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The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy — 559 episodes

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471 - Herbs All Season: How I Use My Garden Herbs Year Round — Fresh, Dried, and Blended

2

470 - Planting Day: Peppers – when to plant, what to know, and exactly what to do step by step

3

469 - Cucumbers: How to Choose, Plant, and Harvest All Season Long

4

468 - Pollinators: Are They Telling You Something About Your Garden? — with Disney Conservation Scientist Morgan Belle

5

467 - Planting Day: Tomatoes – when to plant and exactly what to do step by step

6

466 - Soil: What to Do Before You Plant Anything

7

465 - Companion Planting While You're Actually Planting Your Garden

8

464 - Planting Day: Potatoes – how to plant and what to expect as they grow underground

9

463 - Planting Day: Carrots - how to plant and what to expect the first few weeks

10

462 - How Early Is Too Early? Planting Cool-Season Crops With Confidence

11

461 - Seedlings Not Growing? Why Mine Stalled (and the Fix)

12

460 - How to Grow Better Potatoes: What Matters Most (and What Doesn't) with Jim & Caleb Gerritsen of Wood Prairie Family Farm

13

459 - Can You Trust AI With Your Garden? How to Avoid Bad Advice

14

458 - One Garden Bed, Three Seasons: How the Planning Actually Works

15

457 -Companion Planting Starts in the...Kitchen?

16

456 - Endless Spring Salads: How to Plan Now

17

455 - The Truth About Seed Starting Mixes with JoeGardener (and Why So Many Fail)

18

454 - How Home Gardeners Can Save Money by Buying Seeds in Bulk (Without Overbuying)

19

453 - How to Plan a Garden That Fits Your Life in 2026

20

452 - 10 Biggest Garden Lessons in 2025

21

451- Growing Cut Flowers & More for a Farmer's Market with Sarah Shuman

22

450 - December Garden Checklist (without the pressure)

23

449 - My Favorite Garden Products (and How to Save on Them Now)

24

448- 7 Thanksgiving Foods You Can Grow in Your Own Garden: the history, health, and homegrown roots behind your favorite holiday dishes.

25

447 - November Garden Checklist: Protecting Cold-Sensitive Crops, Planting Onions for Spring, and Making the Most of the Final Garden Days

26

446 - Overwintering herbs indoors and out

27

445 - What I Learned... about my capacity in this season of life

28

444 - What I Learned... from planning 10 fall gardens

29

443 - What I learned... from the failures of this season

30

442 - What I learned... Visiting GreenStalk: The Story You Don't See Online

31

441 - Garlic Growing Timeline: Month-by-Month from Planting to Harvest

32

440 - Let go or push through? (an unplanned, personal conversation)

33

439 - Stop Blaming the Weather: Clues Your Plants Are Giving You

34

438 - Fast Fall Crops You Can Still Plant in September

35

437 - September Garden Task List

36

436 - Cover Crops for Small Gardens: Learn When, What, and How to Plant for Healthier Soil

37

435 - The Hidden Link Between Gardening and Parkinson's Disease with Dr. Ray Dorsey, author of the Parkinson's Plan

38

434 - Too Much to Eat, Not Enough to Can? Small-Batch Ideas for Summer's Harvest

39

433 - August Garden Tasks + What to Plant

40

432 - Why Fall Gardens Fail

41

431 - A Gardener's Guide to Snakes with Johnny Sain

42

430 - Shade Solutions for Summer Crops: What to Try When Temps Spike

43

429 - Start these Fall Crops Inside in July

44

428 - What to Plant in July: Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers That Thrive in the Heat

45

427 - Grow Mushrooms in Your Garden with Matt McInnis

46

426 - Mid-Season Fertilizing: What Your Garden Needs Now

47

425 - 5 Summer Pests and Organic Ways to Stop Them

48

424 - June Garden Checklist: What to Do Now to Keep Things Thriving

49

423 - Grow Organic Apple Trees: what to do in years 1-3 with Susan Poizner

50

422 - The Truth About Soil, Wood, and Raised Beds with Gardener Scott

51

421 - The Best Herbs for Beginners (and How to Start Right)

52

420 - Spring's Best Herbs for Food & Health with Bevin Cohen

53

419 - How to Grow Meyer Lemons in Containers (Anywhere!)

54

418 - What Market Farmers Know That Backyard Gardeners Don't (Yet!) with Pam Dawling

55

417 - How Your Grandparents Knew When to Plant: Using Phenology (Like Lilacs & Oak Leaves) in Your Spring Garden

56

416 - Your last frost date has arrived! Now what?

