Gardening Related

We’re both hot, it is sweltering, San Francisco, Hawaii, Land of Houseplants, fichus, snake plants, mother-in-law’s tongue, misting, lemon tree, citrus fertilizer Meyer lemon, Ireland, no no no, I bought it in Ireland, The Gap of Dunloe, Connemara, moss rock walls, body positivity, wildflowers, calla lilies the size of my head, killer foxgloves, azaleas, you can grow moss yourself, creating my own Irish garden, if the ground hog doesn’t lick if off, tomatoes, mozzarella & basil, I don’t have my own cow yet, Celtic garden, willows bent into archways, movin’ on, that’s brutal, whoo hoo!, popsicle kiddie pool, let’s talk gardening, should you top your tomatoes?, determinate, indeterminate, sun gold, overwintering, season extenders, I started a mushroom pole, lion mane mushroom plugs, my niece the log waterer, you don’t look like a moron…, onions, Willamina the ground hog, turn your liabilities into an asset, reducing your carbon footprint, you’re a reductionist, I water my mushroom log on the daily, Japanese beetles, garden blender, strained & marinated, bug catcher net, frozen bugs for chickens, what do I replace my lettuce & kale with?, basil, zucchini, zinnias, cosmos, alyssum, bacopa, petunias, persicaria, radishes, pot lettuce seeds for the fall, peonies, portulaca, dahlias, new garden bed, lilies, wildflowers, gladiolus, citronella plant, this is why I come to you, carrots, flowers, collecting seeds, garlic, onions, big fence next year, gardeners need a next year, seed to dust, natives, wildflowers planted on highway, phlox, poppies, mulberry tree, throw away that lawn mower, oriental poppy, drought, ground hog is eating my basil, hot pepper remedy, pool, love. 

Starting to get hot and muggy, coldest wettest spring since 2010, why are we here?, once every 12 years the rains come…, it reminds me of what England must be all year long, Flanders and Swann, talking about berries, raspberries, blackberries, they were scary, there’s no plan, golden raspberries, feed ‘em, strawberries, the more you pick the more they grow, runners, I forbid Forrest, transplant, my dream is to have a fresh strawberry pie, suckers have 3 years until retirement, vertical gardening, yum yum yum, painting rocks red, tiered beds, spilling the tea, blueberries, shallow roots, they were gone and so was she, blackberries, you don’t know until it’s in your mouth, it’s like a Harry Potter jelly bean, early memory of sitting in the strawberry patch at U-pick, English screened structures, the internet is dangerous because it convinces me I can get way too far over my head, cold frame, Addicted To Gardening, we love bargins, lilies of the valley, I’m going I’m going I promise, plant consciousness, Cornell, psychic plants, ask your plants, square holes, biennials, foxgloves, hollyhocks, parsley, campanulas, honesty, the irony of money becoming honesty, Bam it Blooms!, trimming trees, Indian food for dinner, mango lassi, mango cilantro ginger smoothie, unfrozen homemade lasagna from last year’s garden, hippy dippy moment, apples, tomatoes, I love you.

Hot Hot, your tomatoes are going to rock, mushy tomatoes, abused tomatoes, they like to be stressed, squeeze squeeze sqeeze, shading plants, Addicted To Gardening, what are you having for dinner?, bunch of old people, watch it!, family family, eat it while you can, how do you know snap peas are ready?, felt like a cow chewing cud, grilled zucchini, spaghetti with oil and garlic, ummm yum, there can never be too much garlic, you’re sounding pretty fancy, love leftovers so much, zucchilini, zucchini bread, why not?, Patrizia’s Italian zucchini recipe, we get along like hellzaspoppin, mandolin, it’s not rocket science, mush, chicken piccata, it’s one of those things that’s better each day, it’s a win win, if I had to be allergic to anything thank God it isn’t bread, mushrooms, that’s a good question, nurseries are having sales, this is the time, Jeannie, fountain in your atrium, basil, Miracle Grow, grow grow grow, I have a talk and they don’t listen, whack ‘em, cicada, someone told me something horrific, fear was struck into my heart, there’s nothing better in the dead of January, freezing, canning, immersion blender, bacon fat, if there’s one thing that gets me up in the morning it’s fancy ice, weeds, native plants, moss, mini Connemara, are you sitting out in the garden at all?, hammock, supporting your local growers, roses, Black Gold soil, restful garden, orange, drive around and see what’s growing, gardening Facebook groups, what are having for dinner?, I love you, garden nightclubs.

