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

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:...

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,&apo...

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 pol...

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...

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...

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...

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 ‘Montev...

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...

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% t...

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:...

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 th...

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? Ch...

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… Eas...

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...

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 De...

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 t...

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 de...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about all kinds of sedums, ask about growing weird vegetable varieties, and all the other usual topics. For more information, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch us on YouTube, click here .  Links: Flowers:  It’s the Year of the Sedum , per the National Garden Bureau.  On the Bookshelf:  Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden: A Guide to Creating Sustainable...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about winter aconites, growing parsley, a book of nature-related essays and more. To watch us on YouTube, click this link For more info, check out our Substack newsletter ! Insect of the week: Endangered insects like these in Indiana and the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma. Flowers:  Winter Aconites, Eranthis hyemalis More info about these early spring flowe...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about Ficus houseplants, easy seeds for the vegetable garden, a book on old roses, and more. For complete info, check out our Substack newsletter To watch this episode on YouTube, click here . Insect of the Week; Crystal Skippers, from T he Last Butterflies: A Scientist’s Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature by Nick Haddad. ( Amazon link ) Flowers:  Year...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discussed new All-America Selections they are growing from seed, a new book on cottage gardening, and more. To find out more about this episode, check out our Substack newsletter To watch this episode on YouTube, click here . Insect of the Week: Green Lacewings, info from Old Farmer’s Almanac   Flowers: New All-America Selections from the National Garden Bureau to gr...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss how to start a new rose garden from scratch, how to use seed catalogs, a new book, Wild & Free Gardening, plus a variety of other gardening topics. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter . To watch us on YouTube, use this link . Lavender ‘ Phenomena l’ and Dollie’s Farm Bar Soap Flowers: Starting a rose garden from scratch. David Austin Roses Mi...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about azaleas, growing celery, winter's effect on plants, a book on urban nature and several other topics. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter . You can also watch us on YouTube . Links and topics: Flowers: 2026 is the Year of the Azalea per the National Garden Bureau.  Vegetables: Celery, celeriac, and celery microgreens On the bookshelf: Th...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about crocuses, hot peppers (Capsicum), a new book: The Continuous Vegetable Garden, and celery vases. For more info, check out their weekly newsletter . To watch this episode on YouTube, click here . Insect of the Week: Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live by Rob Dunn ( Amazon link )...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss some of their favorite topics from the past year as they sign off for 2025.  To watch this episode on YouTube, click here For more information, check out our Substack newsletter . Insect of the Week Snow fleas , a type of springtail, and Snow Fleas?! Yes, They’re Real and Found in Indiana Flowers: Recaps of favorite flowers from 2025 episodes Zinnias Pansies...