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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 about flowers, veggies, and all the best dirt on gardening. Carol and Dee have the audacity to call themselves gardenangelists, evangelists for gardening, and want everyone to dig in the dirt, sow a few seeds, and enjoy the simple pleasures and even a few pitfalls of a gardening life. If you are ready to live a gardening life or already live one this is one podcast you don’t want to miss.
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about decorative beans to grow for flowers, beans to dry, and other gardening topics. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter . To watch on YouTube, click here. Links! Verbena bonariensis 'Vanity’ from All-America Selections Insect of the Week June Beetles Info from Wisconsin Horticulture Extension Flowers: Hyacinth beans - Lablab purpureus Scarlet runner beans - Phaseolus coccineus Yardlong beans - Vigna unguiculata subsp. Sesquipedalis Corkscrew vine beans , Cochliasanthus caracalla Vegetables: Alternative beans to grow - black beans, kidney beans, northern beans - mostly for drying. General info from the Old Farmer’s Almanac . Seed sources for older varieties: Rancho Gordo , Seed Savers Exchange , and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange On the Bookshelf: Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste by Bill Best ( Amazon Link ) Dirt: Harkening back to last week’s episode on trees: Planting Trees at Waddesdon Manor Rabbit Holes: Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Danske Dandridge , The Garden at Rose Brake: Garden Writings of Danske Dandridge , Muv: The Story of the Mitford Girls’ Mother by Rachel Tretheway (2026) Slightly Foxed podcast . A Garden to Visit: Visit an All-America Selection garden near you! Thank you: As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links. And, if you have suggestions for topics for us to discuss, send us an email or leave a comment. With a shared love of gardening… Carol and Dee Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Talking about Trees
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about trees, including what to consider when buying a tree, pawpaws and walnut trees around the veggie garden, a tree essay book, and more. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter . To watch us on YouTube, click here . A couple of miscellaneous links: Carol’s ritual of the first tomato blog post from 2006 and Play-Doh Blooms ( Amazon ) Question of the Week: Why did a big limb that looked healthy suddenly fall out of my tree? More info from Davey Tree Company Insect of the Week: Mimosa Webworms - Info from Purdue - a tale of two kinds of treatment. Flowers: How to choose trees for your garden Vegetables: Pawpaw trees - Check them out at Stark Bros Walnut trees - Info from Garden Professors Blog On the Bookshelf: Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree: A celebration of our connection with trees by David George Haskell ( Amazon Link ). Haskell also wrote H ow Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries a nd The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature . Check him out on Instagram . Dirt: Judi Dench and her passion for trees. A clip/intro to her documentary My Passion for Trees Rabbit Holes: Dee: A new cookbook, The HIgh Protein Plate , by Rachael DeVaux, RD. Carol: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann (2005), a new biography about Katharine S. White ( The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker , by Amy Reading), and a new Lost Lady of Garden Writing . A Garden to Visit: United States National Arboretum Thank You: As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links. And, if you have suggestions for topics for us to discuss, send us an email or leave a comment. With a shared love of gardening… Dee and Carol Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Coneflowers and Cooking Veggies
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about coneflowers, share some new veggie recipes Dee is trying, discuss a book on wildflowers and more. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter . To watch on YouTube, click here. Question of the Week: How do I grow a wildflower meadow from seed? Mini Meadows , by Mike Lizotte. He explains it well. Insect of the Week Blue Orchard Mason Bee . You can make nesting boxes for them or buy commercial ones Flowers: The Enterprise of Echinaceas, and why do we have so many varieties? We are speaking of Echinacea purpurea. Watch out for aster yellows, a disease that can infect coneflowers. More info from Missouri Botanical Garden Vegetables: Let’s share some summer recipes! Authentic Shopska Salad Recipe Cold Yogurt Cucumber Soup - Tarator Princesses (Bulgarian Ground Meat Sandwiches) Recipe - Food.com Dee’s Zucchini Squash Challenge on her blog On the Bookshelf: A Naturalist’s Book of Wildflowers: Celebrating 85 Native Plants of North America by Laura C. Martin (2021) ( Amazon ) Dirt: Another dose of cuteness on Instagram, a farmer-gardener with his two young daughters, the two “supervisors”. Meet Jeremiah_Farmer .They also have pigs! Rabbit Holes: Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Katharine S. White . And Carol’s tips for getting your garden to produce more veggies . A Garden to Visit: Dallas Arboretum . One hot place when we visited! Thank you: As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Root It In Water and Other Gardening Topics