57

415 - Your April Garden Checklist: Tasks, Planting, and Common Pitfalls

58

414 - Growing Blackberries: A Starter Guide with Chad Cargill

59

413 - Growing Blueberries: A Starter Guide

60

412 - Carrots: what no one tells you about choosing the right variety

61

411 - Grow Your Own Fruit with Chad Cargill

62

410 - What to Plant in March

63

409 - Tomato Types Explained: How to Pick the Perfect Tomato for Your Garden

64

408 - How to use AI to Make Garden Planning More Efficient (8 Prompts You Can Use Today)

65

407 - Companion Planting Myths & Realities

66

406 - Cool vs Warm Season Crops: why some crops thrive at different times and why it matters

67

405 - Avoid These 5 Overlooked Gardening Mistakes

68

404 - 7 February Garden Tasks: Prep for a Productive Spring

69

403 - Climate Change, AI, and Your Garden with forensic meteorologist Dr. Alicia Wasula

70

402 - Seeds to Start Indoors in January and February

71

401 - How to Grow Chickpeas, Dry Beans, Edamame, and More (Grow Your Own Protein, Part 2)

72

400 - Grow Your Protein with Dr. Vickie Petz Kasper

73

399 - Garden Reflections from 2024 (new varieties, lessons, lifestyle changes, and more)

74

398 - 2025 Garden Trends & Weather Forecasts with the Old Farmer's Almanac Editor Carol Connare

75

397 - Winter Composting

76

396 - Growing Sweet Potatoes: A Beginner's Guide

77

395 - Favorite Garden Tools for 2025

78

394 - 3 Big Fall Garden Failures

79

393 - 10 Garden Projects for Fall & Winter

80

392 - Garden Clean-Up: Soil Rejuvenation, Pest & Disease Prevention, & Preparing for Spring

81

391 - 7 Lessons from 4 Years with a Greenhouse

82

390 - The Fall Garden Plants' Unique Needs vs Spring Garden

83

389 - Grow Large Garlic (by not skipping these 5 important steps)

84

388 - Green Tomatoes: How to make the most of your tomato harvest before your first frost

85

387 - 5 herbs for herbal remedies (that you probably have growing now) with Heidi Villegas of Healing Harvest Homestead

86

386 - Planting Strawberries in the Fall for an Earlier and Bigger Harvest in the Summer

87

385 - Why You Should Plant Perennials in the Fall (& how)

88

384 - Don't Be Afraid to Change (a raw garden-life conversation)

89

383 - Spring & Summer Garden: What I Learned

90

382 - Maximizing Your Fall Garden Success: Expert Tips from North to South

91

381 - Fall Gardening in Different Climates with Peter (Ohio), Rebecca (Alabama), & Jill (Arkansas)

92

380 - Preserving the Small Harvest: Freezing in Small Quantities with Crystal Schmidt, author of Freeze Fresh

93

379 - Planting & Growing Fall Potatoes

94

378 - Early Fall Garden Planning Checklist

95

377 - Safe and Delicious Pressure Canning with Master Food Preserver Jennifer Gomes

96

376 - 5 Shortcuts NOT to take when preserving your harvest

97

FRIDAY BONUS - Interview with the ladies of Wifestyle Hustle Podcast

98

375 - Watermelon: What Can Go Wrong?

99

374 - Why Weeds are Taking Over (and what to do about it)

100

373 - What to Plant After Cool Weather Crops Harvest

101

372 - Top 10 Garden Pest Problems and How to Identify Them

102

371 - Dealing with Pests in an Organic Garden (a reality check)

103

370 - Flowers in the Vegetable Garden with Lisa Mason Ziegler

104

369 - Square Foot Gardening with Bryan Traficante of Garden in Minutes

105

368 - 11 Kitchen Herbs I Always Grow + 4 Medicinal Herbs

106

367 - Growing Large Crops in a GreenStalk with Susie of GreenStalk Vertical Gardens

107

366 - Grow Bag Gardening Do's & Don'ts

108

365 - Growing Ingredients for Pizza and Salsa: What You Need to Know

109

364 - Spring Seasonal Checklist

110

363 - Epic Homesteading with Kevin Espiritu

111

362 - My Four-Season Garden Plan

112

361 - Best (and Worst) Crops for Beginners

113

360 - Cool Season Crops Q&A with Sarah

114

359 - When to Plant Cool Season Crops in the Garden

115

358 - Growing Fruit Trees Organically with Tammy Janssen of Green Thumb Nursery

116

357 - BIG Changes Coming to the 2024 Garden (What & Why)

117

356 - How to Refresh Raised Bed Soil from Last Season

118

355 - How to Fill a New Raised Garden Bed (Short or Tall)

119

354: Put these 12 tasks on your garden calendar NOW to make your season less stressful all-year

120

353 - 7 Favorite Companion Planting Combinations (+ why)

121

352 - Planning a Year-Long Fresh Food Garden with a small space and minimal preserving

