So I wasn’t planning on pulling a business lesson out of my garden this week… but here we are.

This episode started as a house update and a chat about summer reading and YouTube stats — and somehow ended with me sitting on the floor of a storage container, feeling completely ripped off by a gardening educator I thought was original. Spoiler: she wasn’t. And I’ve got the 2007 notebook paper to prove it.

We’re talking about what happens when people build brands on borrowed ideas — and don’t give credit. The difference between inspiration and appropriation. And how easy it is to miss those lines when quantity starts to outweigh quality.

If you’ve ever bought into a membership or method and later felt a little… duped? This one’s for you. Let’s get into it.