Deck the halls with Tessa and Mollyyyy, fa la la la laaaa la la la laaaaa!!! Our gift to you this holiday season is gabbing some Christmas decorating gab in a special breakout session! While earlier this fall we divulged that we both aren't huge seasonal decorators, all bets are off when it's holly jolly season!!! Now there are some very deep questions the girls are asking... are you a real tree or fake tree person? Do you do color lights or white lights? Outdoor lights, yay or nay? Do you stay traditional or change things up each year? What are we foraging for to bring some of that outside magic in? While these aren't life's biggest questions, we feel they are still rather important. Listen till the end to hear about a potato wreath... That's right!! Could a potato be the answer to all your wreath needs this holiday season?

This episode wraps up our gabbing for the 2025 year, and we want to thank each of you who have listened, downloaded, left a review, and subscribed to the Garden Gab Club Substack! This has been one of our most fun endeavors of the year, and we are looking forward to another year full of garden gabbing!! Wishing each of you the warmest of wishes this holiday season! Thanks for joining the gab!

Show Notes:

+ Molly's ribbon garland inspiration from Aesme Studio, one of the dreamiest follows one can find on instagram!

+ Potato wreath tutorial from @Anya_thegarden_fairy!

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Alright Garden Gabbers, the pod has officially entered the double digits... aka... the dawn of Garden Gab's pre-teen years!! In today's episode Tessa and Molly review their family Thanksgiving festivities which included pecan whacking research, Pauline the porch chicken update, and dahlia dividing and storage insights. Molly makes a motion from the floor to celebrate their 10 favorite things about winter gardening to celebrate 10 episodes of Garden Gab! Do you know the joy of cold air in your lungs or a well layered gardening outfit? Have you savored the stillness and quiet of a winter day? Have you felt the ferocity of horticultural hormones that make you want to sow your seeds entirely too early? Well, Molly and Tessa have. They also discuss the importance of using winter to look back on the gardening year that passed and plan for the one ahead... tasks that are best completed curled up next to the fire with your wool socks and hot tea in hand. The girls then review their Black Friday shenanigans, which perhaps included some sexy elemental sulphur purchasing?! Stay tuned for a special breakout session on Tessa and Molly's Christmas decorating thoughts and feelings!

Goeth forth and warmeth thy heart in your garden! Thanks for joining the Gab!

Show Notes:

+ Molly and Tessa declared that one must find local flower farmers to learn from, because nothing can substitute niche local knowledge! For Greenville listeners, Tessa mentions Fraylick Farm. For Birmingham listeners, check out Stonehollow Farm!

+ Tessa's show closer quote is from "A Growing Gardener" by Abbie Zabar!

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Gird your loins, it is pecan whacking and turkey season Garden Gabbers!! Today on the pod Tessa and Molly *finally* announce the giveaway winners (congrats Kim and Bailee!) They also announce that the Garden Gab Gift Guide is now LIVE on the show substack, which you can subscribe to below to get inspired for all your garden gifting needs! The ladies also unpack their time down home... For Tessa it included wrangling children while Brian was away, pecan whacking (perhaps the show's new favorite activity?), and herding chickens. For Molly it included the stomach bug, which really derailed any other plans she had. However! Tessa rallied for a (rather tragic) Shakespeare Play with her niece, and Molly rallied to make it to her friend's annual Dipsgiving in which her tiramisu dip triumphantly won!!

To round out the show Tessa and Molly deep dive all things gratefulness. What does it mean to give and to receive? What is the difference between entertaining and hospitality? How does actually speaking the things we are thankful for change us? And what does all of this deep question asking have to do with your garden?! The girls also introduce a live DM report bringing you a taste of the garden shenanigans they have been up to behind the curtain on instagram! And of course, they never miss a good ole fashioned door prize, aka... Things they bought themselves!

Have a Pecan Whacking Good Thanksgiving, from the Garden Gab Girls!!

Show Notes:

+ Molly's AWARD WINNING Tiramisu Dip Recipe!!

+ The girls marveled at the "The Farm is the Table" post on instagram and also perhaps ask... have we taken it too far??

+ Tessa's limoncello recipe and cute floral Band Aids!!

To catch pics of pecan whacking, Molly's family pecan orchard, limoncello, rogue chickens, and every color mum you can imagine head over to our show substack page HERE!!