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

Send us a text Dee and Carol are almost done gardening through the alphabet and this week challenged themselves with the letter X. For all the details, check out our newsletter! To watch us on Youtube, use this link. Links! Flowers: Xerochrysum - Strawflowers. Missouri Botanical Garden on strawflowers and Matt Mattus’s book, Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening. Xeranthemum - Paper Flower. Seeds from Johnny’s Selected Seeds For Xeriscaping, Noelle Johnson, AZ Plant Lady, and Lauren Springer Ogden Vegetables: Salt Hay mulch On the Bookshelf: The Vintage Farmhouse Garden by Rhonda Kaiser (Amazon Link), Rhonda on Instagram. Dirt: Milkweed supports native pollinators, fights spotted lantern fly Rabbit Holes: Check them out on our newsletter! Our affiliate links are now here. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol talk about white flowers, winter squashes, Doug Tallamy's new Book, How Can I Help: Saving Nature with Your Yard and more. For more info and links, check out our newsletter. To watch on video, use this link Insect of the Week: Bald-Faced Hornets. info from Penn State and Iowa State Flowers: W is for: Wabi-Sabi Gardening! (Carol’s blog post about it) and White Flowers Vegetables: “Patch for Kids” pumpkin from Burpee (coming soon!). Watermelons: All America Selections has several winners On the Bookshelf: How Can I Help: Saving Nature with Your Yard, by Doug Tallamy (Amazon Link) Dirt: Lone Star Ticks on Martha’s Vineyard: Tick Bites on Martha’s Vineyard Has Businesses Going Vegan - The New York Times World’s Tallest Sunflower grown in Ft. Wayne Indiana this summer: WANE Rabbit Holes: Dee: Vivian Maier Carol: Edna King Mandeville and Atomic Gardening. Our affiliate links are here. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol are almost at the end of the alphabet, but there's still plenty of time in the gardening season. Join us to discuss the letter "V". For more info, check out our newsletter. Flowers: V is for all-things Verbena Verbena bonariensis Verbena ‘Bampton’ (Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora) Verbena hastata - Blue Vervain. Can get seeds from Select Seeds Annual verbena, Verbena x hybrida Like Verbena ‘Sweetheart Kisses, an AAS Winner. Vegetables: Vetch as a cover crop. Perennial that can become invasive. Vitex - Vitex agnus-castus - Chaste Tree On the Bookshelf: A Year and a Day on Just a Few Acres by Peter Larson (Amazon link) His YouTube channel is Just a Few Acres Farm. Also, A Very Small Farm by William Paul Winchester (Amazon Link) Dirt: The 2,000-Year-Old ‘Perfume Garden’ in the Ancient City of Pompeii Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory: Smithsonian And armadillos in Indiana! Rabbit Holes: Dee: New blog post on Substack: Tomatoes, peppers, okra, and squash Carol: Discovered more Lost Ladies of Garden Writing and wrote a Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day Post. Our affiliate links are here. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text This week, we dig into the letter "U" for topics for this episode. For more info, check out our newsletter. To watch our We Do Not Care Garden Club video, on YouTube, on Instagram Flowers: Under-utilized flowers Tradescantia pallidaBarnardia japonicaBegonia grandisOur Choices Underplanting (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)Vegetables: Unusual vegetables. 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. Our affiliate links are here. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol continue their series of gardening through the alphabet. This week, it's the letter T! For more info, check out our newsletter Flowers: Flowering Tobacco - Nicotiana Tulips Tithonia, Mexican sunflower. Tassel Flower ‘Irish Poet’ Emilia coccinea From Select Seeds Vegetables: Tomatoes Tomatillos Turnips - There is an All-America Selection Turnip. Tokyo Cross from 1969 Tulsi - Holy Basil On the Bookshelf: The 10-Minute Gardener: How to Have a Veggie Garden and a Life—85 Time-Saving Tactics to Be More Efficient and Grow More Food in Less Time by CaliKim (Amazon Link) Dirt: Dogs Sniff out Spotted Lantern Fly (Virginia Tech) Rabbit Holes: Dee: Carol: Shakespeare’s Flowers jigsaw puzzle that I abandoned earlier in the spring. A made-for-TV movie about Barbara Pym starring Patricia Routledge called Miss Pym’s Day Out Our affiliate links are here. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol features flowers and veggies for the letter S today, plus talk about a new book on herbs. For more info, check out our newsletter. S is for... Flowers: Scabiosa - Pin Cushion flower. Sunflowers: Sunflower Steve All American Selection sunflowers include Concert Bell (2022), Ring of Fire (2001), Suntastic Yellow with Black Center(2014) Statice - Limonium sinuatum Saffron crocuses Vegetables: Shallots - Creme Brulee is an All American selection from 2021. Swiss chard Savory: winter (Satureja montana and summer (Satureja hortensis). Sorrel On the Bookshelf: Herbs in Every Season: 48 Edible and Medicinal Herbs for the Kitchen, Garden, and Apothecary by Bevin Cohen (Amazon link) Dirt: Alpha gal: an article picked up by the AP. Rabbit Holes: Dee: Wall Street Journal article about Giverny. Carol’s Bread crumbs to : Fox in the Forest on Instagram Carol’s rabbit hole of Molly Price, the latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing. Our affiliate links are here. