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| Mulling Over the Garden at the End of the Season | 04 nov. 2026 | 00:52:08 | |
Dee and Carol talk through some questions about choosing flowers for the garden and saving seeds, then discuss a book on native plants and other topics. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch us on YouTube, click here.
Flowers: Questions to ponder: What plant or flower do we wish we hadn’t planted in our gardens and why? Should you go fancy with flowers or is it better to simplify? Must you have the latest variety or tried and true? Should you not grow outside your zone? Vegetables: What seeds can you keep from year to year? On the Bookshelf: Plant This, Not That: Over 200 Native Plant Swaps for a More Sustainable, Pollinator-Friendly Garden by Elise Howard (Amazon, Bookshop) Dirt: Keystone Plants: Planting ecological communities of species that share natural light, soil, and water needs builds stronger local food webs. Rabbit Holes: Dee: Carol: Finished up another Lost Lady of Garden Writing: Alice Vaughan-Williams Martineau A Garden to Visit: Will Rogers Park and Horticultural Gardens 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 send us a text! On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| An Episode for the Birds | 28 oct. 2026 | 00:52:42 | |
Dee and Carol talk about gardening for the birds. To watch this episode on YouTube, click here. To read more about it, check out our Substack newsletter. Question of the Week: Good article on using manure from Iowa State Extension Insect of the Week Best insects for birds from birdlife.com Flowers: Simple Ways to Live a Bird-Friendly Life in and out of the garden (Advice from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology) Tips for Feeding Birds from the Audubon Society Vegetables: How to keep birds out of strawberries and off your blueberries. On the Bookshelf: A Year in the Garden by Matthew Rice (Amazon, Bookshop) His website ‘Dirt: Rabbit Holes: Life is a Miracle by Wendell Berry (Amazon, Bookshop). Sharon Lovejoy on Instagram. A Private Matter, new season on the podcast Bear Brook… on Instagram, plus another Lost Lady of Garden Writing. Other books mentioned: Unearthing the Secret Garden: The Plants and Places That Inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett by Marta McDowell (Amazon, Bookshop) A Garden to Visit: Thank You: 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. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Perpetual Spring and Autumn Topics | 21 oct. 2026 | 00:44:50 | |
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Question of the Week: How do you grow figs in the Midwest, Carol? Old Blog post: My Midwest Figs and How I Grow Them. From a listener: a question for Dee and Carol. Is there any way to kill Canadian thistle without wiping out all my landscaping? My landscaper says pre-emergent chemicals won’t work on it.Thank you for your help. Linda Granat He’s right, pre-emergents don’t work well. Carol has used carbolic acid spray (Captain Jack’s Deadweed Brew) on hers and it knocks it back, but she still just pulls them when she sees them. Plus that is nasty stuff the kills any plant in touches so be careful! Insect of the Week: Insects that like to come inside when it gets colder: lady bugs, squash bugs, spiders, etc. What do you do about them? (Carol kills them.) “There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight.” AnonymousFlowers: Let’s revisit the concept of Perpetual Spring as Dee plans more of her gardens. Something blooming in every season. Popularized by: Elizabeth Lawrence, Canon Henry Ellacombe, Sir Francis Bacon The basic idea is to always have something in bloom.
Favorite winter flowers:
Vegetables: Spooky Vegetable Decor and Snacks “A pumpkin in pies we all of us prize; And surely no pumpkin a boy would affright. But a jack-lantern light is a terrible sight. And scares all the children that walk out at night. ~L. Frank Baum, Father Goose, His Book, 1899On the Bookshelf: The Cozy Commonplace Book by Miranda Mills (Amazon, Bookshop) “When wood-grapes were purpling and brown nuts were falling; When wild, ugly faces we carved on its skin, Glaring out through the dark, with a candle within...” — John Greenleaf Whittier (”The Pumpkin”)Dirt: Cutting up butternut squash. Be careful! If we looked hard enough, we could probably find statistics about how many people go to the ER after injuring themselves trying to cut a butternut squash open. “Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay.” — George MeredithRabbit Holes: Dee: Carol: Latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing is Sister Rose Agnes Greenwell. Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Chronicle Their Lives and Document the World by Betsy Rubiner (Amazon, Bookshop) Purdue’s expedition to find Amelia Earhart’s plane! I won’t tell the ending, you can look online for the info. A Garden to Visit: Continuing with our cemetery theme: The Secret Life of a Cemetery by Benoît Gallot (Author), Daniel Casanave (Illustrator), Arielle Aaronson (Translator) (Amazon, Bookshop) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Fall is for Refreshed Containers, Pumpkins and More | 14 oct. 2026 | 00:46:23 | |
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! On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Dig Now to Be Delighted in the Spring | 07 oct. 2026 | 00:39:07 | |
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: 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.
