Fall is for... Editing the Garden

Season 6, Episode 42, September 4, 2024

Carol’s ‘Flamma Orange’ and ‘Burning Embers’ celosia

I nearly forgot to write the newsletter for this week’s episode. Why? Because the weather in Oklahoma has been fabulous. I worked outside Saturday, Sunday after church, and all day Monday, and for the first time in a long time, I see the bones of my garden again. That’s a great feeling.

Trees and shrubs are the bones of every garden. This week, Carol and I discussed planting trees, how our vegetable gardens performed over the summer, giant hogweed, some books we love, and a surprising rabbit hole. We were as busy as a couple of little bees, so settle in and enjoy the show.

Carol’s favorites this week were Celosia ‘Burning Embers’ and Celosia ‘Flamma Orange,’ both All-America Selections. From the photo, above, I sure understand why.

Spicebush drupes.

My favorites were my spicebush drupes show above. These small berries cheer me to no end.

In our continued series on “Fall is for,” we discussed planting trees. Here is a good article on Tree Installation: Tips for Trouble-Free Tree Planting | Family Handyman. We also pondered washing off tree roots. It’s worth reading that article to find out more.      

In our vegetable topic, we compared our summer veggie gardens. Purple Magic Broccoli, Red Impact Peppers and Dragonfly Peppers were some of the vegetables we grew this year from seeds sent to us from All-America Selections. Carol also grew ‘WonderStar Red,’ a tomato Burpee sent her to trial. Listen for more information on the winners and losers.

Carol also talked about her figs and a popular blog post she wrote a while ago about growing figs in the midwest.

Everleaf Thai Towers basil which is smothering a small basil.

My dried beans were a total bust, and Carol thought I should share a photo. How about I share my Everleaf Thai Towers basil instead? They look like small shrubs! My tomatoes weren’t very good either, but my peppers and eggplants have been fabulous.

On the bookshelf, we talked about The Layered Garden, by David L. Culp (Amazon Link) and A Year at Brandywine Cottage, also by David L. Culp. (Amazon Link)

Our dirt was Giant Hogweed, which is a bad plant. This was brought to our attention by Kathy Purdy’s Instagram post about wild parsnips, which are also poisonous. (Carol couldn’t find a post about giant hogweed, so maybe we were confused?)

We had the same rabbit hole this week—well, at least the first one. We’re both reading
Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health, by Casey Means, MD with Calley Means (Amazon Link)

Carol’s second rabbit hole was about Jean Hersey, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing, and she wrote a blog post about dandelion summer after reading about it in a cozy mystery.

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