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

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Flowers:

Under-utilized flowers

  • Tradescantia pallida, purple heart, aka Mary’s tears. 
  • Barnardia japonica, Japanese jacinth. 
  • Begonia grandis, great for shade.. 

Our Choices Underplanting

  • Daffodils
  • Crocuses
  • Snowdrops
  • Summer snowflake
  • Epimediums
  • Hellebores
  • Leadwort (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)
  • Caladiums
  • Blackberry lilies
  • Toad Lilies

Vegetables:    

Unusual vegetables. 

  • Cucamelons
  • Armenian cucumbers
  • Celeriac
  • Fall vegetables in general. Many people plant in the spring and then forget about fall planting
  • And fall can be the best vegetable garden of the year especially in southern climates. 

On the Bookshelf:  

The Newfoundland Lunch Party: A Sisters of the Soil Novel with Recipes – Sonia Day (Amazon Link

Dirt: 

Roblox Grow a Garden Online Game

Rabbit Holes: 

Dee: Babylon Berlin. You can watch it with the MHZ Choice app

Carol: The latest lost lady of garden writing, Lena Mae McCauley and Honey Bee Mill Books

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