Dig In: Getting Outside, Growing Things & the Mental Health Magic of Getting Your Hands Dirty
Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2539486/fan_mail/new]
Welcome to The Dry Life- Alcohol -Free Lifestyle, Marriage Growth In Sobriety, the podcast where one real couple gets honest about sobriety, personal growth, and everything in between. Join us — a husband and wife duo — as we share our sobriety journey, including the raw ups and downs, the unexpected benefits of alcohol-free living, and the lifelong learning that has transformed our lives and our marriage. Whether you’re sober curious, newly sober, or years into your recovery journey, this podcast is your reminder that life after alcohol can be full, rich, and deeply rewarding. Each week we dive into real conversations about sober living, self-development, mindset shifts, and the daily commitment it takes to keep growing. If you’re looking for a sobriety podcast that goes beyond just quitting drinking and explores what it truly means to thrive, you’re in the right place.
Happy May, friends! This week Nate and Megan are keeping it real and lighthearted with a conversation about one of Nate’s favorite spring rituals — getting outside and digging in the dirt. Nate spent the weekend weeding, mulching, and planting marigolds, and apparently loved every second of it. Megan? Not so much of a gardener, but she’s a great sport about it.
They swap childhood stories — Megan’s backyard forest with a three-tiered sandbox where turtles laid eggs, Nate’s grandfather who spent his entire retirement doing free landscaping for widows in his neighborhood — and get into the surprising ways that being outside and working with the earth just makes you feel better. There’s some real talk about earthing/grounding, the workout you don’t realize you’re getting, and why Nate is now in a friendly rivalry with the neighborhood lawn champion.
They also revisit their absolutely disastrous vegetable garden attempt from last year (one tomato, one pepper, one borrowed cucumber — okay, it was a celery), dream about a future organic garden out west, debate lavender seeds, and wonder aloud what on earth kohlrabi actually is.
It’s a fun, unscripted one — the kind of episode that feels like sitting on a porch with your friends on a warm May afternoon.
In this episode:
•Why getting your hands in the dirt might actually be good for your nervous system
•The surprising physical workout of yard work
•Nate’s grandfather and his legacy of free neighborhood landscaping
•Grandma Luella, a farm in Hayfield, and Megan’s one-year Colorado garden glory
•The Great Tomato Disaster of last year
•Homemade weed killer (vinegar + salt + water) and keeping it pet-safe for Spike
•Kohlrabi: what even is it?
•Dreams of a future out west with a little organic garden
Connect with us: Have gardening tips for Nate? Growing advice, dandelion solutions, or just want to tell us what kohlrabi tastes like? Send us a message — we’d love to hear from you!
dry life podcast, alcohol free lifestyle, sober living, getting outside, nature and mental health, gardening therapy, yard work benefits, earthing grounding, outdoor wellness, spring gardening, Minnesota spring, nervous system regulation, mental health outdoors, nature therapy, sober fun, sobriety lifestyle, family stories, gardening beginners, homemade weed killer, kohlrabi, marigolds, organic gardening, outdoor workout, husband wife podcast
Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2539486/support]
