You're listening to the Beginners Garden podcast. I'm Jill McShehehehe with Journey Withjil.net,

and my goal is to give beginning gardeners the tools they need to grow a rewarding, productive garden. Hi guys, thank you so much for joining me on this episode of the Beginners Garden podcast.

A couple of weeks ago, I had a friend on Instagram who messaged me and asked me for some

tips for garden cleanup at the end of the season. She gave me some specific questions that she

had with her garden, and I was just thinking about that question and how that was one that I

didn't anticipate having as a beginning gardener.

But as my first garden started to wind down, I did find myself wondering, what do I do with

all these crops?

What do I do with my soil?

Is there something I can do to prepare better next year?

And there are a lot of different questions when it comes to garden cleanup that I thought

would be

very beneficial to address on the podcast because it's a pretty common question.

I know this time of year sometimes it's hard to think about getting back into the garden

because all of our gardens, at least all the ones that I've seen lately, look overgrown

and scraggly. it's just you know you

kind of lose that motivation this time of year for the most part but there are some things that we can

do in our garden to prepare for next year and the good thing is is that at least in my part of the

country we finally have started to cool

down where the heat isn't so oppressive so the fall is a beautiful time of year

to get in the garden so what do you do what do you do with your garden in the

garden cleanup we're going to be talking today about general guidelines on

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