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E143: Fall Garden Clean-Up & Cool Season Growing with Author, Podcaster & Gardening Educator, Joe Lamp'l

E143: Fall Garden Clean-Up & Cool Season Growing with Author, Podcaster & Gardening Educator, Joe Lamp'l

Episode 143: Listen here!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to our neighbouring listeners! Maggie and Dave catch-up on their long weekends and what’s going on in their gardens and greenhouses this Fall.

To hear more about the technique Maggie references for growing peppers in a short season, listen back to Episode 129: Growing Great Hot & Bell Peppers Even In A Short Growing Season with Tyrell Benton, Owner of Living Peppers Winnipeg.

Listener Questions of The Week:

What’s the best way to fertilize a lot of plants? Hose end sprayer? Or is there a specific kind of fertilizer spray? — Chels’ Mindful Garden

Here’s the organic fertilizer, Quantum Growth, Maggie suggests using in a backpack sprayer.

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This week’s guest:

Gardening educator, podcaster, blogger and author, Joe Lamp’l (Joe Gardener)

About Joe Lamp’l

Joe Lamp’l (aka joe gardener®) is one of the most recognized and trusted personalities in gardening and green living. With over 30 years of real-world growing experience, Joe was the host of Fresh from the Garden on the DIY Network, the creator and Emmy-winning host of public television’s Growing a Greener World, and an on-air contributor for NBC’s The Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, and The Weather Channel. His podcast, The joe gardener® Show, is the #1 most-listened-to gardening podcast in America. Joe and his family live on a small farm just north of Atlanta, Georgia.

This episode covers:

  • What Joe’s up to these days and his upcoming, new Online Gardener Academy

  • A look back at the 2022 season in Joe’s garden

  • The process of writing his newest book, The Vegetable Gardening Book

  • How to practice crop rotation even in a small garden space

  • Joe’s number one tip when it comes to soil health

  • Joe’s tips for protecting soil over Winter

  • Fall garden clean-up advice for foliage and plant debris

  • Winter gardening tools Joe uses to protect his crops

  • Gardening activities Joe does in the “off season”

This episode is sponsored by:

Today’s episode is sponsored by HealthiStraw. Protect your garden this Fall & Winter by using their all-natural, biodegradable garden straw mulch, giving you healthier plants and a more vibrant garden. Use their online Retail Partner Finder to discover a HealthiStraw retailer near you.

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