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Garden Talk With Lots of Beatrix Potter | 30 sept. 2026 | 00:40:51 | |
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. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Garden Obsessions in Moderation | 23 sept. 2026 | 00:52:01 | |
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. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Gardening to Keep You Happy, Healthy, and Wise | 09 sept. 2026 | 00:47:06 | |
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. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Butterflies, Bulbs, and More | 02 sept. 2026 | 00:46:12 | |
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: 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. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Waning Summer Days and Winter Squash | 26 août 2026 | 00:46:35 | |
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: 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. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Rain for Carol, Heat for Dee | 19 août 2026 | 00:41:16 | |
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: 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… On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| More Summer in the Garden | 12 août 2026 | 00:40:10 | |
Dee and Carol discuss favorite summer annuals, what to do I the veg garden in August, and many books. For more information, check out our Substack newsletter To watch us on YouTube, click here. Links, etc: Question of the Week: What’s wrong with my tomatoes? Insect of the Week: Black Saddlebags Dragonfly Flowers: Our favorite summer garden annuals. Branching out from perennials and native plants obsession. Vegetables: Timely reminders for August On the Bookshelf: In the Land of the Blue Poppies: The Collected Plant-Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon Ward (2003) (Amazon, Bookshop) Dirt: Hydrangea Pruning: What Stays, What Goes and When by Lorraine Ballato (Amazon) Rabbit Holes: The Churchill Sisters by Dr. Rachel Tretheway. (Bookshop, Amazon). The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made by Caroline Hallemann (Bookshop, Amazon) Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench (Amazon, Bookshop). (Listen to Judi Dench recite Shakespear on Instagram) Adele Dawson, another Lost Lady of Garden Writing. Dear Hugo by Molly Claverly (Amazon, Bookshop), and sloes, the fruit of blackthorn. The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds. (Amazon, Bookshop) Dee’s buying Bulgarian food A Garden to Visit: 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… Carol and Dee On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Joy Abounds in the Summer Garden | 05 août 2026 | 00:41:36 | |
Dee and Carol talk about mandevillas, veggie cookbooks and more in this week's episode. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch us on YouTube, click here. Insect of the Week: Lily leaf beetle, prompted by a reader’s questions. Check Wisconsin Extension on how to identify and how to control. This site shows the range Flowers: Mandevillas and Bougainvillas Vegetables: More recipes from the garden. My New Roots: Inspired Plant-Based Recipes for Every Season: A Cookbook by Sarah Britton. (Bookshop, Amazon) Check out her website and her Instagram account Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables by Joshua McFadden (Bookshop, Amazon) On the Bookshelf: My Summer in a Garden by Charles Dudley Warner (1899) (Bookshop, Amazon) Dirt: Chatsworth Garden Design Revealed in the Drought Rabbit Holes: The Botanist’s Assistant by Peggy Townsend (Bookshop, Amazon) Lots of interesting deadly plants mentioned. Also Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Words that first appeared in print for the year you were born… A Garden to Visit: 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… Carol and Dee On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Bean Banter and Other Gardening Topics | 29 juil. 2026 | 00:46:51 | |
Dee and Carol talked about decorative beans to grow for flowers, beans to dry, and other gardening topics. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch on YouTube, click here. Links! Verbena bonariensis 'Vanity’ from All-America Selections Insect of the Week June Beetles Info from Wisconsin Horticulture Extension Flowers: Hyacinth beans - Lablab purpureus Scarlet runner beans - Phaseolus coccineus Yardlong beans - Vigna unguiculata subsp. Sesquipedalis Corkscrew vine beans, Cochliasanthus caracalla Vegetables: Alternative beans to grow - black beans, kidney beans, northern beans - mostly for drying. General info from the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Seed sources for older varieties: Rancho Gordo, Seed Savers Exchange, and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange On the Bookshelf: Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste by Bill Best (Amazon Link) Dirt: Harkening back to last week’s episode on trees: Planting Trees at Waddesdon Manor Rabbit Holes: Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Danske Dandridge, The Garden at Rose Brake: Garden Writings of Danske Dandridge, Muv: The Story of the Mitford Girls’ Mother by Rachel Tretheway (2026) A Garden to Visit: Visit an All-America Selection garden near 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. With a shared love of gardening… Carol and Dee On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Talking about Trees | 22 juil. 2026 | 00:54:34 | |
