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Sara Rubens is a kitchen garden designer, installer, and coach who helps busy professionals grow their own food without adding another full-time job to their plate. And her story of how she got here? Absolutely wild.Sara was in corporate America for years, carrying the medical insurance for her family while her husband ran his businesses. The plan was simple: work until 65, then retire. But at 63, while sitting on a beach in Mexico with her second mimosa, she got the call. They fired her. Christmas week. On vacation.Eighteen months from Medicare eligibility, Sara had a choice: brush off her resume and go back to corporate (which sounded like a root canal), or go all-in on the side business she'd been building—teaching people how to grow food in beautiful raised bed gardens.She chose the garden. And it's been four years of absolute joy.We talk about how Sara went from zero gardening experience during COVID to building 48 custom kitchen gardens across Lake Norman. She breaks down why North Carolina soil is terr