Where do I begin? I am a second year gardener, losing half my garden to deer, rabbits, and squirrels last summer. But I didn’t give up! I came across the DIY Gardening Community and Academy a couple months ago. I have learned more from Megan, the group founder and her members in this short timeframe than I have with all other YouTube videos, homesteading and gardening groups over the last two years. I update my gardening wins and oh no! posts daily. I get praise and cheered on for my successful harvests and my gardens and encouragement and instant help with my bug posts or problems with my plants. . I never knew how ugly some of those pests could be. And I don’t remember my parents ever fertilizing after planting. Who knew! With DIY Gardening Community and academy, I now know squash are a high feeding crop that needs a boost of food often as do all plants requires a boost. I’ve learned that sometimes watering daily is too much, yet sometimes not enough. I now know about putting my finger two inches deep into soil to test if I need to water or not. I’ve learned about root rot, blossom rot, aphids, squash beetle, cabbage worms, walnut husk fly, spiders, dragon fly’s and if each is a friend or foe to my garden. What I like best, is the training guides and videos happen in real time! When any of us have a problem we are uncertain of concerning a crop, Megan takes that question and turns it into a whole guide and posts it to the classroom for us all to learn from. Doesn’t matter if not is about fertilizing, blight, root rot, or how to plant something. Megan jumps in and creates a guide for us. The entire community and academy in general, members are all so helpful and very involved! Wanting to learn more about gardening, come join us in the DIY Academy. I promise you won’t regret it.