427-Joe’s Summer Check-In

The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

Joe Lamp'l

Hobbies, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Summer is in full swing, and it’s been anything but predictable in the garden. With wild changes in weather, persistent pests and a to-do list that never quits, I know I’m not the only one combating garden overwhelm this season. In this week’s podcast, I’m sharing what’s been happening in my own garden — from seedling successes and native plant rescues to deer drama, disease challenges, and a few game-changing tools and strategies that are helping me stay on track. Whether you’re thriving, surviving, or somewhere in between, consider this your midsummer gardening pep talk.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover everything
0:09.1	you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. And now here's your guide,
0:14.6	National Gardening television host and The Joe Behind Joe Gardner, Joe Lample.
0:19.5	Hi, everybody. This is Joe Lample, the Joe behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner, Joe Lampel. Hi, everybody. This is Joe Lampel, the Joe behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to The Joe
0:23.3	Gardner Show. If you are watching this on YouTube, we are transitioning all of our new episodes
0:30.1	onto YouTube, and we'll continue to do the audio version as well. So if you're used to listening
0:36.3	to it there and you want to stay there,
0:37.9	that is fine. This is episode number 427 and it's the middle of the year,
0:42.9	middle of the summer right now, exactly. And every year I do a kind of a catch-up
0:48.2	check-in solo episode. And so this is that. It's right ahead of my monthly sabbatical in
0:53.9	August. And I bring you up to
0:55.5	speed on how the year has gone so far and what's ahead and what's going on right now. So that's what
1:03.2	we're going to do today and let's just start right off the bat. Early in the year, I am always
1:10.7	busy with starting seeds for my seedling
1:13.7	sale that I do with my daughter, Amy, and we just had our eighth year. And it was our best year
1:18.6	ever, and we actually truly sold out of everything that we grew, which was about 3,000 seedlings,
1:25.3	mostly tomatoes, maybe 2,000 tomato seedlings and about 1,000 peppers.
1:29.5	And then some herbs, too. It's a lot of fun. It's a lot of work. No denying that. But we enjoy it.
1:36.1	And it's a great activity to do together. April is a really fun month for us because on the Saturdays,
1:42.1	the first, second and maybe third Saturday in the
1:45.2	month, we're out there meeting with our customers and our friends and some students and
1:49.1	fans of the show. And it's just a unique opportunity to get together face to face with people
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