The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best Dirt

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Gardening and Puzzling Jun 07, 2023

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This week, we discuss roses, vegetable gardeners who inspire us on Instagram, and a new segment about our favorites!
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Links!
Flowers:
National Rose Month info on A Garden Diary
Grace Roses

Vegetables:
Our podcast episode: Starting a simple vegetable garden.
Instagram influencer links are in our newsletter
On the Bookshelf:
100 Plants to Feed the Birds: Turn Your Home Garden into a Healthy Bird Habitat, by Laura Erickson (Amazon Link)
And 100 Plants to Feed the Bees (Amazon link)
And 100 Plants to Feed the Monarch (Amazon link)

Dirt:
Around the World in 50 Plants puzzle
Also Around the World in 50 Trees puzzle

Rabbit Holes:
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindburgh (Amazon link)
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Botanical Interests
Farmers Defense
Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
Eden Bros
Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links.
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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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And So Begins the Time of Editing the Garden May 31, 2023

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Dee and Carol talk about irises (again), how to support tomato plants, and more in this week's episode.
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Flowers:
Yellow Flag Iris, Iris psuedocarus, an invasive iris
Eden Bros's guide for growing Siberian Irises.
Brent and Becky’s Bulbs for reticulated irises.
Seeds for Iris missouriensis for sale from Eden Bros.

Vegetables:
Carol’s article on supporting tomatoes in FH
Dee's rubberized wire ties
On the Bookshelf: Back to the New Basics: A practical guide and reference manual to the ways, the whys, and the news sciences of better, easier gardening, by Joe Seals (Amazon Link)

Dirt: Living Kitchen Farm & Dairy

Rabbit Holes:
Central Texas Gardener television show on YouTube.
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Farmers Defense
Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
Eden Bros
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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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Back to the Garden! May 24, 2023

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This week, Dee and Carol talk about bearded irises, the evolution of their vegetable gardens, and several other gardening topics.
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Links!
Flowers:
American Iris Society, their cultural information.
Vegetables:
Metal raised bed vegetable garden container from Botanical Interests (affiliate link)
On the Bookshelf:

American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide, edited by Susan Barba, illustrations by Leann Shapton (Amazon link)

Dirt: A new game coming: Botany: Flower Hunting in the Victorian Era.

Rabbit Holes:
Julie Newmar’s garden.
Plus Martha Stewart's new rose garden
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Botanical Interests
Farmers Defense
Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
Eden Bros
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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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Honey, I Shrunk the Garden May 17, 2023

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Dee and Carol talk about smaller perennials for smaller gardens, growing miniature vegetables and more.
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Flowers:
Monarda ‘Petite Delight’

‘Tweety’ coneflower

‘Snowcap’ Shasta Daisy

Vegetables:

Baby Bubba Okra from Burpee…

On Deck Sweet Corn from Burpee

Masterpiece Peas from Burpee

Carol's Family Handyman article on mini vegetables.

On the Bookshelf: The Color of Roses: A Curated Spectrum of 300 Blooms by Danielle Dall’Armi Hahn (Amazon link)

Rabbit holes :

Potting Soil Test Oklahoma Gardening
An unnecessary ranking of books by Elizabeth Von Arnim from Stuck in a Book
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Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
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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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When Garden Centers Are Exploding with Flowers May 10, 2023

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This week, we talk about society garlic, stone fruit trees, allergies, and more.
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Flowers:
Info on Society Garlic from North Carolina Extension
Veggies:
Growing stone fruits like peaches, apricots and plums, a good article from Univ of Minnesota extension

On the Bookshelf: The Allergy-Fighting Garden: Stop Asthma and Allergies with Smart Landscaping by Thomas Leo Ogren (Amazon Link)

Dirt:

American Garden Rose Selections announcement and the Heritage Rose Foundation

Rabbit Holes:

A substack article on “A Pilgrimage for Book People.”
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Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
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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 Tip of the Trowel to British Gardening for Coronation Week May 03, 2023

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Dee and Carol turned toward Great Britain to talk about flowers Dee has coveted from her trips to England, growing vegetables in England, the floral symbolism in the coronation invitation, plus some British inspired gardening books.
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A few links:
Flowers:
Proven Winner's Rise Up Amberness short climbing rose
Rose Chat Podcast
Vegetables:
Mushy Peas Recipe

On the Bookshelf:
Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life, by Marta McDowell
The Bold and Brilliant Garden, by Sarah Raven
Dirt:

The Hidden Symbolism in King Charles and Queen Camilla's Coronation Invitation
Rabbit Holes:
Great British Gardens with Carol Klein. Gravetye Manor a William Robinson. History of Gardener's World.

