Talking About Trees
Season 8, Episode 26, July 22, 2026
Good morning friends! We have another exciting episode to share. You might be wondering why an episode on trees opens with a half-open sunflower. It was my favorite this week partly because my granddaughter was so excited to see it. She helped me plant the seeds. To hear more about this and all about trees, click here, and to watch us on YouTube, click here.
First, Carol updated us on her ritual of the first tomato blog post from 2006 and Play-Doh Blooms (Amazon.)
Question of the Week:
Why did a big limb that looked healthy suddenly fall out of my tree? More info from Davey Tree Company
Insect of the Week:
Mimosa Webworms - Info from Purdue, along with Carol’s tale of two different kinds of treatment.
Flowers:
How to choose trees for your garden. We were able to put this under the flower topic because many trees bloom in spring. We had a great discussion. We believe you will like it.
Vegetables:
We continued our tree theme with two fruiting trees.
Pawpaw trees - Check them out at Stark Bros
Walnut trees - Info from Garden Professors Blog. We also discussed black walnut trees.
On the Bookshelf:
Carol brought Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree: A celebration of our connection with trees by David George Haskell (Amazon Link). Haskell also wrote How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries and The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature. Check him out on Instagram.
Dirt:
We both enjoyed Judi Dench and her passion for trees. A clip/intro to her documentary My Passion for Trees
Rabbit Holes:
Dee: A new cookbook, The HIgh Protein Plate, by Rachael DeVaux, RD.
Carol: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann (2005), a new biography about Katharine S. White (The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, by Amy Reading), and a new Lost Lady of Garden Writing.
A Garden to Visit:
United States National Arboretum
Thank You:
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With a shared love of gardening…
Carol and Dee