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This week, we talked about spring-flowering trees to plant now, steps you can take to be ready for spring in the vegetable garden, a few favorite books by a favorite author and all kinds of other topics.

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Flowers:

A special shout out for J.C. Raulston from Oklahoma, who ran the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. 

On the Bookshelf:    

A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden, by Sydney Eddison (Amazon link)

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

A Passion for Daylilies: The Flowers and the People, by Sydney Eddison (Amazon link) This one is all about famous dayliliy hybridizers, and if you’re a daylily aficionado, you should buy it. 

Dirt: 

There are some new botanical Lego sets… like poinsettias!  And a Christmas wreath, and a chrysanthemum and plum blossoms. 

Rabbit holes

Vegan color pens:  Ohuhu Markers. 

Another Lost Lady of Garden Writing: Rosetta E. Clarkson.

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As we enter another season in the garden, we talked about planting trees, how our vegetable gardens did, giant hogweed, some books we love, and a surprising rabbit hole.

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Links:
Flowers:
Tree Installation: Tips for Trouble-Free Tree Planting | Family Handyman
Info about washing off tree roots     

Veggies:
Purple Magic Broccoli
Red Impact Peppers
Dragonfly Peppers

On the Bookshelf:
The Layered Garden by David L. Culp (Amazon Link) 

A Year at Brandywine Cottage, by David L. Culp. (Amazon Link)

Dirt:
Giant Hogweed

Rabbit Holes:
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health, by Casey Means, MD with Calley Means (Amazon Link)

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Lots of garden chatter this week about lawns, soil testing, herbicide dangers, an old gardening book and a few other misc. topics.

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A few links to tide you over if you haven't read the newsletter:

A couple of favorite flowers:  Zinnia 'Benary’s Giant Wine' and Sunflower 'Concert Bell'

If you want to test your lawn and garden soil, Great Lakes is a soil testing lab, located in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

On the bookshelf: This is the Way My Garden Grows and Comes Into My Kitchen, by Barbara Dodge Borland. (Amazon Link) Plus, Carol's YouTube video about her.

Dirt: Triclopyr:  Off-Target Damage from Purdue Landscape Report

Rabbit Hole Links:
Touring the Cotswolds with Pam Ayres on YouTube
Two jigsaw puzzles, USA State Birds  and USA State Flowers
Anne Ophelia Dowden

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Dee and Carol talked about giant flowers, soil fertility, a book of nature writing, and more on this week's episode.

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Links:

Heuchera 'Autumn Bride'
Hibiscus 'Moy Grande'

Information on green sand from Rutgers Cooperative Extension

On the bookshelf: 
Sundial of the Seasons by Hal Borland (Amazon Link)

Our dirt: Trees don’t like to breathe wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it

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Dee and Carol talked about how to take in plants for winter, nitrogen for plant growth, The Tree Collectors by Amy Stewart, Girl's Tomato Clubs and more.

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Links:

Beacon Impatiens
Solarscape Impatiens

Dee's blog post on taking cuttings of favorite plants
Sarah Raven's podcast episode on pelargoniums

Verbena 'Vanity'
Verbena 'Bampton'

The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession by Amy Stewart (Amazon Link)

The Girls’ Tomato Club movement

Lost Lady of Garden Writing Anna Bartlett Warner

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Dee and Carol discuss planting perennials in the fall, blackberries, and a book about two women botanists, plus several other topics

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Links:
Dee's Instagram video about Tidepool zinnias. 

Carol's All-America Selections grown from seed: Zinnia angustifolia 'Crystal White  Zinnia Profusion  Red Yellow Bicolor, and Coleus Premium Sun Coral Candy.
Carol's blog post on her lavender cutback

Blackberry and Raspberry Culture for the Home Garden | Oklahoma State University.

On the bookshelf: Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny. (Amazon Link)

Dirt: Your RoundUp herbicide has changed.

Rabbit Holes: Carol' s Lost Ladies of Garden Writing

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Dee and Carol talked about spring-flowering bulbs to plant in the fall, amaranth and celosia, and more.

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Links:
Growing Bulbs in the Natural Garden: Innovative Techniques for Combining Bulbs in Every Season by Jacqueline van der Kloet (Amazon Link)

Colour Your Garden: Exciting Mixtures of Bulbs and Perennials (2018) (Amazon Link)

Carol's article for FH about growing Celosia 
AAS winning celosias…Flamma Orange and Burning Embers.  

Dee's Instagram video last fall of Hot Biscuits in my garden.

On the Bookshelf: Women in My Rose Garden: The History, Romance and Adventure of Old Roses by Ann Chapman (Author), Paul Starosta (Photographer) (Amazon link)

Dirt:  the Verry Cherry Plum

Rabbit Holes:  Anne Ophelia Dowden

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Dee and Carol talked about white flowers, gooseberries, and more on this week's episode.

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A few links:
Carol's old blog post about variegated evening primrose
Queen Sophia marigolds, an All-America Selection

Gooseberries from Stark Bros.

On the bookshelf: From Seed to Skillet: A Guide to Growing, Tending, Harvesting, and Cooking Up Fresh, Healthy Food to Share with People You Love, by by Jimmy Williams (Author), Susan Heeger (Author), Eric Staudenmaier (Photographer) (Amazon Link)

Dirt: False Mermaid Weed Spotted, via Smithsonian

Rabbit Holes:
George Jones HOJ Familiar Flower Plates
Leading Toward Autumn, a blog post Carol wrote about a book illustrated by Anne Ophelia Dowden

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Dee and Carol talked about begonias, dill, sweet-tasting fruit, and more on this week's episode

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Links:
Siskiyou Seeds
Info on Pine Bark Beetles

Flowers:
How to Care for Begonias: Family Handyman 
American Begonia Society   
All-America Selections begonias
Veggies:
Dill from Johnny's Selected Seeds
On the Bookshelf:
Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Amazon Link)
Dirt: Why America’s Berries Have Never Tasted So Good, from WSJ
Dee's post on Weeds Have Super Powers
Carol's article on another Lost Lady of Garden Writing

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Dee and Carol discuss Caladiums, growing garlic, a book about gardeners and more on this week's episode.

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A few links:
Kitchen Minis 
All-America Selection cucumbers

Caladium of the Year: 'Lemon Blush'
Heart to Heart Caladiums

Garlic from Johnny's Selected Seeds

On the Bookshelf:  The Roots of My Obsession: Thirty Great Gardeners Reveal Why They Garden, Edited by Thomas C. Cooper (Amazon link)

Dirt:  Cultural Burning

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For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
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Support the show

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