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Gardening: It's All a Grand Experiment Oct 16, 2024

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Dee and Carol talked about fothergilla shrubs, vegetable gardening preferences and confessions, and more.
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Links:
Dee's blog post on Zinnias Favorites
Carol's blog post from the garden fairies
Fothergilla from Proven Winners
Black Flora: Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture’s New Vanguard by Teresa J. Speight (Amazon Link)
Dirt:
10 Creepy Plants to Haunt your House this Fall - Pistils Nursery.
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Botanical Interests
Farmers Defense
Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
Eden Bros
Nature Hills Nursery
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For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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A Meandering Garden Podcast Episode Oct 09, 2024

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Dee and Carol talked about Silphium flowers, managing fall frosts, all black flower gardens, a new book on insects and more.
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Links:
Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening, by Matt Mattus
Flower Netting (Amazon link)
On the Bookshelf:
Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture by Barrett Klein (Amazon Link)

Dirt:
Kat Von D on Instagram, her field of black tulips.
Rabbit holes:
How to Grow Dracaena Draco (Dragon Tree) Indoors.
Jane Eayre Fryer, Lost Lady of Garden Writing

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For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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Brave Plants, Brave Gardeners Oct 02, 2024

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We talked about collecting flower seeds, growing beets, a new book on garlic, witches bottles and more.
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Links:
Carol's 20th anniversary blog post
On the Bookshelf: The Garlic Companion by Kristin Graves. (Amazon link) (Her Instagram is FifthGenGardens)
Dirt
Witch Bottle discovery (YouTube Video)
Rabbit hole:
Reddit article on getting rid of skunk oil.
Duluth Trading Company Bib Overalls
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Botanical Interests
Farmers Defense
Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
Eden Bros
Nature Hills Nursery
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Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com
For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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Cat Got Your Garden? Sep 25, 2024

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Dee and Carol talked about border plants, a new book on garden record-keeping, books by Anna Pavord and several other topics.
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Some Links:
Dee's Instagram reel about organic potting soil
Carol's blog post from 2010: The Wilderness Called
The Tiny Farm Planner: Recordkeeping, Seasonal To-Dos, and Resources for Manging Your Small-Scale Home Farm, by Jill Ragan, (Amazon), Author of The Tiny but Mighty Farm (Amazon)
On the Bookshelf: Anna Pavord
The Tulip: The Story of a Flower That has Made Men Mad. (Amazon link) Good used copies.

Bulb (Amazon link)

The Curious Gardener (Amazon Link) Another month-by-month, year in the garden book.

The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants (Amazon Link)
Dirt: Taxonimists are also changing bird names.
Rabbit Holes:
Not Just a Homemaker: The Extraordinary Life of Sheila MacGregor, by Paulette Brooks.
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Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
Eden Bros
Nature Hills Nursery
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Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com
For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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Plants and Gardeners are Amazing! Sep 18, 2024

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Topics this week included refreshing your flower garden in the fall, vegetables you can still grow, a new book by Barbara Damrosch, some amazing plants, and poisonous book covers.
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Links:
Hayefield Seeds
Peony's Envy
Cobrahead Tools
The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener by Niki Jabbour
On the bookshelf: A Life in the Garden, Tales and Tips for Growing Food in Every Season, by Barbara Damrosch. (Amazon link)
Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch's website
Dirt:
Plants are amazing!
Snow on the Prairie
Beautyberry Leaves
Rabbit Holes:
Arsenic and Old Gardening Books
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Territorial Seeds
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For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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Fun in the Garden, Always Sep 11, 2024

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This week, we talked about spring-flowering trees to plant now, steps you can take to be ready for spring in the vegetable garden, a few favorite books by a favorite author and all kinds of other topics.
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Flowers:

A special shout out for J.C. Raulston from Oklahoma, who ran the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

On the Bookshelf:

A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden, by Sydney Eddison (Amazon link)

Gardening for a Lifetime: How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older, by Sydney Eddison. (Amazon link)

A Passion for Daylilies: The Flowers and the People, by Sydney Eddison (Amazon link) This one is all about famous dayliliy hybridizers, and if you’re a daylily aficionado, you should buy it.

Dirt:

There are some new botanical Lego sets… like poinsettias! And a Christmas wreath, and a chrysanthemum and plum blossoms.
Rabbit holes

Vegan color pens: Ohuhu Markers.

Another Lost Lady of Garden Writing: Rosetta E. Clarkson.
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Territorial Seeds
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Nature Hills Nursery
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Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com
For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
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Fall is for... Editing the Garden Sep 04, 2024

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As we enter another season in the garden, we talked about planting trees, how our vegetable gardens did, giant hogweed, some books we love, and a surprising rabbit hole.
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Links:
Flowers:
Tree Installation: Tips for Trouble-Free Tree Planting | Family Handyman
Info about washing off tree roots
Veggies:
Purple Magic Broccoli
Red Impact Peppers
Dragonfly Peppers
On the Bookshelf:
The Layered Garden by David L. Culp (Amazon Link)

A Year at Brandywine Cottage, by David L. Culp. (Amazon Link)
Dirt:
Giant Hogweed
Rabbit Holes:
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health, by Casey Means, MD with Calley Means (Amazon Link)
Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission):
Botanical Interests
Farmers Defense
Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
Eden Bros
Nature Hills Nursery
Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links.
Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com
For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

Support the show

On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
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We Do Hard Things, In and Out of the Garden Aug 28, 2024

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Lots of garden chatter this week about lawns, soil testing, herbicide dangers, an old gardening book and a few other misc. topics.
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A few links to tide you over if you haven't read the newsletter:
A couple of favorite flowers: Zinnia 'Benary’s Giant Wine' and Sunflower 'Concert Bell'
If you want to test your lawn and garden soil, Great Lakes is a soil testing lab, located in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
On the bookshelf: This is the Way My Garden Grows and Comes Into My Kitchen, by Barbara Dodge Borland. (Amazon Link) Plus, Carol's YouTube video about her.
Dirt: Triclopyr: Off-Target Damage from Purdue Landscape Report
Rabbit Hole Links:
Touring the Cotswolds with Pam Ayres on YouTube
Two jigsaw puzzles, USA State Birds and USA State Flowers
Anne Ophelia Dowden

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Giant Flowers and Other Garden Conversations Aug 21, 2024

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Dee and Carol talked about giant flowers, soil fertility, a book of nature writing, and more on this week's episode.
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Links:
Heuchera 'Autumn Bride'
Hibiscus 'Moy Grande'
Information on green sand from Rutgers Cooperative Extension
On the bookshelf:
Sundial of the Seasons by Hal Borland (Amazon Link)

Our dirt: Trees don’t like to breathe wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it