Dee and Carol talked about trees, including what to consider when buying a tree, pawpaws and walnut trees around the veggie garden, a tree essay book, and more. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch us on YouTube, click here. A couple of miscellaneous links: Carol’s ritual of the first tomato blog post from 2006 and Play-Doh Blooms (Amazon) Question of the Week: Why did a big limb that looked healthy suddenly fall out of my tree? More info from Davey Tree Company Insect of the Week: Mimosa Webworms - Info from Purdue - a tale of two kinds of treatment. Flowers: How to choose trees for your garden Vegetables: Pawpaw trees - Check them out at Stark Bros Walnut trees - Info from Garden Professors Blog On the Bookshelf: Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree: A celebration of our connection with trees by David George Haskell (Amazon Link). Haskell also wrote How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries and The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature. Check him out on Instagram. Dirt: Judi Dench and her passion for trees. A clip/intro to her documentary My Passion for Trees Rabbit Holes: Dee: A new cookbook, The HIgh Protein Plate, by Rachael DeVaux, RD. Carol: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann (2005), a new biography about Katharine S. White (The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, by Amy Reading), and a new Lost Lady of Garden Writing. A Garden to Visit: United States National 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. With a shared love of gardening… Dee and Carol On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Coneflowers and Cooking Veggies | 15 juil. 2026 | 00:41:55 | |
Dee and Carol talk about coneflowers, share some new veggie recipes Dee is trying, discuss a book on wildflowers and more. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch on YouTube, click here. Question of the Week: How do I grow a wildflower meadow from seed? Mini Meadows, by Mike Lizotte. He explains it well. Insect of the Week Blue Orchard Mason Bee. You can make nesting boxes for them or buy commercial ones Flowers: The Enterprise of Echinaceas, and why do we have so many varieties? We are speaking of Echinacea purpurea. Watch out for aster yellows, a disease that can infect coneflowers. More info from Missouri Botanical Garden Vegetables: Let’s share some summer recipes! Authentic Shopska Salad Recipe Cold Yogurt Cucumber Soup - Tarator Princesses (Bulgarian Ground Meat Sandwiches) Recipe - Food.com Dee’s Zucchini Squash Challenge on her blog On the Bookshelf: A Naturalist’s Book of Wildflowers: Celebrating 85 Native Plants of North America by Laura C. Martin (2021) (Amazon) Dirt: Another dose of cuteness on Instagram, a farmer-gardener with his two young daughters, the two “supervisors”. Meet Jeremiah_Farmer .They also have pigs! Rabbit Holes: Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Katharine S. White. And Carol’s tips for getting your garden to produce more veggies. A Garden to Visit: Dallas Arboretum. One hot place when we visited! 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. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Root It In Water and Other Gardening Topics | 08 juil. 2026 | 00:43:45 | |
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: Flowers: 31 plants you can root in water, from Epic Gardening On the Bookshelf: Collected Curiosities; more stories and recipes from the historical apothecary cabinet by Amanda Edmiston (Amazon) Dirt: Do ducks grow on trees? Dictionary Diva on Instagram Rabbit Holes: Rural Free: A Farmwife’s Almanac of Country Living by Rachel Peden (1961) A Garden to Visit: (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| A Garden Should Touch Your Senses | 01 juil. 2026 | 00:42:29 | |
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,' Insect of the Week Awful, horrible Japanese beetles. Flowers: Touchable flowers Article - How to Design a Healing Garden: Veggies: Vegetable garden as a wellness garden On the Bookshelf: Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Good for Our Health by Kathy Willis (Amazon) and Botanicum: Welcome to the Museum by Kathy Willis, Illustrated by Katie Scott (Amazon) Rabbit Holes: Dee: American food week in Bulgaria on Instagram Carol: Carol’s secret source for UK published books… Blackwell’s Another lost lady of garden writing, Caroline Dormon, friend of Elizabeth Lawrence. A Garden to Visit: Kew Gardens. Thank you!
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| Listen To Your Garden. What Do You Hear? | 17 juin 2026 | 00:47:02 | |
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 pollination for so many crops, including squash and cucumbers. On the Bookshelf: Garden Voices: A Year of Gardeners’ Writing, Edited by Claire Masset (Amazon) Dirt: Control Mosquitoes with a Mosquito Bucket. (News Report) Rabbit Holes: Carol revisited Elizabeth Lawrence to write about her as the latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing. A Garden to Visit: Longwood Gardens - Famous for their fountains. That’s it for this week! 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.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Lull in Your Garden? How to Fix It! | 10 juin 2026 | 00:46:29 | |
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 On the Bookshelf: The New Garden Designer’s Handbook: How to Design Useful Gardens from Start to Finish, by Daryl Beyers, Illustrations by Elara Tanguy Dirt: Poison Hemlock On Instagram, Instagram Rabbit Holes: Land by Maggie O’Farrell Garden to Visit: Monticello - Thomas Jefferson’s Garden. (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| A Bit of British Gardening | 03 juin 2026 | 00:46:23 | |
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. Vegetables: The classic British vegetable garden… what do they grow: On the Bookshelf: My Gardening Life by Mary Berry (Amazon) Mary Berry’s Country House Secret on PBS Dirt: The tree growing grandmother from Yorkshire. Via Instagram. Also, this article Rabbit Holes: Louise Riotte, the last Lost Lady of Garden Writing. A Garden to Visit: A Garden to Visit: Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History: The Quest to Restore a Working Farm at Vita Sackville-West’s Legendary Garden by Adam Nicolson (Amazon) Thank you for being a listener! (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Gardening With a Banana Theme | 28 mai 2026 | 00:44:44 | |
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, by Marianne Wilburn. Everything you ever wanted to know about bananas from Brittanica Vegetables: High Potassium Veggies info from My Food Data On the Bookshelf: Plant by Number: Design your Dream Garden With 24, Step-by-Step Planting Plans by Stacy Tornio (Amazon)(Publishes on May 26. Thank you to Timberpress for review copies) Dirt: Banana Peel Water for fertilizer? No. Rabbit Holes: Dee: Roses and the Rose Chat podcast Carol: old but good gardening books including Rose Recipes from Olden Times by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde and An Island Garden by Celia Thaxter A Garden to Visit: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh. Thank you for listening
