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The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best DirtAuthor: Carol Michel, Dee Nash
Are you ready to be converted to living a gardening life? Each week, join Carol Michel and Dee Nash, both passionate gardeners, authors, and long-time bloggers, as they chat over the garden fence about flowers, veggies, and all the best dirt on gardening. Carol and Dee have the audacity to call themselves gardenangelists, evangelists for gardening, and want everyone to dig in the dirt, sow a few seeds, and enjoy the simple pleasures and even a few pitfalls of a gardening life. If you are ready to live a gardening life or already live one this is one podcast you dont want to miss. Language: en-us Genres: Hobbies, Home & Garden, Leisure Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Bean Banter and Other Gardening Topics
Episode 27
Tuesday, 28 July, 2026
Send us Fan MailDee and Carol talked about decorative beans to grow for flowers, beans to dry, and other gardening topics.For more info, check out our Substack newsletter.To watch on YouTube, click here.Links!Verbena bonariensis 'Vanity’ from All-America SelectionsInsect of the WeekJune Beetles Info from Wisconsin Horticulture ExtensionFlowers:Hyacinth beans - Lablab purpureus Scarlet runner beans - Phaseolus coccineusYardlong beans - Vigna unguiculata subsp. SesquipedalisCorkscrew vine beans, Cochliasanthus caracallaVegetables:Alternative beans to grow - black beans, kidney beans, northern beans - mostly for drying. General info from the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Seed sources for older varieties: Rancho Gordo, Seed Savers Exchange, and Southern Exposure Seed ExchangeOn the Bookshelf:Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste by Bill Best (Amazon Link)Dirt:Harkening back to last week’s episode on trees: Planting Trees at Waddesdon ManorRabbit Holes:Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Danske Dandridge, The Garden at Rose Brake: Garden Writings of Danske Dandridge, Muv: The Story of the Mitford Girls’ Mother by Rachel Tretheway (2026) Slightly Foxed podcast.A Garden to Visit:Visit an All-America Selection garden near you! Thank you:As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links.And, if you have suggestions for topics for us to discuss, send us an email or leave a comment.With a shared love of gardening…Carol and DeeSupport the showOn Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.
