You can go through it with new course members every year if you would like to.

You can download the Kajabi app for easier access to the courses and navigation, but you will be able to do everything you need to do by logging in through an internet browser.

The course book is only available to people who purchase the course, we do not sell separately. We begin mailing course books out on January 1st. 

Once the modules are released, you can complete the lessons within that module whenever you would like to (or you can skip them altogether).  

Absolutely! You can submit questions for us to answer during the Q&A sessions and then watch the recorded session later if you are unavailable during the live timeframe. 

There’s no such thing as a green thumb (which implies that gardening is like singing or painting – a skill you’re born with or without). It’s not! It’s actually a lot more like building a house or baking bread. Anyone can garden with the right tools and information. Course members who follow our steps are able to garden successfully. 

Yes! We cover both raised bed and in-ground gardening that can accommodate almost any size yard big or small. A big emphasis of this course is getting the highest yield possible in the smallest amount of space so that you can maximize your rewards and minimize your input. We have tested hundreds of varieties and we share our favorite variety of each crop for both flavor AND yield in our course book.

Yes! We used to have a 1 acre market garden and we teach the techniques we learned to garden at that scale efficiently. We have found that most people think they need a lot more space than they actually do to support their family. For example, we only need a garden that is about 1/8 of an acre to sustain our entire family of 13 people for a year! 

We teach what we call “more-ganic” gardening because the qualifications for organic gardening are pretty disappointing. Organic farms can legally use pesticides, herbicides, and compost containing human waste. We teach how to garden without any of those things. 

To figure out what zone you are in:

https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/

Each module contains video & audio lessons and it will take between 1 – 3 hours to complete the module. Quite a few of the lessons can be listened to (no visual necessary) if you like to listen while you work.  

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