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Dee and Carol discuss favorite summer annuals, what to do I the veg garden in August, and many books.

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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:

Tulsa Botanic Garden

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