What is going on everyone? Welcome back to the Epic Gardening Podcast. We are joined again by the amazing

Melissa Norris. She is a fifth generation homesteader and loves to help people use organic methods to grow their own food

which of course is right up my alley. She has her own podcast called Pioneering

Today and she also has an upcoming book it It's called The Family Garden Plan.

So stay tuned for that as well as links in the podcast description.

Now yesterday we talked about some ways to start your seeds in a frugal manner without having to buy all sorts of trays and

gadgets.

So I figured why not follow up, Melissa, on some mistakes that beginners will make that can

really hamper their garden success because you

know if you're making a mistake in the seed process then that's going to compound

through the entire growing cycle of that plant.

Yeah and seed starting is one of those things in gardening where it really is simple when you get down to it as long as you know some key things.

Yeah, yeah, I would agree with you on that.

So one of the biggest issues and we talked about this just a little bit in the previous

episode is making sure that you're actually using the right

type of soil and you're getting a potting soil seed starting mix.

The reason for that is if you just use soil from outdoors and bring it inside and your seat

starting inside one is you're going to be amazed at the things that hatch and

come out of that you're going to have little nets and all kinds of bugs

coming around and in your house

which nobody wants. I actually seed start in the corner of my living room. I don't have a heated

greenhouse or a garage. So you can seed start in very small amounts of spaces by the way.

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