The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best Dirt

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May 26, 2021 Once again, all about gardening, with pottery!
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Carol and Dee discuss Verbascum flowers, basil, herbal houseplants, and pottery.

Some links:
Carol's blog post about methods of harvesting
Dee's blog post about her rainy garden.
Carol's blog post about getting lost in the garden

Verbascum flowers and seeds from Burpee
Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta' on Gardener's World
Everleaf Thai Towers basil from Ball Seed

On the bookshelf: Herbal Houseplants: Grow beautiful herbs - indoors! For flavor, fragrance, and fun, by Susan Betz
All kinds of pottery: Holly Pots Stoneware in Nashville, Indiana; Ben Wolff and Guy Wolff pottery; Peter Wakefield pottery.
Carol's blog post about her garden admiring service
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For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.
Affiliate links to purchase any of our books:
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, by Dee Nash

Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts from a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Creatures and Critters: Who’s in Your Garden, by Carol J. Michel
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages, by Carol J. Michel
Support the show
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.
35 min
May 19, 2021 Mad About Flowers of the Night
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This week, Dee and Carol talk about night-blooming flowers, strawberries, and moths!

A few links:

Annie's Annuals

Buried Treasure® Strawberries from Proven Winners
Berri Basket® Rose Strawberry from Ball Hort

On the Bookshelf:
The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy by Michael McCarthy

Moth Info from the Smithsonian

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For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.
Affiliate links to purchase any of our books:
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, by Dee Nash

Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts from a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Creatures and Critters: Who’s in Your Garden, by Carol J. Michel
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages, by Carol J. Michel
Support the show
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.
34 min
May 12, 2021 We Are Pro-Clover, and Oxalis, Too
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Carol and Dee discuss clover and oxalis on this week's podcast episode.
Helpful Links:

Proven Winners Proud Berry® Coralberry
Proven Winners Charmed® Wine Shamrock (Oxalis triangularis)

On the Bookshelf: A Woman's Garden: Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things, by Tanya Anderson of Lovely Greens.
Incredible Edible, a group started by two women in Todmargen, U.K. plus an inspiring TED talk from Pam Warhust about it. (Also featured in The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-Smith)
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For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.
Affiliate links to purchase any of our books:
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, by Dee Nash

Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts from a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Creatures and Critters: Who’s in Your Garden, by Carol J. Michel
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages, by Carol J. Michel
Support the show
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.
34 min
May 05, 2021 Tropicals in Your Temperate Garden!
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This week, Dee and Carol discuss tropical plants in your temperate garden, inspired by a new book, Tropical Plants and How to Love Them by Marianne Willburn.

Some links:

Donahue's Clematis Specialists

Dee's blog post on tropical plants
A book about okra! The Whole Okra: a Seed to Stem Celebration, by Chris Smith.

On the bookshelf:
Tropical Plants and How to Love Them by Marianne Willburn.
Marianne'sarticle on her website about building giant nests in your garden.

Our favorite local places to buy plants:
In Oklahoma: Bustani Plant Farm and TaraCotta
In Indianapolis: Court's Yard and Greenhouse

Email us at [email protected]

For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.
Affiliate links to purchase any of our books:
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, by Dee Nash

Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts from a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Creatures and Critters: Who’s in Your Garden, by Carol J. Michel
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages, by Carol J. Michel
Support the show
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.
33 min
April 28, 2021 Our Love of Gardening Can't Be Contained
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Dee and Carol talk about flowers for containers, growing potatoes in Smart Pots, and being citizen scientists.

Helpful (we hope) links:

Carol's blog post about hardy cyclamen.

A few flowers recommend by Dee for containers: an orange sun coleus like Orange King or ColorBlaze Sedona Sunset as your filler, a lovely calibrochoa like Coral Sun SuperBells from Proven Winners. Plus the salvia Carol mentioned is Rockin'® Blue Suede Shoes™ also from Proven Winners.

Info on planting a memorial garden.

Video on planting potatoes in containers.
Smart Pots, fabric pots.

On the bookshelf: The First Time Gardener's Guide: Growing Plants and Flowers, by Sean and Allison McManus
Cicada Safari for tracking cicadas.
Journey North for tracking monarch butterflies and other migratory species.
Email us at [email protected]

For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.
Affiliate links to purchase any of our books:
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, by Dee Nash

Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts from a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Creatures and Critters: Who’s in Your Garden, by Carol J. Michel
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages, by Carol J. Michel
Support the show
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.
33 min
April 21, 2021 Time to Dig and Divide!
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Dee and Carol talk about digging and dividing perennials and spring flowering bulbs and themed vegetable gardens.

