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Organic Gardening For Beginners: Tips To Plan And Grow Your Own Productive Garden Homegrown Food and Flowers
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4.9 • 49 Ratings
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Organic Gardening For Beginners is a podcast that helps overwhelmed and time-crunched new gardeners start and maintain their own thriving garden. Join Jessica, owner of Homegrown Food and Flowers and a seasoned gardener with over 20 years of experience, as she shares her tips, resources, and inspiration to help you overcome common barriers to gardening. Get valuable insight on topics like companion planting, seed starting, gardening planning, summer maintenance chores, growing cut flowers, attracting pollinators, and enjoying your garden produce.Whether you're struggling with a lack of time, don’t know what to grow, or are simply overwhelmed with where to start, Jessica will show you how to create a successful garden that fits your lifestyle, budget, and creativity.
With a focus on easy, practical tips that you can put into action, this podcast is perfect for anyone who wants to experience the joy and satisfaction of growing their own food and flowers but has questions like these:
How do I start a garden?
How and when should I start seeds?
Which vegetables and flowers should I plant?
What is involved in organic gardening?
How do I get the most out of my garden space?
If that’s you, then you’re in the right place. This is your year to get started. So let’s dig in!
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055: What To Do In Your May Garden
It's planting time! Finally, the month of the last spring frosts is here and we're able to plant out so many things.
Tomatoes, peppers, squash, zinnia, sunflower, and so many more summer crops can make their way tot the garden.
📩 Questions? Email me at jessica@homegrownfoodandflowers.com
Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps new gardeners find the show 💚
💻 Website and Blog: Homegrown Food and Flowers
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054: 7 Time-Saving Steps To Get Your Garden Planted This Spring
You've got a flat of plants, a garden almost ready to plant out, and no time to get it done. Sound familiar? This episode will give you seven tips to help you get your garden in the ground with a minimum of fuss and no time wasted on tasks that don't move the needle the way you want it to go.
-Which seedlings you should buy at this point in the season for earlier harvest
-Why getting a trellis in at planting will save you time later on
-My favorite way to spread mulch quickly
-and a few other tips learned along the way.
Happy gardening!
📩 Questions? Email me at jessica@homegrownfoodandflowers.com
Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps new gardeners find the show 💚
💻 Website and Blog: Homegrown Food and Flowers
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homegrownfoodandflowers/ -
053: An Easy Plan For Planting One Raised Bed (+ Seedling Shopping List)
If you're still wondering what to plant, this episode lays it all out for you. Short and snappy instructions tell you how to lay out a single 4x8 raised bed with the right combination and location of your plants so they all thrive and you get months of harvests of fresh veggies, flowers, and herbs.
If you want a more detailed seasonal guide, snag a copy of my Garden Layout Templates that provide a visual guide to bring you from season to season without a bare spot in the garden or your kitchen. Purchases help support the show and your garden. Win-win!
Happy gardening!
📩 Questions? Email me at jessica@homegrownfoodandflowers.com
Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps new gardeners find the show 💚
💻 Website and Blog: Homegrown Food and Flowers
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homegrownfoodandflowers/ -
051: 8 Gardening YouTube Channels Worth Watching (Composting, Self-Sufficiency, Flowers, and More)
Here is an amazing list of resources during the peak learning time of the season. Plants are going in, seeds are getting started, and these channels will help you learn so much, from composting to self sufficiency to growing flowers in soil blocks.
Huw Richards
Charles Dowding
Shifting Roots
No-Till Growers: I misspoke here and said No Till Farmer, so make sure to search for himm as “No-Till Growers”
Epic Gardening
Growing In The Garden
Regenerative Gardening with Blossom and Branch Farm
Self Sufficient Me
Check them out because I guarantee you'll find at least one new channel to add to your rotation!
📩 Questions? Email me at jessica@homegrownfoodandflowers.com
Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps new gardeners find the show 💚
💻 Website and Blog: Homegrown Food and Flowers
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homegrownfoodandflowers/ -
051: What To Do In Your April Garden
📩 Questions? Email me at jessica@homegrownfoodandflowers.com
Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps new gardeners find the show 💚
💻 Website and Blog: Homegrown Food and Flowers
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homegrownfoodandflowers/ -
050: Super Simple Soil: Seed Starting Mix, Filling Raised Beds, and Giving In-Ground Gardens A Boost
Soil, fertilizers, compost, and more can all be so confusing when getting your garden started. This episode breaks it down in a very simplified manner that will help you know the next step you need to take to get your garden ready for the season.
I mention a ton of resources, including:
My seed starting recipe:
4 parts coco coir (or peat moss)
1 part compost, worm castings, or a mix
.5 part vermiculite (sometimes more depending on the weather. In warmer weather, I add more because it holds moisture)
.5 part perlite
Sprinkle of azomite according to package application instructions
Mix everything well and moisten before sowing seeds in the mix
JADAM with Huw Richards YouTube video
In-Bed Worm Composting with Angela from Growing In The Garden
Soil Amending Simplified by Jesse Frost of No-Till Growers, an awesome soil scientist and farmer
📩 Questions? Email me at jessica@homegrownfoodandflowers.com
Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps new gardeners find the show 💚
💻 Website and Blog: Homegrown Food and Flowers
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homegrownfoodandflowers/
Customer Reviews
A practical and enjoyable podcast must
I am somewhat of a new gardener and this podcast has helped with so many of my questions. I love the detailed information given with Gardening tasks, and keeping everything on the lower shelf at the same time. I love that she doesn’t put herself above you because she has more experience - and I especially love that her podcast is clean 🙌🏻 I don’t have to worry about little ears hearing something they shouldn’t. I really enjoy this podcast.
Enthusiastic and educational
Are you a new gardener with perfectionist tendencies who has overcommitted to a season of gardening without any clue what you are actually doing and now find yourself in a panic that your first garden won’t be absolutely perfect?
Don’t worry-Jessica has got you covered.
I made the ridiculous decision to have 3 large raised beds installed without any idea of what to actually do with them. Any plant that I have managed to keep alive in the past is truly pure luck - what was I thinking? Cue panicked internet search for something to help me that I didn’t have to sit and read because I am a busy working mom and just don’t have time for that!
I found this podcast and binged it while commuting and cleaning my house. It was easy to do because Jessica’s easy conversational pace allowed me to actually retain the information rather than feel the need to pause for note taking. She presents the information in a simple way bit I don’t feel like she is dumbing it down.
I have already learned so much and I am going into this growing season less afraid!
Additionally, I had a question and reached out to Jessica and she replied with awesome details about my questions.
I highly recommend this for anyone interested in learning more practical advice about backyard organic gardening.
A Fantastic Easy & Informative Listen
Just discovered Jessica’s podcast as a first time gardener in Zone 5b/6a outside of Denver, CO and her content could not be more relevant. She is authentic, well spoken, and honest with the information she delivers! The show provides practical and tangible steps to make gardening achievable for all. Thank you Jessica- your passion for gardening comes through in each episode. Highly recommend giving this podcast a listen!
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