Thanksgiving is coming, and right after that is Black Friday and the gift-shopping season. We start this episode off with some great gift ideas for older kids. My favorites are these subscription boxes: #ad Baketivity and the KiwiCo Eureka Crates.

I also talk with Kevin Jakiela from Just Vertical, a company that makes compact and stylish hydroponic systems for growing produce in your home. I've been seeing ads for these kinds of systems all over the place and I had a lot of questions about how they work, how much time they take to maintain, what kinds of fruits and veggies you can grow, and more. Kevin answers them all and now I seriously want to get one of these!