The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best Dirt

Carol Michel, Dee Nash

Are you ready to be converted to living a gardening life? Each week, join Carol Michel and Dee Nash, both passionate gardeners, authors, and long-time bloggers, as they chat over the garden fence about flowers, veggies, and all the best dirt on gardening. Carol and Dee have the audacity to call themselves gardenangelists, evangelists for gardening, and want everyone to dig in the dirt, sow a few seeds, and enjoy the simple pleasures and even a few pitfalls of a gardening life. If you are ready to live a gardening life or already live one this is one podcast you don’t want to miss.

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Episodes

Happy Garden Chatter
Feb 28 2024
Happy Garden Chatter
Dee and Carol talk about growing pollinator-friendly plants from seeds, edimentals, a new book, and more.For complete show notes, visit our Substack newsletter! Flowers:Pollinator-friendly plants from seed from Select SeedsVeggies: Grow some "edimentals", as described by Homes & Gardens.On the Bookshelf: The Layered Edible Garden: A Beginner's Guide to Creating a Productive Food Garden Layer by Layer by Christina Chung of Fluent Garden (Amazon Link)Her instagram page: Fluent.GardenDirt:Monarch butterfly status from Monarch WatchBaker Creek's purple tomato discontinues (currently on their FAQ page)Rabbit Holes:Eastern Red Cedars Wreak Havoc for Allergy Sufferers in Oklahoma!C. Z. Guest and the swans of 5th avenue:  The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin (Amazon Link)Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal and a Swan Song for an Era by Lawrence Leamer (Amazon Link)Carol's Substack article about C. Z. GuestOur Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission):Botanical InterestsFarmers DefenseEtsyTerritorial SeedsTrue Leaf Market Eden BrosNature Hills Nursery  Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links.Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com  For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website. Support the showOn Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.
Kale, Kale, Kale, The Early Sounds of Spring in Our Gardens
Feb 14 2024
Kale, Kale, Kale, The Early Sounds of Spring in Our Gardens
Dee and Carol talk about Verbenas, early spring leaf and root crops, a lovely book on hummingbirds, and more.For more information and more links, check out our Substack newsletter.Flowers:'Bampton' seeds from HayefieldNative Verbenas:  Verbena hastata (American Blue Vervain)Verbena stricta (Hoary Vervain)Verbena halei (Texas Vervain)Veggies:Old episode on winter vs. summer radishesOn the Bookshelf:   The Hummingbirds’ Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings by Sy MontgomeryDirt: GMO Tomato available to home gardeners.  Norfolk Healthy Products…  Book Authors Talk Gardening, sponsored by the National Garden Bureau on March 7th at  7pm  - a free event! Registration Link.   Rabbit Holes: Margaret Roach’s article/discussion with Don Tipping of siskiyou seeds.  Carol's Substack article about Kate L. Brewster.Carol's blog post about her plant labeling advice.Our Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission):Botanical InterestsFarmers DefenseEtsyTerritorial SeedsTrue Leaf Market Eden BrosNature Hills Nursery  Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links.Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com  For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.Support the showOn Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.