A Variety of Topics In and Out of the Garden
Season 6, Episode 38, August 7, 2024
This week I thought you might enjoy a little behind-the-scenes info. When Carol and I sit down to record an episode, we have a general set of guidelines that we keep on a Google document. We also have a Trello board where we store ideas based on our topics and whatever else we find during the week. Plus, we have columns for topics we’ve already discussed and quotes we already used. However, things don’t always go as planned, and that’s part of the fun. We often get distracted and discuss things other than the usual topics. I think I do that more than Carol, but she’s patient with my meanderings.
On this week’s episode, we chewed over blackberries, and a book about two women botanists; plus, we continued our fall series about perennials to plant. This is where I wandered off into the blackberry patch. Carol waited for me to return and discuss the subject at hand. Listen to the episode, and you’ll see. Also, sorry about my microphone. We know my sound isn’t as good as we’d like, but the new one I ordered went missing. I think Amazon sent it to Tanzania.
Before our “flower” topic, we shared our garden updates and our favorites of the week. My favorites were my ‘Tidepool Mix’ zinnias. I made a little Instagram video about them.
Carol shared that she cut back her lavender. Her favorites this week were her All-America Selections grown from seed: Zinnia angustifolia 'Crystal White Zinnia Profusion Red Yellow Bicolor, and Coleus Premium Sun Coral Candy. It’s a colorful combo, and you know how much I love color.
As I wrote above, our flower topic was planting perennials in the fall. I shared that Proven Winners sent me three ‘Invincibelle Sublime’ smooth hydrangeas, and I’m grateful, and it was way off topic, because they are shrubs. They’re sitting in the shade until they are ready for the garden. They had an exhausting, hot and dry journey.
We both agreed that the big box sales rack may not be a great deal. We shared some great tips about buying and planting perennials in late summer and fall.
For our vegetable topic, we explored blackberries and decided we don’t want to grow them anymore. However, if you do, here’s an article on Blackberry and Raspberry Culture for the Home Garden from Oklahoma State University.
Carol read the book on our bookshelf: Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny. (Amazon Link) It sounds like an important and exciting read.
Our dirt was that your RoundUp herbicide has changed if you use it. Listen for more information. I heard about this from Oklahoma Gardening on YouTube.
Carol's rabbit hole involved Lost Ladies of Garden Writing. Surprise. Surprise. There’s definitely a book in there.
We also discussed Sundial of the Seasons by Hal Borland (Amazon Link), and I ordered it from eBay right after we finished recording.
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