318. Little Gardener | Julie Cerny | Environmentalist and Garden Educator Extraordinaire | Hudson Valley, NY

The Little Gardener: Inspire Children to Connect with the Natural World&nbsp;It's truly a book out of my heart. BOOK GIVEAWAY: Enter here to win!They are giving one to a listener.Connect with The Little Gardener author Julie Cerny Here:Find Julie on instagram @https://www.instagram.com/thehappylittlegardener/and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/The-Little-Gardener-101235494924539/Do you have any questions for me?Well, I was wondering about your journey a little bit.Well, I call my audience Green Future Growers, mostly they are interested in growing a lot of food, they have large backyard gardens, they are master gardeners, but I have gotten a lot of new listeners so there might be more new gardeners. I started my podcast in January 2015, and I have done 318 interviews with backyard gardeners, market farmers, etc and so I feel like since I started my podcast I could keep a class of students alive if I had to.&nbsp;My husband and I live on 20 acres in NW Montana, so deer is a big challenge here. Many listeners etc say that is a giant challenge. Mikes goal is trying to grow as much of our own produce as we can but this year we are trying to do more, we are even looking into having a WWOOFER coming to stay and maybe help Mike because we feel like this land should produce as much as it can and more then Mike can by himself in case we need food in the fall.It wasn’t until I saw children in a garden—holding seeds, planting them, touching the soil, and smelling, harvesting, and tasting food (nature)—that I knew they were truly perceiving their place in the natural world. And it made perfect sense. The most direct and intimate way to connect with nature is, clearly, to eat it. A small part of it becomes a small part of you—and it fills you up a little more every time. Eventually you begin to realize that you have always been 100 percent nature, that you are made of the same components of all that you see in the natural world—your body made of water and carbon, same as the flower stalks. Gardens remind us that everything is connected, and that “everything” includes us.The Little Gardener: Inspire Children to Connect with the Natural World&nbsp;Here's my amazon review:Five stars*****All you need to help inspire the little gardener in your life. Don't forget to leave yours so this book gets shared by all who need it: Illustrations bring gardening to life in this little workbook that is designed by someone who obviously knows kids + gardens and how to love and enjoy them together! Fantastic read. LOVE LOVE LOVE!It is Friday April 24, 2020 It's truly a book out of my heart. They are giving one to a listener.<a