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

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about using cottagecore gardening ideas in your flower and vegetable gardens and some of their favorite books on cottagecore style gardens. Plus, they went off on a few tangents, as happens. For all the details, some pictures, and more links, check out our free newsletter . Links! A definition of cottagecore from Country Living A list of cottage garden flowers...

Send us Fan Mail As November continues, we talk about mums, celery, bananas, a new book on horticulture history and several other related topics. For more information and to enter the giveaway for copies of The Gardener magazine, check out our free newsletter ! Flowers: Are Mums Perennials and  How to Care for Mums On the bookshelf: Heroines of Horticulture: A Celebration of Women Who Shaped North...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about persistent perennials, carrots, a book about Japanese culture, armadillos and even the Duchess of Devonshire.  For more information, check out our free weekly newsletter ! A few links: On the Bookshelf: A Little Book of Japanese Contentments: Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-savi, and More , by Erin Niimi Longhurst ( Amazon Link) Dirt: Leprosy from Armadillo...

Send us Fan Mail We wrap up October with talk about trees, growing veggies in the winter, apples, and more. For complete info, check out our free newsletter! Some links: Info on Sumacs Sumac in Purdue's arboretum Grave Landscapes: The Nineteenth Century Cemetery Movement by James R. Cochran and Erica Danylchak ( Amazon Link ) Four-Season Harvest: Organic vegetables from your home garden all y...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about shrubs with fall interest, two cookbooks for vegetables, a lead poisoning mystery solved, and a new book, Plants for the Winter Garden: Perennials, Grasses, Shrubs, and Trees to Add Interest in the Cold and Snow , by Warren Leach For more information, check out our free newsletter . Links: Seed Savers Exchange Link to register for National Garden Bureau&...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about fothergilla shrubs, vegetable gardening preferences and confessions, and more. For more info, check out our free weekly newsletter. Links: Dee's blog post on Zinnias Favorites Carol's blog post from the garden fairies Fothergilla from Proven Winners Black Flora: Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture’s New Vanguard by Teresa J. Speight (Amazon Link...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about Silphium flowers, managing fall frosts, all black flower gardens, a new book on insects and more. For more information, check out our weekly newsletter . Links: Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening , by Matt Mattus Flower Netting ( Amazon link ) On the Bookshelf: I nsect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture by Barrett Klein ( Amazon L...

Send us Fan Mail We talked about collecting flower seeds, growing beets, a new book on garlic, witches bottles and more. For more information, check out our weekly newsletter . 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 a...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about border plants, a new book on garden record-keeping, books by Anna Pavord and several other topics. For more information and if you are curious where this episode title came from, check out our weekly newsletter . Some Links: Dee's Instagram reel about organic potting soil Carol's blog post from 2010 : The Wilderness Called The Tiny Farm Planner...

Send us Fan Mail 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. For more info and links, check out our weekly newsletter. Links: Hayefield Seeds Peony's Envy Cobrahead Tools The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener by Niki Jabbour On the bookshelf: A Life in the Garden...

Send us Fan Mail 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. For more information and more links, check out our weekly newslette r. Flowers: A special shout out for J.C. Raulston from Oklahoma, who ran the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Car...

Send us Fan Mail 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. For more links and behind the scenes, check out our weekly newsletter . Links: Flowers: Tree Installation: Tips for Trouble-Free Tree Planting | Family Handyman Info about washing off tree roots       Veggies: Pur...

Send us Fan Mail Lots of garden chatter this week about lawns, soil testing, herbicide dangers, an old gardening book and a few other misc. topics. For more info and links, check out our weekly newsletter.  Reading it is like seeing behind the shed where the compost pile is. A few links to tide you over if you haven't read the newsletter: A couple of favorite flowers:  Zinnia ' Benary’s...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about giant flowers, soil fertility, a book of nature writing, and more on this week's episode. For more information, links, and behind-the-scenes info, check out our free newsletter . Links: Heuchera 'Autumn Bride' Hibiscus 'Moy Grande' Information on green sand from Rutgers Cooperative Extension On the bookshelf:  Sundial of the Seas...

Send us Fan Mail 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. For more information and links, check out our free newsletter . Links: Beacon Impatiens Solarscape Impatiens Dee's blog post on taking cuttings of favorite plants Sarah Raven's podcast episode on pelargoniums Verbe...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss planting perennials in the fall, blackberries, and a book about two women botanists, plus several other topics For more information, check out our free weekly newsletter and subscribe to it! Links: Dee's Instagram video about Tidepool zinnias.  Carol's All-America Selections grown from seed: Zinnia angustifolia ' Crystal White   Zinnia Profusio...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about spring-flowering bulbs to plant in the fall, amaranth and celosia, and more. For more info and more links, check out our free weekly newsletter . Links: Growing Bulbs in the Natural Garden: Innovative Techniques for Combining Bulbs in Every Season by Jacqueline van der Kloet (Amazon Link) Colour Your Garden: Exciting Mixtures of Bulbs and Perennials (201...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about white flowers, gooseberries, and more on this week's episode. For more information, check out our free weekly newsletter ! A few links: Carol's old blog post about variegated evening primrose Queen Sophia marigolds, an All-America Selection Gooseberries from Stark Bros . On the bookshelf: From Seed to Skillet: A Guide to Growing, Tending, Harve...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about begonias, dill, sweet-tasting fruit, and more on this week's episode For more information and links, check out our free newsletter ! Links: Siskiyou Seeds Info on Pine Bark Beetle s Flowers: How to Care for Begonias: Family Handyman   American Begonia Society     All-America Selections begonias Veggies: Dill from Johnny's Selected Seeds On the...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss Caladiums, growing garlic, a book about gardeners and more on this week's episode. For complete info, check out our free newsletter ! A few links: Kitchen Minis   All-America Selection cucumbers Caladium of the Year: ' Lemon Blush ' Heart to Heart Caladiums Garlic from Johnny's Selected Seeds On the Bookshelf:  The Roots of My Obsession: T...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about deer problems in Dee's garden, how to give your container plantings a mid-summer makeover, tomato questions, old gardening magazines, and more. For additional info, links, pics, and more, check out our free newsletter ! Links: A couple of Carol's blog posts:  A Guide to Garden Fairies in Your House and Summer Squash Stages .  Dee's recent re...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talked about biennials, eggplant, tacky gardens, some old but good gardening books and a few other topics in between. For more info and more links, check out our free weekly newsletter . A few links: How to Grow False Queen Anne's Lace Carol's post about self-sowing annuals All-America Selections of eggplants Dee's recipe for Thai Basil eggplant On the...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Dee and Carol take you through their own gardens, discuss a book of gardening essays, and more. For more info and more links, check out our free newsletter ! Links: BBC Archive with Michael Caine Carol's new weekly gardening newslette r. Flowers: One of Dee's reels on daylilies Veggies: Dee's post about growing lavender in Oklahoma On the Bookshelf: The G...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss growing petunias from seed, growing sweet potatoes, Monty Don's new book and more. For complete information, check out our free Substack newsletter . Links! Flowers: Old-fashioned, heirloom climbing petunia this year from Select Seeds . Success! Silver Vein petunias Wave Carmine Velour petunias, AAS winner Veggies: Purple Sweet Potatoes from Johnny’s Sel...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol mixed things up a bit this week.  All the details are in our free Substack newsletter . Here's some information about how to support us, contact us, or follow us on social medial 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 Nurse...