🏆My first win is creating this community. 😁I’m proud of this because I love helping others and sharing my knowledge. 💪One thing I’m ready to receive support with is finding out what you would like to learn, take the poll here. 👉After you comment on the First Win post, come back to this lesson and click the checkmark at the top to mark this lesson complete.

Welcome to The Gray Day Collective! This is your first step. 1. Read this page. 2. Choose your seasonal path: Garden, Kitchen, Home, or Studio. 3. Introduce yourself in the Community tab. 4. Begin the 7-Day Micro-Homestead Starter Challenge in the Classroom. Choose your path: 🌿 Garden — flowers, herbs, roses, planting, soil, raised beds 🍞 Kitchen — cottage baking, preserving, seasonal meals 🏡 Home — homemaking rhythms, cozy spaces, simple routines 🧵 Studio — sewing, handmade projects, creative seasonal living Then introduce yourself in the Community tab using this sentence: “I’m choosing the ___ path, and one small project I’d love to begin is ___.” You don’t need land, experience, or a perfect home. Start small. Grow slowly. Even the grayest days are for growing. 🌿 I’m so glad you’re here, Tawnya

I’m choosing the gardening path, and one small project I’d love to begin is utilizing my new raised beds! First one is for tomatoes; it also has a pot for basil in the middle and marigold seeds in between and under the straw. Second one has two trellises; one for cucumbers (burpless & pickling), and one for loofah & birdhouse gourds. I have never grown loofah or gourds before and need all the tips!

I’m so glad you’re here. The Gray Day Collective helps women create a slower, seasonal home through gardening, flowers, cottage baking, simple projects, and micro-homesteading rhythms — even if they’re starting small. Whether you’re growing your first herbs, trying cottage baking, building home rhythms, planting flowers, or craving a softer way of living, you belong here. ✨ Start here: 1. Introduce yourself. 2. Read the Start Here post. 3. Choose your path: Garden, Kitchen, Home, or Handmade. 4. Tell us one small project you hope to grow, make, bake, or create this season. We’re building this community slowly and intentionally — with encouragement, practical ideas, and real-life seasonal rhythms. Even the Gray-est days are for growing. 🌿 Welcome, Tawnya Gray Master Gardener & Founder of Gray Day Flower Farm