About Bloom & Peck
Growing Good Food With Purpose in Kentucky
Welcome! I’m Erin, the hands and heart behind Bloom & Peck, a learn-with-me homestead rooted in rural Kentucky. Here, I’m learning how to grow nourishing, chemical-free food in Zone 7 and turning it into simple, real meals for my family—while giving back to my community one harvest at a time.
This space isn’t polished or perfection-based, it’s more bless your heart, shoo the rooseter out of the house and hug the dog. It’s real Kentucky soil, lots of beginner oopsies, hopeful experiments, and honest lessons from someone learning right alongside you. Hopefully, to help you not make the same mistakes I did.
Bloom & Peck was born while I healed from 3 major surgies. I started with chickens, small container gardening, rasied garden beds, and sourdough. I wanted to “grow” and give back to my ever evolving Kentucky Homestead Community.
-Erin
🌱 Grow • Nourish • Give
The Purpose Behind Bloom & Peck
To grow better food, nourish our homes with real ingredients, and give back through community-centered homesteading.
After experiencing major health setbacks with myself and my family, I needed a way to reconnect with my body, family, community, mind, food, and our land. Gardening became part of my healing—one raised bed, one tomato, and one sourdough loaf at a time. You have to see when my Sourdough starter escaped! MESSY
Now, I’m sharing everything I learn, spill, trip over, and laugh at, so you can relax and grow good food with purpose too.
🌿 Grow: Learning to Grow Real, Chemical-Free Food in Kentucky
If you want to grow your own food in Kentucky—even with limited space, limited time, or limited experience—you’re in the right place.
I will share beginner-friendly and “learn-with-me” guidance on:
- Kentucky Zone 7 gardening
- Seed starting and raised bed setups, possible high tunnel garden (work in progress-fingers crossed!)
- Companion planting – nothing woo woo here
- Raspberries, tomatoes, leafy greens, and other nutrient-dense crops
- Soil building and organic-style practices (without claiming certification)
- Small-space gardening that fits real life and real limitations (I have a small kitchen garden set up for easy access!)
If you’re a new gardener or a Kentucky local looking for seasonal advice, this space is for you.
🍳 Easy Grandma Old Cookbook Recipes: Real Food, Simple Cooking, and Garden-to-Kitchen Meals
I believe good food starts in the garden, but it blooms in the kitchen (or grill).
Here, you’ll find:
- Simple, real-ingredient recipes
- Garden-to-table meals for every season
- Beginner-friendly sourdough baking – Tried and True family favs.
- Easy home-preserving methods – not an expert, just easy what I can do, lots of spills coming your way!
- Everyday cooking that supports a nourishing, purpose-filled home
My goal isn’t to teach gourmet cooking, but to share what Recipes I have tried—it’s a messy kitchen with real spills, that feeds a family well, from heart to stomach using what you grow.
❤️ Give: Growing More Than Food
Bloom & Peck is about community—both online and here in rural Kentucky.
I will share:
- How I donate extra produce locally
- Tips for helping beginners grow real food
- Ideas for simple, sustainable, community-minded homestead living
Growing food is powerful. Giving extras away is transformative.
Why I Share My Homestead Journey
Bloom & Peck stands apart because I’m not teaching from expert status—I’m learning in real time, sharing the process, and rooting everything in purpose, and passing it all to you.
You’ll always get:
✔ Warm, honest storytelling
✔ Practical tips without the hype
✔ Real-life visuals over perfection
✔ Encouragement grounded in lived experience
Whether you’re here to start gardening, cook more real food, or simply live more intentionally, I’m glad you’re here.
Join Me on This Kentucky Homestead Journey
I’d love for you to grow alongside me—one plant, one meal, and one season at a time.
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🥕 Share your stories—because learning is better together
Bloom & Peck is here to help you Grow Well. Eat Well… and Give Well.