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Dee and Carol talk about deer problems in Dee's garden, how to give your container plantings a mid-summer makeover, tomato questions, old gardening magazines, and more.

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Links:
A couple of Carol's blog posts:  A Guide to Garden Fairies in Your House and Summer Squash Stages. 
Dee's recent reel on watering.
'Bossa Nova' squash
Dee's Container Garden tutorial
Carol's Family Handyman article about tomato staking and caging

On the Bookshelf:
The Once & Future Gardener: Garden Writing from the Golden Age of Magazines 1900 - 1940, edited and with an introduction by Virginia Tuttle Clayton (Amazon link)  and The American Gardener: A Sampler, edited by Allen Lacy (Amazon link)

Article about Queen's Memorial Garden

Carol's latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing

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Dee and Carol talked about biennials, eggplant, tacky gardens, some old but good gardening books and a few other topics in between.

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A few links:

How to Grow False Queen Anne's Lace
Carol's post about self-sowing annuals
All-America Selections of eggplants
Dee's recipe for Thai Basil eggplant

On the bookshelf:
Time and the Gardener: Writings on a Lifelong Passion by Elisabeth Sheldon (Amazon link)   and The Gardener's Bed-Book: Short and Long Pieces to Be Read in Bed by Those Who Love Green Growing Things by Richardson Wright. (Amazon link)

Daily Mail article on tacky gardens

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This week, Dee and Carol take you through their own gardens, discuss a book of gardening essays, and more.

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Links:

BBC Archive with Michael Caine
Carol's new weekly gardening newsletter.

Flowers:
One of Dee's reels on daylilies

Veggies:
Dee's post about growing lavender in Oklahoma

On the Bookshelf:
The Grove: a Nature Odyssey in 19 ½ Front Gardens by Ben Dark (Amazon link)

Dirt:
Sunflowers as Phytoremediators
Nan Ondra's blog post about dephloxing

Rabbit Holes:
Alma C. Guillet, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing

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Dee and Carol discuss growing petunias from seed, growing sweet potatoes, Monty Don's new book and more.

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Flowers:
Old-fashioned, heirloom climbing petunia this year from Select Seeds.
Success! Silver Vein petunias
Wave Carmine Velour petunias, AAS winner

Veggies:
Purple Sweet Potatoes from Johnny’s Selected Seeds

On the Bookshelf:
The Gardening Book by Monty Don  (Amazon Link)

Dirt:
Pugh Gardens on YouTube

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Dee and Carol mixed things up a bit this week.  All the details are in our free Substack newsletter.

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Dee and Carol talked about lavender, current favorite books for vegetable gardeners, a new book on lavender, plus dirt, rabbit holes and more!

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Links:
Flowers:
'Phenomenal' Lavender
Veggies:
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On the Bookshelf:
The Lavender Companion: Enjoy the Aroma, Flavor and Health Benefits of This Classic Herb by Terry Barlin Vesci  and Jessica Dunham (Amazon)
Dirt:
An English Gardener finds a 1,600 year old inscribed rock while weeding
Rabbit Holes:
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 on Britbox
Agatha Raisin mysteries by M. C. Beaton (Amazon)

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Dee and Carol talk about gomphrena, flowers in the vegetable garden, a new book on garden design and more in this week's episode.

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No Mow May
Reduce Your Lawn Day - May 20th
'Topcrop' green beans, an All-America Selection from 1950

Flowers:
Proven Winners Truffal Pink gomphrena
Fireworks gomphrena from Burpee
Veggies:
Carol's post on nine bean rows
Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Gardens, by Jessica Walliser (Amazon)
On the Bookshelf:
Your Outdoor Room: How to Design a Garden You Can Live In, by Manoj Malde (Amazon link)
Dirt: 
Barn owls for crop protection

Rabbit Holes:
Ida Bennett, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing
Rose Chat podcast
Sarah Raven podcast

Links:

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Dee and Carol talk about wisteria, bee balm, beans, and much more.

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American wisteria

Flowers
Wild Bergamot, Witchita Mountains Form from High Country Gardens
UK National Collection of Beebalm

Vegetables
Bean seeds from Seeds of Italy
Carol's Forktress Blog Post

On the Bookshelf
The Gardener's Guide to Prarie Plants, by Neil Diboll & Hilary Cox (Amazon)

Dirt:
Let Your Garden Grow Wild Ted Talk by Rebecca McMackin
Theme Gardens by Barbara Damrosch (Amazon Link)

Rabbit Holes
Farmer's Defense sleeves
Dee's blog post on gardening with Alpha-Gal Syndrome

The Field House: A Writer's Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine by Robin Clifford Wood (Amazon)

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Dee and Carol talked about Geum flowers, strawberries, and more on this week's episode.

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Links!

Flowers:
'Totally Tangerine' Geum from Proven Winners
Prairie Smoke,  Geum triflorum
A national Geum collection in Great Britain 

Vegetables: 

All-American strawberry,  DeLizz
How To Winterize Strawberry Plants. 

On the Bookshelf:   

The Thousand Year Old Garden: Inside the Secret Garden at Lambeth Palace by Nick Stewart Smith (Amazon Link)

Dirt:

Nostalgia flowers

Rabbit Holes:
Dee's blog post on gardening with Alpha-Gal syndrome

Carol's latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Elvenia Slosson.
The Pilgrim’s Way to Britain’s Great Cathedrals, Episode 1, on YouTube

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Dee and Carol talked about peonies, the rose family, making gardens look old, and more on this week's episode.

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Links!
Lia’s Garden at Commonwealth
Duluth Trading Company Heirloom Gardening Bib Overalls

Flowers:
Natchez Glen House and their peony collection. 

Veggies:
An Apple is a Rose? - Smithsonian Gardens

On the Bookshelf:
The Herbalist’s Guide: How to Build and Use Your Own Apothecary, by Mary Colvin, RH (AHG) (Amazon Link) 

Dirt:
Thirty Ways to Make Your Garden Look Older from Garden & Gun magazine

The Le Fleur board game kickstarter campaign. 

Rabbit Holes: 
Complete this form to encourage your congress person to attend a hearing on May 2nd about Alpha Gal

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