You're listening to the Beginners Garden podcast. I'm Jill McShehehehe with Journey Withjil.net,

and my goal is to give beginning gardeners the tools they need to grow a rewarding, productive garden. Thank you for joining me today as we talk about cool weather crops in the Southern Garden.

But before we get to that, I wanted to take a moment and thank you for tuning in.

When I first started podcasting, I had no idea if anyone would listen. All I knew was that I loved talking gardening.

Plus, I keep hearing more and more of my friends who are starting a garden for the first time

or who are taking up the hobby after years or decades since they did it last.

I started hearing the same questions over and over and I realized I wasn't the only one who had

needed guidance on more of an elementary level than what most resources I found had to offer.

All that to say, thank you for listening and for

subscribing to the Beginners Garden podcast. Although I am enjoying this more than I thought I

ever would, it does take several hours to produce each episode and knowing you're listening

and hoping that something I might say might be of

help to you as you garden, well, that just makes it all worth it for me. For today's episode,

I'm going to be completely up front with you. In past episodes like episode 9 when I talked

about blueberries, or episode 6 when I talked about trellises, or episode

four when I talk very passionately about whether you should plant seeds or transplants

in certain situations, I felt like in a way I came from a place of hard-earned expertise,

if you will.

I know that's kind of hard to say since this is only my fifth year, but I've

gardened a lot in the last four years and I feel like I've learned a lot. But in this episode, I admit

I still have got a lot to learn. I think part of the reason is most of my favorite gardening books

have been written by gardeners in northern climates. These all are excellent

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