11 Fall Garden Cleanup and Winter Gardening Part 2 with Bettylou Sandy

From our Living and Lovin Herbs Podcast Website:  Episode 11 -

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Bettylou Sandy from Bettylou's Garden is back with us to talk about fall cleanup and putting our gardens and winter gardening. We covered a lot of information so I've divided the interview into two parts. This is Part 2 fall cleanup, starting a winter garden, growing food indoors, lawn care, shrubs, tree care how to start a community garden.

Bettylou is a treasure trove of information - so make sure you grab a notebook and take notes, or better yet - hop over to our website and download her handouts and follow along.

At the end of the interview, I’ll also have the list of her upcoming videos she is scheduled to do on the Spruce Street Community Garden Facebook Page.

She also answered the question about fertilizing your plants during the winter. What do you think she said?

Make sure you check out the show notes and download her documents. Also, go over to all her Facebook links and say hello to her! Send her some Love!

If you’re want to catch her gardening videos she will be posting them on the Spruce Street Community Garden Facebook page. Links will be in the show notes.

Personal Update

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Katie's paintings for Counting Autumn Leaves picture Brenda J. Sullivan 

Katie and I have been busy painting pictures for our next activity book Counting Fall Leaves. We have 3 other books completed and are being reviewed by our Editor. They should be available by the end of the month or early November.

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Counting Starfish 2nd Edition will be available in early November in all stores and libraries in paperback and digital formats. Please just ask them to order it. 
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Counting Snowflakes will be available in all stores in early November and libraries in paperback and digital formats. Please just ask them to order it. 
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Blue Vervain is an herb in the Nervine family. I made a tincture which is perfect for muscle pain, tightness, or moodiness. picture canva and Brenda J. Sullivan 

The Interview

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Bettylou Sandy at Spruce Street Community Garden, Manchester Connecticut - Picture used with permission 
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Brenda Sullivan and Bettylou Sandy at Thompson Street Farm patio sitting around a wood stove doing our interview. Picture Paul F. Sullivan
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Garlic chives growing around the garden fence picture Brenda J. Sullivan 
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Our garden after a hot dry growing season. The yellow and orange flowers are Calendula which is dried and used in my bath and body products sold at Farm to Bath picture Brenda J. Sullivan 
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Raised bed mulched with leaves. It's now ready for its long winter rest. picture Brenda J. Sullivan 
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The portable wood stove we sat around during the interview. This stove model is no longer available on Amazon however, there is another model that is similar. (click here) affiliate link
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Book recommendation by Betthylou - this book is about growing food in the US by Americans from all over the world. (Click here to view book) Affiliate link
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Bettylou recommends using a bamboo rake to rake leaves. These kinds of rakes don't rip up the lawn (click here) to view details about rack) affiliate link

Bettylou's Free Gardening Handouts

Preparing Your Garden For Winter and Spring pdf

Dividing Perennials pdf

Garlic For The Home Grower pdf

Ways To Save Money In The Garden pdf

Cold Crops For Schools And Community Gardens pdf

Where Does Our Food Come From pdf

Community Gardening Getting Started pdf

 

Where you can find Bettylou Sandy

If you’re want to catch her gardening videos she will be posting them on the Spruce Street Community Garden Facebook page. Links will be in the show notes. Please follow her on all the social media platforms and send her some love by saying hello to her!

Garden Themes

November:  Putting Your Garden To Bed For the Winter

December:  Stocking Up For The Winter: Everything you need to know so you will be sustainable for a year or two.

January: Growing Food Indoors

February: Starting Plants From Seed

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Have a great week and thanks for listening! See you next time!

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Bettylou's Updated email address: Bettylousandy18@gmail.com

Cellphone / Text: 860-268-6270

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There are suggestions on themed gardens such as "A Harry Potter Garden", "A Young Chef's Garden", or a "Monarch Butterfly Superhero Garden" for budding Naturalists and places to either sketch or photograph your plants to remember their appearance for the next growing season.

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Music

A special thank you to Gene Tullio for writing and producing this music. He has given me special permission to use this song for the show.

Gene's music can be downloaded from Amazon, iTunes, and Spotify. For more information please contact him at dreamshipmusic@gmail.com

Album: The Dreamship| The Forge Of Life| Copyright 2018

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