About the Author

Simone Baker

Simone Baker grew up on a small family farm in North Carolina, where she learned from her grandmother that the freshest meals come straight from the garden. After studying culinary arts and sustainable agriculture, she spent eight years developing recipes that celebrate seasonal produce. Simone now grows varieties of vegetables on her small farm, transforming each harvest into nourishing meals. She also shares her expertise through workshops, writing, and her blog. Simone believes everyone deserves to experience the joy of eating food they’ve grown themselves.

Hi, I’m

Simone Baker

Simone Baker grew up on a small family farm in North Carolina, where she learned from her grandmother that the freshest meals come straight from the garden. After studying culinary arts and sustainable agriculture, she spent eight years developing recipes that celebrate seasonal produce. Simone now grows varieties of vegetables on her small farm, transforming each harvest into nourishing meals. She also shares her expertise through workshops, writing, and her blog. Simone believes everyone deserves to experience the joy of eating food they’ve grown themselves.

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Broccoli season is here… While growing Broccoli, it is always like “Is it ready yet, or do I wait a little longer?” I have been growing broccoli for a long

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Most herbs are fussy. Thyme is not. It grows in poor soil, handles dry spells, and still smells incredible. But most people still get it wrong. They overwater it, plant

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Last spring, I killed my first batch of tomato seedlings within two weeks. Overwatered, wrong timing, wrong spot on the windowsill. Total disaster. But that failure taught me more than

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My grandmother had a rhubarb patch in her back garden for over 30 years. She never measured the stalks or checked a calendar. She’d just walk past, grab one, bend

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Nobody warned me that creeping thyme had opinions. Plant it when it’s not ready, and it simply doesn’t grow. I remember staring at my front yard, thinking, did I just

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Every recipe I make starts with an onion. So growing my own just made sense. When I first tried to grow onions from bulbs, I honestly expected it to be

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Most people think growing your own food takes a lot of space and skill. But sweet potatoes are one of the easiest crops you can grow at home. Learning to

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You plant peonies, wait all season, and no bloom. No flowers. Just leaves. But peonies aren’t as tough to handle as people make them out to be. They just need

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Broccoli is one of the more rewarding vegetables I’ve grown in my garden. And once you know the timeline, everything starts to make sense. Here, I will tell you exactly

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I bought my first salad spinner because it was on sale. That’s the whole story! No health kick, no meal prep obsession. But then I used it wrong for months.

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