How I Grow This

About How I Grow This

Stories and tips from gardeners and farmers, for gardeners and farmers.

Publisher

Seedtime

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Jun 2025

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

67 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   The Farm Systems that Transformed 1 Acre into Massive Profits - Erich Schultz || S2 Ep 15

   Small-scale farms do not have to be broke, overworked, or trapped in wholesale. Eric Schultz shows how Steadfast Farm in the Phoenix heat built a seven-figure business by simplifying everything - from crop planning and transplant systems to labor, retail, and on-site sales.

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Gardening: From $0 to Your First $10,000 - Luke Marion || S2 Ep 14

   The fastest way to ruin a farm dream is to start too big. Luke Marion of MI Gardener breaks down the smarter path from backyard hobby to real revenue, including how he built a seed business from saved tomato seeds, why most growers misread community demand, and the exact reason “proof of concept” matters more than a flashy launch. If you’re a gardener wondering how to turn extra produce into income, a beginner farmer trying to avoid expensive mistakes, or an entrepreneur tempted to leap into scale before you’re ready, this conversation is for you.

3. 

   29 Sept 2026

   FAILURE: Ingredient for Success - Nicole Stroup || S2 Ep 13

   Nicole built a wedding venue, a garden destination, and a family business with $12,000, a shovel, and a refusal to let fear win. In this episode, you’ll discover how she keeps wedding packages under $8,000, why she chose sweat equity over million-dollar loans, and what it actually takes to build beauty on a budget. She breaks down her “clean cottage” garden style, the deep mulching method she uses to improve clay and shale soil, and the marigold borders that have become one of her most talked-about features online. But this episode goes far deeper than flowers and farm aesthetics. Nicole opens up about the grief, PTSD, and trauma that changed her life, and how gardening became part therapy, part spiritual practice, and part survival. Her story of planting through pain, healing through failure, and finding peace in the garden is as moving as it is practical.

Who has been a guest on How I Grow This

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Audrey Crawford
• Noah Sanders
• Emma Jagoz
• Jill Ragan

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

3.9 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

43

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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