This is a short promotional YouTube monologue by gardener and author Nicole Johnsey Burke explaining why many new gardeners fail and promoting her newest book, Five Minute Gardener. Nicole summarizes her teaching experience (over nine years, teaching tens of thousands and designing hundreds of gardens), recounts earlier books and systems she developed (Kitchen Garden Revival; Leaves, Roots, and Fruit), cites that "more than 50%" of people who started gardening during COVID later quit, and argues that simple daily habits (each taking about five minutes) are the missing piece. The video ends with a direct call-to-action to order the book and join launch bonuses/party.
Questions this video answers
December 6, 2024
Over nine years
2015
More than 50%
Kitchen Garden Revival; Leaves, Roots, and Fruit (system: "Leaves, Roots, and Fruit")
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There's a hidden reason why you haven't had success in the garden yet. And in this video, I'm going to tell you what it is and what you can do about it. Over the last nine years, I have taught tens of thousands of people how to start gardening. I've built hundreds of gardens and I've watched millions of people start gardening and then quit. In fact, did you know that of all the millions of people who started gardening during COVID more than 50% of them have since thrown in the trowel and completed completely quit. I don't want that to be you. And so that's why you gotta watch this video. When I started my business in 2015, the main question I got asked was, how do I set up my garden? Everyone claimed that was the main thing that was holding them back from garden success. So I wrote a book about it, Kitchen Garden Revival. In this book, I give you all the things you need to know to set up your kitchen garden the right way. But turns out that wasn't enough. It then everybody started telling me, well, I have my garden set up, but all my plants are dying. Everything I'm trying to grow is failing. So I decided to write a book all about the plants. I created a step by step system called Leaves, Roots, and Fruit. This starts with the easiest plants in the garden and slowly progresses to the more difficult ones. But then I found out this book wasn't enough. Even though thousands of people have read my books and taking my courses, so many of them still weren't seeing the success that I see in my garden. So I started to ask myself, what's the one thing that I have that they don't? What's the one thing I know about the garden that they don't? Yet? And I realized it was my habits. And so I wrote one more book. In fact, the original name for this book was Gardener Habits. For an Entire year, I tracked the little things I do each and every day, all year long, to be sure that my garden is beautiful, productive, and that I'm eating from it every single day. Single day. We changed the title to Be the Five Minute Gardener. Because as I assess my days, my months, and my seasons, I realize that every little habit I have in the garden only takes five minutes. So if you haven't had success in the garden yet, if you've set up your garden, if you've picked out and planted all those plants and you're still not seeing the results you hope for, in fact, you've even thought about quitting, this is the book for you every single time. You've got just five minutes to spare. You can open up this book, turn to the season that you're in, turn to the week and the day that you're in, and find out exactly what you should do with those few minutes you've got to give. Listen. 100 years ago, people would have laughed out loud at this book. Everyone back then had gardener habits. But over the last century, all of us, especially me, lost our connection to the garden and to nature. But this book is going to help you bring it back. Despite what everyone says, a gardener is not someone who's born with a green thumb. A gardener is someone who makes a habit of gardening. Looking back, I realized I had to design hundreds of gardens before I could create my garden setup system. And I had to work for years in the garden before I could develop my planting system. And it's taken an entire decade of learning to garden myself to develop this year round list of habits that brings it all together. These habits didn't just change my garden, they literally changed my life. And I cannot wait for you to read this book. You can find out how to order your copy of Five Minute Gardener right below this video. We've got loads of bonuses for every single order and we have a huge launch party that I cannot wait for you to attend. Whatever you do, don't give up on gardening just yet. Read this book first.