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Greetings Heathens! This is the last live episode of Talk Heathen for 2020, and Eric Murphy and Vi La Bianca are here and ready to hear from you!Let’s get to calls! Jonathan from Georgia has a friend who is questioning whether or not he believes. His unbelieving friend was experiencing chronic chest pains when a woman came into his place of work, prayed in Hebrew, and his chest pain went away. Eric explains that the placebo effect is a real means of pain reduction. Jonathan agrees with Eric and Vi that we should align our beliefs with the evidence presented to us, but doesn’t think all evidence is tangible. Fran in Colorado is up next. They’re an amputee and had a woman approach them in the store and offer to pray for them. This woman laid hands on them and started praying very loudly. When Fran explained their leg wasn’t going to grow back, she said “God can do anything.” While they were able to laugh it off, some people may be dealing with religious trauma and can’t shrug it off so easily. It is always unethical for evangelists to prey on people in vulnerable situations.Michael in Florida wants to know Eric and Vi’s take on people's supernatural claims in the present like demon possession or miracles. We need to first establish that god or another entity are possible causes. We know that mental disorders exist, epilepsy exists, and symptoms of these conditions may be attributed to demons. While “I don’t know” can be an uncomfortable answer, we have to examine possible answers from the types of causes that we know to be real before making any other conclusions.Next is John in Texas who says that if you are unable to understand the evidence, that is not the fault of the person explaining it to you, it is your fault for not comprehending the evidence. He says we choose to believe whatever we think best explains reality. The thing is, we cannot choose our beliefs. Our beliefs come about as a result of the evidence presented to us and how we evaluate that evidence. Sadly, John doesn’t want to engage honestly, but prefers to gaslight the hosts.Our last call for today is from Rande in California asked for a sign that wouldn’t be open to interpretation and had a dream that an old friend called him and Rande berated this friend for not being there for him.The next day, that same friend called him and the call went the same as the dream. Rande is disappointed that this might mean the biblical god is real because he thinks that god is immoral. But if this sign wasn’t open to interpretation, Rande wouldn’t have called in!That’s our show for this week, please continue to be safe in your area, wear your mask. The world is better with you in it. See you next week!

Fran Lambert with Lambert and Lambert Coaching was such an inspirational guest! And Fran kicked off the show by sharing her very personal story of how painful it was to grow up always being the biggest kid. Fran talked about how kids “can’t process different” and how her childhood experience helped begin to shape her young adult life.   Meeting people where they’re at is a huge part of Fran’s mission and we talked about how important sustainable weight loss is, but also how finding the ideal weight is such a different journey for each person. I loved how Fran said that if she had to pick one word that is the most important during any transformational process that her word would be “believe” and it was so funny to hear that she has a “movement menu!” I loved that! Fran was very open about sharing some details about the traumatic brain injury she received from a car accident over four years ago and how extremely grateful she was to be able to join her daughter in her Arbonne business so that she could transition back to work and embrace a new normal. Throughout the interview we were both on the same page of the importance of self-care and that exercising is just a part of her 30 days to healthy living program—which is in complete alignment with the Arbonne message. I was so impressed with Fran and we both agreed that it’s the small changes that we each make along our journey and being open-minded enough to identify and make those small changes one at a time is key. When Fran said that she asks all of her clients if they could wave a magic wand…. I loved her answer!!! To contact Fran directly and start your 30-day kickoff go to www.LambertandLambertCoaching.com today.

Fran Lambert with Lambert and Lambert Coaching was such an inspirational guest! And Fran kicked off the show by sharing her very personal story of how painful it was to grow up always being the biggest kid. Fran talked about how kids “can’t process different” and how her childhood experience helped begin to shape her young adult life.   Meeting people where they’re at is a huge part of Fran’s mission and we talked about how important sustainable weight loss is, but also how finding the ideal weight is such a different journey for each person. I loved how Fran said that if she had to pick one word that is the most important during any transformational process that her word would be “believe” and it was so funny to hear that she has a “movement menu!” I loved that! Fran was very open about sharing some details about the traumatic brain injury she received from a car accident over four years ago and how extremely grateful she was to be able to join her daughter in her Arbonne business so that she could transition back to work and embrace a new normal. Throughout the interview we were both on the same page of the importance of self-care and that exercising is just a part of her 30 days to healthy living program—which is in complete alignment with the Arbonne message. I was so impressed with Fran and we both agreed that it’s the small changes that we each make along our journey and being open-minded enough to identify and make those small changes one at a time is key. When Fran said that she asks all of her clients if they could wave a magic wand…. I loved her answer!!! To contact Fran directly and start your 30-day kickoff go to www.LambertandLambertCoaching.com today.

