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Dee and Carol turn their attention toward fall in the garden and discuss what to put in fall containers, lettuce they love to grow, a new book by Jacqueline van der Kloet, tracking invasive plants, and more.

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Insect of the Week:

Garden spiders

Flowers:

Refreshing your fall pots

Sarah Raven’s method for planting containers

Vegetables:

Lettuce worth growing, including:

Salanova® Green Butter Salanova® Lettuce

Black-seeded Simpson

Great Lakes 118, which is an heirloom variety

On the Bookshelf:

My Garden: A Year of Design and Experimentation by Jacqueline Van Der Kloet (Amazon Link)

Dirt:

Midwest Invasive Plant Network’s Public Gardens as Sentinels Against Invasive Plants

Rabbit Holes:

Dee: How do they make pelleted seed? (YouTube)

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Dee and Carol wrap up their project to garden through the alphabet with the letter Z!

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Dee’s virtual Fit walk took her to Yew trees of Borrowdale

Flowers:

Zephyranthes, commonly called rain lilies. Southern Bulb Company has them for sale.

Zinnias

Zantedeschia, commonly called Calla Lily

Vegetables:

Zucchini - summer squash.

Zebra-striped tomatoes - Purple Zebra F1 is an All-America Selection

Zingiber officinale - Ginger How to grow info from Old Farmer’s Almanac

On the Bookshelf:

The Essential Guide to Bulbs: Grow a Bounty of Beautiful Bulbs in Gardens and Containers by Jenny Rose Carey (TimberPress) (Amazon Link)

Dirt:

Light Pollution. Check out Dark Sky website and The Garden Goes Dark by Phyllis Graces

Rabbit Holes:

Zombie game link? DEE CHECK THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE

Louise B. Mansfield… the latest lost lady of garden writing.

The Night Gardener by Jonathon Auxier (2015)

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Dee and Carol have reached the letter Y as they near the end of the alphabet.

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Flowers:

Yarrow - Achillea millefolium. Growing info from Proven Winners. Herb info from the Old Farmer’s Almanac

Yews. Info on Yew Trees in the UK from the Woodland trust

Vegetables:

Yams

Yellow tomatoes - less acidic - I always try to include a yellow variety in my garden, but this year, just some yellow cherry tomatoes…

Yard Long Beans - Johnny’s has several varieties

Yerba mate: Ilex paraguariensis Info on growing from The Spruce

On the Bookshelf:

Your Asian Veggie Patch by Connie Cao (A guide to growing and cooking delicious Asian vegetables, herbs and fruits) Murdoch Books, October 8, 2025 (Amazon Link)

Dirt:

Clover the Sunflower smashes the world record: Guiness World Records

Rabbit Holes:

Helen Morgenthau Fox, a Lost Lady of Garden Writing

Garden Commissions:

Dee’s next big project, rose removal.

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