122

351 - What to Plant First

123

350 - Winter Garden Update & How I'll Plan Differently

124

349 - Don't Start These 10 Seeds Indoors: Part 2 Warm Season Crops

125

348 - How to Use the New Garden Zone Map with Gardener Scott

126

347 - Don't Start These 10 Seeds Indoors: Part 1 Cool Season Crops

127

346 - How to Grow Microgreens Indoors with Jonah Krochmalnek - Microgreens Farmer

128

345 - Preventing Indoor Seed Starting Problems Before They Start

129

344- Why I'm Not Using Soil Blocks for Seed Starting [much] Anymore

130

343 - Indoor Seed Starting: What to expect from planting the seed to planting in the garden

131

Welcome to the Beginner's Garden Podcast! Grow your own food garden with Jill McSheehy

132

342 - Organization Hacks for Garden Supplies & Seeds

133

341 - How to Grow in Straw Bales

134

340 - How to Plant and Grow Blueberries Successfully

135

339 - My Favorite Garden Tools of 2023

136

338 - Oregano vs. Marjoram

137

337 - Garden Wins in 2023

138

336 - Adapting the Garden to Your Climate and Having Fun Doing It with Garden Coach and Educator Alicia Devore

139

335 - Money-Saving Succession Planting Ideas for 3 Seasons

140

334 - Planning a Winter Garden

141

333 - What Didn't Go As Planned This Year

142

332 - 3 Questions to Ask As You Evaluate Your Garden and Prepare for Next Season

143

331 - Home Gardener's Guide to Soil Testing with Christina McInnis of SoilKit

144

330 - Getting Back to Our Roots with Jill Winger, author of Old Fashioned On Purpose

145

329 - Season Extension Methods: Covers, Hoops, & Hacks for Extending the Fall Garden into Winter

146

328 - Garlic Challenges with Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening

147

327 - Helen Atthowe - Fall Cover Crops for Different Soil Types

148

326 - What to Plant NOW (When You Haven't Planned Your Fall Garden Yet)

149

325 - The Case for Hybrids with Jill Ragan of Whispering Willow Farms and author of The Tiny but Mighty Farm

150

324 - How to Plant Fall Crops in the Heat of Summer

151

323 - How I Had the BEST Tomato Year Ever

152

322 - Fall Gardening for Mental Health with Jen McDonald of Garden Girls

153

321 - Small Scale Homesteading with Stephanie Thurow and Michelle Bruhn

154

320 - Fall Gardening Q&A

155

319 - Mid-Season Q&A

156

318 - 3 Common Tomato Problems for the Beginning Gardener in the Summer

157

317 - Victory Gardens Then and Now with Maggie Stuckey, author of The Container Victory Garden

158

316 - New Irrigation Set-Up (4 types of drip systems, automation, & timer options)

159

315 - Mid-Season Check-In: Observations & Lessons Learned

160

314 - Plant Diseases, Critters, and Other Garden Problems with Susan Mulvihill, author of The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook

161

313 - Pollination Problems: What to do when you see flowers but no fruit on squash, zucchini, and cucumbers

162

312 - From Garden Work to Garden Enjoyment - Embracing the Seasons with Liz Zorab, author of The Seasoned Gardener

163

311 - Container Companion Planting with Edible Crops with Pam Farley, author of The First Time Gardener: Container Food Gardening

164

310 - Aphids: How to Control without Spraying

165

309 - Planting by the Signs with Sarah L Hall, author of Sown in the Stars

166

308 - Growing Kitchen Herbs: 5 Most Common Beginner Mistakes & How to Successfully Grow a Kitchen Herb Garden

167

307 - 5 Medicinal Herbs to Plant Once and Grow and Use for Years

168

306 - 3 Steps to Go from Plant Killer to Green Thumb with Nicole Burke of Gardenary

169

305 - When to Plant and When to Wait

170

304 - The Effects of Weather on Gardening with Meteorologist Ed Buckner

171

303 - Green Beans: Beginner's Starter Guide

172

302 - Vertical Trellis Orientation & How to Best Use Cattle Panel Trellises

173

301 - Cucumbers: Beginner's Starter Guide

174

300: Organic Amendments for Raised Beds and Containers with Shelby Devore of Farminence

175

299 - Tomatoes: Beginner's Starter Guide

176

298 - Greenhouse Gardening in the Spring

177

297 - Potatoes: Beginner's Starter Guide

178

296 - Seed Starting Q&A and Troubleshooting

179

295 - Carrots: Beginner's Starter Guide

180

294 - Year-Round Salad Greens

181

293 - Lettuce: Beginner's Starter Guide

182

292 - Best Tomatoes for Canning

183

NEW Beginner's Starter Guide Series

184

290 - Simple Succession Planting + Examples

185

289 - Key Dates to Know When Planning Your Garden

186

288 - What to Do in February

187

287 - Why You Don't Plant by Your Garden Zone

188

286 - Why Gardens Fail

189

285 - Getting Plant Timing Right

190

284 - How Many to Plant

191

283 - From Garden Frustrations to Prolific Production -- the evolution of a beginning gardener with Becky Allen