(If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Herbs! Here, There, and Everywhere! | 20 mai 2026 | 00:45:24 | |
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 ‘Monteverde’ from PanAmerican Seed, for sale from Burpee. What makes an herb good for the vegetable garden? On the Bookshelf: Carol recently bought Time Traveller’s Herbal: Stories and recipes from the historical apothecary cabinet by Amanda Edminston, an herbal storyteller (Amazon link) She’s on Instagram. She has another book coming out on June 30th: Collected Curiosities: more stories and recipes from the historical apothecary cabinet. (Amazon link) Dirt: National Herb Week - May 7th - 13th - Always the week leading up to Mother’s Day, per the International Herb Association. The Herb Society of America, and why you might want to join it. Rabbit Holes: Dee: ‘Kazanlik’ rose from Antique Rose Emporium Carol: Anthropomorphism, where animals are given human characteristics… Watership Down by Richard Adams, Shady Hollow by Juneau Black, the new movie, The Sheep Detective, which is based on the book, Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. Beanstack app for reading challenges. Also the latest lost lady Elda Haring, who was all about growing plants from seed. A Garden to Visit: The Chelsea Physic Garden (visited by Dee) and Florilegium Society 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.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Growing Flowers and Veggies in Pots and Other Containers | 13 mai 2026 | 00:47:37 | |
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 of the Week Flowers: Vegetables: Examples of veggies good for containers from Burpee: On-Deck Corn, Patio Baby Eggplant, Sweetheart of the Patio Tomato, Mocha Swirl Sweet Peppers, Hamburg Lettuce. On the Bookshelf: The Creative Container Garden by Anders Royneberg with Erik Schjenven (Amazon) Plus A Year Full of Pots: Container Flowers for All Seasons by Sarah Raven (Amazon) Dirt: Carol’s spinstercore gardening, and a search on Pinterest… for Unusual Plant Containers. Rabbit Holes: Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy, by Rumer Godden (1979). Watership Down by Richard Adams. And another Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Elda Haring A Garden to Visit: Wing Haven in Charlotte, North Carolina, the gardens of Elizabeth and Edwin Clarkson, and Elizabeth Lawrence. (If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Gardening Advice From Two Long-Time Gardeners | 06 mai 2026 | 00:54:29 | |
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% there. On the Bookshelf: Garden for Life: Strategies for Easier, Greener, More Joyful Gardening as We Age, by Rhonda Fleming Hayes (Amazon Link) Dirt: Boomers have a lot of stuff, an article, and on Instagram Nick Fox Radio Rabbit Holes: Books mentioned include Matilda by Roald Dahl, Raising Hare: A Memoir by Chloe Dalton, and The Lark by E. Nesbit A Garden to Visit: Gibb’s Garden in Georgia, in a place called Ball Ground, north of Atlanta. 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.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| A Little Garden Chat with Hydrangeas, Veggie Garden Flops, and Corn Starch | 29 avr. 2026 | 00:51:26 | |
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: Hydrangeas Proven Winners has an explanation of the five main types. Vegetables: How to learn from your failures and not throw in the trowel, partially inspired by an essay in American Gardener, from American Horticultural Society. On the Bookshelf: Hydrangea Happiness: Planting, Pruning, and Blooming by C. L. Fornari (Amazon link) (Publishes April 30) Dirt: Using cornstarch in the garden, via Martha Stewart Rabbit Holes: Dee: Heritage Rose Foundation and her upcoming talk on Old Garden Roses and Their Companions. The pelargonium Dee was trying to remember was ‘Mrs. Pollock.’ Carol: Working on her presentation on Tips and Tricks to Spring into Gardening for Franciscan Senior Promise, local group. A Garden to Visit: Atlanta History Center and in particular the Cherokee Garden Library. That was very special. 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.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| To Self-Sow or Not to Self-Sow? | 22 avr. 2026 | 00:54:32 | |
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 the Bookshelf: Plantiful: Start Small, Grow Big With 150 Plants That Spread, Self-Sow, And Overwinter by Kristin Green (Amazon Link) Dirt: Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World, by Joel Salatin Rabbit Holes: The Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Mrs. H. B. Tillotson Also, books by David George Haskell, including How Flowers Made Our World, The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature, The Songs of Trees: Stories of Nature’s Great Connectors, and Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree (Blackwells) from the library. A Garden to Visit: University of Washington Botanical Garden, home of the Eleanor C. Miller Horticultural Library, 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.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Springing into Busy April | 15 avr. 2026 | 00:45:06 | |
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? Check out our Substack newsletter for links Vegetables: Bring the world to your vegetable garden, more info on our Substack newsletter On the Bookshelf: The Curious Kitchen Gardener: Uncommon Plants & How to Eat Them by Linda Ziedrich (Amazon Link) (Her website) Dirt: Growing Giant Tomatoes on IG and the seed that cost $2,000. Rabbit Holes: Dee: Mary Magdalene and the red egg on Instagram. Carol: Mrs. H. B. Tillotson, the next Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Burrowcore, and two podcast episodes: one with Adam Frost on the Talking Gardens with Gardens Illustrated podcast, the other with Monty Don on the Rosebud with Gyles Brendeth podcast. A Garden to Visit: Bloedel Reserve, Seattle, Washington. Dee’s blog post about it 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.)
