Jo Busha starting gardening in 1975, when she met and married her husband and they moved to the Randolph, Vermont, property where they still live. She was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, and grew up in Indiana. After earning a BA in International Affairs from George Washington University, she returned to Vermont to teach high school social studies. After their twin sons were born, she went back to school to get her MS in Human Nutrition and Foods from the University of Vermont. and worked for the Child Nutrition Programs at the Vermont Department of Education for 23 years. Since retiring, she spends most of her time working in her garden, or planning her next steps in the garden, or writing about gardening and country living in Vermont.