Today we celebrate the young botanist who disappeared in Australia 171 years ago and the pioneering female lichenologist who worked for the British Museum but was never officially on the payroll. We'll learn about the French botanist who had a life-long love affair with the trees of North America and the Los Angeles woman who found a trailblazing career in botany after getting a job at an employment agency. We'll hear some beautiful prose about bluebirds in autumn, "they linger like the last leaves on the tree". And, we Grow That Garden Library with the book New Vegetable Garden Techniques by Joyce Russell. I'll talk about harvesting the black walnut and then wrap things up with a bittersweet story about the founder of the Boy Scouts.   But first, let's catch up on a few recent events. Andrew van Egmond recently wrote a post on Landezine called Into the Forest. It's about a property in the Netherlands that backs up to a nature preserve and the images are inspiring. What I love about this post is that the owners have made the forest in their garden. There are floating runners that allow visitors to walk above the forest floor, and the long lines make the tall Larch trees seem even grander. There is a feeling of "being a guest in the landscape." "From the living room and the kitchen, you have a poetic view through the big windows into the forest.  The play of vertical gestures is the basis for this design. The viewer’s perspective is steered towards a group of long vertical trunks of Larches.  A composition of horizontal lines and floating boardwalks create a frame which steers the view."   Another great story in the world of horticulture recently ran in budburst.org, which is a project of the Chicago Botanic Garden.    Budburst aims to understand how plants respond to changes in their environment. Their citizen science activity, Fall into Phenology, is a fun way for everyone to get outside and observe fall changes from around the country.   They invite you to join them, watch a plant or tree near you, and then report all your phenology observations to your Budburst Account.    They say:   "[There's] no need to limit your Fall into Phenology observations to leaf color and drop.  Watch for fall flowers, such as asters, and record first flower, or full flower.  Seeds and fruiting abound in the fall months. All observation reports - whether life-cycle or one-time events - help understand how plants respond to changes in climate and atmosphere. The goal of this campaign is to collect at least 500 observations from around the country (that's only 10 per state!)."     Brevities   #OTD  Today is the birthday of the Prussian botanist Ludwig Leichhardt who was born on this day in 1813.   Leichhardt is remembered for his impressive and arduous collecting efforts in Australia. For his part, Leichhardt loved Australia. He wrote,   "I would find it hard to remain in Germany, or even in Europe, now. I would have returned to the scene of my wanderings, to the clear, sunny skies of Australia."   In October in 1845, Leichhardt wrote in his diary after losing his work to a fire:   "... tears were in my eyes when I saw ...[the] results of my expedition vanish ... my collection had the great advantage of being almost complete in blossoms, fruit, and seed."   A year later, in 1846, Leichhardt wrote a letter to his botanist contact and friend the Italian, Gaetano Durando, who was living in Paris. Leichhardt's message conveys the extreme difficulties and dangers faced by the early plant explorers.  He wrote,  "My dear friend, You have, no doubt, noticed and regretted my long silence...But you must bear this in mind, my good friend, ... it was not my lot to travel all at my ease... Gladly would I have made drawings of my plants, and noted fully all particulars of the different species which I saw; and how valuable would such memoranda have been... [as] four of my pack-horses having been drowned. Botanical and geological specimens thus abandoned—how disappointing! From four to five thousand plants were thus sacrificed..."   In the spring of 1848, Ludwig Leichhardt and a small group of explorers began what was to be a two- to three-year expedition across Australia.   Shortly after beginning the trek, the entire party vanished with barely a trace.   Known as the ‘Prince of Explorers,’ Leichhardt was 35 when he was lost to time.        #OTD  Today is the birthday of the lichenologist Annie Lorrain Smith who was born on this day in 1854.   Smith was a British fungal biologist specializing in lichens. Her siblings all went by the last name “Lorrain Smith”, but Annie published under the name "A L Smith."   - - - - -   Let's pause for a minute to talk about Smith's favorite topic: lichens.   Lichen grow on bark and rocks. They are not plants. When you look at them microscopically, you'll see they are a complex life form that is a symbiotic partnership between a fungus and an alga. The fungus calls the shots and they give the lichen its characteristics. Some lichens even have two fungus.   