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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Jacques’ Surprise Treat

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Welcome to a week of Thanksgiving and gratitude at The Beet! In our first episode, Kevin and Jacques get together to discuss Jacques' surprise treat, his new garden layout, and Kevin’s recent exploits at the homestead. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3Nb1VAr Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3sDuBLb Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/47AvDqe EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/4794n29 Learn More:  19 Cool Gardening Gifts To Shop This Black Friday Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire 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. Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead!  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, and Jacques) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, look who's back on the show. We've got the Garden Hermit back.

0:16.0

I'm back and I'm a little bit extra dirty today. I've been busy out on the garden.

0:19.5

You didn't shower before you can work? No.

0:21.0

Keep it raw. I'm going to get back out there. I asked him to shower, he didn't do it. But there's a reason why, and it's because you've got a little treat up your sleeve.

0:28.0

A surprise treat, I actually didn't know it's coming, but I actually have a greenhouse waiting at home well parts of a greenhouse

0:34.4

still need to get it put together it's looking good though the foundations in yeah

0:37.5

foundations in I'm actually really proud of it because the whole thing with

0:41.1

greenhouses is it has to be love has to be square and I did it.

0:44.4

I'm very happy about it.

0:45.9

And you did it pretty fast actually.

0:47.3

So my greenhouse is the test run I guess and your greenhouse is the perfect setup.

0:52.2

But no, we got a we got an email from our friends

0:55.6

at BC greenhouses they had had someone I guess just cancel out a greenhouse

1:01.0

and we were able to save it and grab it for our boy Jacques for a little birthday surprise.

1:07.0

And so you've got, I mean talk us through the specs.

1:10.0

Yeah, so specs wise, it's 8 by 12, I think it's very traditional.

1:15.0

And the way it's set up is it's going to be glass on the outer walls,

1:19.8

so that'll be totally translucent.

1:21.8

And the ceiling is going to be, or the roof, I the ceiling is going to be or the roof I guess is

1:24.7

going to be polycarbonate so that's where it's like kind of hazy you can't like and

1:28.8

is it the ridge type or is it a flat I think it's it's coming up flat to a point. I want to say. I don't know if it's actually curved. That's a good point. I haven't got that far in the manual yet.

1:40.0

Well, I saw the books. I was just over there and there's a crazy amount of instructions.

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