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The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best Dirt Carol Michel, Dee Nash
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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.
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Hard at Work in Our Gardens
Dee and Carol talk about gomphrena, flowers in the vegetable garden, a new book on garden design and more in this week's episode.For more information, check out our free Substack newsletter!No Mow MayReduce Your Lawn Day - May 20th'Topcrop' green beans, an All-America Selection from 1950Flowers:Proven Winners Truffal Pink gomphrenaFireworks gomphrena from Burpee Veggies:Carol's post on nine bean rowsPlant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Gardens, by Jess...
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Beebalm, Beans, and a Bunch of Wild Garden Banter
Dee and Carol talk about wisteria, bee balm, beans, and much more.For more information and links, visit our free Substack newsletter!American wisteriaFlowers Wild Bergamot, Witchita Mountains Form from High Country GardensUK National Collection of BeebalmVegetablesBean seeds from Seeds of ItalyCarol's Forktress Blog PostOn the BookshelfThe Gardener's Guide to Prarie Plants, by Neil Diboll & Hilary Cox (Amazon)Dirt:Let Your Garden Grow Wild Ted Talk by Rebecca McMackinTheme Gardens by Barb...
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Losing Our Minds in the Spring Garden
Dee and Carol talked about Geum flowers, strawberries, and more on this week's episode.For more info and more links, check out our free Substack newsletter.Links!Flowers:'Totally Tangerine' Geum from Proven Winners Prairie Smoke, Geum triflorumA national Geum collection in Great Britain Vegetables: All-American strawberry, DeLizz How To Winterize Strawberry Plants. On the Bookshelf: The Thousand Year Old Garden: Inside the Secret Garden at Lambeth Palac...
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Seedling Comparison is the Thief of Joy!
Dee and Carol talked about peonies, the rose family, making gardens look old, and more on this week's episode.For more information and more links, check out our free Substack newsletter!Links!Lia’s Garden at Commonwealth Duluth Trading Company Heirloom Gardening Bib OverallsFlowers:Natchez Glen House and their peony collection. Veggies:An Apple is a Rose? - Smithsonian GardensOn the Bookshelf:The Herbalist’s Guide: How to Build and Use Your Own Apothecary, by Mary Colvin, RH (AHG) (Amaz...
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It's Gardener's Choice!
Carol and Dee talked about a new book, Floral Folklore, growing veggies in containers, Sarah Raven's new book on container plantings, plus much more!For complete information and more links, check out our free Substack newsletter.Links: Flowers:Floral Folklore: The Forgotten Tales Behind Nature’s Most Enchanting Plants, By Alison Davies. Illustrated by Sarah Wildling. (Amazon link.)Veggies:Cucumber Quick Snack from BurpeeBasil Bonsai from BurpeeOn the Bookshelf:A Year Full of Pots: Container F...
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Throw and Grow That Garden!
Dee and Carol talk about easy to grow from seed flowers and veggies, a new book on nature-inspired interior design, honey, and more!For complete information and more links, check out our Substack newsletter.Links!Carol's Pansy Blog PostSeeds of ItalyFlowers:Sunflower Houses, by Sharon Lovejoy (Amazon Link, used copies)'Concert Bell' sunflowers, an All-America Selection'Siam Gold' marigolds, an All-American SelectionVeggies:Single-seed beets from Johnny's Selected SeedsBook:Outside In: Interio...
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