The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best Dirt

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Carol and Dee discuss some Easter flowers you can plant in the garden, coloring Easter eggs with natural materials, a biography of Gilbert White and more.
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Insect of the Week:  Grubs… How to control them, from Bob Vila
Flowers:
Can I plant… Easter Lilies and other potted flowering plants. Which ones will grow in your garden?  Info from Family Handyman 
Vegetables:
Coloring Easter Eggs Naturally: From Martha Stewart. Other options: from BHG
On the Bookshelf:
A Year With Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer, by Jenny Uglow (Amazon Link)
Dirt:
Beware of the influencer gardening info! Also, for fun:  Dreams, defined via an IG post
Rabbit Holes:
Dee was on PBS talking about Alpha-Gal Syndrome.
Carol researched Ruth Shaw Ernst as a Lost Ladies of Garden Writing
A Garden to Visit:
Longue Vue House and Garden in New Orleans
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Dee and Carol talk about reasons why you might want to grow flowers or vegetables and how that helps you decide what to plant, plus all the usual topics.
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Other Links:
Insect of the Week. Chiggers, with info from the Cleveland Clinic 
On the Bookshelf:
Art From The Garden: Create 25 Beautiful Botanical Projects, by Kerry Michaels (Amazon link)
Dirt:
Dilston Physic Garden and Dr. Elaine Perry, an encounter on Instagram
Rabbit Holes:
Hanna Rion, Carol’s latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing.
Videos from a young woman in England named Hanna who tries out life in the 1940s on her YouTube channel Real Vintage Dolls House inspired Carol’s blog post about Spinstercore Garden
A Garden to Visit:
The Gardens at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles County. 
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Dee and Carol talked about early spring annuals, other than pansies and violas, preparing your soil in the vegetable garden a new book on floriography, and more!
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 Insect of the Week
Midges or No-see-ums, from Insect Shield, plus Dee’s post about how to wear Insect Shield clothing.
On the Bookshelf:
Modern Floriography: Flowers, Gardens, and Gifts Inspired by the Language of Flowers by Teresa Sabankaya (Amazon Link)
Dirt:
Sussex Fairy Fossil (YouTube) and (Facebook)
Rabbit Holes:
Theo of Golden, and t an interview with the author, Allen Levi.  
Dee explained her life right now in this video
A Garden to Visit:
Botanical Gardens at The Huntington
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Dee and Carol talk about pelargoniums and scented geraniums, strawberries, and more.
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Little brown ants! Carol uses Terro Ant Killer Baits Flowers:
Pelargoniums and scented geraniums
Vegetables:
Carol’s blog post about growing microgreens

On the Bookshelf:
Watch out for AI generated books like these. Signs it is AI generated are too many books, unknown author, no pictures, only available on Amazon, etc.
Rose Chat podcast, the episode on growing roses in containers.
Dirt:
In Defense of the Gardener’s Voice by Marianne Willburn
Rabbit Holes:
Dee:  Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi. 
Carol:
Latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Edna F. McCormack
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax, by Dorothy Gilman
A Garden to Visit:
Gardens at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
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Dee and Carol are back to talk about impatiens, quick wins in the vegetable garden, a new book on cut flowers and several other topics, planned and unplanned.
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Flowers:  National Garden Bureau has declared it to be the Year of the Impatien.  
On the Bookshelf:  The Beginner’s Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Nourish, and Create Bliss Year-Round, by Elizabeth Brown with photos by Lindsay Fairchild (Amazon Link).  
Dirt:  Burp Your House. 
Garden to Visit: Tucson Botanical Gardens 
Rabbit Holes: 
Bertha Damon, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing.  
The series of books about Mrs. Pollifax, CIA spy! 
 Baba Marta Day, celebrated on March 1 in Bulgaria. 
Also  Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story by Wendell Berry? (Amazon Link)
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