192

282 - Raised Beds vs Containers

193

281 - 9 Tips for Budget Friendly Seed Shopping

194

280 - Where I Buy Seeds

195

279 - 5 things you must know before starting seeds indoors

196

278 - What to Do in January

197

277 - 3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Planning Your 2023 Garden

198

276 - How to Select Potato Varieties for your Climate and Kitchen with Jim Gerritsen Wood Prairie Family Farm

199

275 - Potato Experiments Results

200

274 - Growing Citrus Trees with John Panzarella of Panzarella Citrus Farm

201

273 - Fall Garden Tests, Observations, & Lessons Part 2

202

272 - Fall Garden Tests, Observations, & Lessons Part 1

203

[Sneak Peak] Patreon Bonus Content

204

271 - Garden Chatting with JoeGardener's Joe Lamp'l

205

270 - Succession Planting Strategies that WORKED in 2022

206

269 - Tobie Stanger - Countertop Indoor Gardens

207

268 - How to Save Seed from 8 Popular Summer Crops

208

267 - Urban and Community Gardening Justin Trezza

209

266 - Using Fall Leaves in the Garden

210

265 - Adding to the Garden with Lana Stenner from The Grace Filled Homestead

211

264 - Preparing Soil in the Fall for Next Season

212

263 - Beginner's Guide to Fall Cover Crops

213

262 - 6 Irrigation Options for Small & Large Spaces

214

261 - Fall Gardening for Winter Harvest with Becky at The Seasonal Homestead

215

BONUS [Time Sensitive] Quick Tip, Greenstalk Sale, & Fall Garden Workshop

216

260 - Types of Garlic to Consider this Fall

217

259 - Lessons & Observations from the 2022 Summer Garden

218

258 - Seeds or Transplants in the Fall Garden

219

257 - Freezing Basics with Crystal of Whole Fed Homestead and Author of Freeze Fresh

220

256 - Green Beans: What Can Go Wrong?

221

255 - Connecting our Gardens with Our Health with Nutritionist Heather Woodruff

222

254 - What's Wrong with My Plant?

223

253 - Important Fall Garden Considerations that rarely get discussed

224

252 - Reduce Preserving Overwhelm with THIS Simple Strategy

225

251 - Crops You Can Plant in July

226

250 - Ask Me Anything

227

249 - Growing Food on 1/40 acre with Nicky at Permaculture Gardens

228

248 - Harvesting & Curing Garlic & Onions

229

247 - Cucumbers: What Can Go Wrong?

230

246 - Creating Living Soil with No-Till Market Farmer Jesse Frost

231

245 - Companion Planting with Herbs (in containers and in the garden)

232

244 - 3 Go-To Tomato Trellises

233

243 - Drought Proof Your Garden with Dr. Elaine Ingham - Soil Food Web

234

BONUS - Greenstalk Vertical Planter FAQ's

235

242 - Preparing for Pests

236

241 - How to Read a Soil Test with Joseph Akins

237

240 - Real Talk about Growing a Garden to Save Money

238

239 - Growing Potatoes Organically with Jim Gerritsen of Wood Prairie Family Farm -- Part 2

239

238 - Growing Potatoes Organically with Jim Gerritsen of Wood Prairie Family Farm -- Part 1

240

237 - How to Amend Your Soil Before Spring Planting

241

236 - Garden Fit with Jeff Hughes and Madeline Hooper (new TV show!)

242

235 - Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden with Jessica Walliser

243

234 - Starting Direct Sow Crops Indoors

244

233 - Potting Up: What it is and how to do it

245

232 - New Strategies, Tests, & Crops for 2022

246

231 - 12 Tasks to Include on Your Garden Calendar for the Entire Season

247

230 - Plant Spacing Options for Raised Beds, Ground Beds, and Containers

248

229 - 7 Plant Timing Mistakes to Avoid

249

228 - What to Do When You Run Out of Space

250

227 - Vertical Trellis Options for Small and Large Spaces

251

226 - High Production Crops for Small Spaces

252

225 - 3 Succession Planting Strategies to have fresh harvests longer

253

224 - Companion Planting: How Close is Too Close?