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss rooting cuttings in water, mid-summer in the vegetable garden, and a new herbal book, plus discuss if ducks grow on trees. To watch this episode on Youtube, click here . For more information, check out our Substack newsletter . Other links: Insect of the Week: Leaf cutter bees . Flowers: 31 plants you can root in water, from Epic Gardening On the Bookshelf: Collected Curiosities; more stories and recipes from the historical apothecary cabinet by Amanda Edmiston ( Amazon ) Dirt: Do ducks grow on trees? Dictionary Diva on Instagram Rabbit Holes: Rural Free: A Farmwife’s Almanac of Country Living by Rachel Peden (1961) A Garden to Visit: Tall Grass Prairie Preserve (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
A Garden Should Touch Your Senses
Send us Fan Mail This week, we talked about all the senses your garden awakens in you. Here's a link to watch us on YouTube . Favorites This Week You can see Carol’s lilies on Instagram and on Substack . Dee’s favorite flowers include Calibrachoa ‘Lemon Slice’ and dwarf morning glory (Evolvulus glomeratus ), also known by its cultivar names ' Blue My Mind ' or 'Blue Daze,' Insect of the Week Awful, horrible Japanese beetles. Flowers: Touchable flowers Article - How to Design a Healing Garden: Veggies: Vegetable garden as a wellness garden On the Bookshelf: Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Good for Our Health by Kathy Willis ( Amazon ) and Botanicum: Welcome to the Museum by Kathy Willis, Illustrated by Katie Scott ( Amazon ) Rabbit Holes: Dee: American food week in Bulgaria on Instagram Carol: Carol’s secret source for UK published books… Blackwell’s Another lost lady of garden writing, Caroline Dormon , friend of Elizabeth Lawrence. Clarkson’s Farm A Garden to Visit: Kew Gardens . Thank you! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Listen To Your Garden. What Do You Hear?
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about sound in the garden, inspired by a new book. To watch this episode on YouTube, click here . For more info and links, check out our Substack newsletter I Fireflies or Lightning Bugs. Such a loved little beetle, it has its own website . Flowers: Listen to your garden to hear how healthy it is: Vegetables: You better hear the hum of bees because you need pollination for so many crops, including squash and cucumbers. On the Bookshelf: Garden Voices: A Year of Gardeners’ Writing , Edited by Claire Masset ( Amazon ) Dirt: Control Mosquitoes with a Mosquito Bucket. ( News Report ) Rabbit Holes: Carol revisited Elizabeth Lawrence to write about her as the latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing. A Garden to Visit: Longwood Gardens - Famous for their fountains. That’s it for this week! As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Lull in Your Garden? How to Fix It!
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about how to fix the lulls in your garden, or not, plus a new book on garden design and more. For more info and links, check out our Substack newsletter . To watch on YouTube, click here . Salvia ‘Blue by You’, Proven Winners Shiny Blue Beetles . On the Bookshelf: The New Garden Designer’s Handbook: How to Design Useful Gardens from Start to Finish , by Daryl Beyers, Illustrations by Elara Tanguy Dirt: Poison Hemlock On Instagram , Instagram Rabbit Holes: Land by Maggie O’Farrell Garden to Visit: Monticello - Thomas Jefferson’s Garden. (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
A Bit of British Gardening
Send us Fan Mail Carol and Dee talk about British awarding winning plants, vegetable gardens and more. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter To watch on YouTube, click here Links: Flowers: Winning flowers at Chelsea Flower Show. More info RHS site Hosta ‘Red Ninja’ if you want to buy it. All-America Selections ! Vegetables: The classic British vegetable garden… what do they grow: On the Bookshelf: My Gardening Life by Mary Berry ( Amazon ) Mary Berry’s Country House Secret on PBS Dirt: The tree growing grandmother from Yorkshire. Via Instagram . Also, this article Rabbit Holes: Louise Riotte , the last Lost Lady of Garden Writing. A Garden to Visit: A Garden to Visit: Sissinghurst Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History: The Quest to Restore a Working Farm at Vita Sackville-West’s Legendary Garden by Adam Nicolson ( Amazon ) Thank you for being a listener! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Gardening With a Banana Theme
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss all things bananas in the garden. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter To watch on YouTube, click here Question of the Week: Why does my plant need potassium? Info from the University of Minnesota : Insect of the Week Banana slugs, info from National Park Service Flowers: Growing bananas in the flower garden. Tropical Plants and How to Love Them , by Marianne Wilburn. Everything you ever wanted to know about bananas from Brittanica Vegetables: High Potassium Veggies info from My Food Data On the Bookshelf: Plant by Number: Design your Dream Garden With 24, Step-by-Step Planting Plans by Stacy Tornio ( Amazon) (Publishes on May 26. Thank you to Timberpress for review copies) Dirt: Banana Peel Water for fertilizer ? No. Rabbit Holes: Dee: Roses and the Rose Chat podcast Carol: old but good gardening books including Rose Recipes from Olden Times by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde and An Island Garden by Celia Thaxter A Garden to Visit: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh. Thank you for listening (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Herbs! Here, There, and Everywhere!
