Our New Book & You May Be In It, [FIRST NAME GOES HERE]!


Hi Reader,

You may or may not know it, but we’ve been working on a book about permaculture gardening for the past year—and now, we’re just about a month away from its release!

📖 It’s called Permaculture Gardening for Everyone, and we have something special to share with you:

✨ Inside the book, we’ve included the names of every single backer who supported our original SAGE Kickstarter campaign.
That’s right—your name is printed on the Dedication Page!

This book wouldn’t exist without the support of those who believed in our mission to make smart, accessible permaculture design tools for every gardener.

🌱 Permaculture Gardening for Everyone

📅 Launches: June 15

📖 Published by Mother Earth News / Ogden Publications

Whether you supported SAGE, cheered us on, or have been part of our community along the way—THANK YOU, Reader! We wrote this for you.

Grow abundantly,

🌿 Nicky & Dave

P.S. Want to be the first to read snippets from the book? Stay tuned—we’ll be sharing them here in the newsletter leading up to June 15th launch day!

Dave & Nicky Schauder

Nicky and Dave Schauder are passionate about helping families grow their food, and medicine and find God in the garden

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