Our Affiliates:
Botanical Interests
Farmers Defense
Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
Eden Bros
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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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Dreaming of Delphinums? So Are We! Apr 26, 2023

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Dee and Carol talk about admiring and trying to grow delphiniums, heirloom/heritage vegetables, and then a whole lot about roses, plus more, of course.
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A few links:
Dee's Bloody Mary nasturtiums.
Flowers:
Eudora Welty quote about delphiniums on one of Carol's blog posts. Pacific Giants Blend Delphinium

Vegetables:

Santa Maria Pinquito Bean – Rancho Gordo and Santa Maria Tri-Tip Recipe
Carol’s FH article on "What are Heirloom Seeds?"

On the Bookshelf: Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History, by William Woys Weaver (Amazon link)

Plus: The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit by Amy Goldman (Amazon link) and Smith & Hawken: 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for American Gardens by Carolyn J. Male (Amazon link)

Dirt: Soldier fly larva compost article

Rabbit Hole: A Rose Chat podcast episode and a children's book: The Rose Without a Name: The Story of the Katrina Roseby Nancy Rust & Carol Stubbs.
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Farmers Defense
Etsy
Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
Eden Bros
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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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Springtime is Go Time in the Garden Apr 19, 2023

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Dee and Carol talk about salvia, growing potatoes, a new wild bee book, Smart Pots, and more on this week.
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A few links:
Carol's blog post about Spring Beauties
Dee's blog post about the Simpson wildfire that came to her neighborhood

Flowers:
So many salvias, including Salvia nemorosa ' Color Spires Pink Dawn' from Proven Winners.
Dummen Orange also has some great salvias like Salvia BODACIOUS Hummingbird Falls
And that other saliva, Salvia farinacea 'Augusta Duelberg' (not Alice... Dee remembers now.)
Flowers by the Sea is a nursery that specializes in Salvias
Dee's blog post on salvia!

Vegetables:
'Clancy F1' potatoes, an All-America Selection from 2019.
Seeds available from Botanical Interests
On the Bookshelf:
The Wild Bee Handbook: The Amazing Lives of Our Wild Species and How to Help Them Thrive by Sarah Wyndham-Lewis (Amazon link)
Dirt:
Smart Pots, and why we love them.
Our Affiliates:
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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Then Laughter Returned to the Garden Apr 12, 2023

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Dee and Carol talk about columbine flowers, perennial kale, a different kind of foraging book and more this week.
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A few links:
Carol's Easter eggs on Instagram
Muck Boots
Flowers:
Select Seeds sells a packet of Columbine seeds called National Collection Mix.
Eden Bros. also has a mix of European columbine seeds .
Nan Ondra at Hayefield has some seeds for interesting columbines.
The Story of Flowers and how they change the way we live by Noel Kingsbury. (Amazon link)

Vegetables
How to Grow Heritage Perennial kale - The Guardian
On the Bookshelf: The Flowerpot Forager: An Easy Guide to Growing Wild Food at Home, by Stuart Ovenden (Amazon link)
Dirt:
Dee's post on Dr. John Cho and his elephant ear breeding,

And April is Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month

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Bluebirds Flock Where Flowers Bloom Apr 05, 2023

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Dee and Carol talked about stock, asparagus, sunflowers, a new flower book, and what's going on in Dee's garden after the fires in Oklahoma.
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A few links:
Carol's latest blog post about weeding.
Dee's article in Oklahoma Living about how it's hard to garden in Oklahoma.
Dee's Instagram post with more info about the fires and her garden.
Flowers:
Info on stocks from Missouri Botanical Garden.
Veggies:
Info about growing asparagus on Renee’s Gardens website

More asparagus history and growing info in The Seed Dectective, by Adam Alexander. (Amazon link) (last week's book) and The Chef's Garden, by Farmer Lee Jones (Amazon link)
On the Bookshelf:
The Story of Flowers and how they change the way we live by Noel Kingsbury. (Amazon link)

Our Dirt:
Sunflower Steve
Rabbit holes:
The Creative Cove on YouTube

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