254

223 - How to Plan Your Garden for Seasonal Eating

255

222 - Simple Spices You Can Grow

256

221 - Money-Saving Crops to Grow this Year

257

220 - Essential Indoor Seed Starting Supplies

258

219 - Winter Task List for the Upcoming Garden

259

218 -- 10 Ways to Pre-Plan Your 2022 Garden

260

217 -- How to Organize Your Seed Shopping

261

216 -- Testing: Tromboncino Squash

262

215 -- Testing: Potatoes in Raised Beds, Grow Bags, Ground, & Fall Planting

263

214 -- Testing: Companion Plants to Deter Cabbage Worms

264

213 -- Testing: Onion Harvest -- how I finally got big bulbs!

265

212 -- How to Test in Your Garden to Make Informed Decisions (+ My Ongoing Tomato Experiments)

266

211 -- Spinach: What Can Go Wrong?

267

210 - Large Space Food Gardening with Liz Zorab

268

209 -- Small Space Kitchen Gardening with Nicole Burke

269

208 -- Garlic: What Can Go Wrong?

270

207 -- 12 Lessons from My Summer Garden

271

206 -- Greenhouse Gardening One Year Later

272

205 -- Seed Saving FAQ with Sheryl Normandeau & Janet Melrose

273

204 -- Corn: What Can Go Wrong?

274

4 Reasons Garlic Bulbs Were Small at Harvest

275

203 - Strengthening Your Body for Gardening without Injury with Robin Long of the Balanced Life

276

202 - How Small Gardens Can Change the World with Native Plants - Dr. Deborah Landau

277

Q&A: Summer's Over, Now What?

278

201 - Critical Observations for your Fall Garden

279

Q&A - Is a seedling heat mat necessary for fall crops?

280

200 - Best Advice from Beginning Gardeners to Beginning Gardeners

281

Q&A - What do I need to remove to get ready for the fall garden?

282

199 -- When to Take Out Summer Garden Plants

283

Q&A - How Important is Weeding?

284

198 - Fall Cover Crops with True Leaf Market

285

Q&A - Fertilizing. When, What, & How much?

286

197 - Peppers: What Can Go Wrong?

287

Q&A: How many tomato plants do you need to preserve a year's worth of tomato products?

288

196 - How to Minimize Pest Damage in an Organic Garden -- Susan Mulvihill

289

Q&A: How can I keep my plants from wilting in the late afternoon sun?

290

195 - Fall Garden Tasks to Start Right Now

291

Q&A - What's Wrong with My _____ ?

292

194 - 21 Ways to Avoid Garden Burnout this Summer

293

Q&A - What Can I Do with Small Amounts of Tomatoes?

294

193 - Tomatoes What Can Go Wrong?

295

Q&A- Should you remove dead leaves/stalks of a plant that's still producing?

296

192 - Your Personality and Your Garden Style (an enneagram conversation) -- with Carissa Hardage

297

Q&A -- Are the Flowers on Herbs Edible?

298

191 - How to Use Buckwheat as a Summer Cover Crop

299

Q&A - How can weeds be useful in the garden?

300

190: Grow More Feed More Program - Angela Thomas from Bonnie Plants

301

Q&A - Is Epsom Salt Good for Tomato Plants?

302

189: Squash: What Can Go Wrong?

303

Q&A: When do you harvest beans for shelling or drying?

304

188 - The Modern Homestead Garden -- Gary Pilarchik

305

Q&A- Do you have to turn or change out raised bed soil?

306

187: No Dig Gardening -- Charlie Nardozzi

307

Q&A - How do I get over my fear of canning?

308

186: Onions - What Can Go Wrong?

309

Q&A - Is Preserving Worth It?

310

185: Preserving Supplies: from Basic to Scaling Up

311

Q&A: What canning book is best for beginners?

312

184: 9 Organic Mulch Options for the Vegetable Garden

313

Q&A - What are the best pollinator plants?

314

183: Mulching the Vegetable Garden: Why it's Essential and How to Do It

315

Q&A: What is the best method for watering?

316

182 - Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden

317

QA63 - How do I protect my garden from animals?

318

181 - Broccoli: What Can Go Wrong?

319

Q&A - How do I keep weeds from taking over?

320

180 - How to Grow in a Greenstalk -- Ashley from Greenstalk Garden

321

Q&A: What do I do with volunteer plants?

322

179 -- Using Chickens in the Garden + How to Use the Manure with Lisa Steele of Fresh Eggs Daily

323

QA60 - What do I put on the bottom of raised beds?

324

178 -- Getting Started with Sweet Potatoes

325

Q&A Questions on Filling & Amending Raised Beds

326

177 -- Carrots: What Can Go Wrong?

327

Q&A: Planning for Travel -- How will my garden survive?

328

176 -- Grow Bag Gardening with Kevin Espiritu

329

Q&A: How soon can I direct sow cool season crops?

