J is for Johnny-Jump-Ups and Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Season 7, Episode 24, May 21, 205
Happy Spring to all! We hope you are having a marvelous May!
This week on the podcast, we are continuing our series on gardening through the alphabet, and this week we landed on the letter J.
If you want to listen to this episode today (Tuesday) instead of waiting until tomorrow, click this link to listen. OR, you can go over to YouTube and watch us as we talk all about stuff that kind of, maybe, possibly starts with “J”, depending on whether or not you use common names or botanical names or even add the country of origin to the plant name.
Now, where is Dee you ask? Doesn’t Dee always write the newsletter? Well, as per usual, we aren’t going to provide a straight answer to that. Instead, you’ll find the answer cryptically buried in the actual podcast recording. Meow!
Let’s talk about this episode!
For flowers for the letter J, we were all over the place with everything from Jack-in-the-pulpit to Japanese Kerria, and I did manage to mention Johnny-Jump-Ups. We also talked about Japanese toad lilies, and I mentioned a blog post about The Legend of the Toad Lilies that I wrote over ten years ago, as it turns out. Dee said she remembered it!
For the vegetable topic, we talked about Japanese vegetables. Dee was curious about bamboo shoots and found some info about them. I mentioned we should have made J stand for Jones because we got the list of Japanese vegetables from one of our favorite vegetable gardening books, The Chef's Garden by Farmer Lee Jones (Amazon Link)
On the bookshelf, we talked about Life with Flowers: Inspiration and Lessons from the Garden, by Frances Palmer (Amazon Link). We were both beyond delighted to get review copies. Listen to find out why, then check out the author’s website: Frances Palmer Pottery.
For our dirt, we shared about Fanny Wilkinson, London's Suffragette Gardener. There’s an article about her in The Guardian. A most interesting woman!
Down in our rabbit holes, it’s one mystery after the next, except of course for the latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Mrs. Charles H. Stout. Dee is watching Midsommer Murders on Amazon Prime. Her mom once told her she would like them. She does. I’m reading mysteries by P. D. James and wonder if I might like the "The Cat Who..." series by Lilian Jackson Braun, which my mom used to read. But as Dee and I discussed, once I get started on a series like that…
One last thing! After you watch or listen to us, you should watch Dee’s presentation on ticks with Sharon Forsyth, which is also on YouTube. It is very informative and contains important information for all gardeners!
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