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk all things herbal this week. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter . To watch us on YouTube, click here . Question of the Week: What herbs grow well with roses? Insect of the Week: Mayflies, Good info from Birds & Blooms Flowers: Herbs to grow for the flowers More info from Epic Gardening Vegetables: Herbs for the vegetable garden Basil ‘Monteverde’ from PanAmerican Seed , for sale from Burpee . What makes an herb good for the vegetable garden? On the Bookshelf: Carol recently bought Time Traveller’s Herbal: Stories and recipes from the historical apothecary cabinet by Amanda Edminston , an herbal storyteller ( Amazon link ) She’s on Instagram . She has another book coming out on June 30th: Collected Curiosities: more stories and recipes from the historical apothecary cabinet . ( Amazon link ) Dirt: National Herb Week - May 7th - 13th - Always the week leading up to Mother’s Day, per the International Herb Association . The Herb Society of America , and why you might want to join it. Rabbit Holes: Dee: ‘Kazanlik’ rose from Antique Rose Emporium Carol: Anthropomorphism, where animals are given human characteristics… Watership Down by Richard Adams, Shady Hollow by Juneau Black, the new movie, The Sheep Detective , which is based on the book, Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. Beanstack app for reading challenges. Also the latest lost lady Elda Haring, who was all about growing plants from seed. A Garden to Visit: The Chelsea Physic Garden (visited by Dee) and Florilegium Society As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Growing Flowers and Veggies in Pots and Other Containers
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about growing flowers and veggies in containers. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch on YouTube, click here . Links: From Southern Living Plant Collection It’s A Breeze® Ivory Blush Rose . Carol’s garden fairies reviewed her performance so far this spring in a blog post . Carol’s blog post on forcing peonies into bloom in July . Insect of the Week Crane flies . Flowers: Queen Tut papyrus Tattoo™ Papaya Vinca Vegetables: Examples of veggies good for containers from Burpee : On-Deck Corn, Patio Baby Eggplant, Sweetheart of the Patio Tomato, Mocha Swirl Sweet Peppers, Hamburg Lettuce. On the Bookshelf: The Creative Container Garden by Anders Royneberg with Erik Schjenven ( Amazon ) Plus A Year Full of Pots: Container Flowers for All Seasons by Sarah Raven ( Amazon ) Dirt: Carol’s spinstercore gardening , and a search on Pinterest… for Unusual Plant Containers . Rabbit Holes: Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy , by Rumer Godden (19 79). Watership Down by Richard Adams. And another Lost Lady of Garden Writing , Elda Haring A Garden to Visit: Wing Haven in Charlotte, North Carolina, the gardens of Elizabeth and Edwin Clarkson, and Elizabeth Lawrence. (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Gardening Advice From Two Long-Time Gardeners
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about plants to leave behind, basics of vegetable gardening, a new book on gardening as you grow older and more! For complete info, check out our Substack newsletter . To watch us on YouTube, click here . Flowers: What flowers and plants to leave behind as you grow older in the garden. Vegetables: Back to basics. Honestly, start with good soil and you are 99% there. On the Bookshelf: Garden for Life: Strategies for Easier, Greener, More Joyful Gardening as We Age , by Rhonda Fleming Hayes ( Amazon Link ) Dirt: Boomers have a lot of stuff, an article , and on Instagram Nick Fox Radio Rabbit Holes: Books mentioned include Matilda by Roald Dahl, Raising Hare: A Memoir by Chloe Dalton, and The Lark by E. Nesbit A Garden to Visit: Gibb’s Garden in Georgia, in a place called Ball Ground, north of Atlanta. As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
A Little Garden Chat with Hydrangeas, Veggie Garden Flops, and Corn Starch
