Garden & Gravel

S1 Coming Up This Fall

As the garden settles in and my camera, once again, takes over the passenger seat, I'm excited to be back out on the road exploring and photographing some of Iowa's most beautiful landscapes. In this…

Creating & Caring for Planted Pots

A short how-to for creating your own summer planted containers and whats needed to keep them looking beautiful all season long. From selecting the right container to overcoming the overwhelm of…

Summer Reset

Next week will mark the first day of summer. For me it is a transition from a busy spring garden season back to a more regular schedule and back to my photography. This episode was not actually…

Greenhouses...What I Look For and A Few Favs

We're jumping into the garden portion of Garden & Gravel this month. It's May, Mother's Day is right around the corner and that means, PLANTING SEASON is here! I love a good greenhouse or garden…

The Importance of Taking a Break

On a recent vacation I intentionally left my camera at home, even though I knew there would be interesting places to photograph. I didn't want to deal with the hassle of hauling my camera bag on an…

A Pretty Drive, A Pond and A Coal Strip Mine

Today's episode is my 2025 kickoff for year two of Iowa's99. I'm sharing the process that is motivating me to keep moving forward and how my first photo day of year yielded some wonderful surprises…

Sourdough, Chicken and Gratitude...A Delicious Download

I am a gratitude girl, it has been a part of my morning routine for over six years and it has infiltrated nearly every corning of my life, including my long-held dislike of cooking.

My Favorite Goal Planning Tools

An impromtu chat about my obsession with planners and the tools I like to use for setting goals in the new year.

What Do Naturalists Do?

This is my first ever interview on this podcast. I'm thrilled to be sharing my conversation with Amy Warnke and Haiden Johnson from the Madison County Conservation Board. In this episode you'll…

Catching Up

It's been a minute since my last episode. Today's episode is all about catching up and sharing what I've been working on and where I'm going from here.

S3E2 Sights and Sounds at Pammel

Day 3 of my artist in residence at Pammel State Park found me hiking along Lodge Trail, where I encountered abundant wildlife, wildflowers and one of my favorite feathered friends.

S3E1 How I Ended Up in a Yurt

At the beginning of 2024 I started planning a new photography project, Iowas99. One of the first parks I visited to kick things off, was Pammel State Park in Madison County. This episode is an…

S2E3 Planning & Goal Setting: I'm Doing It My Way

I have stacks of notebooks and planners and I'm blessed with the opportunity to do what I love. Still, I struggle daily with motivation and actually getting things done. Listen in as I talk myself…

S2E2 Lessons in Seed Starting

Seed starting is a process and with that process comes valuable lessons.

Garden & Gravel (Trailer)

A New Start

I needed some time to decide what I was going to do with this little podcast of mine. This episode is an update on what's been going on and a little bit about where I'm heading. Oh...and I'm the…

S1E13 Finding My Way

Final episode of season one. Working through the kinks of just allowing the self-conversation flow authentically.

S1E12 Confrontation with my Past

Sometimes a memory is a gentle reminder of a piece of our past we haven’t yet fully embraced or let go.

S1E11 Food For Thought

Sometimes a simple question can deal a heavy blow but maybe it’s the gut check we really need.

S1E11 Surprise benefits.

I’m really enjoying the process of getting into the flow of working from home and finding some of it a little surprising.