Gnome Your Garden

Jen and Dagda start with sleepless nights, Ozempic side effects, and lingering fear of another painful sleep paralysis “demon”—then pivot into something surprisingly grounding: gardening, homesteading, and knowing where your food comes from.

In this episode, they chat about:Ozempic, broken sleep, sinus “glue,” and why Jen is exhausted and on edge, Viral kid classics (“Listen, Linda,” the corn kid who loves that it’s “got juice”) and a corn-obsessed cat named Tom.

Generational food memories: German dill pickles loaded with garlic and flowering dill, strawberry and raspberry jams, and crying over the last cherished jars. The fantasy vs. reality of going off-grid: constant chores, aging bodies, and why homesteading is not a vacation.

Creative ways to grow food—raised beds, microgreens, potato towers, small greenhouses, balcony buckets, and windowsill herb kits. Heirloom and heritage seeds, raccoons and possums stealing tomatoes, and which staple crops matter most when the world feels a little apocalyptic. How gardening builds plant identification skills and basic resilience in a world where disaster (or supply chain chaos) can hit at any time.

It’s part cozy nostalgia, part gentle survival wake-up call—and a reminder that gnoming your garden might be one of the most empowering skills you can learn.

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