12: My Five Favorite Garden Tools
The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy
Jill McSheehy
4.7 • 830 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2017
⏱️ 20 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
When I began gardening, I had no idea what tools I would need. Because my purpose for gardening in the first place was to save money, I had no interest in blowing cash on unneeded equipment. But as I soon realized, some tools make a huge difference. In this episode of The Beginner's Garden Podcast, I share my five favorite garden tools with you.
Show notes: http://journeywithjill.net/gardentools
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Beginners Garden podcast. I'm Jill McShehehehe with Journey Withjil.net, |
| 0:06.2 | and my goal is to give beginning gardeners the tools they need to grow a rewarding, productive garden. Welcome to episode 12 of the Beginners Garden podcast. |
| 0:31.6 | I'm so glad you joined me today. |
| 0:33.9 | I don't know about where you live or even when you're listening to this today, but for me, this |
| 0:39.9 | week is spring break. |
| 0:42.2 | And the arrival of spring break means several things. |
| 0:45.7 | For one, spring break is usually when I try to get quite a bit done in my garden. |
| 0:52.0 | If you've been listening to the Beginners Garden podcast, you know that our last |
| 0:56.1 | average frost date is not until April 15th. That's when the garden really gets going, but there's |
| 1:01.5 | quite a few things that I can put in at the end of March, and I try to do that around spring break. |
| 1:07.2 | This year, I'm hoping to get in my strawberries. I'm earmarking a whole new bed for strawberries |
| 1:12.7 | a 4 by 12 area. And I'm also starting asparagus for the first time. So I'm hoping to get that |
| 1:19.5 | crop in as well. And a new crop, along with asparagus, I'm going to try to plant a couple of |
| 1:26.0 | grape vines. I ordered them online and I have them |
| 1:29.4 | waiting for the weather to mellow out enough for me to get them in the ground. And then hopefully I can |
| 1:36.2 | finally get my potatoes in. I've been waiting to get my potatoes in for weeks, but the rain just has |
| 1:42.9 | not let up and I haven't been able to get out and get my |
| 1:46.2 | potatoes in the ground. So I have a lot on my plate for spring break, as many of you probably do, too. |
| 1:53.9 | And one thing, too, that I like to do on spring break, since I am a stay-at-home mom, I want to |
| 1:59.3 | be available for my kids. |
| 2:01.2 | They're both in school usually, so this is the week that they get a break, and I want to spend |
| 2:07.4 | more time with them this week. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jill McSheehy, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Jill McSheehy and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.