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Dee and Carol talked about how new flower varieties come to market, whether or not you should grow your own pepper and tomato plants, dirt about blue bees, and a book about historic flowers. 

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Flowers:

Info on tissue culture

Veggies:

On the Bookshelf: Restoring American Gardens: An Encyclopedia of Heirloom Ornamental Plants, 1640-1940 (Amazon)

Dirt: 

New blue bee found in Texas

Rabbit Holes:

Dr. Cynthia Westcott, PhD, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing

Jane Austen’s Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels, by Molly Williams,  illustrations by Jessica Roux and Jane Austen at Home,  by Lucy Worsley.

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Dee and Carol talk about new varieties of flowers and veggies, plus a book about the history of tomatoes.

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Flowers:

Verbena Sweetheart Kisses 

Snapdragon DoubleShot™ Yellow Red Heart F1 

Petunia 'Shake™ Raspberry F1' 

Zinnia Zydeco Fire 

Veggies:

Pick-N-Pop yellow pepper

Wildcat hot pepper

Red Impact pepper 

Zenzei tomato 

Squash Green Lightning

On the Bookshelf: Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World: A History by William Alexander. (Amazon)

Dirt: 

 Garden Sown tomatoes and peppers from Burpee

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Dee and Carol talk about Monstera houseplants, sage, a new book, Earthly Utopias, apple collecting and more.
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Links:
National Garden Bureau Year of the Monstera
How to grow sage from The Spruce

On the Bookshelf:
Earthly Utopias: Sacred Gardens of the World by Yolanda Zappaterra (Amazon Link)
Dirt: Meet Tom Brown, the Apple Hunter, from BlueDot Living
Rabbit Holes: Anna Gilman Hill, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing

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This week, we talked about milkweed, peas, Dee's new cookbook and more!

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Links:

National Garden Bureau's Year of Asclepias

National Garden Bureau's Year of the Pea

On the Bookshelf:  JoyFull: Cook Effortlessly, Eat Freely, Live Radiantly (A Cookbook), by Radhi Devlukia-Shetty (Amazon link)

Dirt: A Prison Garden in Oklahoma (on FB)

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Dee and Carol talk about calendula, borage, one of Dee's new cookbooks, tracking rain, and more!

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Flowers:
National Garden Bureau's Year of the Calendula
Veggies:
Borage, and information from  The Spruce
On the Bookshelf:
La Vie Rustic: Cooking and Living in the French Style, by Georgeanne Brennan (Amazon link)
Dirt:
Raindrop App

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Dee and Carol are back from their holiday hiatus talking about caladiums, comfrey, a new book, Plant Words, and more.

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Links:
Year of the Caladium, from National Garden Bureau
Comfrey, a perennial, from The Spruce, an herb from Wellness Mama, and for compost tea from Gardening Know How

On the Bookshelf:
Plant Words:  A book of 250 curious words for plant lovers by Joe Richomme & Emma Wayland (Amazon)

Dirt:
Another color of the year: Lime Cream

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Dee and Carol talk about some of their favorite Christmas plants, growing savory, a book, Small-Scale Homesteading and more.

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Links:

Queeny Lemon Peach zinnia from Burpee

14 Best Christmas Plants and Flowers for the Holiday Season from Family Handyman.  Or if you prefer, read it on Birds & Blooms.

What is savory on Masterclass.

On the bookshelf: Small-Scale Homesteading: A Sustainable Guide to Gardening, Keeping Chickens, Maple Sugaring, Preserving the Harvest, and More, by Stephanie Thurow & Michelle Bruhn (Amazon Link)

Dirt:
Meet the Italian ‘Fruit Detective’, Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Table (via Smithsonian)

Joey Aprons | Roo Gardening 

Rabbit Holes:
Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Marge Clark

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Dee and Carol talked about amaryllis, holy basil, some apple dirt, and several books they are enjoying including The Botanists' Library.

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Links:
John Scheepers… for amaryllis bulbs and info on growing amaryllis bulbs

On Family Handyman's website:  How to Keep an Amaryllis Alive

On the bookshelf: The Botantists’ Library: The Most Important Botanical Books in History by Carolyn Fry & Emma Wayland (Ivy Press, a Quarto Imprint)  (Amazon)

Dirt: How Honeycrisp Apples Went from Marvelous to Mediocre on Serious Eats

Rabbit Holes:
Reclaiming Quiet by Sarah Clarkson. (Amazon link)
The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict (Feb. 11, 2025) (Amazon link)

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For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.
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Dee and Carol talk about why they love violas and zinnias, how to grow fennel, a new book, and leaf-shape-changing hollies, plus the usual rabbit holes and garden updates.

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Links:

The Quote Garden

Fennel Seeds from Botanical Interests

On the Bookshelf:  The Cindervale Pearl by H.P. Jones

Dirt:  Hollies Get Pricky for a Reason from National Geographic

Rabbit Holes:
The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker (Amazon Link)

Edna St. Vincent Millay documentary on YouTube
Elizabeth-Ellen Long, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing

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Dee and Carol talked about orange flowers, growing mache, and a new book on water-saving gardening, plus the usual dirt and rabbit holes.

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Links:

Carol's First Snow blog post
Dee's blog post on brightly colored flowers

An article from Epic Gardening on growing mache.

On the Bookshelf: The Water-Smart Garden: Techniques and Strategies for Conserving, Capturing, and Efficiently Using Water in Today’s Climate… and Tomorrow’s by Noelle Johnson (@az.plant.lady)  Jan 7, 2025  (Amazon)

Dirt:  Arctic Apples and the Non-GMO Project

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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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