429 - Start these Fall Crops Inside in July

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

Gardening, Garden, How To, Education, Organicgardening, Home & Garden, Leisure, Homegardening, Beginninggardener, Vegetablegardening

4.4 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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🎧 What to Start Indoors for Your Fall Garden (Yes, in July!)

It may be blazing hot, but believe it or not—now’s the time to start thinking about your fall garden. In this episode, I’ll walk you through which crops you need to start indoors in July to ensure a bountiful fall harvest.

We’ll talk about:

🌱 Why fall gardening actually starts in summer
🥦 Which crops to start indoors now (and why)
⏳ How to time your planting based on your first frost
💡 Summer seed-starting tips for healthy transplants
🌡️ The most common fall gardening mistake to avoid
🧑‍🌾 What comes next after these transplants

🎯 Want your fall garden planned for you? Grab your spot for my brand-new Fall Garden Planning Concierge Service – limited to Zones 6–8 and only 10 gardeners! I’ll create a custom plan, meet with you on Zoom, and even shop for your seeds if you choose the optional add-on.
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💬 Got questions? Join my Live Zoom Q&A on July 9 at 12PM Central! Dream to Garden students are already invited—or you can join for $15: Click here to register

🎥 Seed Starting Workshop — Want more help with starting seeds indoors? Get my workshop for just $19 with code summer25 in July:
👉 Seed Starting Workshop Replay

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👉 Subscribe, share with a gardening friend, and don’t miss part 2—coming soon—on what to direct sow for your fall garden!

0:00.0	Hey there and welcome to the Beginners Garden podcast. We are settling into summer and in mid-July now,
0:06.6	it is hot outside. But believe it or not, now is the time that we need to start thinking about
0:12.5	our fall gardens. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through which crops you actually need
0:18.5	to start indoors in the next couple of weeks, even though I know
0:23.2	it feels like summer has only just started. These are the ones that catch most gardeners off
0:28.7	guard, especially if you're new to fall garden planting. We'll talk about which crops need a head
0:34.9	start, when to start them, and a few simple tips to help you
0:39.0	have healthy transplants when it's finally time to move them outside. I'm also going to share
0:44.1	with you the biggest problem that I have personally seen in my friend's gardens that often
0:49.6	brings about so much disappointment. I want to save you from that because it is so easy to prevent
0:55.5	once you know about it. But before we get started with the fall crops that you need to know about
1:00.8	in July, what if you want a fall garden but you don't feel like you have the time or energy to
1:06.8	actually plan it all out? And what if I told you, you don't have to?
1:12.4	I'm opening a brand new fall garden planning concierge service, and this is for the gardener who
1:19.2	wants to grow a fall garden, but wants someone else to plan out all the details.
1:25.2	I'll meet with you on Zoom, learn about your space and your goals,
1:28.8	and then I will create a completely customized garden plan just for you. This includes what to
1:35.8	plant, when to plant it, and exactly where it should go in your garden. You'll also get a follow-up
1:41.6	Zoom session with me so that I can walk you through the plan,
1:44.6	plus email support for the fall season. No more guessing, no more Googling, no more wondering if you're
1:50.2	doing it right. And if even shopping for seeds and supplies feels overwhelming to you right now,
1:55.5	you can choose an optional add-on where I'll do the shopping for you and you'll have everything
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429 - Start these Fall Crops Inside in July

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

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