Allergies, wet Oregon, rain is a good thing, it’s delicious, New York thunderstorms, I would stand there and moan, seasons as time management, learn how to commit again, go appreciate your people…people, hacking at my Japanese knotweed, hori hori, Russian psychic, bent trowels, 1 piece tools, baby groundhogs, Roundup talk, I am dandelion’s sole sponsor and supporter, blackberry, Crossbow, Hercules fighting the Hydra, Dollar Store, poison cone, nutsedge, it comes back like a mother, Sedgehammer, Dawn soap, Cinderella, now you know what it feels like to be seventy, you’re valiant, putting out fires, vinca, I’m uncovering a patio, lilies, herbs, thyme, mint, you don’t want to do that, fennel, dill, lemon tree, do not miss the scent of those blooms, Down To Earth Citrus Fertilizer, roots blossoms leaves, speaking of crack cocaine, Miracle Grow, houseplants, transplant station, Osmocote, hermit crab thing, orange, wandering Jew, plant surgery, Boston fern, let’s let Mikey do it, day lilies, willow water, hydrangea, roses, peony, vegetable water, perennials, 13s and 5s, garden beds, pyrenees, poppies, salvia, campanula, petunia, snap dragon, that was a journey, cosmos, zinnias, foxgloves up the wazoo, tomatoes, topping peppers, radishes, lettuce salads, kale.

Canby cool weather, roses have popped, knock-out roses, you can take a chainsaw to them, East Coast hot, poor Forrest, Flonase or Claritin, sponsor us, clover lawn, committed to dandelions, the trouble with clover, borders, hedging, edging, ditch method, I call that Hell, put it on a tarp, like Marley’s ghost with chains I drag it with me, we’ll eat it next year, edging is part of mowing but both our husbands don’t seem to get that, technology is a beautiful thing, boxwoods, if you’re going to dream – dream big, no back alley boxwood, ooohhh, plant software, backdrops, this is not a hedgehog podcast, acid-loving boxwood & conifers & rhododendrons & azaleas, they pop in the darkness underneath a tree, humiliated, naked, a back there space, the bees are real happy, it depends on how many birds you’ve got and if it rains a lot, wild flowers, brick and tule, seeds, I just hold onto them, right, wrong, more attuned to your area’s soil, paper clips, winter work, dreaming about your garden, seed mind-control thing, everybody gets a chance in my house, zucchini drive-by, don’t buy ‘em, basil, petunias, zinnias, cosmos, absolutely, watch your weather, stay out of your garden beds, ugly thistle thing, gardening is a gymnastic sport, hosta and fern, Jurassic, astilbe, hydrangea, splinter & tape, peat moss, Lilly, Bello, ribs & corn & salad.

So hot there huh, bean leaves the size of my hand, adult kiddie pool, our overwhelm is hitting now, pollen count suddenly thru the roof, while you weren’t looking everything came up, sharpen your shovel, regardless of the disasters you have to pass, a little scary, secrets to weeding, wheelies, flower garden in, lilies, dahlias, peony, alyssum, dill, we planted thickly, liter, rude signs, bucket full of tools, the disorganized brain, I have a confession: I like dandelions, no mow May, dead nettle, such happy bees, an affinity for the natives, what’s wrong with my hands?, right tool for the right job, hooks & stubly stubs & forky forks, half-moon leverager on a weeder, crossing things off lists, weed hack, kitchen gardening, Christopher Lloyd, pencils, musical chairs, geranium & white fly, upside down sprayer, day ruiner, Abrum Darby rose, foraging, cucumbers are looking good, habanero peppers, so so, cats using garden as a litter box, too much of a good thing, get a good wheelbarrow, six-pack of peppers, tools not designed for women, Red Pig Tools, vast experience, weed the middle first, margherita pizza, Shrimp Louie with from-the-garden salad, having a plan, look at what’s blooming and what works, take time to enjoy your garden, bye, bye, good one.

