Why You Should Start a Fall Garden NOW

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

It might not seem like fall is on the way, but it is - and getting a head start on your fall garden is extremely important if you want a rocking fall harvest. Connect With Meg Cowden: Meg Cowden is the founder of Seed to Fork, a Zone 4a/b gardener who’s all about zone-bending, season extending, and succession planting. She’s got a book coming out soon too, so stay tuned. Seed to Fork Blog Meg’s YouTube Channel Meg’s Instagram Meg’s Pinterest Meg’s Facebook Page 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, welcome back to the Epic Gardening podcast.
0:16.5	This is a great week of episodes because we have Meg Kouten on.
0:20.5	She is the founder of C2Fork.
0:22.0	She's growing in Zone 4A and B or B, I guess we'll talk about that Meg, but she's all about
0:27.3	her own bending, season extending and succession planting and does have a book coming out later
0:32.2	in the future.
0:33.2	So stay tuned on that.
0:34.2	But Meg, we met on, I believe Instagram a while ago and I'm actually really surprised
0:38.3	that this is your first time on the show.
0:40.0	Well Kouten, thank you so much for having me.
0:43.6	Yes, we're Instagram friends, but I feel like it transitioned to real life even though
0:48.5	I've not met you yet.
0:50.1	I love following what you're up to.
0:52.4	It helped hide my long winters here in Minnesota, so thanks so much for having me.
0:57.3	Of course, yeah, why don't we just quickly start out with a bit of background on where
1:02.8	you're growing?
1:03.8	I know you just said Minnesota, but like what does your garden look like?
1:05.9	What sort of your overall approach to growing?
1:07.8	Yeah, so we are in the Western Twin Cities of Minnesota and like at my, I call myself
1:13.5	zone A, B because it really does vary year by year.
1:16.8	We've actually had a winter where it's been as cold as a 3D.
1:21.6	Last winter, this is the most recent winter, it was very mild, it was probably a 4B.
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