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.

  1. 3d ago

    Fall is for Refreshed Containers, Pumpkins and More

    Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about plants for fall containers, pumpkin care, a new book on houseplants, and more. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter  If you’d prefer to watch us on YouTube, click here.   Insect of the Week: We decided to feature milkweed bugs, and other insects you’ll find on your milkweed especially this time of year. Find out more from the Univ. of Illinois extension.  Flowers: What would we put in a fall container? We have quite the list, or rather Dee does. I offered. few plants she forgot. Do you have a special fall combo for your containers? Tell us about it in the comments! Vegetables: We talked about how to care for pumpkins on the porch so they won’t rot out before Halloween. What do you do to keep your pumpkins from rotting out too early or becoming a critter’s dinner?  Also, check out the new world record for a giant pumpkin, on Instagram On the Bookshelf: More Than Just a Plant: How to Care for Your Plants as They Care For You by Krystal Duran, Creator of PlantswithKrystal (Amazon, Bookshop). The author is on Instagram with 1.1 million followers! Thank you to Quarto for review copies. Dirt: Uranium glassware for watering? On Instagram Rabbit Holes: Dee is watching Widow’s Bay on Apple TV,  Carol has  been reading books including some that take place after World War II, including Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson and The Dancing Bear by Frances Faviell (1954).   A Garden to Visit: Visit an arboretum that people are dying to get into… cemeteries! Many of them are listed as arboretums because of their beautiful trees, including Cave Hill in Louisville, Spring Grove in Cincinnati, Crown Hill in Indianapolis, etc. Is there a cemetery arboretum around 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. Hit the like button to let us know you were here! Support the show On Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

  2. Oct 7

    Dig Now to Be Delighted in the Spring

    Send us Fan Mail Carol and Dee talk about what you can plant in the fall, winter squash (again) and a commonplace book. For more info and links, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch us on YouTube, click here. Flowers: What can you plant in the fall?  Vegetables: We got another opinion on Winter Squash from Autumn Prairie Pumpkins, LLC  On the Bookshelf: The Country Commonplace Book by Miranda Mills (Bookshop, Amazon) and The Cozy Commonplace Book (Bookshop, Amazon).   Dirt:  Have you ever heard of Birth Month Herbs. W  Rabbit Holes: An Instagram post with one of the best readings of Wendell Berry’s poem The Peace of Wild Things Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Violet Stevenson. . A Garden to Visit: Scott 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.   Support the show On Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

  3. Sep 30

    Garden Talk With Lots of Beatrix Potter

    Send us Fan Mail This week, we talked about theme gardens, assessing your vegetable garden at the end of the season, a new book featuring Beatrix Potter’s plants and drawings, and more. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch this episode on YouTube, click here.   Playing Favorites: Dee’s greenhouse is finished! Of course that would be her favorite this week. For me it’s the combination of Verbena bonariensis and Signet marigolds around my mailbox.  Question of the Week: Where did you go, Dee, and what did you see?   Insect of the Week: Junk bugs info from University of Arkansas. Flowers: Would a theme garden help you out as you decide what to plant in your garden? It might. Also, check out Theme Gardens by Barbara Damrosch. (Amazon) Vegetables: It’s fall, so time to assess what went well and what didn’t go well in your vegetable garden this season. What will you change for next year? Tell us about it in the comments. On the Bookshelf: We were delighted to get review copies of Beatrix Potter’s Botanical: The Art of Flowers and Fungi by Marta McDowell ( Bookshop, Amazon), which is coming out October 13th.  We also think you might enjoy Marta’s other book from 2013: Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children’s Tales (Amazon, Bookshop) The video Dee talked about is this one: Beatrix Potter video Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit. Dirt: “I spent a week living like Beatrix Potter” on YouTube  Rabbit Holes: Dee’s rabbit hole was doing a bit of research for her trip to Montreal.  My rabbit hole was for the next Lost Lady of Garden Writing coming up on Wednesday.  A Garden to Visit: Dee tells us all about her visit to the Montreal Botanic Garden. 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. Support the show On Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

