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Get Growing!

A Young Homesteader’s Guide to Edible Gardening

Sara Chodl

Get Growing! A Young Homesteader’s Guide to Edible Gardening is your entry into a lifetime of gardening fun. This book will take you on a journey to learn why gardening matters and how even the smallest garden can have a big impact on supplying fresh food for your family. Afterall, the best tasting food comes right from your own garden! If you love hands-on learning, problem solving, and watching seeds transform into fruit and veggies, this book is for you! You’ll be amazed at how plants, soil, insects, and people all work together to grow food. Come on, let’s get growing!

Sara Chodl is a Tennessee Master Gardener with over a decade of experience growing food for her family. She specializes in seed starting, especially winter sowing, and is known for breaking down gardening into simple, practical steps beginners can follow. Through years of trial, observation, and learning, Sara has developed a deep understanding of how plants grow from seed to harvest and how to adapt gardening methods to real life, real weather, and real families.

When she isn’t in the garden, Sara is raising her two sons alongside a collection of farm animals on her family’s mini farm in Lebanon, TN. She is passionate about teaching kids about nutrition and where food comes from. Sara also shares her gardening knowledge with a large online community, encouraging gardeners of all ages to start small, stay curious, and keep learning–because there is always something new to discover in the garden!