Talking about Trees

Dee and Carol talked about trees, including what to consider when buying a tree, pawpaws and walnut trees around the veggie garden, a tree essay book, and more.

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A couple of miscellaneous links: Carol’s ritual of the first tomato blog post from 2006 and Play-Doh Blooms (Amazon)

Question of the Week:

Why did a big limb that looked healthy suddenly fall out of my tree? More info from Davey Tree Company

Insect of the Week:

Mimosa Webworms - Info from Purdue - a tale of two kinds of treatment.

Flowers:

How to choose trees for your garden 

Vegetables:

Pawpaw trees - Check them out at Stark Bros

Walnut trees - Info from Garden Professors Blog

On the Bookshelf:

Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree: A celebration of our connection with trees by David George Haskell (Amazon Link). Haskell also wrote How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries and The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature. Check him out on Instagram.

Dirt:

Judi Dench and her passion for trees. A clip/intro to her documentary My Passion for Trees

Rabbit Holes:

Dee: A new cookbook, The HIgh Protein Plate, by Rachael DeVaux, RD. 

Carol: Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann (2005), a new biography about Katharine S. White (The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, by Amy Reading), and a new Lost Lady of Garden Writing.

A Garden to Visit:

United States National Arboretum

Thank You:

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With a shared love of gardening…

Dee and Carol