Another Seedy Episode

Season 5, Episode 11, January 25, 2023

In this week’s episode, our topics ranged from winter sowing to direct sowing to gardens in England to… another “Minute with Masha.” Dee could—perhaps should— write an entire blog post about what happens when a gardener adopts a kitten and the kitten learns about plants and jigsaw puzzles! (Feel free to encourage Dee to do just that with a comment below.)

In other news, we got a lovely email from a listener who ended with a question asking how she could send us a donation. How nice! And great timing as this month, our podcast host, BuzzSprout, made some updates that make it easy to automatically add donation links to show notes and our podcast website.

So we softly announced that we’ve set up those links. On all the show notes, there’s now a link at the bottom for “Support the Show.” That link will take you to a PayPal site where you can donate one time. Don’t worry that it says “Red Dirt Ramblings.” That’s Dee. That same link will also be at the end of these newsletters.

Another donation option offered by BuzzSprout is to sign up for a monthly subscription, starting at $3 per month. The link for that option is on our podcast website and at the end of this newsletter.

No pressure, ever! We still plan to offer all our content for free. We love gardening, and we want others to love it too!

Now, where were we?

We were getting ready to share a whole bunch of links!

Flowers:

If you want to know more about winter sowing check out the PennState Extension website. They have a nice article about it.

You can also visit our friend Susan Mulvilhill's website for more winter sowing info. She’s also the author of two books... The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook: Identify and manage diseases and other common problems on edible plants  (Amazon link) coming out Feb. 7, and The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook: Identify and Solve Common Pest Problems on Edible Plants - All Natural Solutions!  (Amazon Link).

Veggies:

We really don’t have a bunch of links for direct sowing in the vegetable garden, but we did mention my post from last year about growing lettuce in the garden.

 On the Bookshelf:

We were pleased to review Secret Gardens of the South East: A Private Tour by Barbara Segall  (Amazon link). We know Barbara through GardenComm and love her new book. It’s filled with witty writing and great pictures. Who wouldn’t want to read a book about gardens in England that starts off with a mention of “naughty postcards?” Now you’re curious!

A few other "Secret Gardens" books in the series include Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds, (Amazon Link), Secret Gardens of East Anglia (Amazon Link), and Secret Gardens of Somerset (Amazon Link)

Dirt:

Our main dirt this week is Farmer's Defense protective sleeves (affiliate link). I bought some after a friend from my garden club recommended them last fall, and now Dee’s going to get some too. They’re made from recycled plastic bottles and protect your arms from the sun, plant saps, bugs, etc. without overheating you. You can check out their website for gardening hats and gardening aprons too.

Rabbit Holes:

I ran into another lost lady of garden writing, Bebe Miles, while browsing at a local antique mall. Dee is putting together jigsaw puzzles, even though her kids tell her that’s an old lady hobby. It isn’t!

One last thing… two links to Instagram… Dee mentioned following Sally Clarkson on Instagram after we used one of her quotes, and we promised a link. Promise fulfilled! And I posted a picture of my Lego Bird of Paradise on my Instagram if you want to see it. (I was going to make my Lego creation the picture for this newsletter, but then Masha… you know how it is with cats and the internet.).

Here’s a bonus picture of Masha being a sweet kitty after she finished inspecting the roses.

Dee says the roses survived Masha’s inspection of them.

And that’s it for this newsletter. Listen to this week's episode for the rest!

If I missed a link or you have a question or a suggestion for a topic we should talk about on a future podcast episode, leave a comment or send us an email!

The rest of the stuff:

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