Rooted Fork Garden

Rooted Fork Garden Helping mid-Michigan grow abundant, beautiful kitchen gardens right in their own unique backyard.

06/09/2026

🤩 My full podcast interview with Talk Talk Midland w/ Logan Richetti dropped this morning 👩‍🌾 I obviously love talking about gardening and am so happy to spread this joy with others.

Listen here on Facebook or it’s also on Spotify here

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Y2e7Y8QW8CiMXK7E0urNH?si=M088qTDmS6Oqyqsp9e4gbA

Would love to know if you learned anything listening 🍅 Enjoy!

05/12/2026

Love his sense of humor! Use code BYEBYEBONNIE and stock up on those bean seeds 🫘

Also - I recommend direct sowing beans in the soil. It’s tempting to buy plants but beans grow so fast and like their roots not bothered much. Use the extra funds towards heirlooms, good quality compost, or worm castings 😉

Taking a quick timeout ✌🏼
05/11/2026

Taking a quick timeout ✌🏼

Looks like just a bowl of chili, right? To me, it is connection, memories, and love.🍅Tomatoes are all from my garden las...
05/07/2026

Looks like just a bowl of chili, right? To me, it is connection, memories, and love.

🍅Tomatoes are all from my garden last summer which many started from seeds my daughter help start
🦌Venison from deer my kiddos got to track in the woods with us and the stories around the harvest
🧄 Garlic I planted in the fall in of 2024
🪏 Chives that I planted when we moved into our home and even seasoned in with chive flower salt
🌸 Violets my daughter picked in the yard
🧂 Herbs from the garden to season the venison sausage
🍞 Served with fresh, homemade sourdough

It’s so hard to put into words the satisfaction and fulfillment I experience when serving food with a story, a purpose, and love. This didn’t happen over night. It was learning one small skill at a time, mastering it, and then learning to integrate it into the rhythms of life. I laugh thinking about the 1st time I pressure canned salmon - it was an all day affair of anxiety and fear. Now I can throw my canner on the stove in the midst of cooking dinner, changing laundry and chasing kids.

I hear it often that it is overwhelming to start or don’t know where to begin learning it all. Start small, start simple. I encourage you to try to grow or harvest something new this year. Heck, just making a simple goal of spending more at the farmers market than the grocery store can be all the shift you need. Learn a new skill whether it is how to cook it, preserve it, or grow it. What I do didn’t happen overnight.

It doesn’t have to be complex. Here are some ideas:
🍓 Take a family trip to pick strawberries this summer and make a big batch of jam
🌱 Start an herb pot on your back porch and learn new recipes cooking with fresh herbs
🍕 Grow a “Pizza Garden” with tomatoes, basil, oregano and make a fresh pizza together with friends or family
🫐 Go pick blueberries and freeze the extra. Pull them out as needed for oatmeal, yogurt, smoothies, and baked goods.
🍹 Make a “Cocktail Garden” with mint, sweet basil, rosemary, lavender, and lemon balm and learn some new recipes to enjoy

Just start.

💡 What ideas resonated with you or what others would you contribute to someone new?

Not sure if I will add more this spring season or not but I’ll be sure to post here if I do - thank you! 👩‍🌾I will have ...
05/07/2026

Not sure if I will add more this spring season or not but I’ll be sure to post here if I do - thank you! 👩‍🌾

I will have various workshops throughout the spring & summer including herb workshop (next week), mommy & me fairy garden, strawberry canning, blueberry canning, salsa canning and garlic planting. Stay tuned for more details!

Is “Thankful Tuesday” a thing?! 🤔 Over the last four weeks, my posts have reached more than 120,000 views, and honestly,...
05/05/2026

Is “Thankful Tuesday” a thing?! 🤔 Over the last four weeks, my posts have reached more than 120,000 views, and honestly, the numbers aren’t what matter most. What lights me up is knowing this reach is connecting with families who want to grow their own food but feel intimidated to start. If that’s you, you’re not alone, and you absolutely can do this! 💪🏼 There’s something so special about harvesting from your backyard, it’s better for your health, kinder to the planet, and just feels so good. Thank you, thank you for “growing” with me! 👩‍🌾

Hey there! 🙋🏼‍♀️ Want fresh herbs you can actually keep alive? Come learn the skills you need with me at a hands-on herb...
05/04/2026

Hey there! 🙋🏼‍♀️ Want fresh herbs you can actually keep alive? Come learn the skills you need with me at a hands-on herb workshop with Sanford Village Market! 🌿✨ You’ll get to plant your own pot to bring home, master the care basics, and nail a great harvest every time!

🗓️ Wednesday, May 13
⏰ 6-7 pm
🪴 18 spots available
💰 $40
🔗 https://bit.ly/4upLQcW

Come join me and level up your kitchen garden game! 🍃

Trying something new! 🤩 I put together most of my spring planting tips that I share on social media into one document. I...
05/04/2026

Trying something new! 🤩 I put together most of my spring planting tips that I share on social media into one document. If you would be interested in this, go half way down on my website and fill out the “Free Spring Guide” section (and in theory it should automatically pop up😆).

🔗 www.rootedforkgarden.com

Also, remember I’m a small, small local business who doesn’t have tech support, I build my own website and don’t have all the fancy automatic softwares. So if something doesn’t work right, just let me know! I learn (and fix) all this stuff as I go 🧐

Would love your feedback too on what you like and don’t like. Happy to build more useful tools to help you grow more in your backyards 🌱

Know of a garden friend who might find this helpful, feel free to share!

Be rooted,

Sara

🎼 I like them real thick & juicy! 🎶 My theory is that whoever said thick asparagus was tough was secretly hoarding them ...
05/03/2026

🎼 I like them real thick & juicy! 🎶 My theory is that whoever said thick asparagus was tough was secretly hoarding them for themselves to enjoy. They’re sooo tender and delicious!! 🤤

I added a freeze dryer to my collection of food preservation repertoire this winter ❄️ I am tempted to take some asparagus, lightly blanch it, season it and then freeze dry it as healthy, crispy snacks. I LOVE crunchy snacks. Torn on what seasoning I would want to use though! 🤔

🌻 Last year, my mini-me grew a 13’7” sunflower (before the wind knocked it over) and was so proud of it! This year, she ...
05/02/2026

🌻 Last year, my mini-me grew a 13’7” sunflower (before the wind knocked it over) and was so proud of it! This year, she is growing a “giant cabbage”.

Supposedly this variety of seed we bought can grow to be an average of 20-30 pounds and upwards of 44 in optimal growing conditions 😳 Good thing dad is polish and loves his sauerkraut!

It was mentioned to me after-the-fact last year that she could have entered her sunflower into the local county fair. Didn’t know that was a thing! I am thinking I will need to look into it this year if she is able to successfully grow a giant cabbage 🤞🏼

P.S. that little black tray in front of her bed is her acorn experiment of sprouting acorns and going to try and grow her own oak trees 🫶🏼

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