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Dee and Carol talk once again about marigolds, then introduce a new basil, a salad cookbook and some interesting dirt and rabbit holes.

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A couple of links:

Carol's FH article about growing marigolds from seed

2023 Zinnia Seed Donation Mix – ZinniaSeeds.com

Salad Freak, by Jess Damuck. (Amazon Link) 

The Jane Austen Escape Room Book, illustrated by Marjolein Bastin (Amazon Link)

On collecting John Deere Tractors, from the WSJ

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This week, we talked about cultivated and wild petunias, turnips, a book by Monty Don and what's going on in our gardens.

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For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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This week, we talked about native echinaceas, transitioning the vegetable garden from spring to summer, a new book on grasses, plus mulch and Jalapeno-gate.

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Links!

Dee's 'Phenomenal' Lavender
Carol's blog post about Sweet Talk Deep Pink Cuphea

Flowers:

Native coneflower information from Missouri Botanical Garden
Echinacea pallida, E. tennesseensis, and E. purpurea 

Vegetables:
 
Plant Partners by Jessica Walliser (Amazon Link)
Gardenaryco on Instagram

 On the Bookshelf: 
Grasses for Gardens and Landscapes: Design, Selection, Cultivation, by Neil Lucas (Amazon Link)

Dirt:   
Arborist wood chips as mulch   
Jalapeno-gate

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For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
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This week, we discussed cool coneflowers, new vegetable varieties, a few more Instagram accounts we enjoy, and a new gardening book we love.

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Links!

Flowers:

Misc. coneflower links include:

PowWow Wildberry
Sombrero series.
All-America Selections
Prairie Splendor Deep Rose.
Cheyenne Spirit

Vegetables:
 
Burpee's new vegetable varieties for 2024.

 On the Bookshelf: 
The 30-Minute Gardener, Cultivate Beauty and Joy by Gardening Every Day, by Greg Loades. (Amazon Link) 

Dirt:   
Two fun Instagram accounts:
 Rosie Grant (@ghostly.archive)
Troy Drake (@troymadeit) 

Rabbit Holes:
The next Lost Lady of Garden Writing - Viola Brainerd Baird

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This week, we discussed sunpatiens, going organic in the vegetable garden, a new book on floriography and more.

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Links!

Carol's blog post on thinning seedlings.

Flowers:

Article about the origin of Sunpatiens in Green Profit magazine
 
Vegetables:
 
Our friend Doug Oster talking about pesticide use in the veg garden on Instagram

 On the Bookshelf: 
Flowers and Their Meanings: The Secret Language and History of Over 600 Blooms by Karen Azoulay  (Amazon Link)

 Dirt:   
Our friend Jim Charlier announces his new book on Harry Potter Herbology Magic.
Bookshop Preorders, Amazon Preorders

Rabbit Holes:
SB Mowing on Youtube.

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Botanical Interests
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Territorial Seeds
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For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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This week, we discuss roses, vegetable gardeners who inspire us on Instagram, and a new segment about our favorites!

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Links!

Flowers:
National Rose Month info on A Garden Diary
Grace Roses

Vegetables:
Our podcast episode: Starting a simple vegetable garden.
Instagram influencer links are in our newsletter

 On the Bookshelf: 
100 Plants to Feed the Birds: Turn Your Home Garden into a Healthy Bird Habitat, by Laura Erickson (Amazon Link) 
And 100 Plants to Feed the Bees (Amazon link)
And 100 Plants to Feed the Monarch (Amazon link) 

 Dirt:   
 Around the World in 50 Plants puzzle 
Also Around the World in 50 Trees puzzle

Rabbit Holes:
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindburgh (Amazon link)

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Territorial Seeds
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Email us anytime at [email protected] 
For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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Dee and Carol talk about irises (again), how to support tomato plants, and more in this week's episode.

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Links!
Flowers:
Yellow Flag Iris, Iris psuedocarus, an invasive iris
Eden Bros's  guide for growing Siberian Irises. 
Brent and Becky’s Bulbs for reticulated irises.
Seeds for Iris missouriensis for sale from Eden Bros.

Vegetables:
Carol’s article on supporting tomatoes in FH
Dee's rubberized wire ties

On the Bookshelf:  Back to the New Basics: A practical guide and reference manual to the ways, the whys, and the news sciences of better, easier gardening, by Joe Seals (Amazon Link)

 Dirt:  Living Kitchen Farm & Dairy

Rabbit Holes:
Central Texas Gardener television show on YouTube.

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For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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This week, Dee and Carol talk about bearded irises, the evolution of their vegetable gardens, and several other gardening topics.

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Links!
Flowers:
American Iris Society, their cultural information. 

Vegetables:
Metal raised bed vegetable garden container from Botanical Interests (affiliate link)

On the Bookshelf:   

American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide, edited by Susan Barba, illustrations by Leann Shapton (Amazon link) 

Dirt: A new game coming:  Botany: Flower Hunting in the Victorian Era.  

Rabbit Holes:

Julie Newmar’s garden.
Plus Martha Stewart's new rose garden

Our Affiliates:
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Farmers Defense
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Territorial Seeds
True Leaf Market
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Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links.
Email us anytime at [email protected] 
For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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Dee and Carol talk about smaller perennials for smaller gardens, growing miniature vegetables and more.

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Flowers:

Monarda ‘Petite Delight’  

‘Tweety’ coneflower    

‘Snowcap’ Shasta Daisy

Vegetables:  

Baby Bubba Okra from Burpee… 

On Deck Sweet Corn from Burpee

Masterpiece Peas from Burpee

Carol's Family Handyman article on mini vegetables.

On the Bookshelf:   The Color of Roses: A Curated Spectrum of 300 Blooms by Danielle Dall’Armi Hahn (Amazon link)

Rabbit holes :

Potting Soil Test Oklahoma Gardening
An unnecessary ranking of books by Elizabeth Von Arnim from Stuck in a Book

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For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

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This week, we talk about society garlic, stone fruit trees, allergies, and more.

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Flowers:

Info on Society Garlic from North Carolina Extension

Veggies:

Growing stone fruits like peaches, apricots and plums,  a good article from Univ of Minnesota extension
 
On the Bookshelf:   The Allergy-Fighting Garden: Stop Asthma and Allergies with Smart Landscaping  by Thomas Leo Ogren (Amazon Link)

Dirt: 

American Garden Rose Selections announcement  and the Heritage Rose Foundation

 Rabbit Holes:

A substack article on  “A Pilgrimage for Book People.” 

Our Affiliates:
Botanical Interests
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Email us anytime at [email protected] 
For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.

Support the show

On Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.