Rain for Carol, Heat for Dee

Send us Fan MailCarol and Dee talked about refreshing container plantings for fall, new veggies for the vegetable garden, a book of garden columns, and more.Check out our Substack newsletter for more info.To watch us on YouTube, click here:Insect of the WeekGreat Black Wasp… a solitary pollinator. Flowers:Is it worth refreshing annuals in late summer for fall?Vegetables:It’s not too soon to plan for 2027. All-America Selections Winners for 2026:Tomato BadaBing! F1Kale Rubybor F1Pole Bean ‘Majesty’Butter Lamp F1 Winter SquashBasil Treviso - New Varieties sent to Carol from BurpeeAkoya Small-Fruited Tomato Sweet 150 Small-Fruited Tomato Pick N Pop Orange Sweet PepperMonteverde Late Flowering basil On the Bookshelf:Back to the Garden by Ursula Buchan (2009) (Amazon for used copies)Dirt:The five plants every pollinator garden needsRabbit Holes:Judi Dench’s Shakespeare: The Man Who Paid the Rent. Carol’s blog post for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day.A Garden to Visit:Holcomb Gardens at Butler University and the Indiana Native Plant Society (INPS)Thank you:As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! If you’d like to support us, check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links.And, if you have suggestions for topics for us to discuss, send us an email or leave a comment.With a shared love of gardening…Support the showOn Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.