439-Staying on Task in the Fall Garden and Setting Up for Spring Success
The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l
Joe Lamp'l
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Fall may feel like the end of the gardening year, but in reality, it’s one of the most important times to be outside. What we do now not only prepares our gardens for winter but also sets the stage for success next spring. In this episode, I’m sharing things to do in the fall gardening season and how I stay on task — from managing weeds and saving seeds to dividing perennials and protecting young trees — without getting overwhelmed by the endless to-do list.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. This is Joe Lampel, the Joe behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner Show. |
| 0:05.0 | Today I'm flying solo, and I'm thinking about the cooler months ahead. And what am I doing in the |
| 0:10.9 | garden right now in October, September, October, November timeframe to make sure that I'm ready |
| 0:17.0 | not only for the wintertime, but for next spring. And the reason why I really want to get you |
| 0:24.1 | to be thinking about what you can do now to avoid extra work next spring is that I always kind of |
| 0:30.1 | see spring as it's coming upon us, like standing on railroad tracks and there's a freight train |
| 0:35.6 | way off in the distance. it you know appears that way |
| 0:39.4 | initially but we don't know how fast it's moving and next thing we know if we're still on the tracks |
| 0:44.7 | we're going to get run over if we don't get out of the way and that's how i think of spring there's |
| 0:49.4 | so much happening all at once mother nature is not waiting on us to be ready. It's happening whether we're |
| 0:55.1 | ready or not. But to the extent that we can get some things done in the fall, plus the things that we |
| 1:01.1 | ought to be doing in the fall anyway, just for the months of the cooler weather, then I want to |
| 1:07.0 | share with you what I'm thinking about right now and what I'm dealing with and what I'm trying to do ahead of next spring. So that's what I have in store for you today. I think I have about |
| 1:15.8 | 10 to-dos for you, whether they all apply to you or not. Probably not. But for me, these are my |
| 1:21.7 | to-dos and then maybe one not to-do. So that's the plan. So let's get into it right after this |
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