Live chat with a community of gardeners talking about vegetable gardening for the 2021 year. . This episode features bed preparation chores, pruning chores as well as starting seeds indoors before your first frost. Topics include testing your soil, when to prune fruit trees, preparing your garden beds for the year and when to grow seeds. It also includes a discussion on growing by moon phases, planning your garden for the year, and learning your plants.Special Guest: Crazed Family Homestead:https://bit.ly/CrazedFamilyHomestead_01Growing vegetables in America differs depending on your location and zone. This live show discusses what you should be doing in your garden now in February from planting seeds to bed preparation. This show covers vegetable garden tips and advice for the new and old gardener.Chapters:0:05 Show Introduction0:45 Special Guest Introduction - Crazed Family Homestead2:00 Understanding Your Zone Relative to Zone 7b3:20 What Are Your February Garden Chores?3:24 Beds and Pruning Chores4:38 Pruning Fruit Trees9:04 Garden Bed Preparation12:42 How to use your local State University Extension Agent14:39 What Seeds Are You Starting Now? In February?14:57 Seed Starts Indoors and Direct Seeding17:38 How to Plant by Moon Phases20:42 Planning Your Vegetable Garden23:50 Two Crops In One Summer? yes Zone 7b24:36 Determinate versus Indeterminate Tomatoes25:44 How Many Tomato Plants To Grow26:54 How Many Growing Seasons in Zone 7b?28:21 Experimenting With Summer Crops Like Tomatoes31:45 Learn Your Plant!35:50 Questions and Answers With The AudienceA variety of questions from nematode identication to keeping deer out of your garden beds. 35 minutes of Q&A.1:14:14 Peace Y'all EndingYou can also listen to this replay via our podcast:Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/jules-small-live-garden-chatDeezer: https://www.deezer.com/show/2246022Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/3226782PodChaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/jules-small-live-garden-chat-1587541Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06YtL5pZ427UA1HLc3FdXeJioSaavn: https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/Jules-Small-Live-Garden-Chat%5C/1%5C/xODWKgRiWDE_#gardening #zone7b #gardentipsPlease follow and subscribe to Jules and Chef Beth and join the fun. See our about section on our channel for more information.This channel is about vegetable gardening, herb gardening and fruit gardening along with kitchen recipes from the garden. Our gardening tips focus on small space and backyard gardening.