330

175 -- First-Time Gardener with Roots & Refuge Jessica Sowards

331

Q&A: Do I need fertilizer if I use compost?

332

174 -- Homegrown Spices with Tasha Greer

333

Q&A - What direction should my trellises face?

334

173 - 10 Steps to Planning a Multiple Season Garden Layout

335

Q&A: How close can companion plants be planted next to each other?

336

172 - Companion Planting Disasters

337

Q&A: When do I plant cool season crops?

338

171 - Plant Timing Tips for Tomatoes and Peppers

339

Q&A: Which tomato varieties are best for canning?

340

170 - Choosing Your Crops: Begin with the End in Mind

341

Q&A: What crops have I NEVER planted from seed indoors?

342

169 - Pros & Cons of Soil Blocking for Indoor Seed Starting

343

Q&A: Does it matter where I buy seeds?

344

168 - Is Indoor Seed Starting Right for You?

345

167 - 7 Ways to Pre-Plan Your 2021 Garden

346

Q&A What is New & Unique About the 2021 Complete Garden Planner?

347

166 - Garden Gadget Wish List

348

Q & A Straw Bale Garden Fertilizer to Garden Soil?

349

165-Complete Container Herb Gardening - Sue Goetz

350

Q & A Is the 3 Sisters Method a Good Idea?

351

164-Homemade Gifts From the Garden

352

Q&A Can I grow cilantro now?

353

163 - What I'm Thankful for in 2020

354

162 - Simplifying Compost

355

Q&A - What if my garlic sprouts early?

356

161 - Straw Bale Garden Results

357

Q&A - Do You Need To Cover Herbs In Winter?

358

160 - Ways to Nurture Your Mental Health in the Garden's Off - Season

359

How to use Coffee Grounds in the Garden

360

159 - Basic Season Extension and Overwintering Crops

361

Greenhouse Questions

362

158 - What's Wrong With My Raised Bed Soil?

363

Q&A Is it Too Late to Plant?

364

157 - 6 Simple Herbs for Health and How to Use Them - Carolyn Thomas from Homesteading Family

365

Q&A What can I do to Prepare for Next Season

366

156 - What I'll Keep & Change Next Season

367

Q&A - Do you pull plants out by the root when removing?

368

155 - Summer Garden 2020 - Failures

369

Q&A: Is it best to grow herbs in containers?

370

154 - Summer Garden 2020 - Successes

371

Q&A: Should I Test My Soil in Each Bed?

372

153 - Planting Garlic - Prepping the Soil for Best Bulb Harvest

373

Q&A: What is a tomato leader? What is topping off?

374

152 - Late Summer To-Do List

375

Q&A: What do I do with overgrown tomato plants?

376

151 - Fall Gardening in Different Climates with Kevin Espiritu and Melissa K Norris

377

Q&A: How long do you let plants stay in the garden before taking out?

378

150 - Gardening Principles I Don't Compromise ( and ones I let slide )

379

Q&A: What does it mean to "add compost?"

380

149 - Powdery Mildew

381

Q&A: Can I Plant Garlic from the Grocery Store?

382

148- 9+ Fall Crops for the Beginning Gardener

383

Q&A: One Way to Transition a Bed from Summer to Fall

384

147- Saving Seeds for Your Next Garden with Phil Kauth of Seed Savers Exchange

385

Q&A: When to pick okra and how to save its seeds

386

146- Mid-Summer To Do List

387

Q&A: Drip Lines Above or Below Mulch?

388

145- Empty Garden Space in the Summer

389

Q&A: Tomato Hornworms

390

144- Fall Garden Prep

391

Q&A - Is it too late to plant beans?

392

143- Gardening in the Heat

393

Q&A - How Do I Fertilize Container Vegetables?

394

142- Spring Garden Lessons Learned

395

Q&A - Why aren't my vertical plants climbing?

396

141 - What to Do with the Harvest

397

Q&A: Squash flowers but no fruit? (How to hand-pollinate)

398

140 - Early Summer To Do List

399

Q&A: My Herbs are Flowering! Now What?

400

139- Organic Pesticides and their Uses with Joe Lamp'l

401

Q&A: Why is my lettuce growing really tall?

402

138- Organic Fertilizer Options with Joe Lamp'l

403

Q&A: Pests in an Organic Garden: when do I step in?

404

137- Compost Piles vs. Tumblers

405

Q&A: What if I'm behind in planting? (or lost crops already?)

406

136- Protecting Your Garden from Deer, Rabbits, Squirrels, and Other Wildlife

407

Q&A: Composting or Worm Composting? Which to Start With?

408

135- Favorite Herbs to Grow for Health, Body, and Home

409

Q&A - How to get or grow sweet potato slips?

410

134- Garden Hacks with Joey Baird

411

Q&A: What are must-have crops for your first garden?

