Send us a text 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 ZinniasPansiesLisianthusSignet MarigoldsViolasVegetables: Recaps vegetable topics Cole crops - have we talked pe...

Send us a text 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! ...

Send us a text 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: Amaryllis Christmas Cactus Rosemary Poinsettia PaperwhitesCarol’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: Ge...

Send us a text 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...

Send us a text 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 Vegeta...

Send us a text 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: Mole Crickets: Flowers: With “officinalis” as the species name. Primula officinalis - Cowslip (also called Primula veris) Pulmonaria officinalis - Lungwort Saponaria officinalis - Soapwo...

Send us a text 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 John...

Send us a text 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...

Send us a text 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 garde...

Send us a text 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: Wooly worms Assassin bug. Wheel bug. Ugh bug. Info from the Missouri Dept. of Conservation Flowers: Phenology Indiana Phenology and National Phenology Network, b Vegetables: Ruth St...

Send us a text Dee and Carol talk about snapdragons, giant vegetables, a new book on perennials and several other topics! For more information, check out our newsletter. To watch this episode on YouTube, click here Insect of the Week: Boxelder bugs and milkweed bugs Flowers: Snapdragons, Antirrhinum majus All-America Selections of snapdragons Vegetables: Growing giant vegetables Pumpkinista in Maine On the Bookshelf: Essential Guide to Perennial Gardening from American Horticultural Society (...

Send us a text Dee and Carol turn their attention toward fall in the garden and discuss what to put in fall containers, lettuce they love to grow, a new book by Jacqueline van der Kloet, tracking invasive plants, and more. For more information, check out our weekly newsletter. If you’d like to watch this podcast, click here. Insect of the Week: Garden spiders Flowers: Refreshing your fall pots Sarah Raven’s method for planting containers Vegetables: Lettuce worth growing, includin...

Send us a text Dee and Carol wrap up their project to garden through the alphabet with the letter Z! For more information, check out our newsletter. To watch this episode: this link. Dee’s virtual Fit walk took her to Yew trees of Borrowdale Flowers: Zephyranthes, commonly called rain lilies. Southern Bulb Company has them for sale. Zinnias Zantedeschia, commonly called Calla Lily Vegetables: Zucchini - summer squash. Zebra-striped tomatoes - Purple Zebra F1 is an All...

Send us a text Dee and Carol have reached the letter Y as they near the end of the alphabet. For more info, check out our weekly newsletter. To watch this episode on YouTube: this link Flowers: Yarrow - Achillea millefolium. Growing info from Proven Winners. Herb info from the Old Farmer’s Almanac Yews. Info on Yew Trees in the UK from the Woodland trust Vegetables: Yams Yellow tomatoes - less acidic - I always try to include a yellow variety in my garden, but this year, just some yellow cher...

Send us a text Dee and Carol are almost done gardening through the alphabet and this week challenged themselves with the letter X. For all the details, check out our newsletter! To watch us on Youtube, use this link. Links! Flowers: Xerochrysum - Strawflowers. Missouri Botanical Garden on strawflowers and Matt Mattus’s book, Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening. Xeranthemum - Paper Flower. Seeds from Johnny’s Selected Seeds For Xeriscaping, Noelle Johnson, AZ Plant Lady, a...

Send us a text Dee and Carol talk about white flowers, winter squashes, Doug Tallamy's new Book, How Can I Help: Saving Nature with Your Yard and more. For more info and links, check out our newsletter. To watch on video, use this link Insect of the Week: Bald-Faced Hornets. info from Penn State and Iowa State Flowers: W is for: Wabi-Sabi Gardening! (Carol’s blog post about it) and White Flowers Vegetables: “Patch for Kids” pumpkin from Burpee (coming soon!). &n...

Send us a text Dee and Carol are almost at the end of the alphabet, but there's still plenty of time in the gardening season. Join us to discuss the letter "V". For more info, check out our newsletter. Flowers: V is for all-things Verbena Verbena bonariensis Verbena ‘Bampton’ (Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora) Verbena hastata - Blue Vervain. Can get seeds from Select Seeds Annual verbena, Verbena x hybrida Like Verbena ‘Sweetheart Kisses, an AAS Winner. Vegetables:...

Send us a text This week, we dig into the letter "U" for topics for this episode. For more info, check out our newsletter. To watch our We Do Not Care Garden Club video, on YouTube, on Instagram Flowers: Under-utilized flowers Tradescantia pallida, purple heart, aka Mary’s tears. Barnardia japonica, Japanese jacinth. Begonia grandis, great for shade.. Our Choices Underplanting DaffodilsCrocusesSnowdropsSummer snowflakeEpimediumsHelleboresLeadwort (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)Ca...

Send us a text Dee and Carol continue their series of gardening through the alphabet. This week, it's the letter T! For more info, check out our newsletter Flowers: Flowering Tobacco - Nicotiana Tulips Tithonia, Mexican sunflower. Tassel Flower ‘Irish Poet’ Emilia coccinea From Select Seeds Vegetables: Tomatoes Tomatillos Turnips - There is an All-America Selection Turnip. Tokyo Cross from 1969 Tulsi - Holy Basil On the Bookshelf:&...

Send us a text Dee and Carol features flowers and veggies for the letter S today, plus talk about a new book on herbs. For more info, check out our newsletter. S is for... Flowers: Scabiosa - Pin Cushion flower. Sunflowers: Sunflower Steve All American Selection sunflowers include Concert Bell (2022), Ring of Fire (2001), Suntastic Yellow with Black Center(2014) Statice - Limonium sinuatum Saffron crocuses Vegetables: Shallots -&nb...