Lazy Veggie Gardening

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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From carrots to peppers, and even perennials, Kevin and Rachael Tancock discuss the best ways to be a lazy gardener. Listen in to find out which tips are the topic of this Beet! Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3SkyhMd Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/46WHRcU Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3SgfTUV EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3sbxy5u Learn More: 5 Steps to To Turn Your Garden into a Certified Wildlife Habitat Connect With Rachael Tancock: Rachael is a Naturalist and Content Creator who shares her knowledge and passion for nature through her @TheNatureEducator social media accounts to connect people with the natural world and encourage everyone to spend time outside. She was born and raised on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and loves hiking, camping, free diving, identifying species, and leading nature programs. Rachael obtained a Bachelor of Science Major in Geography and Minor in Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Education from Vancouver Island University. She loves to merge her passions of nature with her enjoyment of content creation! Instagram Website YouTube TikTok Facebook 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: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You want to garden, but you want to be a little lazier about it, a little more laissez-faire,
0:16.8	totally fine.
0:17.8	I'm kind of like that sometimes myself, and we have Rachel Tancock back on the show,
0:21.6	naturalist and content creator at the Nature Educ back on the show, Naturalist and Content Creator at the Nature Educator
0:24.6	online.
0:25.6	We've been talking, Rachel, a lot about, you know, nature itself, what it means to be a
0:29.2	naturalist, how to get started in that world, but now we're entering my world, which is the
0:34.0	world of vegetable gardening. So maybe we could start out with just, I would love
0:37.6	to know what kind of gardening you like to do and what your setup looks like.
0:40.9	Yeah, so I love plants.
0:44.8	I've always loved plants.
0:46.0	And growing up I had a little veggie garden.
0:48.9	So I've kind of carried that information with me
0:52.0	into my adulthood. So I have a tiny garden like in the ground,
0:58.0	not soil beds, but actually in the ground, that every year, every spring, I plant veggies. But I am such a busy person
1:07.1	and I'm always on the go and there's always something that will, I'll just like miss the window to plant.
1:15.0	Or like this year my house flooded.
1:17.0	Right when I was supposed to be planting my veggies and my seeds and start all that whole process.
1:23.6	So everything was delayed.
1:24.7	My garden this year was very unsuccessful.
1:28.4	So yeah, I'm, I, I love, I want to have a successful veggie garden, but I'm just so busy, so I'm looking for some tips from you
1:38.8	for how with minimal time I can have like maximum reward.
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