From Corporate America to Garden Consultant

30 Apr 2024 · 34 min
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30 Apr 2024 · 34 min

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Podcast episode (recorded April 30, 2024) of "Grow Your Self" in which host Nicole Johnsey Burke interviews Latasha Harrell about her transition from a corporate oil-and-gas career to running a Houston-based garden consultancy called A New Harvest. The conversation covers Latasha’s personal gardening origin (began gardening after being laid off and learning via nurseries and trial-and-error), her business focus (garden maintenance and revival), seasonal planting and crop timing in Houston, practical how-to tips for tomatoes (planting depth, pruning suckers, trellising, fertilizing, harvest windows), and her mission to make gardening accessible to diverse people and spaces.

Questions this episode answers

Latasha Harrell; Houston, Texas; business: A New Harvest (anewharvest on Instagram/Facebook).

2016.

First green/flower buds around 30 days; red/suitable-for-salad tomatoes around day 50–60.

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