You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover

everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

Joe Lampel.

Hi everybody, this is Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner

Show.

You know, depending on the time of year, we focus a lot on techniques and things that

you should do to have a more successful garden for whatever the seasonality is.

We focus on that, and we've been doing that a lot lately.

But there are other times like today that no matter what season it is, or even if you're

not gardening right now, there are things we need to talk about to make us a better,

smarter, more confident gardener year round whenever we're gardening.

And it has nothing to do necessarily with what it is we're growing, but it's just knowing

what works and what doesn't work and why.

And so that's the kind of conversation that we're going to have today.

Today we're talking with a frequent podcast guest of the show, Dr. Jeff Gilman.

Jeff is a wealth of horticultural knowledge.

And on this show over the years, I've talked to him a lot about some of his various books,

such as one of my favorites, the Truth About Organic Gardening.

We've talked about the best organic controls for pests, diseases, and weeds, and other

topics too.

Plus, I've featured him on my television series, Growing a Greener World, not once, but

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