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The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy — 579 episodes · page 1 of 6
489 - Using a Greenhouse to its Full Potential with Leslie Halleck
488 - Two Easy Cover Crops That Changed My Raised Bed Garden
487 - Fastest Fall Crops If You're Starting Late
486 - Making Space for Fall Crops (when summer crops are still growing)
485 - Potatoes, Carrots, Onions, & More: How to Cure & Store Root Crops
484 - Tomatoes, Cucumbers & More: Fridge or Counter? How to Store Today's Harvest
483 - What I've Changed in Preserving My Harvest
482 - Meal Prep from Your Garden with Crystal Schmidt, author of Freeze Fresh Meal Prep
481 - Wasps and Bees: The Invisible Work These Insects Do in Your Garden
480 - Yellow Leaves, Bugs, and No Fruit: What to Do in the Mid-Summer Garden
479 - Fall Garden: 3 Simple Steps to Start Now
478 - Summer Watering: What Your Garden Actually Needs
477 - What to Plant in June and July
Questions My Garden Visitors Asked (and My Honest Answers)
475 - The Problem with Sevin Dust
474 - How to use what you're growing for extra income with Luke Hammond
473 - What the Spring Garden Taught Me This Year
472 - Cooking Your Harvest: Simple Secrets from a Disney Chef at EPCOT
471 - Herbs All Season: How I Use My Garden Herbs Year Round — Fresh, Dried, and Blended
470 - Planting Day: Peppers – when to plant, what to know, and exactly what to do step by step
469 - Cucumbers: How to Choose, Plant, and Harvest All Season Long
468 - Pollinators: Are They Telling You Something About Your Garden? — with Disney Conservation Scientist Morgan Belle
467 - Planting Day: Tomatoes – when to plant and exactly what to do step by step
466 - Soil: What to Do Before You Plant Anything
465 - Companion Planting While You're Actually Planting Your Garden
464 - Planting Day: Potatoes – how to plant and what to expect as they grow underground
463 - Planting Day: Carrots - how to plant and what to expect the first few weeks
462 - How Early Is Too Early? Planting Cool-Season Crops With Confidence
461 - Seedlings Not Growing? Why Mine Stalled (and the Fix)
460 - How to Grow Better Potatoes: What Matters Most (and What Doesn't) with Jim & Caleb Gerritsen of Wood Prairie Family Farm
459 - Can You Trust AI With Your Garden? How to Avoid Bad Advice
458 - One Garden Bed, Three Seasons: How the Planning Actually Works
457 -Companion Planting Starts in the...Kitchen?
456 - Endless Spring Salads: How to Plan Now
455 - The Truth About Seed Starting Mixes with JoeGardener (and Why So Many Fail)
454 - How Home Gardeners Can Save Money by Buying Seeds in Bulk (Without Overbuying)
453 - How to Plan a Garden That Fits Your Life in 2026
452 - 10 Biggest Garden Lessons in 2025
451- Growing Cut Flowers & More for a Farmer's Market with Sarah Shuman
450 - December Garden Checklist (without the pressure)
449 - My Favorite Garden Products (and How to Save on Them Now)
448- 7 Thanksgiving Foods You Can Grow in Your Own Garden: the history, health, and homegrown roots behind your favorite holiday dishes.
447 - November Garden Checklist: Protecting Cold-Sensitive Crops, Planting Onions for Spring, and Making the Most of the Final Garden Days
446 - Overwintering herbs indoors and out
445 - What I Learned... about my capacity in this season of life
444 - What I Learned... from planning 10 fall gardens
443 - What I learned... from the failures of this season
442 - What I learned... Visiting GreenStalk: The Story You Don't See Online
441 - Garlic Growing Timeline: Month-by-Month from Planting to Harvest
440 - Let go or push through? (an unplanned, personal conversation)
439 - Stop Blaming the Weather: Clues Your Plants Are Giving You
438 - Fast Fall Crops You Can Still Plant in September
437 - September Garden Task List
436 - Cover Crops for Small Gardens: Learn When, What, and How to Plant for Healthier Soil
435 - The Hidden Link Between Gardening and Parkinson's Disease with Dr. Ray Dorsey, author of the Parkinson's Plan
434 - Too Much to Eat, Not Enough to Can? Small-Batch Ideas for Summer's Harvest
433 - August Garden Tasks + What to Plant
432 - Why Fall Gardens Fail
431 - A Gardener's Guide to Snakes with Johnny Sain
430 - Shade Solutions for Summer Crops: What to Try When Temps Spike
429 - Start these Fall Crops Inside in July
428 - What to Plant in July: Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers That Thrive in the Heat
427 - Grow Mushrooms in Your Garden with Matt McInnis
426 - Mid-Season Fertilizing: What Your Garden Needs Now
425 - 5 Summer Pests and Organic Ways to Stop Them
424 - June Garden Checklist: What to Do Now to Keep Things Thriving
423 - Grow Organic Apple Trees: what to do in years 1-3 with Susan Poizner
422 - The Truth About Soil, Wood, and Raised Beds with Gardener Scott
421 - The Best Herbs for Beginners (and How to Start Right)
420 - Spring's Best Herbs for Food & Health with Bevin Cohen
419 - How to Grow Meyer Lemons in Containers (Anywhere!)
418 - What Market Farmers Know That Backyard Gardeners Don't (Yet!) with Pam Dawling
417 - How Your Grandparents Knew When to Plant: Using Phenology (Like Lilacs & Oak Leaves) in Your Spring Garden
416 - Your last frost date has arrived! Now what?
415 - Your April Garden Checklist: Tasks, Planting, and Common Pitfalls
414 - Growing Blackberries: A Starter Guide with Chad Cargill
413 - Growing Blueberries: A Starter Guide
412 - Carrots: what no one tells you about choosing the right variety
411 - Grow Your Own Fruit with Chad Cargill
410 - What to Plant in March
409 - Tomato Types Explained: How to Pick the Perfect Tomato for Your Garden
408 - How to use AI to Make Garden Planning More Efficient (8 Prompts You Can Use Today)
407 - Companion Planting Myths & Realities
406 - Cool vs Warm Season Crops: why some crops thrive at different times and why it matters
405 - Avoid These 5 Overlooked Gardening Mistakes
404 - 7 February Garden Tasks: Prep for a Productive Spring
403 - Climate Change, AI, and Your Garden with forensic meteorologist Dr. Alicia Wasula
402 - Seeds to Start Indoors in January and February
401 - How to Grow Chickpeas, Dry Beans, Edamame, and More (Grow Your Own Protein, Part 2)
400 - Grow Your Protein with Dr. Vickie Petz Kasper
399 - Garden Reflections from 2024 (new varieties, lessons, lifestyle changes, and more)
398 - 2025 Garden Trends & Weather Forecasts with the Old Farmer's Almanac Editor Carol Connare
397 - Winter Composting
396 - Growing Sweet Potatoes: A Beginner's Guide
395 - Favorite Garden Tools for 2025
394 - 3 Big Fall Garden Failures
393 - 10 Garden Projects for Fall & Winter
392 - Garden Clean-Up: Soil Rejuvenation, Pest & Disease Prevention, & Preparing for Spring
391 - 7 Lessons from 4 Years with a Greenhouse
390 - The Fall Garden Plants' Unique Needs vs Spring Garden