397 Garden Lessons Learned (the hard way)

Garden Basics with Farmer Fred

Master gardeners share lessons from their mistakes, covering topics like thinning fruit, plant spacing, and pest management, highlighting gardening as a continuous learning experience filled with humor and growth.

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Pictured: crowded fruit on a donut peach tree

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Chapters

1. 397 Garden Lessons Learned (the hard way) (00:00:00)

2. Lesson Learned - Thin Fruit (00:00:38)

3. Lesson Learned - Tomato 6-Packs? (00:08:19)

4. Beyond the Garden Basics Newsletter (00:11:22)

5. Lesson Learned - crowded veggies (00:12:49)

6. Lesson Learned - Cilantro (00:15:33)

7. Lesson Learned - Garlic (00:18:55)

8. Lesson Learned - Social Media Myths (00:22:30)

9. Lesson Learned - Pesticides and Fleas (00:26:22)