Lichens fall into three primary growth forms: Fruticose or "shrubby", foliose or "leafy," and Crustose or "crusty." Shrubby lichen grows outward. Folios are flat - two dimensional - like a leaf. You can peel them off the tree or rock, and they have a top and bottom side. Crusty lichen grows directly onto the surface and it is so attached that you can't lift them off the rock or tree without destroying them.    OK. Back to Smith...   - - - - -   As a young woman, Smith worked as a governess and science teacher.  When she was 34, Smith found herself drawn to reading more about botany, and she went to Imperial College to study under the British Botanist Dr. Dukinfield Henry Scott.   Scott recognized Smith's aptitude for the subject, and he made arrangments for her to work at the British Museum (Natural History). It would be her professional home for 46 years.   During all of her time at the Museum, Smith worked as an ‘unpaid’ assistant. Her mentor, Dr. Scott, personally ensured that she was modestly compensated so that she could work without officially being on the museum's payroll.   By 1900, Smith was one of the world's leading experts in lichen taxonomy. Smith worked to integrate lichens into mycology. She produced the first workable keys for identifying British lichens. Her 1921 book simply called Lichens was a revelation: “It is so full of matter that one marvels at the […] author in collecting and arranging the work on the various aspects of [lichens] into critical articles and then weaving these articles together … to form a connected whole, which may be read with pleasure and profit, not only by a lichenologist, but also by a general botanical reader.” Smith helped found the British Mycological Society and she was also the first female president of that organization.     #OTD  Today is the anniversary of the death of François-André Michaux, who died on this day in 1855.   François-Andre was the son of the botanist, Andrea Michaux. His father named an oak in his honor.   When François-Andre was 15 years old, he and his dad set sail for North America. The father and son team established botanical gardens in America and sent seeds and specimens back to France.   When Michaux died on this day in 1855, back home in his native France, Asa Gray shared the news in the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. A friend of Michaux shared that he had died from a stroke - but had spent the whole day "planting American trees and directing his journeyman."     #OTD  Today is the birthday of the botanist Bonnie Templeton who was born on this day in 1906. In 2002, Templeton died at the age of 95. She was a trailblazing female in the field of botany. Her obituary noted her some of her botanical accomplishments which included, "discovering a rare plant on the El Segundo Sand dunes in the 1930s."   And although she was born in Nebraska, at the age of 16, she made her way - all alone - to Los Angeles where fate brought her to botany.   In the mid-1920s, after working as a waitress and a secretary, she found herself at an employment agency. They had a job working for a botanist who needed help with his extensive private herbarium.   By 1929, Templeton was hired as the Curator of Botany at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. She was 23 years old; she would hold this position for over four decades from 1929 to 1970. Templeton also served as an on-call forensic botanist for the Los Angeles Police Department and the poison center.    Templeton received her doctorate from Oregon State University. Templeton made three separate gifts to the program at Oregon State, and her endowment has resulted in a new conference room, a herbarium preparation room, an imaging room, and a lectureship.    In researching Templeton, I discovered she was ahead of her time.   In 1969, she was featured in a newspaper article advocating for the use of native plants in landscaping by California homeowners.   And way back in 1943, she advocated what she called "Wild Victory Gardens,"; incorporating wild edibles into everyday cooking. Here's what was reported in The Signalout of Santa Clarita on April 23, 1943:   "[The] botanist Bonnie Templeton... has published a list of over 20 common weeds which she says are good substitutes for the common, leafy vegetables ordinarily sold in markets.    There are wild mustard and wild radish and wild lettuce and wild rhubarb and curly dock, and cheese plant and pigweed.    The ice plant is delicious eaten raw, she says, and the bristle leaved nettle is a good substitute for asparagus.    Now all of this is pretty blamed important for Newhall folks, because... wild victory gardens are about the only kind of victory garden possible here when the dry season sets in.   Maybe we can induce Bonnie to come up here and [give] a class on wild victory gardeners...  and point out all of the edible kinds of wild green sass. Or better still, figure out a way of making a salad bowl out of foxtail."         Unearthed Words   #OTD   Today is the birthday of the nature writer and poet Neltje Blanchan, who was born on this day in 1865.    