A Meandering Garden Podcast Episode
Season 6, Episode 47, October 9, 2024
This week’s podcast episode is one of those that doesn’t seem to follow much of a theme. It didn’t even fit into our normal schedule. Instead of recording on Friday, we recorded on Thursday, just four days after our previous recording session, which we had moved from Friday of that week to Sunday. But that’s life. We had to work around speaking engagements, book clubs, and family birthday parties.
But we got it done and I think it’s a nice meander through flowers, veggies, and all the best dirt. Come along with us!
We started off with our favorites, as we do, and talked about what we did in, and out, of our gardens. Was it a nice thing for me to text Dee a picture of a signed copy Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger (Amazon Link) while I was at the Wild Geese Bookshop? Well, she told me about it and said I should read it so you can see why I had to do that.
Anyway, after we answered a question about zinnias—which reminded us to recommend Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening, by Matt Mattus and the flower netting (Amazon link) Dee uses to keep her zinnias and other cut flowers from flopping—we finally got to our flower topic.
We discussed Silphium flowers, referring often to an article by C. Colston Burrell in the August/September 2001 issue of The Gardener magazine, which as you know, is sadly out of print. We also recommended his book, Hellebores: A Comprehensive Guide, by, C. Colston Burrell (Amazon Link). Good used copies are available!
For our vegetable topic, we discussed how to know if you are likely to get a frost and how to manage fall (and spring) frosts through various methods. The idea for this discussion also came from that same issue of The Gardener, which featured an article on the topic by Eliot Tozer.
On the bookshelf, we discussed Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture by Barrett Klein (Amazon Link). We both got review copies and found quite a bit of interesting information. We discussed how getting over any fear of insects is key to being a gardener. This topic also brought to mind Charlie and Lois O'Brien and their Insect Collection, which we highlighted several years ago.
For our dirt, we talked about Kat Von D, who has moved to a big Victorian mansion in the tiny town of Vevay, Indiana. You can see some of it on Instagram, including her field of black tulips. If you are interested in a garden of mostly black flowers, you might want to check out Black Plants: 75 Striking Choices for the Garden, by Paul Bodine (Amazon Link).
In our rabbit holes, Dee has been walking with Tommy Rivs in the Canary Islands with her iFit application, which got her interested in dragon trees. She found this article to share: How to Grow Dracaena Draco (Dragon Tree) Indoors.
I did some research on Jane Eayre Fryer, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing, and mentioned a new mystery I got from the library to read, The Examiner, by Janice Hallett (Amazon Link).
So there you have it, another episode with no real themes, which is why we called it a meandering episode. We hope you enjoyed coming along with us!
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