EP 176: The Hidden Weeks That Make or Break a Garden

About this episode

Esther Williams discusses the critical hidden weeks in gardening that can impact a garden's success.

🎧 Press Play to Listen to Today’s Episode Free Gardening Resources at the bottom of the show notes What if your garden isn’t failing all at once… it’s quietly losing momentum in the weeks you don’t notice? What if the problem isn’t the day you plant… or the day you harvest… but the hidden weeks in between? In this episode of The Messed-Up Gardener, Esther Williams talks about one of the most overlooked parts of productive gardening: timing. Not just planting dates. Not just seed packets. Not ...

People in this episode

Host: Esther Williams

Topics covered

• gardening
• timing
• planting
• harvesting
• productivity

Keywords

• gardening
• timing
• planting dates
• seed packets
• garden productivity

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