Neltje married Frank Doubleday, and their grandson, Nelson, would go on to be the president of the Doubleday publishing company.   Neltje wrote under the pen name Neltje Blanchon ("Nel-jah Blahnchon"), and she especially loved wildflowers and birds. In 1897, she wrote a book called Bird Neighbors. In 1907, Neltje Blanchan wrote that children should get to know birds.  She also wrote a book called The American Flower Gardenand also one called Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Neltje 's works gave us many beautiful nature quotes.  Here's one about Spring: "Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring - that delicious commingling of the perfume of arbutus, the odor of pines, and the snow - soaked soil just warming into life. " Then she gave us this lovely quote about the Bluebird in Autumn: "Long after their associates have gone southward, they linger like the last leaves on the tree.   It is indeed "good-bye to summer" when the bluebirds withdraw their touch of brightness from the dreary November landscape at the north to whirl through the southern woods and feed on the waxy berries of the mistletoe."      Today's Grow That Garden Library Book Recommendation: New Vegetable Garden Techniques by Joyce Russell    Joyce Russell has been gardening for forty years, and she's my favorite type of gardener - practical and generous with her knowledge. She has loads of experience growing fruit and vegetables, feeding her family with her garden harvest.   Joyce and her photographer husband Ben have collaborated on a few garden books. Their first book, The Polytunnel Book: Fruit and Vegetable all Year Round, is a perennial best-seller. They also released, Build a Better Vegetable Garden in 2016. In NVGT, Joyce highlights 23 projects for gardeners to try on their own. I especially loved the plan of using a carrot clamp for preservation. Joyce shares that a carrot clamp preserves carrots outside for months. It also works for other root vegetables like potatoes, beetroot, and parsnips.  Now, creating a clamp is pretty straight forward. You can follow along with the beautiful images in Joyce's book (thanks to Ben, no doubt). To create a clamp, you simply cut the tops of your carrots, leaving about 2.5 cm of the green stem. Lay the carrots in a circle with the tips of the carrot lying pointed to the middle of the ring. Insulate the pile of carrots with straw or rushes. Then cover with soil.  Then, when you want a carrot, you make a door by pushing your hand through the layers of soil and insulation. Take out as many carrots as you need. The pile will slump down as you extract your produce.  It's a simple, secure outdoor storage that works like a charm. Joyce also offers excellent step-by-step instructions for creating an onion string and garlic plait, how to trial different mulches, how to create simple and effective flappers to scare birds away, how to build a simple frame to protect fruit crops and she offers an excellent basic basil pesto recipe on page 172 - in addition to all of the wonder growing techniques that she shares throughout the book.     Today's Garden Chore Celebrate the fall season by harvesting black walnuts. Although the English walnut - with it's more refined look and taste - is still preferred, the black walnut with worth harvesting. Don't forget that harvesting the black walnut is the best part of owning a Black Walnut tree. Just remember to wear gloves when you collect the black walnuts. They have that inky, sooty substance that you can get on your hands when you touch them, and it is hard to get off.  Right now, September through October is the time to collect black walnuts. Just gather them as they fall off the tree. When the tree is done dropping black walnuts, then it is time to remove the husks for storing and curing. And, here are a few pointers to keep in mind: Cracking open the shell is not easy. You should know that black walnuts come out in pieces - so if you're expecting a beautiful, intact, brainy-looking walnut after cracking the husk on a black walnut, you'd better adjust your expectations. And, one last caution pertains to the husk of the walnut. Be care disposing of it. It is toxic to many plants. Remember, black walnut tea was a common pioneer herbicide. And, don't mix black walnut castings with your compost.   Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart   Today is the anniversary of the death of the Englishman Ernest Thompson Seton, who died on this day in 1946.    When he was six, Seton's family immigrated to Canada. He grew up in Toronto and found solace in the woods along the Don River. His father was abusive and cruel.   When Seton turned 21, his dad presented him with a bill for $537.50. His dad had calculated every dime he had spent raising Ernest - including the fee from the delivery doctor for his birth in 1860. Seton paid his father and then never spoke to him again.   