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Watching Leaves and Eating Apples Nov 02, 2022

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Dee and Carol talk about shrubs with colorful leaves, growing onions, and a new cookbook, Orchard, all wrapped up with lots of talk about leaf watching and apple eating.
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On record keeping, check out Trello and Carol's YouTube video about using it to keep track of a garden.
Oakleaf Hydrangeas at Proven Winners
Bunching vs. bulbing onions FH article

‘Tokyo Long’ bunching onions at Botanical Interests.
On the Bookshelf:

Orchard, by James Rich (Amazon link). He also posted his apple pie recipe in a video on his blog.
Dirt: How About Them Apples? Research Orchards Chart a Fruit’s Future.

Fall foliage in Oklahoma plus Rains trigger fall foliage burst

Rabbit hole links:
On English Orchards: Gardeners World Episode 28 and Heritage Apples
On Books: The Folio Society and Charles van Sandwyk

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The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Gardening Oct 26, 2022

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Dee and Carol discuss soft stem cuttings, growing sprouts, and a new book with a fresh approach to garden design.
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Links:
Clonex rooting gel on Amazon
Two great organizations:
GardenComm International
American Horticultural Society

Botanical Interests has a nice article about sprouting seeds
BI also has a nice assortment of seeds for sprouts and they sell a seed sprouter kit. (all affiliate links)
On the bookshelf: Field Guide to Outside Style: Design & Plant Your Perfect Outdoor Space, by Ryan McEnaney. (Amazon Link)

Dirt for Halloween:
Weird spider info

And pumpkins!! How to grow giant pumpkins and what’s the record for a giant pumpkin? (2,554 pounds)
Plus The Science Behind the Aroma of Fall on PBS
Rabbit Holes:
Stanley Tucci’s Searching for Italy on Discovery Plus
Listen to forest sounds around the world and for Halloween… Haunted Forest Sounds with Ghostly Murmurs

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Seeds, Bulbs, and Beautiful Books Oct 19, 2022

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Dee and Carol talk about planting bulbs in containers, buying seeds, an interesting insect, and some beautiful books this week.
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Links:
Seed source for Verbesina encelioides, discussed last week.
Dee's Instagram post from last week- listen carefully!
Penny Pennington on Instagram
Containers in the Garden, by Claus Dalby (also Amazon)
Buy seeds now: Affiliate link to Botanical Interest Seeds
Books by Henry Mitchell on Amazon
On the Bookshelf: The Garden in Autumn, by Allen Lacy (1990) (Amazon link)

Our Dirt: Hibiscus Scentless Plant Bug | NC State Extension Publications.

Beautiful books illustrated by Marjolein Bastin, including Little Womenand Emma. Older editions available on Amazon. Link to our YouTube video about these books.
The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo, by Elaine Bickell (also Amazon)
Dee's instagram post about her drip irrigation.
Carol's blog post with tips on what to do in October in the garden.
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Point That Algorithm to Gardening! Oct 12, 2022

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Dee and Carol talk about poppies, Asian greens, and more on this week's episode.
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Links:
Carol's YouTube video about her figs.
The Millennial Gardener's helpful Youtube videos about growing figs.
Flowers:

Shirley 'Mother of Pearl' from Select Seeds.
Botanical Interests also has lots of poppy seeds. (Affiliate link)
Vegetables:

Asian greens at Hudson Valley Seed,
Double Garland Chrysanthemum greens

On the Bookshelf:

To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard by Tamar Haspel (Amazon link)

Dirt:
A fall foliage map

Rabbit Holes:

Asters of Autumn by Dr. Jared Barnes
Verbesina encelloides.

Buckner Hollingsworth, Carol's latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing.
Art of Gardening Hornby Island videos YouTube
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"Every Leaf Speaks Bliss To Me" Oct 05, 2022

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Dee and Carol talk about ways to save annuals and tropicals at the end of the season, garlic, and more on this week's episode.
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Two Family Handyman articles by Carol that relate are "Is coleus an annual or perennial?” and How to Grow and Care for Coleus.
Robin Parer, owner of Geraniaceae for more on pelargoniums

Garlic on Botanical Interests (affiliate link)
On the Bookshelf: The Halloween Hare by Carol J. Michel, illustrations by Ty J. Hayden. Coming out October 4, 2022. (Amazon Link)

Carol's first blog post about the Halloween Hare way back in 2008.

Dirt: YouTube video of Spotted Lantern Fly on SNL!
Some real info on Spotted Lantern Fly from Cornell University
More on Monarchs! Monarch Joint Venture, has a lot of webinars on monarchs.

An article from Purdue about monarchs in Indiana…
Dee’s blog post about monarchs

Monarchs and becorns, super cute video on Instagram.
More books! The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman, the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series. (Amazon Link) Another cozy mystery, Deadhead and Buried(The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #1) by H.Y. Hanna (Amazon Link). Silent Bud Deadly is the next one… (Amazon Link)
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Autumn, The Magic Hour in the Garden Sep 26, 2022

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Dee and Carol discuss anemones, compact plants, and more!.
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Granny Hobbies, anyone?

Caro's blog post about Oriental Bittersweet

Fall blooming crocuses at Brent & Becky’s Bulbs

Flowers: Anemone blanda, and Anemone hupehensis, both described by the staff at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Note: Brent & Becky’s Bulbs carries both!

The native, Anemone canadensis, available from Prairie Moon Nursery

Vegetables:
Tomato 'Heartbreaker' from Territorial Seed Co.

