Gardening Skills We Wish We Had

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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There are so many different skillsets in gardening, and none of us is a master of them all. Chris and Kevin daydream about gardening skills they wished they had more experience in. Connect With Chris Chung: Instagram YouTube Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques, and Chris) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is there a gardening skill that you just wish you had?
0:16.4	You don't have to green thumb for that particular thing, whether it's roses or fruit trees or
0:21.0	what have you.
0:22.0	I certainly know that there is for me Chris, fluent garden on the Epic Gardening team.
0:25.9	She's back on the show.
0:27.8	What would you say it is for you?
0:28.8	If you had to just pick one off the top of your head.
0:30.8	I mean, this one is kind of embarrassing to say.
0:36.1	I wish I was better with succession planting.
0:41.3	As much as I want to keep recommending this for people, I myself need to practice this
0:48.2	more.
0:49.2	I get so wrapped up like in my head and like spreadsheets trying to plan it.
0:54.5	By the time I go to actually sew something, I feel like I missed a part of the window.
0:59.6	Some people are so good at it and I feel like I'm just so distracted by other plants
1:04.7	that I don't do those steps that help ensure a steady, you know, harvest.
1:12.3	So that's one of those kind of very basic things that I wish I was better at.
1:17.2	I feel like I got the best at at.
1:22.3	I mean, succession planting, I agree.
1:24.6	I've always been somewhat struggling with it because I think for me, especially like
1:29.5	I'm not necessarily planting carrots every 21 days to get a consistent harvest because
1:33.3	you know, especially my olden days, I may have just wanted to grow something different
1:37.4	to show off that plant.
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