Backyard Gardens - Gardening for everyone

Ben Neville and Batavia have been gardening for over 25 years, and we want to share our gardening knowledge with you. The Backyard Gardens Podcast is here for everyone to have fun while learning how to grow more food and flowers in their garden. Every week, we break garden topics down like a compost pile so it is easy to understand. We want you to have the most productive and easy to maintain garden so you can spend more time enjoying your space. So let‘s all Learn to Grow and grow for change together. Happy Gardening

You should be Intercropping if you need to 04/16/2026

Is succession planting really that good for your garden 04/09/2026

Step 4 to growing all of your own food 04/07/2026

11 things you need to do in your garden now 04/02/2026

Step 3 to growing all of your own food 04/01/2026

Step 2 to growing all of your food 03/27/2026

10 things to do in your garden in spring 03/26/2026

The easiest Beginner Friendly crops to grow 03/19/2026

Step 1 to growing all of your own food 03/17/2026

You have to direct sow these seeds 03/12/2026

Your garden task for the year 03/05/2026

cautionary tale of growing all of your own food 02/26/2026

consider this before planting your garden 02/19/2026

is it worth growing the dirty dozen 02/12/2026

we made gardening goals but did we meet them 02/05/2026

10 seed starting tips from the experts 01/29/2026

Is it worth it to grow 01/22/2026

4 seed starting mistakes to avoid 01/15/2026

2026 gardening goals for the best garden EVER 01/08/2026

take these steps to plant a successful summer garden: choice 01/02/2026

companion planting for summer: Choice 12/26/2025

THe best seeds to direct sow for summer: choice 12/18/2025

Vegetables that grow best in spring containers: choice 12/11/2025

DO NOT make these seed starting mistakes: Choice 12/09/2025

Our garden wins for 2025 It was a great year 11/25/2025

Our garden fails for 2025 Failing is learning 11/13/2025

Gardening doesn't have to be expensive start seeds 11/06/2025

This would be the scariest time to grow a garden 10/31/2025

Grow a winter garden yes its possible 10/23/2025

garden updates are back! 10/16/2025