On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| A Bit of Real Gardening Before Easter | 01 avr. 2026 | 00:38:37 | |
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… Easter Lilies and other potted flowering plants. Which ones will grow in your garden? Info from Family Handyman Vegetables: Coloring Easter Eggs Naturally: From Martha Stewart. Other options: from BHG On the Bookshelf: A Year With Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer, by Jenny Uglow (Amazon Link) Dirt: Beware of the influencer gardening info! Also, for fun: Dreams, defined via an IG post Rabbit Holes: Dee was on PBS talking about Alpha-Gal Syndrome. Carol researched Ruth Shaw Ernst as a Lost Ladies of Garden Writing A Garden to Visit: Longue Vue House and Garden in New Orleans If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Your "Why" Helps You Decide What to Plant | 25 mars 2026 | 00:47:52 | |
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 Botanical Projects, by Kerry Michaels (Amazon link) Dirt: Dilston Physic Garden and Dr. Elaine Perry, an encounter on Instagram Rabbit Holes: Hanna Rion, Carol’s latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing. Videos from a young woman in England named Hanna who tries out life in the 1940s on her YouTube channel Real Vintage Dolls House inspired Carol’s blog post about Spinstercore Garden A Garden to Visit: The Gardens at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles County. If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Flowers, Floriography, and Fairies | 18 mars 2026 | 00:42:32 | |
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 Dee’s post about how to wear Insect Shield clothing. On the Bookshelf: Modern Floriography: Flowers, Gardens, and Gifts Inspired by the Language of Flowers by Teresa Sabankaya (Amazon Link) Dirt: Sussex Fairy Fossil (YouTube) and (Facebook) Rabbit Holes: Theo of Golden, and t an interview with the author, Allen Levi. Dee explained her life right now in this video A Garden to Visit: Botanical Gardens at The Huntington 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.) On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Pelargoniums, Strawberries , Surprises, and Blessings | 11 mars 2026 | 00:48:34 | |
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 these. Signs it is AI generated are too many books, unknown author, no pictures, only available on Amazon, etc. Rose Chat podcast, the episode on growing roses in containers. Dirt: In Defense of the Gardener’s Voice by Marianne Willburn Rabbit Holes: Dee: Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi. Carol: Latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Edna F. McCormack The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax, by Dorothy Gilman A Garden to Visit: Gardens at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. 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.) To watch us on YouTube, click here On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Impatiens, Quick Wins in the Veggie Garden, and More | 04 mars 2026 | 00:45:37 | |
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 declared it to be the Year of the Impatien. On the Bookshelf: The Beginner’s Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Nourish, and Create Bliss Year-Round, by Elizabeth Brown with photos by Lindsay Fairchild (Amazon Link). Dirt: Burp Your House. Garden to Visit: Tucson Botanical Gardens Rabbit Holes: Bertha Damon, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing. The series of books about Mrs. Pollifax, CIA spy! Baba Marta Day, celebrated on March 1 in Bulgaria. Also Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story by Wendell Berry? (Amazon Link) (Check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links.) As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to the podcast! On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Year of the Sedum, Weird Veggies: Yea or Nay, and More | 18 févr. 2026 | 00:38:07 | |
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 Outdoor Spaces by Kendra Wilson with the editors of Gardenista, Photographs by Caitlin Atkinson (Amazon) Dirt: Prickle Free Plants A Garden to Visit: Mission Garden in Tucson, Arizona. Check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| We Talk About Pretty Things, Related to Gardening | 11 févr. 2026 | 00:50:39 | |
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 flowers on Old House Gardens Vegetables: Parsley, Petroselinum crispum Featured by Matt Mattus in American Gardener, Jan/Feb 2026, the magazine of the American Horticultural Society Johnny’s Seeds has several varieties of parsley. On the Bookshelf: The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, by Margaret Renkl. (Amazon link) Dirt: Don’t smell the roses… go local, go organic. Check lists on Slowflowers.com to find a florist in your area who is more likely to have pesticide-free flowers and maybe consider something other than roses for Valentine’s Day. Rabbit Holes: Ann Leighton, the latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing. A Garden to Visit: Garfield Park Conservatory. Check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Ficus Houseplants, Easy Seeds, and Old Roses | 04 févr. 2026 | 00:44:05 | |