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol continue to plow through the alphabet in their gardens and this week plow up some R's For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. Links! RoseChat Podcast Rue (Ruta graveolens) - Article from Mother Earth Gardener - Rue: The Forgotten Herb Red Impact Bell Peppers, plus Dragonfly peppers On the Bookshelf: Grow 5: Simple seasonal ideas for small outdoor spaces with just five plants, by Lucy Bellamy. (Amazon) Dirt: On Substack: Flowerology. She draws cute little pictures and goes in-depth on a flower for each post, like this one for Rest-Harrow Rabbit Holes: Rabbit Holes: Mouse Garden on Instagram. Our affiliate links are here Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol are back and talking about the letter Q in the garden. For more details, check out our weekly newsletter. Watch us on YouTube! A few links: From All-America Selections: Queeny Lime Orange Zinnia Marigold Queen Sophia Hollyhock Queeny Purple Basil Siam Queen On the bookshelf: Herbal Handbook: With Recipes, Tinctures, Teas, Balms and More by the New York Botanical Garden (Amazon Link) Dirt: Missouri's Highway 13 Butterfly Trail Rabbit Holes: Maggie Watson Kamm, a new Lost Lady of Garden Writing Our affiliate links are here Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text We are persistent in gardening through the alphabet, and this week we focused on the letter P. For more info, check out our newsletter. Or watch us on YouTube. A few links: Easy Wave Sky Blue petunias All-America Selections Petunia Tidal Wave Silver On the bookshelf: The Hidden Histories of Flowers: Fascinating Stories of Flora by Maddie & Alice Bailey (Amazon Link) Dirt: USDA Pomological Watercolors Rabbit Holes: Doretta Klaber, latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing Our affiliate links are here Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol keep obstinately sticking to their alphabet theme, this week focusing on "O" flowers and veggies. For all info, check out our free weekly newsletter. You can also watch us on YouTube A few links: Orlaya grandiflora info from Johnny's Selected Seeds Dee talks about Obedient Plant on Instagram. On the bookshelf: Flower Fables by Louisa M. Alcott (Amazon) Dirt: Leaf-cutter bee info from Missouri Botanical Garden Rabbit Holes: A new series on Britbox, Outrageous, based on the Mitford sisters Our affiliate links are here Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Carol and Dee are plowing through the alphabet and this week focus on the letter N to talk about nasturtiums, nigella, nosegays, nettles, and more. For all the details, check out our free weekly newsletter. Watch the recording on YouTube Some links: Heirlooms Roses On the bookshelf: Radical Prunings: A Novel of Officious Advice from the Contessa Compost by Bonnie Thomas Abbott (Amazon) Dirt: Historic Apple Trees Rabbit Holes: The Cushing Sisters on YouTube Cassandra Danz, another Lost Lady of Garden Writing Be sure and check out our newsletter for more links. Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission): Botanical Interests Farmers Defense Etsy Territorial Seeds True Leaf Market Eden Bros Nature Hills Nursery Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links. Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com Our newsletter is on Substack For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings. Watch this episode on YouTube. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol continue to garden through the alphabet. This week they mediated on the letter M. For more information, check out our free newsletter. You can also watch the recording on YouTube A few links: A succulent called Mezoo Bauer lettuce, an AAS winner On the bookshelf: In the Garden With Jane Austen, by Kim Wilson (Amazon Link) Dirt: Yiayia Anna on the blue zone island of Ikaria in Greece (Instagram) Rabbit Holes; Carol's blog post on eight types of mowing. Be sure and check out our newsletter for more links. Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission): Botanical Interests Farmers Defense Etsy Territorial Seeds True Leaf Market Eden Bros Nature Hills Nursery Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links. Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com Our newsletter is on Substack For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings. Watch this episode on YouTube. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol continue to garden through the alphabet, this week talking about lavender, lilacs, leeks, and lettuce, plus a few other plants. For more info and pictures, check out our free newsletter. You can also watch us recording this via YouTube. Links: Lavender 'Lady' an All-America Selection Bloomerang Lilac from Proven Winners ColorChoice Flowering Shrubs Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney On the bookshelf: The Complete Language of Herbs: A Definitive & Illustrated History by S. Theresa Dietz. (Amazon link) Diary of a French Herb Garden, by Geraldene Holt (Amazon Link) Dirt: How Gardening Can Help You Live Longer (from the BBC) Rabbit Holes: Lucy Hooper Bobby Approved app info Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission): Botanical Interests Farmers Defense Etsy Territorial Seeds True Leaf Market Eden Bros Nature Hills Nursery Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links. Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com Our newsletter is on Substack For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings. Watch this episode on YouTube. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol are gardening through the alphabet and have landed on K for this episode. For complete info, check out our free weekly newsletter! A few links: Kalettes at Johnny's Selected Seeds How to eat kohlrabi, according to Martha Stewart On the bookshelf: Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, And Other Marvels of the Dark by Leigh Ann Henion (Amazon Link) Dirt: 1,000 Year Old Oak in Scotland (IG link) Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission): Botanical Interests Farmers Defense Etsy Territorial Seeds True Leaf Market Eden Bros Nature Hills Nursery Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links. Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com Our newsletter is on Substack For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings. Watch this episode on YouTube. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol continue gardening through the alphabet with the letter J. For more details, links, and pictures, check out our weekly newsletter. Dee's presentation on ticks with Sharon Forsyth - YouTube Jack-in-the-pulpit info from MIssouri Botanical Garden Info about bamboo shoots The Chef's Garden by Farmer Lee Jones (Amazon Link) On the bookshelf: Life with Flowers by Frances Palmer (Amazon Link) and Frances Palmer Pottery Dirt: Fanny Wilkinson, London's Suffragette Gardener via The Guardian. Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission): Botanical Interests Farmers Defense Etsy Territorial Seeds True Leaf Market Eden Bros Nature Hills Nursery Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links. Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com Our newsletter is on Substack For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings. Watch this episode on YouTube Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol are gardening through the alphabet, and today focused on the letter I. For more info and links, subscribe to and read our free newsletter. A few links: American Iris Society Schreiner's Iris Gardens documentary on YouTube. Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden by Jessica Walliser. (Amazon link) On the Bookshelf: The Kindest Garden: A Practical Guide to Regenerative Gardening by Marian Boswall and Jason Ingram. (Amazon link) Dirt: A children’s book: A Rose Named Peace: How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War by Barbara Carroll Roberts (Author) and Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator) (Amazon link) Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission): Botanical Interests Farmers Defense Etsy Territorial Seeds True Leaf Market Eden Bros Nature Hills Nursery Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links. Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com Our newsletter is on Substack For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings. Watch this episode on YouTube Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Carol and Dee continued gardening through the alphabet with the letter H. For more info and links, check out our free newsletter: Links: Carol's Interview for Thursday Garden Chat with Garden Masterclass on YouTube Helenium 'Monheim Beauty' Heuchera americana On the bookshelf: The Lost Orchid: A Story of Victorian Plunder & Obsession by Sarah Bilston (Amazon link) Dirt: Monarch butterflies on 60 Minutes Rabbit Holes: Up North Garden w/Corey, on YouTube The Cloud sisters, two Lost Ladies of Garden Writing Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission): Botanical Interests Farmers Defense Etsy Territorial Seeds True Leaf Market Eden Bros Nature Hills Nursery Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links. Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com Our newsletter is on Substack For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings. Watch this episode on YouTube Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol continue gardening through the alphabet with the letter G. For more info, check out our weekly newsletter. It's free! Links: Supertunia® Honey™ - Petunia hybrid | Proven Winners Dee's blog posts on pelargoniums: here and here. Geum triflorum, prairie smoke The Garlic Companion by Kristin Graves (Amazon link) On the bookshelf: Plants with Superpowers by David Domoney (Amazon link) Dirt: Italian terra-cotta and Vietnamese pots To see Carol chat live with Noel Kingsbury on his Thursday Garden Chat on May 1st, at 1:00 pm Eastern, go to the Garden Masterclass Events page Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission): Botanical Interests Farmers Defense Etsy Territorial Seeds True Leaf Market Eden Bros Nature Hills Nursery Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links. Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com Our newsletter is on Substack For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings. Watch this episode on YouTube Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol talk about forsythia shrubs, ferns, fennel, fava beans and a lovely new book. For more info and links, check out our weekly newsletter. Links: The stand up dandelion weeder from Groot Pow Little Dibby for seed pricking Fennel seeds from Burpee Fava beans from TrueLeaf Market On the bookshelf: The Generosity of Plants: Shared Wisdom from the Community of Herb Lovers gathered by Rosemary Gladstar (Amazon link) Dirt: Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--a Cool History of a Hot Commodity by Amy Brady (Amazon link) Rabbit holes: Feathered Friends Cordial Cherry ajuga The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet by Lyn Millner. Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission): Botanical Interests Farmers Defense Etsy Territorial Seeds True Leaf Market Eden Bros Nature Hills Nursery Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links. Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com Our newsletter is on Substack For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings. Watch this episode on Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.

Send us a text Dee and Carol talked about flowers and veggies that start with "E", plus a new book on soil. For more info and links, check out our free weekly newsletter. A few links: All-America Echinacea selections All-America Elephant Ear Royal Hawaiian selection All-America Eggplants selections On the bookshelf: Start with Soil: Simple Steps for a Thriving Garden, by Juliet Sargent (Amazon Link) Dirt: Does Birdsong Help Plants Grow? Rabbit Holes: Koreshan State Park in Florida and Hedwig Michel on YouTube. Link to register for Herb Society of America's program presented by Carol on Lost Ladies of Herbal and Garden Writing (April 22) Link to register for National Garden Bureau's Book Authors Talk Gardening on April 10. Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission): Botanical Interests Farmers Defense Etsy Territorial Seeds True Leaf Market Eden Bros Nature Hills Nursery Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links. Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com Our newsletter is on Substack For more info on Carol visit her website. Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings. Watch this episode on YouTube. Support the show On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club. On YouTube.