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Dee and Carol talk all things herbal this week.

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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

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Dee and Carol talk about growing flowers and veggies in containers.

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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

Crane flies.

Flowers:

Queen Tut papyrus

Tattoo™ Papaya Vinca

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.

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Dee and Carol talk about plants to leave behind, basics of vegetable gardening, a new book on gardening as you grow older and more!

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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.

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