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

We Do Hard Things, In and Out of the Garden

August 28, 2024 Carol Michel, Dee Nash Season 6 Episode 41

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Lots of garden chatter this week about lawns, soil testing, herbicide dangers, an old gardening book and a few other misc. topics.

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A couple of favorite flowers:  Zinnia 'Benary’s Giant Wine' and Sunflower 'Concert Bell'

If you want to test your lawn and garden soil, Great Lakes is a soil testing lab, located in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

On the bookshelf: This is the Way My Garden Grows and Comes Into My Kitchen, by Barbara Dodge Borland. (Amazon Link) Plus, Carol's YouTube video about her.

Dirt: Triclopyr:  Off-Target Damage from Purdue Landscape Report

Rabbit Hole Links:
Touring the Cotswolds with Pam Ayres on YouTube
Two jigsaw puzzles, USA State Birds  and USA State Flowers
Anne Ophelia Dowden

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