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A Variety of Topics In and Out of the Garden Aug 07, 2024

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Dee and Carol discuss planting perennials in the fall, blackberries, and a book about two women botanists, plus several other topics
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Dee's Instagram video about Tidepool zinnias.

Carol's All-America Selections grown from seed: Zinnia angustifolia 'Crystal White Zinnia Profusion Red Yellow Bicolor, and Coleus Premium Sun Coral Candy.
Carol's blog post on her lavender cutback
Blackberry and Raspberry Culture for the Home Garden | Oklahoma State University.

On the bookshelf: Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny. (Amazon Link)
Dirt: Your RoundUp herbicide has changed.
Rabbit Holes: Carol' s Lost Ladies of Garden Writing

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Let Your Garden Put You in Your Place Jul 31, 2024

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Dee and Carol talked about spring-flowering bulbs to plant in the fall, amaranth and celosia, and more.
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Growing Bulbs in the Natural Garden: Innovative Techniques for Combining Bulbs in Every Season by Jacqueline van der Kloet (Amazon Link)

Colour Your Garden: Exciting Mixtures of Bulbs and Perennials (2018) (Amazon Link)

Carol's article for FH about growing Celosia
AAS winning celosias…Flamma Orange and Burning Embers.

Dee's Instagram video last fall of Hot Biscuits in my garden.
On the Bookshelf: Women in My Rose Garden: The History, Romance and Adventure of Old Roses by Ann Chapman (Author), Paul Starosta (Photographer) (Amazon link)
Dirt: the Verry Cherry Plum
Rabbit Holes: Anne Ophelia Dowden
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Summertime Means Time to Enjoy Your Garden Jul 24, 2024

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Dee and Carol talked about white flowers, gooseberries, and more on this week's episode.
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Carol's old blog post about variegated evening primrose
Queen Sophia marigolds, an All-America Selection
Gooseberries from Stark Bros.
On the bookshelf: From Seed to Skillet: A Guide to Growing, Tending, Harvesting, and Cooking Up Fresh, Healthy Food to Share with People You Love, by by Jimmy Williams (Author), Susan Heeger (Author), Eric Staudenmaier (Photographer) (Amazon Link)
Dirt: False Mermaid Weed Spotted, via Smithsonian

Rabbit Holes:
George Jones HOJ Familiar Flower Plates
Leading Toward Autumn, a blog post Carol wrote about a book illustrated by Anne Ophelia Dowden

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The Big Deal About Dill in the Garden, and Other Gardening Topics Jul 17, 2024

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Dee and Carol talked about begonias, dill, sweet-tasting fruit, and more on this week's episode
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Links:
Siskiyou Seeds
Info on Pine Bark Beetles

Flowers:
How to Care for Begonias: Family Handyman
American Begonia Society
All-America Selections begonias
Veggies:
Dill from Johnny's Selected Seeds
On the Bookshelf:
Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Amazon Link)
Dirt: Why America’s Berries Have Never Tasted So Good, from WSJ
Dee's post on Weeds Have Super Powers
Carol's article on another Lost Lady of Garden Writing
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More Flowers, More Leaves, More Fun Gardening Advice! Jul 10, 2024

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Dee and Carol discuss Caladiums, growing garlic, a book about gardeners and more on this week's episode.
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Kitchen Minis
All-America Selection cucumbers
Caladium of the Year: 'Lemon Blush'
Heart to Heart Caladiums
Garlic from Johnny's Selected Seeds
On the Bookshelf: The Roots of My Obsession: Thirty Great Gardeners Reveal Why They Garden, Edited by Thomas C. Cooper (Amazon link)
Dirt: Cultural Burning
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The Dog-Gone Garden Buffet Is Open Jul 03, 2024

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Dee and Carol talk about deer problems in Dee's garden, how to give your container plantings a mid-summer makeover, tomato questions, old gardening magazines, and more.
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A couple of Carol's blog posts: A Guide to Garden Fairies in Your House and Summer Squash Stages.
Dee's recent reel on watering.
'Bossa Nova' squash
Dee's Container Garden tutorial
Carol's Family Handyman article about tomato staking and caging
On the Bookshelf:
The Once & Future Gardener: Garden Writing from the Golden Age of Magazines 1900 - 1940, edited and with an introduction by Virginia Tuttle Clayton (Amazon link) and The American Gardener: A Sampler, edited by Allen Lacy (Amazon link)
Article about Queen's Memorial Garden
Carol's latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing
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Two Gardens, Two Gardeners, So Many Topics to Discuss Jun 26, 2024

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Dee and Carol talked about biennials, eggplant, tacky gardens, some old but good gardening books and a few other topics in between.
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A few links:
How to Grow False Queen Anne's Lace
Carol's post about self-sowing annuals
All-America Selections of eggplants
Dee's recipe for Thai Basil eggplant
On the bookshelf:
Time and the Gardener: Writings on a Lifelong Passion by Elisabeth Sheldon (Amazon link) and The Gardener's Bed-Book: Short and Long Pieces to Be Read in Bed by Those Who Love Green Growing Things by Richardson Wright. (Amazon link)
Daily Mail article on tacky gardens
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Summer Solstice Garden Strolls Jun 19, 2024

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This week, Dee and Carol take you through their own gardens, discuss a book of gardening essays, and more.
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Links:
BBC Archive with Michael Caine
Carol's new weekly gardening newsletter.
Flowers:
One of Dee's reels on daylilies
Veggies:
Dee's post about growing lavender in Oklahoma

On the Bookshelf:
The Grove: a Nature Odyssey in 19 ½ Front Gardens by Ben Dark (Amazon link)

Dirt:
Sunflowers as Phytoremediators
Nan Ondra's blog post about dephloxing
Rabbit Holes:
Alma C. Guillet, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing

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Gardening, As One Does Jun 12, 2024

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Dee and Carol discuss growing petunias from seed, growing sweet potatoes, Monty Don's new book and more.
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Flowers:
Old-fashioned, heirloom climbing petunia this year from Select Seeds.
Success! Silver Vein petunias
Wave Carmine Velour petunias, AAS winner
Veggies:
Purple Sweet Potatoes from Johnny’s Selected Seeds
On the Bookshelf:
The Gardening Book by Monty Don (Amazon Link)

Dirt:
Pugh Gardens on YouTube

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A Good Ol' Garden Gossip Jun 05, 2024

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Dee and Carol mixed things up a bit this week. All the details are in our free Substack newsletter.
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