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We talked about collecting flower seeds, growing beets, a new book on garlic, witches bottles and more.

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Links:

Carol's 20th anniversary blog post

On the Bookshelf: The Garlic Companion by Kristin Graves. (Amazon link) (Her Instagram is FifthGenGardens)

Dirt

Witch Bottle discovery (YouTube Video)

Rabbit hole:

Reddit article on getting rid of skunk oil.

Duluth Trading Company Bib Overalls

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Dee and Carol talked about border plants, a new book on garden record-keeping, books by Anna Pavord and several other topics.

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Some Links:
Dee's Instagram reel about organic potting soil
Carol's blog post from 2010: The Wilderness Called

The Tiny Farm Planner: Recordkeeping, Seasonal To-Dos, and Resources for Manging Your Small-Scale Home Farm, by Jill Ragan, (Amazon), Author of The Tiny but Mighty Farm (Amazon)

On the Bookshelf: Anna Pavord
The Tulip: The Story of a Flower That has Made Men Mad. (Amazon link) Good used copies.

Bulb (Amazon link)

The Curious Gardener (Amazon Link) Another month-by-month, year in the garden book.

The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants (Amazon Link)

Dirt: Taxonimists are also changing bird names.

Rabbit Holes:
Not Just a Homemaker: The Extraordinary Life of Sheila MacGregor, by Paulette Brooks.

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Topics this week included refreshing your flower garden in the fall, vegetables you can still grow, a new book by Barbara Damrosch, some amazing plants, and poisonous book covers.

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Links:
Hayefield Seeds
Peony's Envy
Cobrahead Tools
The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener by Niki Jabbour

On the bookshelf: A Life in the Garden, Tales and Tips for Growing Food in Every Season, by Barbara Damrosch. (Amazon link)

Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch's website

Dirt:
Plants are amazing!
Snow on the Prairie
Beautyberry Leaves

Rabbit Holes:
Arsenic and Old Gardening Books

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This week, we talked about spring-flowering trees to plant now, steps you can take to be ready for spring in the vegetable garden, a few favorite books by a favorite author and all kinds of other topics.

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Flowers:

A special shout out for J.C. Raulston from Oklahoma, who ran the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

On the Bookshelf:

A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden, by Sydney Eddison (Amazon link)

Gardening for a Lifetime: How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older, by Sydney Eddison. (Amazon link)

A Passion for Daylilies: The Flowers and the People, by Sydney Eddison (Amazon link) This one is all about famous dayliliy hybridizers, and if you’re a daylily aficionado, you should buy it.

Dirt:

There are some new botanical Lego sets… like poinsettias! And a Christmas wreath, and a chrysanthemum and plum blossoms.

Rabbit holes

Vegan color pens: Ohuhu Markers.

Another Lost Lady of Garden Writing: Rosetta E. Clarkson.

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As we enter another season in the garden, we talked about planting trees, how our vegetable gardens did, giant hogweed, some books we love, and a surprising rabbit hole.

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Links:
Flowers:
Tree Installation: Tips for Trouble-Free Tree Planting | Family Handyman
Info about washing off tree roots

Veggies:
Purple Magic Broccoli
Red Impact Peppers
Dragonfly Peppers

On the Bookshelf:
The Layered Garden by David L. Culp (Amazon Link)

A Year at Brandywine Cottage, by David L. Culp. (Amazon Link)

Dirt:
Giant Hogweed

Rabbit Holes:
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health, by Casey Means, MD with Calley Means (Amazon Link)

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Lots of garden chatter this week about lawns, soil testing, herbicide dangers, an old gardening book and a few other misc. topics.

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A few links to tide you over if you haven't read the newsletter:

A couple of favorite flowers: Zinnia 'Benary’s Giant Wine' and Sunflower 'Concert Bell'

If you want to test your lawn and garden soil, Great Lakes is a soil testing lab, located in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

On the bookshelf: This is the Way My Garden Grows and Comes Into My Kitchen, by Barbara Dodge Borland. (Amazon Link) Plus, Carol's YouTube video about her.

Dirt: Triclopyr: Off-Target Damage from Purdue Landscape Report

Rabbit Hole Links:
Touring the Cotswolds with Pam Ayres on YouTube
Two jigsaw puzzles, USA State Birds and USA State Flowers
Anne Ophelia Dowden

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Dee and Carol talked about giant flowers, soil fertility, a book of nature writing, and more on this week's episode.

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Links:

Heuchera 'Autumn Bride'
Hibiscus 'Moy Grande'

Information on green sand from Rutgers Cooperative Extension

On the bookshelf:
Sundial of the Seasons by Hal Borland (Amazon Link)

Our dirt: Trees don’t like to breathe wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it

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Dee and Carol talked about how to take in plants for winter, nitrogen for plant growth, The Tree Collectors by Amy Stewart, Girl's Tomato Clubs and more.

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Links:

Beacon Impatiens
Solarscape Impatiens

Dee's blog post on taking cuttings of favorite plants
Sarah Raven's podcast episode on pelargoniums

Verbena 'Vanity'
Verbena 'Bampton'

The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession by Amy Stewart (Amazon Link)

The Girls’ Tomato Club movement

Lost Lady of Garden Writing Anna Bartlett Warner

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