412

133- Mid Spring To Dos

413

Q&A: Where do I start?

414

132 - Straw Bale Gardening with Joel Karsten

415

Q&A - Staying at Home and Need Garden Supplies? 10 Ways to Get What You Need

416

131 - Caring for Adolescent Plants

417

Q&A - Should You Plant Seeds by Date or Soil Temperature?

418

130 - Hardening Off - Transitioning to the Outdoor Garden

419

Q&A: What If You Have a Black Thumb?

420

129 - Preparedness Gardening in Uncertain Times with Kevin Espiritu and Melissa K Norris

421

Q&A: Is treated wood safe for raised garden beds?

422

128 - Sacrifices of Gardening

423

Q&A: What's the point of a summer cover crop?

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127 - Early Spring To-Do List

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Q&A: Is it necessary to fertilize seedlings?

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126 - 3 Raised Bed Soil Mixes Compared

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Q&A: Should You Line the Bottom of Raised Beds?

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125- Bees, Caterpillars, and the Importance of Insects with Dr Tallamy

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Q&A: How can I grow cold and warm season crops in the same bed?

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124 - 9 Simple Succession Planting Combinations

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Q&A - What item should a beginning canner start with, and what pressure canner is a good choice?

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123 - 5 Ways to Make Efficient Use of Garden Space

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Q&A - How can I avoid massive crop loss due to diseases or pests?

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122 - 5 Ideas for Planting Edibles Outside the Garden

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Q&A: When Should You Apply Mulch?

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121 - Dependable Varieties for Beginners

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Q&A: Where Can I Buy Bushes, Trees, and Other Live Plants?

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120 - Garden To-Don't List

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Q&A: What are advantages of a 6" deep raised bed?

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119 - Winter To-Do List

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Q&A: Do you need a seedling heat mat?

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118 - 3 Ways to Change Your Garden Plan in 2020

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117 - Family Garden Plan with Melissa K Norris

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116 - Weedless Gardening with Lee Reich

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115 - Organic Gardening for Everyone with CaliKim

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114 - The Autopilot Garden with Luke Marion

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113 - Urban Gardening with Kevin Espiritu

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112 - Confusing Garden Terminology

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111- 5 Superfoods to Plant in Your Garden

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110 - A Gardener's Guide to Getting Started with Chickens, with Nicole Gennetta

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109 - 13 Fall to Winter Garden Tasks

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108- Crop Rotation Simplified

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107 - 23 Things Gardeners Wish They'd Known, Part 2

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106 - 23 Things Gardeners Wish They'd Known, part 1

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105 - 11 Garden Projects for Fall and Winter to Prepare for Next Season

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104- Grow Food Indoors in the Winter with Ashley Dempster of the Townhouse Homestead

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103 - Lessons from My Summer Garden

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102 -7 Garden Tasks to Transition from the Summer Garden

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101 - Medicinal Herb Gardening for Beginners

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100 - My First Garden

461

99 - Pest Control without Pesticides

462

98 - Why Homegrown Tastes Better than Store Bought

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97- Fall Gardening FAQs with Stacey Murphy

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96 - Fall Gardening- When and How to Plant with Stacey Murphy

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95 - When to Harvest Corn

466

94 - When to Harvest Melons

467

93 - Freezing, Canning, and Dehydrating Basics

468

92- Garden Irrigation with Joe Lamp'l

469

91 - Tomato Troubleshooting with Joe Lamp'l

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90 - 10 Lessons Learned from the Spring Garden

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89 - How to Harvest, Store, and Cure Garlic

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88 - Tips from Rookie Gardeners

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87 - How to Eat Your Back Yard Year Round with Becky Porter of The Seasonal Homestead

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86 - Growing Okra No Matter Where You Live

475

85 - 3 Organic Aphid Controls Tested

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84 - Tomatoes to Prune or Not to Prune

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83- From Ground Beds to Raised Beds - Interview with Jill Winger of the Prairie Homestead

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82- Prevent Poisoning Your Soil - Interview with Jill Winger of the Prairie Homestead

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81- My Favorite Gardening Podcasts

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80 - 12 Garden Rules

481

79 - Organic Cabbage Worm Control

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78 - Vertical Vegetables with Amy Andrychowicz

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77 - Raised Bed FAQs

484

76- Tomato Cages vs. Stakes

485

75 - Short term vs Long term Harvests

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74 - Worm Composting for Beginners

487

73 - Companion Planting for Pest Control

488

72 - 21 Tips to Save Money in the Garden

489

71 - 4 Tips in Choosing Raised Bed Soil

490

70 - 5 Mistakes First-Time Gardeners Make

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69 - Low Maintenance Crops for Busy Gardeners

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68- How to Start Seeds Indoors - interview with Kevin from Epic Gardening

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67- Where to Buy Seeds

494

66 - First Steps to Planning Your 2019 Garden

495

65 - My 8 Favorite Garden Tools and Books

496

64 - Soil Testing - a Beginners Guide to Why, When, How, and What Next

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63 - Get a Head Start on Next Year's Garden

498

62: Why You Shouldn't Clean Up Your Garden (Mostly)

499

61: Lessons Learned from my Summer Garden

500

60: Should You Grow Garlic?

