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Dee and Carol are almost done gardening through the alphabet and this week challenged themselves with the letter X.

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Flowers:

Xerochrysum - Strawflowers. Missouri Botanical Garden on strawflowers and Matt Mattus’s book, Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening.

Xeranthemum - Paper Flower. Seeds from Johnny’s Selected Seeds

For Xeriscaping, Noelle Johnson, AZ Plant Lady, and Lauren Springer Ogden

Vegetables:

Salt Hay mulch

On the Bookshelf:

The Vintage Farmhouse Garden by Rhonda Kaiser (Amazon Link), Rhonda on Instagram.

Dirt:

Milkweed supports native pollinators, fights spotted lantern fly

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Dee and Carol talk about white flowers, winter squashes, Doug Tallamy's new Book, How Can I Help: Saving Nature with Your Yard and more.

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Insect of the Week:

Bald-Faced Hornets. info from Penn State and Iowa State

Flowers:

W is for:

Wabi-Sabi Gardening! (Carol’s blog post about it) and White Flowers

Vegetables:

“Patch for Kids” pumpkin from Burpee (coming soon!).

Watermelons: All America Selections has several winners

On the Bookshelf:

How Can I Help: Saving Nature with Your Yard, by Doug Tallamy (Amazon Link)

Dirt:

Lone Star Ticks on Martha’s Vineyard: Tick Bites on Martha’s Vineyard Has Businesses Going Vegan - The New York Times

World’s Tallest Sunflower grown in Ft. Wayne Indiana this summer: WANE

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Dee: Vivian Maier

Carol:

Edna King Mandeville and Atomic Gardening.

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Dee and Carol are almost at the end of the alphabet, but there's still plenty of time in the gardening season. Join us to discuss the letter "V".

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Flowers:

V is for all-things Verbena

Verbena bonariensis

Verbena ‘Bampton’ (Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora)

Verbena hastata - Blue Vervain. Can get seeds from Select Seeds

Annual verbena, Verbena x hybrida Like Verbena ‘Sweetheart Kisses, an AAS Winner.

Vegetables:

Vetch as a cover crop. Perennial that can become invasive.

Vitex - Vitex agnus-castus - Chaste Tree

On the Bookshelf:

A Year and a Day on Just a Few Acres by Peter Larson (Amazon link) His YouTube channel is Just a Few Acres Farm.

Also, A Very Small Farm by William Paul Winchester (Amazon Link)

Dirt:

The 2,000-Year-Old ‘Perfume Garden’ in the Ancient City of Pompeii Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory: Smithsonian

And armadillos in Indiana!

Rabbit Holes:

Dee: New blog post on Substack: Tomatoes, peppers, okra, and squash

Carol: Discovered more Lost Ladies of Garden Writing and wrote a Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day Post.

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