141 - What to Do with the Harvest

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

🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

As the time to harvest approaches, it’s time to think about what to do with all of our produce. Maybe you have just enough to eat fresh, but maybe you have enough to preserve. How do you plan what to preserve and how to get it all done? Listen to my 4 steps today!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey there, we're in the middle of June, one of the most fun times of the year for gardening,
0:06.7	and hopefully you're starting to get some kind of a harvest. But have you actually thought about
0:12.9	what you're going to do with your harvest? Or like so many others, have you worked so hard for
0:18.8	so many months to actually grow something that strangely what to do
0:24.2	when you actually harvest was never really at the forefront of your mind? Maybe you only
0:29.9	planted a garden for fresh eating. Or maybe you have hopes for a little bit of preserving,
0:35.4	maybe. Or maybe you are diving in headfirst into the world of
0:40.3	food preservation. In any case, it helps to have a plan going into your busy harvest season.
0:47.2	Even if you only planned for fresh eating, what if you have more than you can eat? Dream problem, right? Unless you plan to give it all
0:57.0	away, which you totally might. This episode will help guide you to getting ready for bumper
1:03.0	crops coming your way. Hi, I'm Jill and in 2013 I started my first garden, having no background, knowledge, or experience
1:13.0	whatsoever. Now I am embarking on my eighth season of growing my own vegetables, fruits, and
1:18.3	herbs, and I'm proof that you don't have to have decades of experience to grow your own garden,
1:23.6	big or small. I certainly don't know at all, but I can share what I've learned and bring guests
1:28.2	along who can offer much more wisdom than I have. I'm so glad you're here at the Beginners Garden
1:33.3	podcast today. Let's dive in. I almost entitled this episode, My 2020 Preservation Plan. Over the Memorial
1:41.8	Day holiday, my family and I went camping locally. And one morning,
1:46.3	my daughter and my husband went out to the lake to kayak, which left my son and I at home,
1:52.0	and I decided, I'm going to write out what I plan to do with my harvest. So that's what I did. I
1:58.6	created a preservation plan so I would know what I would be
2:02.1	doing this year. But that kind of seems a little bit formal, doesn't it? So methodical. The truth is,
2:08.9	I'm in my eighth season of gardening and I'm in my eighth season of preserving. But this is actually
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