Summer in Spring, hard on seeds, manufacturing shade, working from home, spoiled chickens, Louisa May is growing a mohawk, it’s a vibe, 6 eggs a day, poppy seeds, geraniums, bring in over winter, whitefly, leaf eating worms, nature can be mean, that’s a weird hack, Neem Oil, it’s a process, indoor plant stakes, Lowe’s, Home Depot, petunias, oooh big turkey vulture, tightly gardened beds, are you a weed or are you a flower?, impatiens, reverse google search, this is going to be fun to watch, morning glories, rescued azalea, hybridizing, we’ll both say stupid stuff, don’t get depressed, jade plant, mealy bugs, you can play doctor and nurse to your plants…and win, wilt, it’s like ebola for plants, another shopping spree, willow, another owner, saving peony blossoms from heat, ground hog, Wilbur & Nigel, horizontal tree, people are very opinionated about apples, cherrasberry jam, bar fight, bee watering fountain, purple dead nettles, tea sommelier, celery, compost pile, you will find your way, tomatoes, walls of water, tomato hoop thingies, season extenders, Bella, personal investment, do it together if you can, eggrolls, tofu, Famous Dave’s, pruning, George Washington incident, you never know what’s in store for you, real estate.

Cold and rainy/full-fledged Spring, did you cover your plants?, peas and radishes sprouting, excellent!, then of  course it snows, it’s better than turning your underwear inside out and dancing with the freezer open, oh, aren’t you funny, garlic, when the soil heats up the seeds start to germinate, very exciting!, I’ve been having this fear, oh Honey, I was at the store picking up vegetable starts, I have never ever ever heard, let’s talk moon phases, that’s amazing, druidically speaking, Findhorn, you can hear when a plant needs water or help, relationships with plants, hoya, if you just get still enough, working the land, vinca, that’s how I got started… I was channeling in Taos…, spirit guides, sitting with Buddha, monkey mind, we’re here for purposes, crafty husband, why you buy one plant vs. another, plant that is still ambitious, bargain basement counter, peony, clematis, delphinium, petunias, black & blue salvia, yeah!, persicaria, weeding before planting, recognizing roots, 16 16 16, when not to feed plants, rescue plant, azelia, weeding hack, more nastier more betterer, Rosemary Verey, green mulch, separating house plants, snake plant, spider plant, tropics, ground hog, plant the damn sucker, wire baskets at Dollar Store, kittens, fruit trees, tree spreaders, chicken piccata, pesto pasta.

Rain and snow, covering seedlings, heatlamp warmth, fuhgiddaboudit, chicken coop hero, don’t go there, swanky, raised in a farm town in Missouri, weather, Chinese Easter, Filbert’s, pig-out, window boxes, Lowe’s, pansies, bacoba, lobelia, petunia, forget-me-nots, sweet potato, soil, lettuce, arrowhead, pothos, tuberous begonia, oooh, vibrant, window boxes on side-streets of Albany, the carpenter activated, yeah yeah!, absolutely, basil, honking big window box, cilantro, parsley, cooked hosta, asparagus, metal troughs, okay what is the plant…, vineale, stick weaving, ornamental plum, no way!, forsythia water, tulips, Japanese maple, it just feeds you, it’s a cold 50 degrees, San Francisco, comeuppance, primrose, blooming flowers, Jane Austin, magic moment, Google, never made any of the recipes that didn’t have a picture, starting, fixing things, turning my Soul to the garden, praying for rain, fairie garden, coral bells, manure, have the Forrest work it in, cosmos, marigolds, cleome, waiting for a guest, they’re going to love the bed, plants have such heart, plant RX, azalea, hydrangea, string bean soup, Chinese chicken salad, new kitties, kitchen window box, put him to work, bye.

Houses, climate change, planting onions, braiding, my mother’s birthday, Landrum dinner, cake, Mary Berry, Is It Cake?, cake consciousness, onion strategies, roses & aphids, Oh My God!, garlic, rule of thumb for bulbs, cloves into flowers, chickens, coop building, eggs, water glassing, chicken names, Law of Abundance, Amy Bell Olatunji, cantaloupe seed, allium, growing all types of things, companion planting, roses and campanula, Mother Nature, patience & tolerance & respect, mystery plants, hostas, garden viewing etiquette, Butchart Gardens, blue poppies, tour tricks, over the moon, daffodils, chicken wire, tomato, Capital Roots, cilantro, I don’t care if he doesn’t like it, sandwiches & ceasar salad from Gywnn’s, tacos, beef bourguignon, string bean soup, bush beans, haunt will fix it, bye.