Blossom babes and garden gnomes - this week Carliflower is bringing you January gardening topics! We talk about what to plant, what to plan, and our goals for the 2025 gardening season. Carly also breaks down the shame surrounding seed starting, does anyone else feel these feels? Tune in and share with your friends!

Resources mentioned in todays episode:

Sonoma County Master Gardener links:

- Wild Fire Preparedness in the Home Landscape: https://sonomamg.ucanr.edu/Firewise_Landscaping/

- Fire Wise Gardening Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLghaUabIjrH3yjVSXckbkolv7n_1-1gNN

- Food Gardening Year Round in Sonoma County:

https://sonomamg.ucanr.edu/files/295951.pdf

Hi Garden Gnomes and Blossom Babes - this week Carliflower is filling us in on the solstice holidays that essentially predated and influenced our modern day Christmas holiday celebrations.

**She touches on some sensitive T.W. topics near the very end, so be careful to those who are sensitive to S.I./S.A..**

Tune in and dig into this weeks topic and send any questions you want answered on the podcast to: [email protected] or use our Telbee channel and send a voice note https://sayhi.chat/flowerchatspodcast

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Tune in Friday for a new Folklore Friday <3

Love you!

Hello all my blossom babes and garden gnomes!Today we are covering the Fig and Fig Wasp life cycles and the ways these two organisms have coevolved together. We will also dig into what’s happening in the garden this September and things we should be doing in order to ensure we have a successful fall and fall garden. 

As always, I am eager to connect with you and cover any topics or questions you may have regarding gardening or folklore. Please reach out to the podcast via email at [email protected], follow us on Instagram or Facebook and lastly you can leave us a 1 minute voicemail on our Telbee (https://telbee.io/channel/zutyrgym3ut8futozwyltq/).

I am looking forward to digging into more topics with you all as the podcast continues to grow and evolve. 

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Happy Gardening!

Carliflower

Oh yes! If you're interested in any of the resources used to learn about the fig wasp and figs, please see the links below to further educate yourself!

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mutualism-examples-of-species-that-work-together.html

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/fig_wasp.shtml#:~:text=Fig%20%26%20Fig%20Wasp%20Mutualism&text=When%20the%20female%20flowers%20inside,the%20end%20of%20the%20fig.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Hsqb3hzHg&t=0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbmrQENfhhM

https://crfg.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Incredible-Edible-Fig-Presentation.pdf

https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/crop-production/fig-production-guide/

What's up all my blossom babes and garden gnomes? This week we are catching up and digging into the spring plant herbal ally cleavers, Galium aparine. Carly walks us through her current life grievances and gives us the low down on Galium aparine, other species and family notes. She digs into coumarin, the first lab synthesized perfume compound.

Content contains swearing.

Resources:

Elpel, Thomas J. Botany in a Day: Thomas J. Elpel's Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families. 4th ed., rev. and expanded. Pony, Mont., HOPS Press, 2000.

Gladstar, R. (2012). Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide. http://perpustakaan.litbang.kemkes.go.id/index.php?p=show_detail&id=34140

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7464609/ : 

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=gaap2 

https://wearethesaltbox.co.uk/foraging-guide/foraging-for-cleavers/#:~:text=Be%20sure%20to%20only%20pick,hint%20of%20grassiness%2Fherbal%20flavour. 

https://thenaturopathicherbalist.com/herbs/g-h/galium-aparine-cleavers/#:~:text=Galium%20is%20also%20demulcent%20for,such%20as%20eczema%20and%20psoriasis.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v15752zC9Zk&t=115s

https://www.wildwalks-southwest.co.uk/how-to-make-wild-cleaver-coffee/

Hey my blossom babes! Thank you all for being patient, the tail end of winter was a doozy but Carly is back with just a simple check in this week. She updates you on what's happening in her garden, things you should get started now and an update about her permaculture program with a touch of climate change information. Thanks for getting your hands dirty with us and listening.

Tune in next time to hear some folklore!

No resources today.

Have you ever heard of the Persephone Period time of year? Do you wonder what the heck that is? Are you curious about the tale surrounding the Greek Goddess Persephone? Well my blossom babes, in this episode of Folklore Friday host Carly Everidge digs into the folklore behind Persephone and how her story plays an important part in planning your annual gardens. Get ready to get dirty, plant some seeds and enjoy the tales of Persephone!

What's up Blossom Babes! This week Cauliflower discusses Mimosa pudica, aka the sensitive plant. Listen to learn about this gorgeous plant and how Carly feels aligned with it.

Please feel free to send in any questions you may have to our Instagram or Facebook.

Thank you for listening <3

What's up blossom babes. On this episode Carly digs into secondary succession and how her life is taking on a similar process. Join Carly this week as she digs into ecological succession, why dirt is important, how change is good and how life got turned upside down in 2023. Enjoy!

Follow along on Instagram, Facebook or send a question to [email protected]

Resources/Show Notes:

Allopatric speciation. (2023, October 29). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopatric_speciation

Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2019, August 2). secondary succession. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/science/secondary-succession

[CrashCourse]. (2012, December 10). Hank Green Succession: Change is Good Crash Course Ecology #6 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8

Environment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/environment. Accessed 4 Jan. 2024.

Have you ever heard about the nightshade family? Do you know about todays modern concerns with eating members of this family? Are you privy to how witches used these plants in the Middle Ages to blast off into space? Well today we are discussing the nightshade family and some of the folklore associated with this plant family and its infamous alkaloids.

Listener questions regarding what to plant in the Fall and Winter time are answered at the end.

Join Carly as she briefs us on the nightshade family and its folklore!

*Note some language and content may not be appropriate for youngsters*

Please follow along and submit any questions you may have to our Instagram or Facebook page at Flower Chats Podcast.

Another note - this is my first episode, and instead of spending hours editing it, I'm serving it up as is! I would've liked to edit some of the moments where I stall, or repeat unnecessary things but I couldn't due to a power outage. Join me on my wholesome podcasting journey!

Resources for this episode are below!

Elpel, T. J. (1998). Botany in a day: Thomas J. Elpel's herbal field guide to plant families. 3rd ed. Pony, MT, Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School.

Mandrake – The Scream of Death. (n.d.). Europeana. https://www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/magical-mystical-and-medicinal/mandrake

Masterson, M. (2016, September 11). Bad Decisions in History: Using Ceruse - Meghan Masterson - author. Meghan Masterson - Author. https://meghanmastersonauthor.com/bad-decisions-history-using-lead-based-makeup/

Müller J. Hexensalben und Liebestränke. Ein Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte der Nachtschattengewächse [Witch ointments and aphrodisiacs. A contribution to the cultural history of nightshade plants]. Gesnerus. 1998;55(3-4):205-20. German. PMID: 10024767.

Pasricha, T., MD. (2023, September 19). Ask a Doctor: Are nightshade foods bad for you? Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/06/19/food-sensitivities-intolerance-nightshades/

Solanaceae: Witchcraft in the Middle Ages. (n.d.). https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/witchcraft.shtml

Solanaceae: Henbane. (n.d.). https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/henbane.shtml

Toxic Twists. (n.d.). https://www.poison.org/articles/toxic-twists-eye-drops

WebMD Editorial Contributors. (2021, April 9). What to know about Nightshade Vegetables. WebMD. https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-to-know-about-nightshade-vegetables

Wink, M. (2016). Alkaloids: Properties and determination. In Elsevier eBooks (pp. 97–105). https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-384947-2.00019-2

Hi Blossom Babe! This is your host Carly Everidge, I am giving you an introduction to the podcast and what I hope to bring to you.

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