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about different kinds of hydrangeas, failures in their vegetable gardens, using corn starch in your garden and a new book on hydrangeas. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter . Insect of the Week Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly via Central Indiana Land Trust on Instagram . (The invasive plant Carol was trying to think of was Purple Loosestrife. Flowers: Hydrangeas Proven Winners has an explanation of the five main types. Vegetables: How to learn from your failures and not throw in the trowel, partially inspired by an essay in American Gardener, from American Horticultural Society . On the Bookshelf: Hydrangea Happiness: Planting, Pruning, and Blooming by C. L. Fornari ( Amazon link ) (Publishes April 30) Dirt: Using cornstarch in the garden, via Martha Stewart Rabbit Holes: Dee: Heritage Rose Foundation and her upcoming talk on Old Garden Roses and Their Companions. The pelargonium Dee was trying to remember was ‘Mrs. Pollock.’ Carol: Working on her presentation on Tips and Tricks to Spring into Gardening for Franciscan Senior Promise, local group. A Garden to Visit: Atlanta History Center and in particular the Cherokee Garden Library . That was very special. As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
To Self-Sow or Not to Self-Sow?
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about self-sowing plants, how to shop at your local farmer's market and other gardening topics! For more info and links, check out our Substack newsletter . To watch on YouTube, click here Why didn’t my daffodils bloom? Info from the American Daffodil Society Insect of the Week Hyles lineata , White-lined Sphinx moth. Info from Wisconsin Extension On the Bookshelf: Plantiful: Start Small, Grow Big With 150 Plants That Spread, Self-Sow, And Overwinter by Kristin Green ( Amazon Link ) Dirt: Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World, by Joel Salatin Rabbit Holes: The Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Mrs. H. B. Tillotson Also, books by David George Haskell , including How Flowers Made Our World, The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature, T he Songs of Trees: Stories of Nature’s Great Connectors , and Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree ( Blackwells ) from the library. A Garden to Visit: University of Washington Botanical Garden , home of the Eleanor C. Miller Horticultural Library, As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Springing into Busy April
Send us Fan Mail This week, Dee and Carol discuss new plants, vegetables of the world, and more. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter To watch on YouTube, click hereTo watch on YouTube, click here . Question of the Week: Growing Nicotiana. Select Seeds i Insect of the Week: Great spangled fritillary butterfly, whose food source is violets! Flowers: What's new and eye-catching? Check out our Substack newsletter for links Vegetables: Bring the world to your vegetable garden, more info on our Substack newsletter On the Bookshelf: The Curious Kitchen Gardener: Uncommon Plants & How to Eat Them by Linda Ziedrich ( Amazon Link ) ( Her website ) Dirt: Growing Giant Tomatoes on IG and the seed that cost $2,000. Rabbit Holes: Dee: Mary Magdalene and the red egg on Instagram . Carol: Mrs. H. B. Tillotson, the next Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Burrowcore, and two podcast episodes: one with Adam Frost on the Talking Gardens with Gardens Illustrated podcast, the other with Monty Don on the Rosebud with Gyles Brendeth podcast. A Garden to Visit: Bloedel Reserve, Seattle, Washington. Dee’s blog post about it As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
A Bit of Real Gardening Before Easter
Send us Fan Mail Carol and Dee discuss some Easter flowers you can plant in the garden, coloring Easter eggs with natural materials, a biography of Gilbert White and more. For all the details, check out our Substack newsletter . To watch us on YouTube, which includes an extra segment at the end, click here . Insect of the Week: Grubs… How to control them, from Bob Vila Flowers: Can I plant… Easter Lilies and other potted flowering plants. Which ones will grow in your garden? Info from Family Handyman Vegetables: Coloring Easter Eggs Naturally: From Martha Stewart . Other options: from BHG On the Bookshelf: A Year With Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer , by Jenny Uglow ( Amazon Link) Dirt: Beware of the influencer gardening info ! Also, for fun: Dreams, defined via an IG post Rabbit Holes: Dee was on PBS talking about Alpha-Gal Syndrome . Carol researched Ruth Shaw Ernst as a Lost Ladies of Garden Writing A Garden to Visit: Longue Vue House and Garden in New Orleans If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Your "Why" Helps You Decide What to Plant
