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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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Begonias, and Many Other Topics
Episode 41
Tuesday, 10 November, 2026
Send us Fan MailDee and Carol discussed begonias, what they think is worth growing in the vegetable garden, and not worth growing, two children's books, and many other topics.To watch us on YouTube, click here.For more info, check out our Substack newsletter.Question of the Week:Growing blueberries in containers. Univ. of Maryland extension articleInsect of the Week:Let’s talk about mealybugs! UNC Extension infoFlowers:Begonias! We talked about:Begonia ‘Partita’ (Begonia dregei ‘Partita’)JIm’s Cotton Candy angel wingMost wanted Begonia varieties in 2026 | PLNTS.comVegetables:What’s worth it to grow and what’ not worth it? (Hat tip to Teresa Byington for suggesting it.)On the Bookshelf:Mary E. and the Apple Tree by Cynthia Cliff (Amazon, Bookshop) (Ages 4 - 8)AndThe Weedy Garden by Margaret Renkl, by Illustrated Billy Renkl (Amazon, Bookshop) (Ages 4 - 8)Dirt:SmartPhone Apps to identify scat in your garden, like Droppings IdentifierRabbit Holes:Dee: Mailing candy to Germany and begoniasCarol: Another lost lady of garden writing, Edith Loring Fullerton… from Long Island!A Garden to Visit:Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus, Ohio. I did a search on best gardens to visit in the fall and they were on the list.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. Support the showOn Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.
