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Dee and Carol discuss some of their favorite topics from the past year as they sign off for 2025.

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Insect of the Week

Snow fleas, a type of springtail, and Snow Fleas?! Yes, They’re Real and Found in Indiana

Flowers:

Recaps of favorite flowers from 2025 episodes

1. Zinnias
2. Pansies
3. Lisianthus
4. Signet Marigolds
5. Violas

Vegetables:

Recaps vegetable topics

1. Cole crops - have we talked people out of them?
2. Why Dee doesn’t grow squash (Burpee’s self-pollinating squash is ‘Sure Thing.’)
3. Microgreens!
4. Start as early as you can in the spring (Peas!)
5. Green beans

On the Bookshelf:

Recaps of favorite books from 2025 episodes.

Carol: Pansies: How to Grow, Reimagine, and Create Beauty with Pansies and Violas by Brenna Estrada (Amazon Link)

Dee: The New Romantic Garden by Jo Thompson (Amazon Link), also Vintage Roses by Jane Eastoe

Dirt:

Forget Pantone's Cloud Dancer… All the colors of the year for 2026…from The Spruce, and

Rabbit Holes:

Dee: Songlever on Instagram

Carol: Another Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Thalassa Cruso

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Dee and Carol talk about winter plants for the garden, veggie cookbooks, chestnut trees, square foot gardening and more.

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Question of the Week:

What about root washing before planting? Is there a benefit? Seems traumatic to the tree or shrub! Good to do, according to the Garden Professors and Garden Myths

Insect of the Week

Buffalo treehopper.

Flowers:

Christmas-y Plants for your Garden

Hellebores - The Christmas Rose, Helleborus niger

Red-twig dogwood (Cornus sericea) and Yellow-twig Dogwoods (Cornus sericea ‘Budd’s Yellow)

Any Hollies with Berries

Fancy Evergreens - The Conifer Society

Plants for the Winter Garden: Perennials, Grasses, Shrubs, and Trees to Add Interest in the Cold and Snow by Warren Leach (Amazon Link)

Vegetables:

Veggie Cookbooks including:

Six Seasons, A New Way With Vegetables, by Joshua McFadden (Amazon link)

and

Tender: A Cook and his Vegetable Patch, by Nigel Slater. (Amazon link)

On the Bookshelf:

Square Foot Gardening - Fourth Edition (Amazon link)

Dirt:

The American Chestnut: Finding full-grown trees is a holy grail for some and efforts to restore them

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Dee and Carol talked about plants for Christmas, growing root vegetables, two books on Christmas plants, and more!

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Flowers mentioned:

• Amaryllis
• Christmas Cactus
• Rosemary
• Poinsettia
• Paperwhites

Carol’s article about Christmas Plants in Family Handyman is still out there!

Dee has a post on how to grow amaryllis and paperwhites indoors.

Vegetables:

Getting to the root of things. Root vegetables:

Vegetables discussed included:

• Sweet Potatoes
• Parsnips
• Potatoes
• Turnips
• Carrots

On the Bookshelf:

Decking the Halls: The Folklore and Traditions of Christmas Plants by Linda Allen (2000)

and

Decking the Halls: Trees, Flowers, Herbs & Greenery to Celebrate the Holiday Season by Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau (2025)

Dirt:

Disney’s Record Breaking Tomato Tree

Rabbit Holes:

Dee: King and Conquerer on Amazon Prime.

Carol: Lost Ladies of Garden Writing who wrote Christmas-themed books

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