322 - Fall Gardening for Mental Health with Jen McDonald of Garden Girls

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

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🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This week I'm talking with Jen McDonald. She is one of the three founders of Garden Girls located in Houston, Texas. We discuss what the differences are between her fall garden and my fall look like plus why fall gardening can be great for your mental health.

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0:00.0	Hey you guys and welcome to the podcast. I hope you're staying cool, doing well right now in the middle of August.
0:07.0	Today on the show, I'm going to have a guest. Her name is Jen McDonald from Garden Girls.
0:13.1	She lives in Houston, gardens in Houston. She builds gardens for other people. And she's going to talk more about that toward the end of the
0:21.1	episode but we just kind of chat about all things gardening today I enjoyed this just random
0:27.7	kind of conglomerate of subjects that we talked about specifically though we did talk about
0:33.3	gardening for mental health how that really affects us especially this time of year
0:38.1	when it's so easy to get tired and exhausted and maybe tempted to quit in the garden we
0:43.2	talk about that we talk about the fall garden and how her fall garden actually
0:48.3	looks much different than mine or maybe yours or maybe depending on where you live
0:53.4	the hurt fall garden may give you some really
0:56.5	awesome inspiration. So we're going to be talking about that. And then she gives us some tips for what
1:02.9	we can do to tidy up our garden spaces, especially as we head into the fall. So hopefully whenever
1:08.6	the heat breaks and we're organizing our spaces,
1:11.8	she's got some tips that might help us out and give us some ideas of what we can do during
1:17.0	that time of year. So all that said, I won't talk anymore. I'll get you right to my conversation
1:22.5	with Jen McDonald of Garden Girls. Welcome. I'm Jill and 10 years ago I started my first garden as a new stay-at-home
1:31.2	mom looking to cut grocery costs and grow my own food. Over the years with many failures and successes,
1:37.6	I stumbled my way into becoming a gardener. And six years ago, I started this podcast to help
1:42.7	others grow their own food as well.
1:44.9	By tuning in each Tuesday, I hope that you leave inspired and with practical tips and that
1:50.1	gardening will change your life as it did mine.
1:56.2	Hey, Jen, welcome to the podcast.
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