Good morning. Well, it may not be morning when you're listening to this, but it is morning right now.

I just got out of the garden, took a shower, ate a light breakfast, and I'm on my second cup of coffee,

and I thought it would be the perfect time to talk to you about what to do in your garden in the late summer.

These garden to-do lists have been the most popular

episodes on the podcast this year, so I'm learning that you guys love those to do list, or at least

you want to listen in to some things that you can be thinking about doing in your garden.

Just like any to do list, most of this will depend on where you're located.

But unless you live in an area with a very early frost or you live in an area where your garden

is just starting to get going because you live in a warmer climate and you're ready to actually

escape the heat and start planting your biggest garden, then most of these I believe will apply to you today.

Don't worry if you're starting to feel some garden burnout.

This is completely normal and I'm making today's

to-do list completely doable.

Hi, I'm Jill and in 2013 I started my first garden, having no background, knowledge, or experience

whatsoever.

Now I am embarking on my eighth season of growing my own vegetables, fruits, and herbs, and I'm

proof that you don't have to have decades of experience to grow your own garden, big or small.

I certainly don't know at all, but I can share what I've learned

and bring guests along who can offer much more wisdom than I have. I'm so glad you're here

at the Beginners Garden podcast today. Let's dive in. I'm going to be bringing you nine items

for this late summer to-do list, and almost all of them I am doing right now and some of them I've

done this time of year in past seasons. The first one is something I did in fact yesterday as of

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