Two books to consider, Micro Food Gardening:Project Plans and Plants for Growing Fruits and Veggies in Tiny Spaces by Jen McGuiness (Amazon Link) and Gardener’s Guide to Compact Plants: Edibles and Ornamentals for Small Space Gardening by Jessica Walliser. (Amazon link)

On the Bookshelf: Tender: A Cook and his Vegetable Patchby Nigel Slater (Amazon Link)
The Chef's Garden by Farmer Lee Jones (Amazon Link)

Dirt: Better Homes and Gardens Turns 100
Rabbit Hole: Hopwood Hall on YouTube and the book, Downton Shabby by Hopwood DePree (Amazon link)

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A Good Garden May Have Some Weeds Sep 21, 2022

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Dee and Carol discuss ways to simplify your garden, then talk about their favorite peppers from this summer and more on this week's podcast episode.
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Links:
Okies for Monarchs Facebook Page
Monet's Passion: Ideas, Inspiration, and Insights from the Painter's Garden, by Elizabeth Murray.
Spear Head Spade Gardening Shovel

Upgraded TomCare Garden Kneeler
Pruning shears for smaller hands
The Lifelong Gardener: Garden with Ease and Joy at Any Age, by Toni Gattone

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

Peppers we liked this year: Candy Cane, Cubanelle Big Bertha, Peppers from Heaven, Poblano, Jalapeno, Shishito, and Big Jim (Anaheim)
On the bookshelf: A Year in My Garden, by Jacqueline van der Kloet (Amazon link)
Thanks to Linda at Each Little World blog for pointing out the book.

Growing Hope - Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Some YouTube videos:
Bulbs with Jacqueline van der Kloet
Jacqueline van der Kloet’s Home Garden: Introduction
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After Listening or While Listening, Go Outside! Sep 14, 2022

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Dee and Carol talk about stalwart flowers, recap their tomato season, talk about going outside, milkweed and monarchs, and more on this week's episode.
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Some of the flowers we mentioned:
Aster 'Bluebird' (American Meadows has it)
Atomic glass (American Meadows also has it)
Phlox 'Bright Eyes' (an American Meadows has it too)
Some of the tomato varieties we mentioned:
Purple Zebra, an All-America Selections winner for 2022, and in our gardens too.
Black Cherry
Sun Dipper
Missouri Love Apple
Brad’s Atomic Grape
Pink Berkley Tie Dye
Sunrise Bumblebee.
A book, Epic Tomatoes: How To Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time by Craig LeHoullier (Amazon Link)

On the Bookshelf: Outdoor Kids in an Inside World by Steven Rinella (Amazon Link)

1,000 Hours Outdoors project website
Cal Newport's blog post: Whitman in the Knapsack...

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Monarch websites: Monarch Watch, Journey North,
A book: Bees in Your Backyard by Olivia Messinger Carril and Joseph S. Wilson (Amazon Link))

Carol's Rabbit hole: What Do We Know About Crop Circles by Ben Hubbard. (Amazon Link) and Circular Evidence: A Detailed Investigation of the Flattened Swirled Crops Phenomenon by Pat Delgado and Colin Andrews
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Save Some Seeds and Send Birthday Greetings! Sep 07, 2022

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Dee and Carol talk about self-sowing flowers, green bean success, saving seeds and homesteading.
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The Okies for Monarchs Central Oklahoma wildflower seed from Johnston Seed Company
Celosia seeds from Floret Flowers
Dee's zinnia video on Instagram
Zinnias Oklahoma series from Johnny's Selected Seeds
Provider green beans from Botanical Interests (affiliate link)
Carol's Green Bean story

On the Bookshelf: The First-Time Homesteader: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Starting and Loving Your New Homestead by Jessica Soward. (Amazon Link) and check out her other book: The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables. (Amazon Link)
Funk Farm Miniature Herefords on Facebook and Instagram

Rabbit Holes: Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, and their podcast, Milk Street Radio with an episode on Julia Child.
The Mayfair Bookshop: A Novel of Nancy Mitford and the Pursuit of Happiness by Eliza Knight and Heywood Hill Bookshop (a real place!) plus two more books: Garden Stories, edited by Diane Secker Tesdell and Stories of Trees, Woods, and the Forest, edited by Fiona Stafford.

Flylady, to tame the chaos.
Central Oklahoma Daylily Society, plant sale September 10th! If you live in the area, Dee will have some of her daylilies in the sale.
Happy Birthday, Dee!
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Garden Thoughts as We Bid Adieu to August Aug 31, 2022

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Carol and Dee talk about flowers that bloom in the fall, enriching your soil with cover crops, a book on color in the garden, composting, and more in this week's episode.
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Links:
Acres Abloom on Instagram and their website
Dee's going to make elderberry syrup.
Carol's Green Bean Story on her blog
Dee's blog post about fall bulbs

Barnardia japonica (Japanese Jacinth) for sale from Hayefield [15 Seeds]
The Elizabeth Lawrence Houses and Garden in Charlotte, NC
Carol's Persian Violet Instagram.

Blackhawks Big Bluestem Grass, Andropogon | American Meadows

Botanical Interests has a nice article on cover crops (affiliate link)

On the Bookshelf: The Gardener’s Palette by RHS and Jo Thompson (Amazon link)
And we still love The Chef's Garden by Farmer Lee Jones (Amazon link)

Dirt: Gardeners' World’s Monty Don blasts show’s ‘gardening mafia’

Links for Dee's Rabbit Hole on the JS bioreactor for composting

Link to a manual on how to build one, an article about it. Also, Bioreactor - Regeneration International

Gert Schley, was the charming German gardener on Gardener's World, Episode 23 who wowed us with his Somerset gardening smock. Carol discovered his connection to Haddon Wood.
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For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.
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