315 - Mid-Season Check-In: Observations & Lessons Learned
The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy
Jill McSheehy
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🗓️ 20 June 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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This week we're checking in on how my cool season crops have performed this spring and the observations I've noticed plus a little about some of my summer crops. I hope your season is going well so far!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, Gardner. How are you doing? We are almost at the summer solstice, so almost at mid-season, |
| 0:07.0 | and I just wanted to check in with you. If you're new here, welcome. But if you're not new here, |
| 0:14.1 | one thing that I hope that you've been able to gain through many of these podcast episodes I've |
| 0:19.5 | shared with you over the years is that I'm |
| 0:22.0 | always learning and I'm encouraging you to be open to learning. Even learning from our failures, |
| 0:29.2 | being willing to test different things. It brings the variety to the garden and it actually makes us |
| 0:34.4 | a better gardener if we're not doing the same things year after year |
| 0:37.8 | after year. Now, don't get me wrong, there are some tried and true things I will do every year, |
| 0:42.6 | but I also like to switch it up, keep it interesting, try things that may push the limits or |
| 0:49.8 | try things that I've never thought of before. And so today I just thought it would be fun to check |
| 0:55.6 | in with you and to share with you some of the specific things that I've been learning in my garden |
| 1:00.5 | this year throughout some of those tests and trials, but just maybe observations that have been |
| 1:06.4 | different this year. As we know, no season is alike. There are weather differences, timing of when we can |
| 1:13.1 | plant things, other factors. So we're always learning regardless of whether we're testing or not. |
| 1:19.9 | As I record this, the cool season crops are harvesting. I actually just harvested my beets this |
| 1:25.0 | morning. And the summer crops are just starting to harvest. |
| 1:29.2 | One thing that I've been shocked about is I've gotten tomatoes earlier this year than ever. |
| 1:34.6 | The big ones. I harvested a brandy wine and a Cherokee purple last night. And then I gave it away |
| 1:39.4 | to my mother-in-law because they actually like slicing tomatoes and I already made a fresh salsa with |
| 1:45.1 | a Hungarian heart yesterday and I was afraid the branding wine and the Cherokee purple wouldn't get used. |
| 1:49.6 | I know, don't shoot me. But if you also listen to this podcast, you know that I'm not a fan of |
| 1:54.3 | fresh tomatoes. I will use those in the future for something else, but I just thought I'd share those. |
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