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Dee and Carol talk about a variety of gardening topics including lilacs, peanuts, feeding birds, mistletoe, herbs, eggnog, and more on this week's episode.

Some helpful links:

Dee's latest  newsletter

National Garden Bureau's Year of the Lilac Information

Burpee's Giant Virginia peanut seeds

National Peanut Board information

Tennessee Nut Company, which Dee says has the best peanuts.

On the Bookshelf:  A Merry Christmas Herbal, by Adelma Grenier Simmons and the YouTube video  featuring her on late night television with David Letterman (Go to about the 39:40 mark)

Article: Which birds are the biggest jerks at the feeder? A massive data analysis reveals the answer 
Modern Framer Article about mistletoe 

On television:   An American Aristocrat Guide to English Estates Christmas Edition.  And the related book:  Christmas at Highclere: Recipes and Traditions from the Real Downton Abbey.

Martha Stewart's eggnog recipe

CBS Sunday Morning segment on Christmas Time is Here from the Charlie Brown Christmas.

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Carol and Dee talk about Peperomias and Pecans, plus books, gift ideas, and more on this week's podcast episode.

A few helpful links:

The Quotidian Mysteries, by Kathleen Norris.

NGB's Year of the Peperomia info, plus their Red Bubble Store with Pansy products

What are the Differences in Pecan Varieties? By Royalty Pecan Farms.

Pecan Varieties for Oklahoma | Oklahoma State University

Our friend, Jenks Farmer

On the Bookshelf:  Planting for Honeybees: The Grower’s Guide to Creating a Buzz, by Sarah Wyndham-Lewis and James Lewis Weston

Also Some Ancient Gentlemen: Being an Examination of Certain People, Plants, and Gardens, by Tyler Whittle

Lego Botanical Bouquet, Lego Bird of Paradise, Lego Bonsai. (Affiliate links)

GeezLouiseDesigns on Etsy for miniature paper plants.

Email Carol if you want a typewritten note!  [email protected]

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Dee and Carol talk about verbena, walnut trees, and more on this week's episode.

Helpful Links:

National Garden Bureau's 2022 Year of Verbena

What's the Difference Between English Walnuts and Black Walnuts?

Hammons Black Walnuts 

Dee’s grandmother’s recipe for black walnut cookies: Black Walnut Cookies Recipe: How to Make It

And  a video of a walnut commercial…

One of many Garden Professors' blog posts on the allelopathic nature of black walnuts

On the Bookshelf:  Onward and Upward in the Garden, by Katharine S. White

Hitchhikers on Christmas trees from Purdue Landscape Report

Carol is still looking for a good, used typewriter to use for garden-y things. If you have a lead one one that works, email us!

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Dee and Carol talk about Jersusalem artichokes, chestnuts, conservatories and more on this week's episode.

Some links:

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Jerusalem Artichokes (aka Sunchokes, aka Helianthus Tuberosus)  from our friend, Ellen Zachos…

History of the American Chestnut.

Chestnut Identification between European and American. 

Fresh chestnuts from nuts.com

On the Bookshelf:  The Conservatory: Gardens Under Glass by Alan Stein & Nancy Virts

ListenWell, the November essay is The Great Gardener  

Cardening, gardening in your car

California Typewriter documentary on Amazon Prime

Cottage in the Court podcast episode with Carol

The Garden Lady, C.L. Fornari on WXTK radio

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In this week's episode, Dee and Carol talk about St. John's Wort and Thanksgiving vegetables, and discover that all rabbit holes lead to gardens.

Some links!

Dee's blog post on paperwhites and amaryllis bulbs

Proven Winner's 'Sunny Boulevard' hypericum
Missouri Botanical Garden's info on Hypericum perforatum

Carol's blog post about Thanksgiving dinner topics for gardeners

On the Bookshelf:  By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose, by Simon Morley

About Doug, The world’s largest potato.
Carol's blog post with a picture of her potato that looked like Winnie the Pooh.

Info about The Rosenbach Library
The Booksellers on Amazon Video

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Dee and Carol talk about plants for winter interest in the garden, how to save seeds for next spring, tiny houseplants, and more on this week's episode.

A few helpful links!

Dee's " a post about everything I could think of about the greenhouse."

Proven Winner's Winterberry Holly Guide

Nan Ondra's Hayefield Seed Shop

Tips to Keep Seeds Viable from Oklahoma State University.

On the Bookshelf: Tiny Plants: discover the joys of growing and collecting itty-bitty houseplants by Leslie F. Halleck

Rancho Gordo beans

Pollinator Pops (affiliate link)

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Carol and Dee look back on some of their favorite flowers, vegetables, books, and more on this first episode of their fourth season of podcasting.

Helpful links:

Phyllis African Marigold seeds from Botanical Interests (affiliate link)
Zinnia seeds from Botanical Interests (affiliate link)

On the bookshelf, some favorites from the last year.

Unearthing the Secret Garden by Marta McDowell
The Well-Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith
Tropical Plants and How to Love Them by Marianne Willburn

Dee's food obsession links:

A Cookbook! Nothing Fancy : Unfussy Food for Having People Over by Alison Roman.

Humble Hive Homestead Local to Oklahoma. Email Dee at [email protected] if you are interested in local to Oklahoma beef.

Carol's Rabbit Hole book links: The Man Who Died Twice and The Thursday Murder Club, both by Richard Osman

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Washington Gardener magazine, featuring a review of Carol's book, Digging and Delighted.

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This week, Dee and Carol discuss planting flower bulbs in the fall, what to do with all that potting soil and leaves, plus more books they are reading and rabbit holes they are falling into!

A few helpful links:

Carol's blog post on planting a crocus lawn.
Dee's blog post on forcing bulbs indoors to bloom.f

SUNUP TV, agricultural resource from Oklahoma State Univ

On the Bookshelf: The Garden Awakening: Designs to Nurture Our Land and Ourselves, by Mary Reynolds

Mary Reynolds's website for We are the Ark:  Acts of Restorative Kindness   

Dirt: How Ex-Miners Turn Toxic Land into Lavender Farms | World Wide Waste  

Visit their website: https://appalachianbotanical.com 

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Carol and Dee celebrate Halloween week by talking about plants with black leaves or flowers, growing fewer tomato varieties next year, grave gardens, and more.

Some helpful links:

Carol's first blog post about the Halloween Hare

Flowers:
 Black Plants: 75 Striking Choices for the Garden by Paul Bonine

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart

Summerific® 'Perfect Storm' - Rose Mallow - Hibiscus hybrid from Proven Winners

Veggies:
Smart Pots

On the Bookshelf:  A Garden Miscellany by Suzanne Staubach

Dirt:  The Woodlands Grave Gardens and  Grave Landscapes: The Nineteenth Century Rural Cemetery Movement by James R. Cothran and Erica Danylchak.

Panola Pansies at Ball Hort

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Dee and Carol talk about mums, vegetables they are going to stop growing, Marta McDowell's newest book, and more on this episode.

Helpful Links!

Flowers:

 Old Fashioned Garden Mums | Clemson Univ. Home & Garden Information Center extension service.
The South's Best Mums from Southern Living

More info on  Igloo series mums

Veggies:

Microgreens at Botanical Interests (affiliate link)

On the Bookshelf: 

Unearthing the Secret Garden: The Plants and Flowers That Inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett by Marta McDowell.

Keri Wilt, the great-great-granddaughter of Frances Hodgson Burnett

Dirt: Simon Rogan and his famous restaurant, L'Enclume on CBS Saturday Morning

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Email us and tell us about your favorite apple varieties!

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