A few links:

Podcast Episode on Three Sisters Gardens
Carol's BlogPost on Book Spine Poetry
Using Trello to stay organized in the garden - YouTube Video

On the Bookshelf: The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-Smith
Bustani Plant Farm, Stillwater, Oklahoma

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

Affiliate links to purchase any of our books:
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, by Dee Nash

Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts from a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Creatures and Critters: Who’s in Your Garden, by Carol J. Michel
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages, by Carol J. Michel
Support the show
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.
35 min
April 14, 2021 Foraging for Dinner in Your Garden (and a story about plant hoarding)
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Carol and Dee discuss foraging for food outside of your vegetable garden, inspired by The Forager's Pantry by Ellen Zachos, plus a story about plant hoarding.

Links:

Books by Ellen Zachos:

The Forager’s Pantry, Cooking with Wild Edibles,
Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn’t Know You Could Eat,
The Wildcrafted Cocktail: Make Your Own Foraged Syrups, Bitters, Infusions, and Garnishes; Includes Recipes for 45 One-of-a-Kind Mixed Drinks
Email us at [email protected]
For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website. For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website.

Affiliate links to purchase any of our books:
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, by Dee Nash

Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts from a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Creatures and Critters: Who’s in Your Garden, by Carol J. Michel
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages, by Carol J. Michel

Support the show
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.
32 min
April 07, 2021 The Inspiration of British Gardens
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Carol and Dee talk about Great Britain's National Plant Collections, hardening off seedlings, community and allotment gardens, and the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Deborah Mitford.

A few links:

Search the National Plant Collections in Great Britain

American Community Garden Association

Allotment Gardening in Great Britain

On the Bookshelf: The Last Garden in England, by Julia Kelly

Dowager Duchess of Devonshire: Brief Video of her life
Gardens at Chatsworth House: Video narrated by the current Duke of Devonshire

Email us at [email protected]
For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website. For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website.

Affiliate links to purchase any of our books:
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, by Dee Nash

Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts from a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Creatures and Critters: Who’s in Your Garden, by Carol J. Michel
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages, by Carol J. Michel

Support the show
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.
33 min
March 31, 2021 Wildflowers on Our Minds
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Carol and Dee talk about their favorite wildflowers, layering material to create garden beds, and Trello for organizing your garden activities and plants.

Links of Interest:
All-America Selections where you can find out about Petunia Evening Scentsation F1 and Salvia Summer Jewel™ Lavender
Old House Gardens and Prairie Moon Nursery for buying wildflowers
Proven Winners Winterberry Holly

Info on using cardboard in your garden, from the Garden Professors.

On the Bookshelf:
A Naturalist's Book of Wildflowers, by Laura C. Martin

Carol's video on using Trello for gardening and keeping track of plant samples.

Email us at [email protected]
For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website. For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website.

Affiliate links to purchase any of our books:
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, by Dee Nash

Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts from a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Creatures and Critters: Who’s in Your Garden, by Carol J. Michel
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages, by Carol J. Michel

Support the show
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.
34 min
March 24, 2021 Raise Up Your Garden!
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Dee and Carol discuss raised bed gardens, flowers for dry shade, and the Million Gardens Movement.

A few helpful links:

Diane's Flower Seeds

Hardy Ground Orchids and Epimedium described by the Missouri Botanical Garden

An article about CCA treated wood and gardens in Fine Gardening.

See how big roots get on this website, (thanks to Donna Balzer for the tip!)

On the bookshelf: The First-time Gardener: Growing Vegetables, by Jessica Sowards

Million Gardens Movement website

Email us at [email protected]
For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website. For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website.

Affiliate links to purchase any of our books:
The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff, by Dee Nash

Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Seeded and Sodded: Thoughts from a Gardening Life, by Carol J. Michel
Creatures and Critters: Who’s in Your Garden, by Carol J. Michel
The Christmas Cottontail: A Story for Gardeners of All Ages, by Carol J. Michel
Support the show
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.
On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.
On YouTube.
33 min

About The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best Dirt

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Are you ready to be converted to living a gardening life? Each week, join Carol Michel and Dee Nash, both passionate gardeners, authors, and long-time bloggers, as they chat over the garden fence…