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The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Podcast · journeywithjill.net · EN
Hosted by Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy hosts The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy, a weekly gardening podcast for new growers covering seasonal tasks, crops, preserving and garden tools. The show has 580 episodes and typically runs about 30 minutes. Estimated downloads are roughly 5,000 to 25,000 per episode, implying a rate of about $90 to $625 per episode.

Why brands sponsor The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Weekly gardening guidance for beginners who buy seeds, tools and irrigation

  • 580 episodes since 2017 with a weekly cadence and a loyal rating base of 822 Apple ratings averaging 4.7
  • Episodes around 30 minutes give room for detailed host-read segments on tools and supplies
  • Listeners are actively planning seasons, so product timing around planting and preserving fits the content
Best forgarden seed and supply brandsirrigation and raised bed productsseasonal awareness campaigns
Watch forExisting affiliate placements already promote several garden brands, which may overlap with yours.

Brand fit report

Content

Topics, IAB taxonomy
Home & Garden90%
Food & Drink10%
Formats
solo monologue, interview, Q&A
Tone
practical, encouraging
Language
English
Production
Clean, edited audio
Typical length
20 to 45 minutes

Audience

Commercial intent45/100
Comments asking for links, prices or where to buy
Sentiment85/100
Estimated from titles, descriptions and engagement
Est. downloads per episode5k–25k
Estimated, confidence 60%: 822 Apple ratings suggest 5,000 to 25,000 band; weekly cadence, 580 episodes, Libsyn hosting and Podcast Index popularity 9 support the upper part of the band.
Audience asks aboutwhen to plant specific vegetableshow to store and preserve harvestshow to handle pests and weather in the garden
Age
10%18-24
20%25-34
25%35-44
45%45+
Gender
70%women
30%men
Countries
🇺🇸 United States80%
LanguagesEnglish 100%

Commercial

0%of the last 20 episodes had a sponsor
Host-readhost reads the sponsor message
Brands seen
Pinetree Garden SeedsGarden in MinutesEpic GardeningOrganic REVGreenstalk GardenHoselink
Categories promoted
garden seeds, irrigation, raised beds, garden tools, fertilizer and growth stimulants
Affiliate links
Yes

The website's recommended products page lists affiliate links and discount codes from several garden brands, and the disclosure states that links earn commission; no sponsor mentions are visible in the last 20 episode titles.

Suitability GARM Brand Safety Floor + Suitability

Profanitylow
Adultlow
Drugslow
Violencelow
Politicslow

Family friendly
Episode titles cover planting, storage and pests with no sensitive content; the feed is not flagged explicit.

We classify content, never people. No age, gender, ethnicity, religion or political views are inferred about the creator. Audience figures are estimates unless marked verified. Creators can correct anything on their profile.

Where to listen

Benchmark score: 96 / 100

Public rule, same for everyone. How it works.

Consistency Latest episode within the usual cadence50 / 50
Activity Episodes in the last 90 days, weekly is full marks30 / 30
Reach Estimated downloads per episode, 20k is full marks15 / 20

Recent episodes

Last six episodes from the show's feed, latest 6 days ago, a new one about every 7 days.

Welcome to the Beginner's Garden Podcast! This is the podcast with easy-to-understand resources, tips, and information to help beginning gardeners get the most out of their gardening adventure -- big or small. When I began gardening in 2013, I scoured books and Internet resources to find all the information I could. Although good information was abundant, I had trouble understanding all the…
The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy's own show description from the podcast feed

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About The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy is a weekly podcast for new gardeners, covering seasonal planting, crop care, pests, storage and preserving, with episodes typically running around 30 minutes. Jill McSheehy, who writes at journeywithjill.net, describes starting her first garden in 2013 to cut grocery costs and now grows most of her family's vegetables, herbs and fruit. The show has 580 episodes according to the feed, and the Apple Podcasts listing shows 822 ratings averaging 4.7.

According to the website, the audience is mainly gardeners who want to save on groceries, eat organic food or move toward self-sufficiency. Listener demographics are estimates only and suggest an audience skewing older and female, mostly in the United States. Estimated downloads per episode are roughly 5,000 to 25,000, based on the Apple ratings count and show history.

The website links several garden brands through affiliate codes, and no sponsor mentions appear in the recent feed. A host-read mid-roll at estimated rates of $18 to $25 per 1,000 downloads would cost roughly $90 to $625 per episode. The show suits seed companies, irrigation brands and raised bed makers looking to reach beginner gardeners.

Written from the show's public RSS feed, its Podcast Index listing and episode titles. Numbers updated 2026-10-19. The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy can edit or remove this page at any time.

Questions about The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

How much does The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy charge for a podcast sponsorship?

Based on estimated downloads of 5,000 to 25,000 per episode, a host-read mid-roll would be roughly $90 to $625 per episode. Exact pricing is set by the show and not published in the feed.

What is The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy about?

It is a weekly podcast for beginning gardeners, covering planting schedules, crop care, pests, storing and preserving harvests, and practical gardening basics explained in plain language.

How do I contact The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy about sponsoring an episode?

The show's contact email unlocks on Starbooked for $0.80, and boosted shows can be booked through Starbooked.

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