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 The Last Butterflies: A Scientist’s Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creatureby Nick Haddad. (Amazon link) Flowers: Year of the Ficus, as designated by the National Garden Bureau. See 10 Tips for Growing Ficus Vegetables: From John Scheeper’s Kitchen Garden Seeds: Ten easiest vegetables to grow from seed. On the Bookshelf: Where the Old Roses Grow: Vita Sackville-West and the Battle for Beauty during Wartime by Janelle McCulloch (Amazon Link). Dirt: The Frazzled English woman aesthetic. Rabbit Holes: Dee: A children’s Bulgarian alphabet book from Bookshop.org. Carol: Researching another Lost Lady of Garden Writing A Garden to Visit: Morton Arboretum On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| From Our Snow-Covered Gardens to Yours | 28 janv. 2026 | 00:51:24 | |
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 grow from seed Vegetables: New All-America Selections from the National Garden Bureau to grow from seed On the Bookshelf: The Contemporary Cottage Garden: Climate-Friendly, Mindful Methods for Growing Flowers and Food by Pamela Hubbard (TimberPress, Feb. 10, 2026) (Amazon) Dirt: 8 Trends You’ll See in Gardens in 2026 via The Spruce, plus Outdated Backyard Trends from House & Garden. Rabbit Holes: Dee: Rose oil (DEE ADD LINK) Carol: Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Jessica Kerr. A Garden to Visit: Check out our affiliate links here. Most book links are also affiliate links. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Planning a New Rose Garden and Going Analog with Seed Catalogs | 21 janv. 2026 | 00:44:45 | |
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 ‘Phenomenal’ and Dollie’s Farm Bar Soap Flowers: Starting a rose garden from scratch. Vegetables: Going analog with seed catalogs Onward & Upward in the Garden by Katherine S. White On the Bookshelf: The Wild & Free Garden by Stephanie Rose of Garden Therapy. (Amazon link) Dirt: Rabbit Holes: Dee: November’s Blue Ridge Mountain Apple Profile: Stayman Winesap Carol: More Lost Ladies of Garden Writing Gardens to Visit: Lurie Garden in Chicago Check out our affiliate links here. Most book links are also affiliate links. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Azaleas, Celery, and Winter's Effect on Plants | 14 janv. 2026 | 00:30:40 | |
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: This is How a Robin Drinks: Essays on Urban Nature, by Joanna Brichetto (Amazon Link). Dirt: Thermonasty and Chromoplasticity, as described on Substack by Ben Probert. Rabbit Holes: Another Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Audrey Wynne Hatfield. Check out our affiliate links here. Most book links are also affiliate links. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Crocuses, Capsicum, and Celery Vases: We Are Back for Season 8! | 07 janv. 2026 | 00:38:40 | |
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) Flowers: 2026 is the Year of the Crocus per the National Garden Bureau. Great places to order bulbs from include Van Engelen for large orders and our friends Brent and Becky’s Bulbs. Vegetables: The National Garden Bureau has proclaimed 2026 is the year of the hot pepper! Capsicum sp. On the Bookshelf: The Continuous Vegetable Garden: Create a Perpetual Food Garden that Sows and Grows Itself by Charlie Nardozzi (Amazon link) Dirt: Celery vases are making a big comeback! Article in House Beautiful. Question for listeners… Do you have a celery vase? Rabbit Holes: A new Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Peggie Schulz. Elizabeth Coatsworth’s children’s book, The Cat Who Went to Heaven (Amazon link) Check out our affiliate links here. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| A Little Garden Chinwag, With Squirrels and Snow Fleas | 17 déc. 2025 | 00:45:45 | |
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
Vegetables: Recaps vegetable topics
On the Bookshelf: Recaps of favorite books from 2025 episodes. Carol: Pansies: How to Grow, Reimagine, and Create Beauty with Pansies and Violas by Brenna Estrada (Amazon Link) Dee: The New Romantic Garden by Jo Thompson (Amazon Link), also Vintage Roses by Jane Eastoe Dirt: Forget Pantone's Cloud Dancer… All the colors of the year for 2026…from The Spruce, and Rabbit Holes: Dee: Songlever on Instagram Carol: Another Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Thalassa Cruso Check out our affiliate links here. Thank you for listening and supporting us! On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| The Holly and the Ivy, Plus Favorite Veggie Cookbooks | 10 déc. 2025 | 00:43:59 | |
