The Modern Mamas Podcast

In this episode, Jess sits down with listener Melissa Nicolai, a budding novice organic gardener to chat all about how to create your own organic home garden from a layman's perspective.  This episode is incredibly relatable, and a must for anyone dipping their toe into the topic of growing their own food.  We not only cover doable, easy, actionable steps to create your own garden, but we delve into deeper topics concerning conventional gardening and farming, the overuse of glyphosate, and the larger global impact of growing your own food. Melissa Nicolai lives in Southern California with her husband, Blake and 13 month old daughter Abigail.  In an effort to holistically address some health concerns she began examining many areas of her life and discovered that one of the biggest ways to impact her health was making some adjustments to what she was eating. After reading Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson she told her husband that she wanted to start an organic garden in the backyard and sta