MINUTES AWAY. ALL RIGHTY, YOU, BRIAN. AND AS THOSE TEMPERATURES START, GET COOLER AND COOLER AND OTHER WEATHER CHANGES SHOW THE SIGNS OF FALL, YOU MIGHT BE FEELING LIKE GARDENING DAYS ARE OVER UNTIL THE. WELL, THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT CASE. AND OUR NEXT LIVE GUEST IS THANKFULLY HERE. SHARE SOME TIPS WITH US. FOR US. WANT TO KEEP GARDENING THROUGH OUT THE AUTUMN SEASON MAYBE IF WE DO HAVE A GREEN THUMB. I DO NOT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, AUDREY? HOPEFULLY YOU. WELL, I DON’T REALLY. BUT I FLOWERS AND PLANTS SO MUCH AND TODAY THANKFULLY WE HAVE WITH US GARDEN CONSULTANT LAURA DUBINSKY. GOOD MORNING LAUREN YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THANKS FOR HAVING. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? YEAH, WONDERFUL. WE YOU ARE. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT IN FALL GARDENING COMPARED TO OTHER SEASONS AND FALL MY FAVORITE TIME BECAUSE NOT 90 DEGREES WHICH MAKES LITTLE DAILY GARDEN TASKS WAY EASIER AND MORE PLEASANT. AND THERE’S ALSO WAY LESS PESTS IN THE SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AS MUCH AND YOU ALSO DON’T HAVE TO WATER AS MUCH BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE HERE HAS DROPPED. AND SO COOL SEASON VEGETABLES REALLY THRIVE WHEN THE DAYTIME TEMPERATURE IS BETWEEN 4050 LOW SIXTIES AND YOU’RE WARM SEASON VEGETABLES. THEY LOVE THE HOT WEATHER DURING THE SO SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES NINETIES. WELL, LAURA, YOU SAID SOMETHING VERY KEY WHEN YOU STARTED. YOU SAID THAT THE PESTS ARE GONE FROM THE GARDEN. I MIGHT ACTUALLY GET OUTSIDE AND DO IT IF I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT VETOES, ANYTHING FLYING AROUND BUT THE THING THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON, OF COURSE, IS WHAT PLANTS ARE, THE THINGS THAT ARE THE BEST THING TO ACTUALLY PUT IN THE GROUND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR SO THAT THEY DO THRIVE. YES. SO WE’RE ABOUT HALFWAY. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS FALL GARDEN COLLECTION. SO WE’RE ABOUT 30 DAYS OUT FROM OUR ESTIMATED FIRST FREEZE. NOW, THIS CAN HAPPEN EARLY AND IT CAN HAPPEN LATE. YOU GUYS KNOW. SO I WILL SAY IT’S ACTUALLY A GREAT TIME TO GO OUT AND GET FROST PROTECTION CLOTHS JUST SO YOU HAVE IT ON HAND AND CAN GET THAT AT YOUR LOCAL HARDWARE STORE OR ONLINE. AND SO THERE’S ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BE HARVESTABLE IN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS. YOU CAN GO AND PUT IN THE GROUND. AND SO THE THINGS IT’LL GROW IN ABOUT A MONTH. YOU’D BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH THEY’RE ACTUALLY IS A REGULAR WHICH IS WAY BETTER WHEN GROWN AT HOME THAN WHEN YOU GET IN THE GROCERY STORE. THAT’S READY IN 30 DAYS SO YOU CAN PUT THAT IN THE GROUND BY SEED THIS WEEK ALSO RADISHES THEN SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT HAVE HAD BEFORE. THEY’RE CALLED BABY TURNIPS. THEY’RE REALLY SMALL AND THEY’RE WHITE. MOST PEOPLE THINK TURNIPS ARE NOT FOR ME, BUT THESE ARE MUCH SWEETER. AND MY FAVORITE THING TO DO WITH THEM IS CUT THEM IN HALF AND ROAST THEM, AND THEY’RE LIKE A SWEET MASHED POTATO. IT’S DELICIOUS. THOSE ALSO ARE READY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF PLANTING, WHICH I JUST THINK IS REALLY COOL. AND YOU CAN ALSO DO SPINACH IN CHINESE CABBAGE ALL THOSE YOU CAN PROBABLY PUT INTO THE GROUND NOW BY SEED. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO GO TO MEYERS GREENHOUSE, WHICH IS A GREAT LOCAL ON STRATFORD ROAD, THEY HAVE SOME TRANSPLANTS THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PLANT THIS WEEK TOO. SOW KALE COLLARDS. YOU ALSO GET SPINACH THERE TO GET A JUMP START. AND THEN EVERYTHING IN THE ASIAN GREENS CATEGORY, WHICH I LOVE BECAUSE THEY’RE VERY SWEET AND CRUNCHY AND GROWING, YOUR BOK CHOY IS YOUR TOP SOIL AMAZONAS, WHICH YOU MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH, BUT THEY’RE A GREAT THING. I THINK, TO ADD INTO YOUR WEEKLY PRODUCE BASKET, SO INFORMED MORE AND THANK YOU. NOW IS THERE TYPE OF GARDENING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID DURING THE FALL SEASON? OH YES. I AM NOTORIOUS FOR THIS EVERY YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE’RE KIND OF GETTING TO THE STAGE WHERE WE’VE BEEN SEEING OUR BACKYARD OR OUR FRONT YARD GET REALLY MESSY. AND THINGS HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF THE OCTOBER OR THE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER HEAT. SO WE THINK NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO GET OUT OUR LAPPERS OR PRUNERS AND JUST GO PRUNE EVERYTHING BACK AND IT’S ACTUALLY THE WORST TIME OF YEAR TO DO THAT. SO YOU HAVE TO HOLD BACK MOST SHRUBS AND TREES PREFER TO BE PRUNED EITHER WINTER OR IN SPRING AFTER THEY FINISH THEIR FIRST ROUNDS OF BLOSSOMS. SO JUST TAKE A MOMENT. FIND SOME BEAUTY WHERE YOU CAN LET IT BE WHAT IT IS. YOU’RE ALSO REALLY HELPING THE WILDLIFE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WHEN THERE’S A LOT OF EXTRA FOLIAGE AND DRIED BRANCHES, THIS IS WHAT YOUR INSECTS AND LIKE YOUR GOOD BUGS AND YOUR BIRDS. THIS IS WHAT THEY HIDE IN. IT’S WHAT THEY EAT FROM. IT’S WHERE THEY HIBERNATE. AND SO IT’S ACTUALLY REALLY USEFUL TO YOUR LITTLE LOCAL ECOSYSTEM TO LEAVE EVERYTHING OVER THE WINTER AND PERMANENT LATER ON. ABSOLUTELY LEAVING THINGS FOR LATER IS ONE OF MY LIKE THIS TREE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT AMAZING INFORMATION, LAUREN. I’M EXCITED TO MAYBE TRY TO START SOME GARDENING. AUDREY CAN FIGURE IT OUT,