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

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Flowers:

Under-utilized flowers

• Tradescantia pallida, purple heart, aka Mary’s tears.
• Barnardia japonica, Japanese jacinth.
• Begonia grandis, great for shade..

Our Choices Underplanting

• Daffodils
• Crocuses
• Snowdrops
• Summer snowflake
• Epimediums
• Hellebores
• Leadwort (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)
• Caladiums
• Blackberry lilies
• Toad Lilies

Vegetables:

Unusual vegetables.

• Cucamelons
• Armenian cucumbers
• Celeriac
• Fall vegetables in general. Many people plant in the spring and then forget about fall planting
• And fall can be the best vegetable garden of the year especially in southern climates.

On the Bookshelf:

The Newfoundland Lunch Party: A Sisters of the Soil Novel with Recipes – Sonia Day (Amazon Link)

Dirt:

Roblox Grow a Garden Online Game

Rabbit Holes:

Dee: Babylon Berlin. You can watch it with the MHZ Choice app

Carol: The latest lost lady of garden writing, Lena Mae McCauley and Honey Bee Mill Books.

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