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about reasons why you might want to grow flowers or vegetables and how that helps you decide what to plant, plus all the usual topics. For complete info, check out our Substack newsletter . To view us on YouTube, click here Other Links: Insect of the Week. Chiggers, with info from the Cleveland Clinic On the Bookshelf: Art From The Garden: Create 25 Beautiful Botanical Projects, by Kerry Michaels ( Amazon link ) Dirt: Dilston Physic Garden and Dr. Elaine Perry, an encounter on Instagram Rabbit Holes: Hanna Rion , Carol’s latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing. Videos from a young woman in England named Hanna who tries out life in the 1940s on her YouTube channel Real Vintage Dolls House inspired Carol’s blog post about Spinstercore Garden A Garden to Visit: The Gardens at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles County . If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Flowers, Floriography, and Fairies
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about early spring annuals, other than pansies and violas, preparing your soil in the vegetable garden a new book on floriography, and more! For all the details and more links, check out our Substack newsletter . A few links: To watch the video of us recording over on YouTube, click here . Insect of the Week Midges or No-see-ums, from Insect Shield , plus Dee’s post about how to wear Insect Shield clothing. On the Bookshelf: Modern Floriography: Flowers, Gardens, and Gifts Inspired by the Language of Flowers by Teresa Sabankaya ( Amazon Link ) Dirt: Sussex Fairy Fossil ( YouTube ) and ( Facebook ) Rabbit Holes: Theo of Golden , and t an interview with the author, Allen Levi. Dee explained her life right now in this video A Garden to Visit: Botanical Gardens at The Huntington As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Pelargoniums, Strawberries , Surprises, and Blessings
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about pelargoniums and scented geraniums, strawberries, and more. For complete info, check out our Substack newsletter To watch us on YouTube, click here Little brown ants! Carol uses Terro Ant Killer Baits Flowers: Pelargoniums and scented geraniums Vegetables: Carol’s blog post about growing microgreens On the Bookshelf: Watch out for AI generated books like these . Signs it is AI generated are too many books, unknown author, no pictures, only available on Amazon, etc. Rose Chat podcast , the episode on growing roses in containers . Dirt: In Defense of the Gardener’s Voice by Marianne Willburn Rabbit Holes: Dee: Theo of Golden , by Allen Levi. Carol: Latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Edna F. McCormack The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax , by Dorothy Gilman A Garden to Visit: Gardens at the Getty Center in Los Angeles . As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) To watch us on YouTube, click here Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
Impatiens, Quick Wins in the Veggie Garden, and More
Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol are back to talk about impatiens, quick wins in the vegetable garden, a new book on cut flowers and several other topics, planned and unplanned. For more information, check out our Substack newsletter To watch this episode on YouTube, click here . If you are interested in Dee's new garden hose, here’s the affiliate link . Flowers: National Garden Bureau has declared it to be the Year of the Impatien. On the Bookshelf: The Beginner’s Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Nourish, and Create Bliss Year-Round , by Elizabeth Brown with photos by Lindsay Fairchild ( Amazon Link ). Dirt: Burp Your House . Garden to Visit: Tucson Botanical Gardens Rabbit Holes: Bertha Damon , a Lost Lady of Garden Writing. The series of books about Mrs. Pollifax, CIA spy ! Baba Marta Day, celebrated on March 1 in Bulgaria. Also Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story by Wendell Berry? ( Amazon Link ) (Check out our affiliate links here . Book links are also affiliate links.) As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to the podcast! Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener , Dee: RedDirtRamblings , Our podcast: TheGardenangelists . On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club . On YouTube .