To right the wrongs of his childhood, Ernest Thompson Seton founded the Boy Scouts of America in 1910 - he even wrote the very first Boy Scout Handbook. In 1924, Seton starred in a newspaper article called "Face to Face with Ernest Thompson Seton." The reporter met with him in a wooded setting and wrote this about Seton: "Lithe as a cat, he jumped from limb to limb in the tree. Picking up a beetle by the roadside, he began commenting: 'A man who does not love Nature and cannot see in a bird, tree, flower, or insect some kinship, does not seem to me altogether human. [The naturalist] John Burroughs was [there collecting] some wildflowers.. and the woods rang with laughter like children as these two Nature lovers talked of plants, trees and animals as if it were all to them an open book." And, it was Ernest Thompson Seton who said, "The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring [and] magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil, it stands in ranks."     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Does your Christmas Cactus have red on its leaves? If so, that red is an indication that the plant is stressed out.   It could be that it has that color on the leaves when it’s blooming because blooming puts pressure on the plant.   In general, those leaves will turn a little red if you’re watering them too much or  If you have them too much sun.     One of my oldest Christmas cactuses came from my husband‘s grandmother that was a very craggy looking. I managed to keep it alive for about a decade and then it was time to start over with a new one. Don’t forget that you can propagate your Christmas cactus with the required simply graph one of the leaves   The leaves in twisted off you can put the water or you can have a little booty  or you can add a little rooting hormone   And twisted off you could you can put the cutting in water or you can have a little breathing hormone and put it directly in the soil   If you want to keep your Christmas cactus compact now is the time to prune it just take all those little cuttings and get the routing and then share them with friends                    Brevities #OTD On this day in 1801, the botanist François-Andre Michaux returned to Charleston.   François-Andre was the son of the botanist Andrea Michaux. His father named an oak in his honor.   Michaux's mom died just a few short weeks after he was born.   His father was so despondent, he turned to botany to deal with his grief. Given his position in France, his mentors were the top gardeners in the French Royal Gardens. The expert guidance helped Michaux accelerate his learning.   When François-Andre was 15 years old, he and his dad set sail for North America.   His father had a very clear goal for his time in America; establish a botanical garden and send specimens back to France. When they arrive, the year was 1786 and the location chosen by Michaux for the garden was on property that’s now occupied by the Charleston Area National Airport.   Today, as you leave the airport, you’ll notice a stunning mural that honors the Michaux's. It includes scenes depicting the rice fields along the Ashley River and the Charleston Harbor where Michaux introduced one of the first camellia plants. In one panel, Andre-François and his father are depicted in the potager or kitchen garden. The mural was installed in 2016.               #OTD  On this day in 1887 the Los Angeles Herald ran an interview with the superintendent of the botanical gardens William Smith about the senators in Washington during the 1880's who had a passion for plants.    Here's what he said:   Senator Charles Sumner from Massachusetts was a great enthusiast... He used to tell me that when traveling he would peer out of the car windows by the hour, on the lookout for a beautiful tree, and when his eye for the lovely and symmetrical was satisfied he would go into raptures. ... The last enjoyment I had with him, shortly before he died, was in visiting a favorite elm of his own Boston Common.   Senator John James Ingalls, of Kansas, ...is a most devoted student of arboriculture. Some of the most valuable suggestions about distributing plants in the west come from him. Senator William Pitt Fessenden, of Maine, was an ardent apostle [of gardening] all through his long public life. I remember that his wife had a sweet verbena in their home in Maine, of which she was very fond. She watched it tenderly as a child, and Mr. Fessenden shared the feeling so thoroughly that for thirteen sears ho would journey home from Washington to take up the plant in autumn and make another trip in the springtime to set it out. No pressure of public business could make him forget that verbena. It was really a paternal devotion. Senator James A Pearce, of Maryland, was one of the most cultivated botanists ever in Congress. Scarcely a day passed that he did not drop in on me to watch the growth of some favorite plant or some new experiment, and his ideas were always scientific and valuable.   And then there was Senator Benjamin Gratz Brown from Missouri, a very warm lover of flowers and a thorough master of their cultivation. During all the time he was in the Senate I don't believe he missed a day at the garden, and we would chat for hours when he felt in the humor.   