Dee and Carol talk about winter plants for the garden, veggie cookbooks, chestnut trees, square foot gardening and more. For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. To watch us recording on YouTube, click here. (Even if you don’t regularly watch us on YouTube, we’d love it if you’d subscribe to our channel and hit the “like” on one of our videos. Question of the Week: What about root washing before planting? Is there a benefit? Seems traumatic to the tree or shrub! Good to do, according to the Garden Professors and Garden Myths Insect of the Week Flowers: Christmas-y Plants for your Garden Hellebores - The Christmas Rose, Helleborus niger Red-twig dogwood (Cornus sericea) and Yellow-twig Dogwoods (Cornus sericea ‘Budd’s Yellow) Any Hollies with Berries Fancy Evergreens - The Conifer Society Plants for the Winter Garden: Perennials, Grasses, Shrubs, and Trees to Add Interest in the Cold and Snow by Warren Leach (Amazon Link) Vegetables: Veggie Cookbooks including: Six Seasons, A New Way With Vegetables, by Joshua McFadden (Amazon link) and Tender: A Cook and his Vegetable Patch, by Nigel Slater. (Amazon link) On the Bookshelf: Square Foot Gardening - Fourth Edition (Amazon link) Dirt: The American Chestnut: Finding full-grown trees is a holy grail for some and efforts to restore them Check out our affiliate links here. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Decking the Halls: Christmas Plants and Root Vegetables | 03 déc. 2025 | 00:38:33 | |
Dee and Carol talked about plants for Christmas, growing root vegetables, two books on Christmas plants, and more! For more information, check out our newsletter. To watch this episode on YouTube, click here. Flowers mentioned:
Carol’s article about Christmas Plants in Family Handyman is still out there! Dee has a post on how to grow amaryllis and paperwhites indoors. Vegetables: Getting to the root of things. Root vegetables: Vegetables discussed included:
On the Bookshelf: Decking the Halls: The Folklore and Traditions of Christmas Plants by Linda Allen (2000) and Decking the Halls: Trees, Flowers, Herbs & Greenery to Celebrate the Holiday Season by Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau (2025) Dirt: Disney’s Record Breaking Tomato Tree Rabbit Holes: Dee: King and Conquerer on Amazon Prime. Carol: Lost Ladies of Garden Writing who wrote Christmas-themed books Check out our affiliate links here. We appreciate all our listeners and readers, and love it when you send us suggestions. Do you have a suggestion for a topic we should discuss or for our We Do Not Care segment? If so, send it our way! Have a great week, everyone! On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Green Grows Our Gardens: The Species Viridis | 26 nov. 2025 | 00:34:10 | |
Dee and Carol talk about flowers and veggies with 'viridis' as the species name, plus a book on houseplant propagation, and more. For all the details, check out our newsletter To watch this episode on YouTube: click here Insect of the Week: Paper Wasps Flowers: Ephedra viridis - Morman Tea Helleborus viridis - Green Hellebore Asclepias viridis - Green Milkweed Crataegus viridis - Green Hawthorn Acer palmatum ‘Viridis.’ Vegetables: Collard Greens - Brassica oleracea var. viridis Callaloo - Amaranthus viridis Cucumber Viridis F1 On the Bookshelf: The Ultimate Guide to Houseplant Propagation: Step-by-step techniques for making more houseplants… for free! By Lindsay Sisti from @alltheplantbabies on Instagram (Amazon Link) Dirt: Why do ginkgo trees lose their leaves all at once? On Instagram Rabbit Holes: Dee: Where does rose oil come from? An article, an Instagram link, and an article about how it’s used! Carol: The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 3 by Beth Brower, and The Killer Question by Janice Hallett. Check out our affiliate links here. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Creeping Plants: Repens | 19 nov. 2025 | 00:46:24 | |
Dee and Carol continue to focus on different species names and this week it's "repens." For all the details, check out their newsletter! To watch them on YouTube, use this link! Insect of the Week: giant leopard moth. Flowers: Trifolium repens - White clover Ajuga reptans - Carpet bugleweed (“reptans” is close enough to “repens” for us!) Veronica repens - Creeping speedwell Mahonia repens - Creeping Oregon grape. Callisia repens - Turtle vine Vegetables: Wild Strawberries: Fragaria repens Rubus repens - Star Violets aka False Violets aka Runaway Robin On the Bookshelf: Vintage Roses: Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden by Jane Eastoe, Photographs by Georgianna Lane (Amazon Link) Dirt: A Fond Farewell From Farmer’s Almanac. Rabbit Holes: Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Florence Knock. Carol’s weekly newsletter, “In the Garden With Carol” Dee’s Instagram Reel on things to do in the garden now and what you can wait to do. The garden fairies wrote a post on Carol’s blog. Dee’s Instagram Reel about structure in your garden. Carol’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day post. Check out our affiliate links here. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Rosemary for Remembrance: "Officianalis" Flowers and Herbs | 12 nov. 2025 | 00:46:30 | |
Dee and Carol talk about flowers, herbs, and even a weed that all have the species name of "officianalis." Plus, they review a new book about growing vegetables for preserving. To find out more, check out our weekly newsletter on Substack Watch us on YouTube! Insect of the week: Flowers: With “officinalis” as the species name.
Vegetables: Herbs with “officinalis” as the species name.
