Hey there and welcome back to the Beginners Garden podcast. If you're new here, I am Jill. I'm so glad you're here.

We are going to be talking all about the heat and how the heat affects our gardens and what we can do about it.

I don't know about you, but when I was a beginning gardener, I was not prepared for the heat to have such an impact on my crops.

Crops that I thought were summer crops and would do find throughout the heat of the summer,

like tomatoes.

This was definitely a shock to me.

I always thought, what am I doing wrong?

Especially in the heat of a southern summer?

Not all crops are going to love that temperature. But you're growing a summer garden, so what can you do? In today's episode, we are going

to talk about when your garden might actually need a break from the sun and how to provide it with

simple, effective shade strategies.

Before we dive into talking about how to care for our summer garden in the heat, the truth is, the fall

garden will be here before you realize it, and I want to ask you something. Do you want a fall garden,

but you just don't have the time

or the energy to plan it all out? Well, if that's the case for you, the great news is that you don't have

to. I am opening up a brand new fall garden concierge program designed for the gardener who wants

a productive fall garden but doesn't want to stress over

the details. I will meet with you over Zoom, get to know your garden space and your goals, and then I'll

create a fully customized fall garden plan just for you. You'll know exactly what to plant,

when to plant it, and where it all needs to go in your garden.

Plus, you'll get a second Zoom session where I will walk you through your plan step by step,

and I'll be available for email support all season long. Now here's the catch. This is a beta round.

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