  4. Sep 23

    Garden Obsessions in Moderation

    Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about garden obsessions and more. Links: For more info, check out our Substack newsletter To watch us on YouTube,  click here Insect of the Week: Ambush Bugs (Univ of Wisconsin info) Flowers: Have you ever been obsessed with a flower? Vegetables: Vegetable garden obsessions On the Bookshelf: The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession by Amy Stewart (Amazon, Bookshop)) Dirt: Monty Don is leaving Gardener’s World! Rabbit Holes: Dee: Jujube fruits, aka Chinese dates.  Carol:  Mary Mason Campbell, a new Lost Lady of Garden Writing  Also mysteries written by Anna Katherine Green. First one is The Leavenworth Case (1878).   A Garden to Visit: Elizabethan Gardens, Manteo, NC 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. Support the show On Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

  5. Sep 9

    Gardening to Keep You Happy, Healthy, and Wise

    Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about the health benefits of gardening  Question of the Week: What’s wrong with Carol’s clematis? Clematis Wilt, most likely. More info on Epic Gardening Insect of the Week: Back to wasps… cicada-killing wasps are here!  Flowers: Gardening for wellness. How gardens make us healthier. Vegetables: Why growing vegetables makes us healthier. On the Bookshelf: The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-Smith (Bookshop, Amazon) Dirt: Green Colour Psychology: What it actually does to your brain and body  Rabbit Holes: Dee: Crape Myrtle ‘Tightwad Red’ Carol: Rachel Peden, the latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing, (check out her books on Amazon, Bookshop) plus Wendell Berry. Check out the Berry Center website, where you can buy the 50th anniversary edition of The Unsettling of America. And What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman (Amazon, Bookshop)  A Garden to Visit: Yew Dell BotanicalGardens, Crestwood, KY 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. Support the show On Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

  6. Sep 2

    Butterflies, Bulbs, and More

    Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about buying and planting bulbs, garlic, and butterflies this week. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch us on YouTube, click here. Question of the Week: What’s really wrong with Carol’s Black-eyed Susans? Septoria leaf spot, most likely. And particularly susceptible is ‘Goldsturm.’ Listen to Hans Hansen talk about it on Instagram. Insect of the Week Butterflies, and how now is a great time to see them in your garden. The adults are flitting and mating and moving on. Flowers: Bulbs. Vegetables: Garlic  On the Bookshelf: The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World’s Favorite Insect by Wendy Williams (Amazon, Bookshop) Dirt: State Animals Rabbit Holes Carol: I listened to The Book of Margery Kempe, by Margery Kempe, and is working on the next Lost Lady of Garden Writing. A Garden to Visit: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, in Richmond, Virginia 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. Support the show On Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

  7. Aug 26

    Waning Summer Days and Winter Squash

    Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about flowers that shine in the waning days of summer, winter squash and more. For more info and links, check out our Substack newsletter To watch this episode on YouTube, click here Insect of the Week: Thread Waisted Wasp  Flowers: Flowers and plants that peak or look great waning at the end of summer Winning Zinnias from All-America Selections Vegetables: Winter squashes and why we don’t grow them   On the Bookshelf: A Green and Pleasant Land: How England’s Gardeners Fought the Second World War by Ursula Buchan (Bookshop, Amazon) Dirt: People who read live longer: Instagram Rabbit Holes Another Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Alice Lounsberry. A Garden to Visit: Biltmore House and Garden, Asheville, NC Thank you! 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. And, if you have suggestions for topics for us to discuss, send us an email or leave a comment. Support the show On Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

  8. Aug 19

    Rain for Carol, Heat for Dee

    Send us Fan Mail Carol and Dee talked about refreshing container plantings for fall, new veggies for the vegetable garden, a book of garden columns, and more. Check out our Substack newsletter for more info. To watch us on YouTube, click here: Insect of the Week Great Black Wasp… a solitary pollinator.  Flowers: Is it worth refreshing annuals in late summer for fall? Vegetables: It’s not too soon to plan for 2027.  All-America Selections Winners for 2026: Tomato BadaBing! F1 Kale Rubybor F1 Pole Bean ‘Majesty’ Butter Lamp F1 Winter Squash Basil Treviso -  New Varieties sent to Carol from Burpee Akoya Small-Fruited Tomato  Sweet 150 Small-Fruited Tomato  Pick N Pop Orange Sweet Pepper Monteverde Late Flowering basil  On the Bookshelf: Back to the Garden by Ursula Buchan (2009) (Amazon for used copies) Dirt: The five plants every pollinator garden needs Rabbit Holes: Judi Dench’s Shakespeare: The Man Who Paid the Rent.  Carol’s blog post for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day. A Garden to Visit: Holcomb Gardens at Butler University and the Indiana Native Plant Society (INPS) 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… Support the show On Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

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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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