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

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

Gardening, Garden, How To, Education, Organicgardening, Home & Garden, Leisure, Homegardening, Beginninggardener, Vegetablegardening

4.4 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

I’m sure you’re like me and the last couple of weeks have turned your world upside down. I’ve heard from a lot of you that you’re thinking about your garden a little differently this year. So I had the opportunity to visit with my friends Melissa K Norris of Pioneering Today and Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening about the crops we would grow in a preparedness garden. Hope you enjoy!

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0:00.0	Has the way that you are approaching your garden this year changed within the last couple of weeks?
0:06.9	Like you, it seemed like life changed on a dime, literally overnight, as the coronavirus spread across the U.S. where I live and also all over the world.
0:19.7	And with that, I have found a lot of people asking a lot more questions
0:24.2	about gardening, and rightfully so. When it's really hard to get canned vegetables right now,
0:30.6	you do have to wonder how can you start or expand your garden in a way that makes it where you know you're going to have food later.
0:39.6	Now, obviously, we hope that this is actually not going to be a long-term issue.
0:44.7	But many of you guys are preparing just in case, and I don't think that's a bad idea.
0:50.7	Whether you're starting your first garden this season, or you are expanding your garden, or maybe
0:56.7	you're changing up what you're going to grow based on the current climate.
1:00.3	I wanted to bring you a conversation that would give you tools to know how to do that well.
1:06.3	In today's special episode, I'm bringing along on the podcast two friends that I've met in the
1:12.1	gardening space that you'll recognize because they've both been on the podcast multiple
1:16.6	times. Kevin Espiritu from Epic Gardening and Melissa K. Norris from Melissa K.Norris.com in
1:23.7	pioneering today. Both of them have unique takes when it comes to what we're dealing with
1:29.9	right now and what we need to do in our gardens as a result of the current situation. We're going to
1:37.1	be talking about the top three crops each of us would plant if we could only plant three in our
1:43.1	gardens. This was so much fun and I think you're
1:46.0	going to be surprised at the answers you hear. We are truly living in a unique time and hopefully
1:52.4	after this conversation with Kevin and Melissa, you'll be better equipped to make the most of it.
2:00.8	Hi, I'm Jill and in 2013 I started my first garden, having no background, knowledge, or experience whatsoever.
2:07.6	Now I am embarking on my eighth season of growing my own vegetables, fruits, and herbs,
2:12.6	and I'm proof that you don't have to have decades of experience to grow your own garden,
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