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Sharing Flowers, Sharing Stories Oct 25, 2023

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Dee and Carol talked about passalong plants from their gardens, fermenting to preserve vegetables, rice, gardening pants, plus more!
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Links:
Carol’s blog post about looking up the use of the word plastic.
Dee's Instagram reel of 'Blonde Ambition' blue grama grass

Flowers:
Passalong Plants, by Steve Bender and Felder Rushing (2002) (Amazon)
Vegetables:
Pickle and Ferment: Preserve Your Produce & Brew Delicious Probiotic Drinks, by Susan Crowther and Julie Fallone (Amazon)
On the Bookshelf:
The Book Lover’s Cookbook:Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages That Feature Them, by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Jensen (2003) (Amazon Link)
Dirt:
Lundberg Rice Farm
Rabbit Holes:
Duluth Trading Company
The Midwest Survival Guide: How We Talk, Love, Work, and Eat… Everything With Ranch, by Charlie Behrens. (Amazon)
Blooming Vintage OK on Instagram
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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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What's the Answer to Every Gardening Question? Oct 18, 2023

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Dee and Carol talk about native asters, planting your garden for foraging, a new houseplant book, a new sunscreen, and more.
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Flowers:
Mt. Cuba Center Aster Trials
Vegetables:
How to Forage for Wild Foods Without Dying: An absolute beginner’s guide to identifying 40 edible wild plants, by Ellen Zachos (Amazon link)
On the Bookshelf:
Happy Plants, Happy You: A Plant-Care and Self-Care Guide for the Modern Houseplant Parent, by Kamili Bell Hill (Amazon link)

Dirt:
Supergoop sunscreen
Rabbit Holes:
Oklahoma Native Plants, by Connie Scothorn, ASLA, RLA with Brian Patric, ASLA, RLA. (Amazon link)
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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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Shall We Garden? Shall We Read? Shall We Explore a Mystery or Two? Oct 11, 2023

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Dee and Carol talk about poisonous plants in the garden, a new vegetable garden planner, the new book Gardening Can Be Murder, and more
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Links:
The Vegetable Garden Planner: A Crop-by-Crop Guide for Planning and Tracking Your Garden Bounty Each Year, from Seed Starting to Harvest by Lynn Bcyczynski (Amazon)

On the Bookshelf:
Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell (Amazon)
Dirt: The Beautiful Flower that Keeps Mice out of Your Home and Garden.
Rabbit Holes:
The 7 Creepiest Manor Houses in Mystery
And too many mystery books to list!
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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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Travel Makes Kale Interesting and Other Gardening Topics Oct 04, 2023

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Dee and Carol talk about late-flowering bulbs, kale, an Italian cookbook, and more.
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Links:
Armenian cucumber seeds from Botanical Interests
Premium Sun Coral Coleus, an All America Selection
Flowers:
Orange Lycoris for sale at Southern Bulb Company
Vegetables:
Stanley Tucci series, Searching for Italy
'Black Magic' kale from Eden Bros.
The Chef's Garden by Farmer Lee Jones (Amazon)
On the bookshelf: The Tucci Table, by Stanley Tucci and Felicity Blunt (Amazon link)
An Instagram reel with Stanley making drinks.
Dirt: Infiorate di Spello in Spello, Italy.
Rabbit Holes: The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man by David von Drehle (Amazon)
The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku (Amazon )
Netflix series on "blue zones" Watch Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones | Netflix Official Site
Documentary about Iris Apfel on Amazon Prime
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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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Mums, Pumpkins, Lawns, and Many Topics In Between Sep 27, 2023

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Dee and Carol about mums, pumpkins, some lawn research, and more.
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Links:
Munstead Wood Rose from David Austin Roses
Carol's blog post about her toad.
Flowers:
Are Mums Perennials? And How to Care for Mums
Longwood Gardens Chrysanthemum Festival
Fan Displays at Longwood
Vegetables:
How to Grow a Jack-O-Lantern
Making Hubbard Squash Blossoms on Family Dinner on Magnolia
Stuffed Squash Blossoms – FARMER JONES FARM® AT THE CHEF'S GARDEN
On the Bookshelf:
The Writer’s Garden: How Gardens Inspired the World’s Great Authors by Jackie Bennett (Amazon link)
Dirt:
A Viable Alternative to Conventional Lawn? Cornell May Have Found One, NYT Times article by Margaret Roach

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Botanical Interests
Farmers Defense
Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
Eden Bros
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.

