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Dee and Carol tried to make insects the overall theme for this week's podcast which is all about late-blooming flowers for pollinators, leaving the leaves for the insects, some cool books, and a wonderful documentary called The Love Bugs.

Some links:

National Garden Club's Blog post on overwintering pelargoniums indoors by Peggy Riccio

Dee's latest segment on Oklahoma Gardening

Dee's new hydrangea from Proven Winners  Fairytrail Bride® Cascade Hydrangea.
Carol's new hydrangeas from Proven Winners include Invincibelle Garnetta® and Quick Fire Fab®. Fairytrail Bride® isn't hardy enough for Carol's garden!
Also, Hydrangea 'Bobo®' from Proven Winners

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade' - Plant Finder
Golden Torch Goldenrod

https://xerces.org  for more info on overwintering insects.

On the Bookshelf: The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees, by Doug Tallamy

Rabbit Holes:  Red Land Cotton Sheets and American Blanket Company.

Bringing Nature Home, by Doug Tallamy,   Aldo Leopold’s classic A Sand County Almanac, and Tales from the Ant World, by Edward O. Wilson, Pastoral Song, by James Rebanks. 

Dirt:  POV | The Love Bugs, a wonderful documentary.

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Carol and Dee talk about fall pansies, caring for pumpkins, Adrian Higgins's last gardening column, and more on this week's episode.

Some helpful links:

Carol's blog post about moving rocks around.

Here’s a pretty in-depth article from the University of Georgia about pansies, plus Some advice from a North Carolina extension agent about caring for pumpkins.

Winterberry hollies at Proven Winners

Paul Laurence Dunbar, An American poet with quite an interesting history!  

On the Bookshelf: Fallscaping by Nan Ondra

Adrian Higgins's last column in The Washington Post and more info about him.

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Carol and Dee talk about flowers to attract hummingbirds, growing figs, and farming, plus more!

Helpful links:
'Illuminati Arch® Mock Orange from Proven Winners
'Invincibelle Garnetta® Smooth Hydrangea from Proven Winners
Dee's Garden Coaching Info

'Little Trudy®' catmint from High Country Gardens
Dee's blog post Ten plants to naturally attract hummingbirds to your Oklahoma yard
Carol's video of bee on nicotiana

Carol's blog post about her figs.

Pamela's Products Figgie and Jammie Gluten-Free Cookies

On the Bookshelf: Pastoral Song, by James Rebanks. 

 Shepherd James Rebanks: ‘My ambition is to be a really good nobody’ 

Author James Rebanks on new book "Pastoral Song" and farming today

Story about Guardian Grange

How I Prepare Geraniums for Winter-Bloom – Kevin Lee Jacobs

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Dee and Carol talk about ecological horticulture and growing food with hydroponics, which leads to lots of insect and book discussions.

Links you may find useful!

 Better Lawns and Gardens hosted by Teresa Watkins. Her show airs live on Saturday mornings from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA-AM 540 and several other stations in Florida. Click here to listen to Carol's segment from last Saturday.

Article in the NYT:  Why You Should Do Your Spring Planting in the Fall, by Margaret Roach referring to the Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Hydroponics article in Modern Farmer.

On the Bookshelf: Hi Cacti: Growing Houseplants & Happiness, by Sabina Palermo

Article about Spotted Lanternfly found in Kansas.
USDA Spotted Lanternfly Info

Gooks by Dave Goulson including Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse (to be published September 28), A Sting in the Tail: My Adventures with Bumblebees, and A Buzz in the Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm. 

Ted talk by Dave Goulson.

Butterflies of North America (Kaufman guide) that Dee bought

Butterfly Fruit Feeder for your patio that Dee bought

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This week,  butterflies are floating in and around the topics as Dee and Carol discuss updating container plantings for fall, eco-regions, pests in the vegetable garden, and some very deep and meditative dirt and rabbit holes.

A few links:

Dee's blog post on watching butterflies

Mr. Plant Geek on  What is Barakura Style Gardening?

On the vegetable gardening bookshelf:    The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook, by Susan Mulvihill.

Info on  NWF GFW Plant List Ecoregion9.indd

Another book: Natures Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard, by Dr. Doug Tallamy 

Info about Flight 93 Memorial

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Today, Dee and Carol celebrate 150 podcast episodes plus Dee's birthday,  and also talk about fall-sown perennial flowers, kale, The Heirloom Gardener, the magic of fertilizing container plantings, plus Sark, one of the Channel Islands.

A few helpful links:

Fall Sown Perennials info and seeds from  Botanical Interests.

Kale seeds from Botanical Interests
Dee's Kale Chip recipe

On the bookshelf:  The Heirloom Gardener, by John Forti

Dee's latest segment on Oklahoma Gardener

Info on the Dame of Sark, plus a TV drama on YouTube  about her life

A couple of books that take place in the Channel Islands:  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows and another book I just read, The Girl from the Channel Islands by Jenny Lecoat.

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Dee and Carol are all over the garden this week discussing Stachys, garlic, Carol's new book, and more!

Helpful links:

Info about mulberry weed.

Stachys monieri 'Hummelo' 2019 Perennial Plant of the Year at American Meadows
Stachys byzantina 'Helen von Stein' at High Country Gardens

Russian Statice Seeds from Botanical Interests

Garlic from Botanical Interests

On the bookshelf:  Digging and Delighted: Live Your Best Gardening Life, by Carol Michel. To order signed copies from Carol, visit her online store.

Carol's YouTube Video on giving up weeding and the garden fairies' blog post about it

More podcasts:

In the Red Clay podcast about true crime in the south
Book Talk, Etc. podcast about books

More books:

The Secret Life of Cows, by Rosamund Young
A Very Small Farm, by William Paul Winchester


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This week, Dee and Carol talk about summer-blooming alliums, cover crops for the vegetable garden, a new product Dee tried out to keep the sweat off her face, and Carol's attempt to claim a world record!

A few helpful links:

Allium 'Millenium' at High Country Gardens
Allium 'Serendipity' at Proven Winners

Carol's Blog Post on Allium


Cover Crop info and seeds from  Botanical Interests

On the Bookshelf:  Lesson from Plants, by Beronda L. Montgomery

New Product:  NoSweat liners for garden hats



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Dee and Carol talk about armyworms invading Oklahoma,  passalong plants, sowing seeds for quick crops that mature in 60 days or less, Field of Dreams, and more on this week's podcast episode.

Helpful links:

A fact sheet on fall armyworms.

Barnardia japonica - It is hard to find the bulbs but Hayefield has seeds and Carol wrote a blog post about another possible source.

Quick crops for the vegetable garden from Botanical Interests Seeds

On the Bookshelf: World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

How farmers saved the Field of Dreams as reported in the Des Moines Register.

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This week, Carol and Dee talk about sneezeweed, homesteading, responsible use of insecticides, plus the usual book review, garden updates, and rabbit holes

Some helpful links:

Helenium (Sneezeweed) cultivars at American Meadows
Helenium information from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

On the bookshelf: Paris in Bloom, by Georgianna Lane

Another fabulous article about Wendell Berry by Gracy Olmstead.

Two podcasts Carol enjoyed and shared with Dee:   Book Cougars  - Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read and Cookbook Love - a podcast about publishing and collecting cookbooks from The Green Apron Company

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