Planning a garden is hard work and not the part of gardening that everyone finds appealing. And while it is one of the key steps to ensuring a healthy, productive, garden, it often stops people from realizing the part of gardening that they really do enjoy.

I founded Little Garden Starter to help folks quickly get to harvesting delicious, nutritious, and abundant food they’ve grown themselves.

While I’ve worked as a designer, teacher, and project manager for more than 25 years, what I really am is a life-long curious gardener. Born and raised by homesteader parents in Upstate NY, I traded snow and 200+ acres of rolling country hills for island life and a garden in the southernmost city, Key West, Florida. Now I’ve set down roots in my forever home and garden (Rhapsody) in Mason Neck, Virginia with my longtime partner Joe, and our faithful canine companion, Stella..