87 - How to Eat Your Back Yard Year Round with Becky Porter of The Seasonal Homestead

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

🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In my first garden, I planted once. I had no aspirations for a year-round harvest. Any harvest would equal a successful garden in my mind.

But the second year I added a fall garden, and as I gained more experience I realized I could extend my garden season even further. I began growing more winter crops and I enjoyed expanding my growing season much further than the once-and-done summer harvest.

Planning for a year-round harvest is a skill I'm still working to improve. That's why I invited Becky Porter from The Seasonal Homestead to share with me her tips for year-round gardening.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to the Beginners Garden podcast. I'm Jill McShehehehe with Journey Withjil.net,
0:06.1	and my goal is to give beginning gardeners the tools they need to grow a rewarding, productive garden. Hi guys. Today I have a treat for you. I'm thrilled to be able to introduce you to Becky Porter of the seasonal homestead. Many of you have
0:39.8	probably already read her blog or at least follow her on Instagram. And if you do, then you know
0:46.1	that she is a wealth of knowledge for gardening. I've been following her for a while and I have to
0:51.9	admit that I got a little excited when I found out that she
0:54.9	lives in my home state in Arkansas. So we got to chat a little bit about that. But you'll notice,
1:01.0	as we talk about today in the interview, she doesn't have the Arkansas accent that I do,
1:05.5	and you'll find out why. But more than that, the reason I'm excited to bring you our conversation is because Becky has made it her mission to grow as many fruits and vegetables as her family of six can eat for an entire year or as close as possible to that.
1:25.0	And to do that, she takes some very specific steps in her garden planning
1:30.0	to be able to grow as much in her garden as she can. This episode is packed with actionable
1:37.0	tips that you can put in practice in your garden not only right now in June, but also as you
1:44.0	get prepared for your fall garden and even,
1:47.2	we talk about it, your winter garden. I loved how real she was, how she talked about the struggles
1:53.9	that she faced and the whole reason why she's growing more of her own vegetables, but I also
1:58.9	loved how real she was at some of the goals that she set
2:03.3	that may not have panned out the way that she had hoped that they would, and then what she did
2:07.7	to move forward. I think we can relate to that more than we realize. No matter what stage of your
2:14.7	garden journey that you're in, whether you've been doing this for years,
2:18.2	or whether this is your first year. Get ready for some amazing gardening tips from Becky Porter
2:24.2	of the seasonal homestead. Hey, Becky, I'm so thrilled to be talking with you today. For those who
2:31.5	don't follow you on Instagram, which is where I met you, I would love for you
2:35.7	to start out and just tell us a little bit about where you live, about your family, and all that
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jill McSheehy, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jill McSheehy and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.