The Daily Gardener

The Daily Gardener is a podcast about Garden History and Literature. The podcast celebrates the gard

Episodes

Total: 545

August 27 - National Banana Day, Maria van Oosterwijck, Edwin James, Emil Christian Hansen, Brian Lawrence Burtt, Alice Waters, Sarah Orne Jewett, Nueva Salsa by Rafael Palomino, Tall Herbs, and Cut Flowers with Ruth Cameron

2019/8/27

Today is National Banana Lovers Day. Botanically speaking, the banana is a berry - a many seeded fr

August 26, 2019 Four No-Fail Fall Perennials, Stephen McCormick, Edward Beard Budding, the State Flower of Alabama, Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Victor Nekrasov, Rachel Carson by Linda Lear, Peony Sarah Bernhardt, and Helen Sharsmith

2019/8/26

If your garden looks a little sad right now, it could probably benefit from the addition of some no-

August 23, 2019 Cutting Back the Garden, the Patron Saint of Gardeners, Alexander Wilson, Eliza Sullivant, Hazel Schmoll, Rose Kingsley, The Prickly Pear Cookbook by Carolyn Niethammer, Spring Plant Swap Prep, and the 1942 Michigan Botanical Club Meeting

2019/8/23

Sometimes I think cutting your bangs are a great analogy for pruning in the garden. You know how w

August 22, 2019 My Mullein, the White Rose of Scotland, Edward Beard Budding, Jacob Weidenmann, National Eat a Peach Day, Cecil Day-Lewis, Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar, Sprucing Up Ironwork, and a Story about Elephant Ears

2019/8/22

At the cabin, a Mullein has seeded itself in one of my beds and I’m letting it grow. (I was touri

August 21, 2019 Living Mulch, the Patron Saint of Olives, George Celery Taylor, Adelbert van Chamiso, Dorothy Cadberry, Mary Bowerman, August Prose, Medicinal Herbs by Rosemary Gladstar, Cardinal Flower, and Taking an August Break

2019/8/21

How do you start adding living mulch to your garden? One of the simplest ways, is just to look for

August 20, 2019 Pass-along Plants, the Patron Saint of Beekeepers, Edward Lee Green, Gettysburg Milkweed, the Plant Quarantine Act, Robert Plant, Edgar Albert Guest, Rose Recipes from Olden Times by Eleanor Sinclair Rhode, Pick Herbs, and Nerine undulat

2019/8/20

"You don't have a garden just for yourself. You have it to share." - Augusta Carter, Master Garden

August 19, 2019 National Potato Day, Jane Webb, Phlox from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Ellen Willmott, Willis Linn Jepson, Henderina Scott, Ogden Nash, Healing Herbs by Michael Castleman, Fall Herbs, and a Letter From Elizabeth Lawrence

2019/8/19

Today is National Potato Day. Here are some fun potato facts: The average American eats approximat

August 16, 2019 Zucchini, Magness Holman, François-Andre Michaux, Serviceberry, Francis Darwin, Kenneth Woodbridge, Sylvia Plath, Sara Baume, Sue Monk Kid, Plant Parenting by Leslie Halleck, Bee Balm, and the Secret of Stourhead Garden

2019/8/16

Are you swimming in zucchini yet? Emily Seftel, of The Tennessean, wrote an article in 2006 that w

August 15, 2019 Garden Turmoil, Karl von Schreibers, Elias Magnus Friesz, John Torrey, Walter Crane, Geoff Hamilton, W.H. Auden, The Gardens of Emily Dickinson by Judith Farr, Pickerel Weed, and Sylvia Edlund

2019/8/15

Last week was one of turmoil in my garden. We decided to put new windows and siding on the house.

August 14, 2019 Saint Werenfrid's Day, the Liberty Tree, Forest and Stream, Ada Hayden, FTD, Edgar Walter Denison, Thomas Gunn, Tulipomania by Mike Dash, Lined Pots, and the Canning Lid Shortage of 1975

2019/8/14

Today, August 14, is Saint Werenfrid's Day. Werenfrid is the patron saint of vegetable gardens.

August 13, 2019 Nasturtiums, Peter Kalm, the Snowberry, Edward August Von Regal, Benedict Roezl, John Gould Veitch, Tove Jansson, The Orchid Hunter by Leif Bersweden , Add More Groundcover, Albert Ruth and the Twinflower

2019/8/13

Boy, nasturtiums are such wonderful plants aren't they? August is a time when your nasturtiums loo

August 12, 2019 Sweet Onions, Thomas Andrew Knight, Sir William Jackson Hooker, Clarence Birdseye, Ray Bradbury, The New Healing Herbs by Michael Castleman, Seeds for Fall Crops, and Jefferson's Tuberoses

2019/8/12

If you’re looking to grow an onion that won’t make you cry and give you that bad breath, Sweet Onion

August 9, 2019 Surprise Plants, Ludwig Winter, Walden, George Vasey, Bunny Mellon, Richard Comb Miller, David Hoffman, Black Lace Elder, Japanese Flame Tree, and San Francisco

2019/8/9

Every now and then, plants can surprise you. In this case I’m talking about more than just a beaut

August 8, 2019 Hummingbirds, Carl Peter Thunberg, Julia Wilmotte Henshaw, John Henry Twachtman, Raymond A. Foss, Herbs by Judith Hann, Peonies, and Lace Cap Hydrangea

2019/8/8

John Tabb wrote: "A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes, The burnished sunbeams br

August 7, 2019 Queen Anne’s Lace, Andreas Marggraff, Henry Perrine, MS Swaminathan, Henry David Thoreau, John Ruskin, The Evening Garden by Peter Loewer, Mulch, and Lucy Cranwell of New Zealand

2019/8/7

There’s that lovely saying that goes something like, "One man’s weed is another man’s wildflower".

August 6, 2019 Harvesting Tomatoes, Frank Cabot, Andy Warhol, David Fairchild, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Flora's Dictionary by Kathleen Gips, Fall Sowing, and John Stewart Blackie

2019/8/6

Well, the time we've waited for all year is here; it’s time to harvest tomatoes. I want to give yo

August 5, 2019 Tussie Mussies, Jeanne Baret, Fred Paxford, Candice Wheeler, Wendell Barry, The Herb Garden Cookbook by Lucinda Hutson, Start Pansy Seed, Elaine Cramer and the Hydrangea Bloom Festival

2019/8/5

One of the things I love to do at the end of spending time in my garden is to make some tussie mussi

August 2, 2019 Going to Seed, Thomas Gainsborough, Hawaiian Potatoes, Franklinia, Wallace Stevens, William Watson, The Cook and the Gardener by Amanda Hesser, Mint, and Longwood Gardens

2019/8/2

Right about now you might be thinking about doing a little garden cleanup and preparation for fall.

August 1, 2019 Gladiola, Edwin Way Teal, Franklyn Hugh Perring, Lord Byron, The Garden Chef, Repurposed Strawberry Jar, and Plants Named After People

2019/8/1

Are you growing Gladiola? The plants are also sometimes called the Sword Lily. Gladiola is Latin f

July 31, 2019 Poppies, Christopher Lloyd, Daniel Defoe, Mary Vaux Walcott, Richard Morris Hunt, Smithsonian Gardens, Robert Frost, Gardenista by Michelle Slatalla, Updating Beds, and National Avacado Day

2019/7/31

Did you know that poppies were Christopher Lloyd's his favorite flower? In his short essay about p