Hey there, I have been hearing from so many of you that you are like me ordering your seeds

and getting really excited about what you're going to grow this year.

But you probably are also like me and you're thinking, so many choices.

How do you even begin to decide which variety to plant?

Even if you know which vegetables, herbs, or fruits you're begin to decide which variety to plant? Even if you know which vegetables,

herbs, or fruits you're going to plant, then you have to start choosing varieties and it can become a lot to decide. Like most other summer star of gardeners in the winter, I spend many of my days

thumbing through seed catalogs and dreaming of all the possibilities.

As I go through the options, I circle which varieties I might be interested in, and then later I go back and try to pair them down.

But how do we decide which varieties to buy?

Of course, there are lots of different considerations, like choosing a variety based on whether

it performs well in our climate, how many days it takes to mature, or if it has any resistance

to a disease that we know plagues our gardens.

But I think before we examine any of the more practical considerations, we should start with something far simpler.

How do we want to use this vegetable or fruit or herb or flour? Today I'm going to talk about

questions you can ask yourself to make sure you're planting in your garden what you want to

use. We'll talk mostly about how you want to eat the edible crop,

but we'll also talk about why we'd want to plant a certain herb or flower as well.

This is one of those subjects I can get really excited about,

and I can't wait to share with you these things today.

Welcome. I'm Jill, and in 2013 2013 I started my first garden as a new

stay-at-home mom wanting to do my part to provide for my family. Over the years, I stumbled my way

into becoming a gardener and in this podcast, I want to help other new gardeners just like I was

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