501

59: Your Garden Zone - What It Tells You (and what it doesn't)

502

58: Planning and Planting a Fall Garden

503

57: How to Get Started in Home Canning with Melissa K Norris

504

56: 9 Lessons from My Spring Garden (2018)

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55: Managing Pests Organically - interview with IPM Expert Patrick Byers of the University of Missouri Extension

506

54: 6 Steps to Incorporate Vertical Gardening in Your Garden

507

53: Aged-Based Ideas to Get Kids Involved in the Garden

508

52: Tomato Leaves Turning Yellow? 5 Possible Reasons

509

51: Interview with Misti Little of the Garden Path Podcast

510

50: 15 Tips for First-time Gardeners from Experienced Gardeners

511

49: 10 Succession and Relay Planting Ideas for Your Garden

512

48: Vacation Plans? 5 Ways to Prep Your Garden

513

47: Building Healthy Soil -- Interview with Jackie Beyer of the Organic Gardener Podcast

514

46: Tomato Trellising - Deciding Which Method is Right for You

515

45: 6 Crops Beginners Can Grow From Seed in the Garden (No Indoor Seed-Starting Required)

516

44: When to Plant What - Guide to Getting Your Crops in the Ground at the Right Time

517

43: Avoiding Mistakes in Container Gardening - Interview with Randy from FarmDaddy

518

42: Strawberry Planting Basics

519

41: 7 Tips for Choosing Transplants at the Garden Center

520

40: How to Grow Onions Successfully

521

39: Blueberries in the Ground and Containers -- Interview with Lee Reich

522

38: 7 Common Raised Bed Gardening Mistakes

523

37: 10 Adjustments I'm Making in My Garden this Season

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36: Expert Advice on Tomatoes -- Interview with Mike at White Harvest Seed Co. Pt. 2

525

35: Choosing and Growing Seeds - Interview with Mike at White Harvest Seed Company

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34: Grow these 5 Dirty Dozen Crops to Avoid Consuming Pesticides

527

33: 4 Crops You Can Grow that Will Cut Your Grocery Bill

528

32: How to Plant Garlic – 3 Most Frequently Asked Questions

529

31: End of season garden clean-up that will help get next year's garden started out right

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30: Free Produce! Seed Saving for the Hobby Gardener

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29: 6 Garden Failures Last Season and How I Overcame Them This Year

532

28: Top 5 Crops for a Fall Garden

533

27: Preserving Tomatoes – Making the Most of Your Harvest

534

26: Squash Bugs and Squash Vine Borers

535

25: How to Control Aphids Naturally and Effectively

536

24: What I Learned – Garlic & Onions – 2017 Recap

537

23: Advice from a True Beginning Gardener: Interview with Whitney Cromley

538

22: Herb Basics Part 2: Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, Sage, and Chives

539

21: Herb Basics Part 1: Basil, Dill, Cilantro, and Parsley

540

20: Some Like it Hot: Growing Peppers and Okra

541

19: The Joys and Challenges of Growing Squash and Zucchini

542

18: Best Gardening Tips from Real-Life Homesteader Melissa K. Norris

543

17: Overcoming the Challenges of Growing Corn

544

16: Grow Green Beans to Last All Year

545

15: Growing Cucumbers

546

14: Planting Tomatoes

547

13: Growing Peas for the Beginner

548

12: My Five Favorite Garden Tools

549

11: Cool Weather Crops in the Southern Garden

550

10: Yes! Even a Beginner Can Grow Potatoes!

551

9: Growing Blueberries: Tips for Beginners

552

8: How to Grow a Salsa Garden from Planning to Canning {FREE Download}

553

7: Composting Basics for the Beginner

554

6: Plants that Climb & Sprawl: Choose the Best Trellis Option for Your Garden, Big or Small

555

5: Creating Fertile Soil: The Basis of Your Best Garden

556

4: Seeds or Transplants? Which to Grow? When to Plant?

557

3: Weed Control Starts Early: 4 Types of Mulch You Can Use + Other Weed Control Methods

558

2: How to Plan Your Garden Space (Raised Beds, Containers, Plot of land, Companion Planting, Layout, & More)

559

1: 5 Tips to Help You Decide What to Plant in Your Garden