Two Gardens, Two Gardeners, So Many Topics to Discuss
Season 6, Episode 32, June 26, 2024
This week, Carol and I explored biennials, not biannuals, eggplant, tacky gardens, some old but good gardening books, and other topics. We do go on sometimes.
After our updates, we played favorites. My favorite this week was my false Queen Anne’s lace, and Carol found an article on How to Grow False Queen Anne's Lace. Carol’s favorite was the sunflowers from Sunflower Steve that self-sowed in her garden. I haven’t sowed mine yet. I’m afraid they will die or be eaten by the crows. She also wrote a blog post about self-sowing annuals.
Our flower topic was biennials. They grow for a year, flower the following year, and then set seed and die. Carol got this idea from her June 1959 issue of Horticulture Magazine. If you want to learn more after listening to this episode, check out Gardener’s World article about biennials. Hollyhocks are often biennials. I saw these hollyhocks in Great Britain, and I’m still trying to grow them. Ha!
My cut flower garden has been a trial this year, but I did post about the daylilies and other June views on my blog.
Our veggie topic this week was eggplant. I love eggplant and grow and eat a lot of it. Listen to the podcast to hear which types I like to grow, and then check out the All-America Selections of this beautiful vegetable that should be called aubergine, like they do in Europe. Here is my recipe for Thai Basil eggplant from eons ago. I still make it all the time.
On our bookshelf this week are Time and the Gardener: Writings on a Lifelong Passion by Elisabeth Sheldon (Amazon link) and The Gardener's Bed-Book: Short and Long Pieces to Be Read in Bed by Those Who Love Green Growing Things by Richardson Wright. (Amazon link.) Carol is reading the first one, and we both have read the second one.
For our dirt, Carol found this Daily Mail article on tacky gardens. What’s your opinion on tacky gardens? Can a garden even be tacky?
Well, that’s it for this week. You’ll need to listen to the episode for the rest. It’s just too hot for me to type anymore. Ha!
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Hi Carrol and Dee, enjoying your show as always. I’ve had a comment I’ve been meaning to ask about for a couple weeks regarding daylilies. I have noticed this year that there have been very few in the nurseries and even big box stores in Northeast Georgia. Have you noticed a downward trend in their popularity in your area?