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On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
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Milkweeds and Other Gardening Topics Sep 20, 2023

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Dee and Carol discuss milkweeds, perennials in a vegetable garden, a new book on milkweeds, chaos gardening and more.
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Links:
Great Comp Garden and William Dyson’s salvia collection
Floret's video about saving sweet peas.
Dee's instagram reel 'Blackhawks' big bluestem grass
'Blue Beauty' tomatoes
Flowers:
List of milkweeds by state
Oklahoma Milkweed guide

Allan Armitage’s recent article about natives and non-natives.
Dee’s article on monarchs and milkweed from last year.

On the bookshelf: The Milkweed Lands: An Epic Story of One Plant by Eric Lee-Mader

Dirt: Chaos Gardening Is Actually the Easiest Way to Grow Your Dream Garden Also FH article about this trend.

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Listen and Lean Into a Bit of Gardening Insanity Sep 11, 2023

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Dee and Carol talk about what to do to overwinter plants, cold frames, a new book on cottage gardens and more.
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Links:
Carol's blog post about Signet marigolds

Bustani Plant Farm in Stillwater, OK
Dirty Punk Gardening on Instagram
Flowers:
Tropical Plants and How to Love Them by Marianne Willburn
Veggies:
What Is a Cold Frame Greenhouse? | The Family Handyman
Growing Under Cover by Niki Jabour

On the Bookshelf: The Cottage Garden by Claus Dalby (Amazon)

Dirt: Article about Jennifer Garner's Family Farm

Rabbit Holes:
Father by Elizabeth von Arnim (Amazon Link)

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No Mention of Violas But Lots of Other Good Gardening Tips and Talk Sep 06, 2023

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Dee and Carol discussed buying bulbs for fall planting, lessons from our vegetable gardens and several other topics.
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Links:
Carol's Little Zinnias blog post
Katie Daisy Artist on Instagram
Flowers:
Van Engelen for wholesale bulb prices
Old House Gardens for old varieties of flowers and bulbs
PlantSkydd on Amazon
My Old Books on Instagram
On the Bookshelf: Why We Garden by Claire Masset, published by Batsford, with illustrations by Claire Harrup(Amazon Link)

Dirt:

The Loose Ends Project and on Instagram
Rabbit Holes: A movie, The Lost King, and book: Finding Richard III: The Official Account of Research by the Retrieval and Reburial Project.

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Fill Your Gardening Tank With Flowers Aug 30, 2023

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This week, we talked about flower farms, orb weaver spiders, pressed flowers and a new cookbook.
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Links:
Flowers:
Visit Ladybug Lane Flower Farm on Instagram
US Flower and Foliage Growers Look to Revive a Wilting Industry from Modern Farmer

Vegetables

Orb Weaver Spider - Wildlife Heritage Foundation.

Dee's blog post about her orb weaver: Three for Thursday, a lady in waiting - Red Dirt Ramblings®

On the Bookshelf: My Vermont Table by Gesine Bullock-Prado. (Amazon link)

Dirt: Pressing flowers, Margaret Roach article in the NYT.
Rabbit Holes:
Joolz Guides - London History Walks on YouTube
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Farmers Defense
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Territorial Seeds
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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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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Good Soil Aug 23, 2023

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This week, we discussed soil, mulches, compost, a new book on composting, and more.
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A few links:
Alec’s ice cream.
Carol's blog post about her potato harvest
Soil Science Society of America's website
Brooklyn Bridge Park gardens
On the Bookshelf: The Compost Coach by Kate Flood (Amazon Link). Follow her on Instagram "Compostable Kate."
Dirt: J. Philip Grime
Old House Gardens for heirloom bulbs.

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