On the Bookshelf: The Preserver’s Garden: How to Grow a Garden for Fermenting, Canning, Pickling, Dehydrating, Freeze Drying & Moreby Staci & Jeremy Hill (Amazon Link) Dirt: Taraxacum officinale - Common dandelion Rabbit Holes: Dee: CBD creams Carol: Cozy mysteries and talking flowers Check out our affiliate links here. We appreciate all our listeners and readers, and love it when you send us suggestions. Do you have a suggestion for our We Do Not Care segment? If so, send it our way! Have a great week everyone! On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Texensis With a Side of Cardinalis | 05 nov. 2025 | 00:43:38 | |
Dee and Carol talk about plants with species name of "texensis" and briefly talk about the species name "cardinalis." They also talk about a new book, pollen banking, and some of their rabbit holes. For more links and details, check out our newsletter. To watch on YouTube, click here. Flowers we discussed. Lupinus texensis - Texas bluebonnet or Texas lupine, info from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Carex texensis - Texas sedge, info from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Clematis texensis - Scarlet Clematis, Info from Gardenia Vegetables: Cercis canadensis var. texensis - Texas redbud, Info from Missouri Botanical Garden Columbrian texensis - Texas hog plum, info from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Quercus texana -Texas Red Oak, Info from Missouri Botanical Garden On the Bookshelf: Vibrant Harvest: Cultivating a Kaleidoscope of Colors in Your Vegetable Garden with Heirlooms, Modern Hybrids, and More by Sandra Mao of Sandra.UrbanGarden (Amazon Link) Publishes December 2. Sandra’s Instagram. Dirt: Pollen banking and a tiny unrelated tidbit: favorite crayola crayon colors Rabbit Holes: Dee: Gianni Rodari plus The Flowers of Little Ida by Hans Christian Andersen Carol: Harriet Klamroth Morse, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing. Plus she’s on Volume 3 of The Unselected Journals of Emma C. Lion. Check out our affiliate links here. And please follow us on Apple Podcasts. It helps others looking for gardening podcasts find us. We appreciate all our listeners and readers. Have a great week everyone! For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Yes, Virginia, There is a Garden | 29 oct. 2025 | 00:43:11 | |
Dee and Carol talk about plants with a species name of virginina, a book on romantic garden and more in this week's episode. For more info, check out our newsletter! To watch this week’s episode on YouTube, click here. Flowers: Tradescantia virginiana (Virginia Spiderwort). ‘Sweet Kate’ has lime-green foliage. Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant) Dee’s reel on this flower. Persicaria virginiana (Virginia Knotweed) Trees and shrubs Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Redcedar) Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay Magnolia) Rosa virginiana (Virginia Rose) Vegetables: American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana On the Bookshelf: The New Romantic Garden by Jo Thompson (Amazon Link). Jo’s Substack is The Gardening Mind. Dirt: Carol’s blog post from last week. Check out our affiliate links here. We appreciate all our listeners and readers. Have a great week everyone! For more info, check out our Substack newsletter. On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Gardening with Vulgare | 22 oct. 2025 | 00:31:23 | |
To watch this episode on: click here For more info, check out our newsletter Carol’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day post Ruth Stout, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing. Flowers: Gardening with vulgare flowers Leucantheum vulgare - Ox-eye daises Syringa vulgaris - Common lilac Aquilegia vulgaris - Columbine Primula vulgaris - Primroses. Silene vulgaris - Bladder Campion. Filipendual vulgaris - Dropwort. Vegetables: Growing with vulgare in the vegetable garden. Some herbs: Origanum vulgare - oregano Thymus vulgare - common thyme Foeniculum vulgare - fennel Tanacetum vulgare - Tansy - don’t grow it. Beta vulgaris - beets - what’s new in the beet world? There’s an AAS Winner from 2015 - Avalanche, which is white. The history of beets. On the Bookshelf: Love Letter to a Garden by Debbie Millman (Amazon Link) Thank you to TimberPress for review copies! Dirt: Rabbit Holes: The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol 1 by Beth Brower. Check out our affiliate links here. We appreciate all our listeners and readers. Have a great week everyone! On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||
| Fall, and Our Thoughts Turn Toward Gardening | 15 oct. 2025 | 00:49:26 | |
Carol and Dee talk about phenology, no-dig gardening, a new book on gardens in literature and more. For more details, check out our weekly newsletter. To watch this week’s episode, click here. Carol’s garden fairies wrote a blog post and Carol built Lego mini bonsai trees. Insects of the week: Assassin bug. Wheel bug. Ugh bug. Info from the Missouri Dept. of Conservation Flowers: Phenology Indiana Phenology and National Phenology Network, b Vegetables: Ruth Stout’s How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back. (1955) (Amazon) Patricia Lanza’s Lasagna Gardening (Amazon) Just say no to cardboard: the science from the garden professors On the Bookshelf: The Literary Garden: Imaginary Gardens of Writers and Poets by Sandra Lawrence, illustrations by Lucille Clerc (Amazon) Dirt: Rabbit Holes: A few books: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Amazon) Peace Like a River by Leif Enger (Amazon) Check out our affiliate links here. We appreciate all our listeners and readers. Have a great week! On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists. | |||