[3][4] To combat his addiction to video games after college graduation, Espiritu's mom suggested he and his younger brother take up gardening as a hobby.

[5] In 2016, he made the decision to leave his position at a book subscription service to cultivate food in backyards while simultaneously developing a gardening blog as a full-time job.

[6] As his following expanded, he ventured into YouTube and various other social media platforms, culminating in the establishment of an e-commerce website.

[2] He documented online the conversion of his San Diego residence into an eco-friendly smart urban homestead: raising chickens for eggs, reusing rainwater and greywater, composting food and yard scraps,[7] and installing solar panels.

[15] In February 2023, Epic Gardening posted a video of their greenhouse build at Carrie Underwood's 400-acre home in Nashville, Tennessee.