There's another botanist in Congress,... I know the name will surprise you— Senator William Steele Holman, of Indiana ... It seems almost a contradiction that one of his reputation should be a lover of flowers, but he certainly is. No one has been in Congress since I can remember, and that's a long time, with a more hearty and intelligent love for the garden. He is a frequent visitor [of the botanical garden], and you can see from his conversation that he watches every new phase of the science as keenly as he does the money bags of the treasury. It seems to be a mental exhilaration for him to commune with these curious plants from all over the world, and study their hidden life. He is quite as familiar with the botanical names and the habits of plants and flowers as most professional botanists. He picked it up as a recreation and his spare time is nearly all devoted to it.   Senator Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox is a first-class botanist, but let me add that he's also the best reader that I ever met. He is a walking cyclopedia on every subject covered by books. ... But then, this doesn't apply to his botany alone; it's the same with everything else. He can learn more in shorter time than any man I ever saw.         #OTD  On this day in 1899, Augustine Henry wrote to his friend the designer Evelyn Gleeson after meeting Ernest Henry Wilson for the first time.   Toward the end of his time in China, Augustine Henry living in the Simao District in the Yunnan Province of China. He knew that the flora of China was an untapped market for European horticulture. Meanwhile, a young botanist named Ernest Henry Wilson was just starting out.    Henry wrote to his friend, Evelyn Gleesen, to share the news about his Wilson after their first visit together:   I have ... a guest of all the things in the world at Szemao, a Mr. Wilson, late a gardener at Kew, who has been sent out by Veitch's to collect plants or rather their seeds and bulbs in China. He has made his way here to consult with me on best way of procedure and concerning the interesting country around Ichang and he will stay here 2 or 3 weeks. He is a self-made man, knows botany thoroughly, is young and will get on. Henry also shared with Evelyn that he,  "would be glad if [Wilson] will continue to carry on the work in China which has been on my shoulders for some years. There is so much of interest and of novelty."   Later the same day, Henry also reported back to Kew about the progress of their new, young plant explorer, Wilson: "[He will] do, I think, as he seems very energetic, fond of his botany and level-headed, the main thing for traveling and working in China.... [I wrote] on a half-page of a notebook ... a sketch of a tract of country about the size of New York State [on which I marked the place where I had found the single tree of Davidia involucrata (the Dove Tree or Handkerchief Tree) in 1888. I also provided Wilson with useful information and hints.]" Henry and Wilson stayed close and corresponded for the rest of their lives. Wilson went on to find the Dove tree - but that is another story for a day dedicated to Wilson. As for Henry, when he returned to his native Ireland, his was increasingly concerned with de-forestation in his home country and he began to study forestry. the rate at which that country was being deforested, his interests had turned to the study of forestry. In 1913, he became the first professor of forestry at the Royal College of Science for Ireland. He and his wife, Elsie opened their Dublin home to famous friends like Yeats,  George Russell, Erskine Childers and Evelyn Gleeson. Henry is regarded as the father of Irish commercial forestry.       #OTD On this day in 1985, Strawberry Fields, a 2 and ½ acre garden memorial in New York City's Central Park, was dedicated to the memory of John Lennon. Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, came up with the idea for the park. She remembered how she and Lennon took strolls through that section of Central Park after they moved to the Dakota nearly 10 years ago. "It is our way of taking a sad song and making it better," said Ono. Originally, the concept called for every nation donate a remembrance to Strawberry Fields. Soon, Ms. Ono and the New York City Parks and Recreation Commission found themselves dealing with trees that couldn't grow in a northern climate. A second request, along with tips about what would survive New York winters, brought 150 specimens from countries around the world; England sent an English Oak tree, Canada a Maple tree. There was one notable exception to the list of participating countries - the United States. Sadly, President Reagan White House never acknowledged the request. The memorial park site was made possible by a $1 million donation from Ono to the city. It didn't cost taxpayers a dime.     Unearthed Words "Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn." - Elizabeth Lawrence "October is nature's funeral month. Nature glories in death more than in life. The month of departure is more beautiful than the month of coming - October than May. Every green thin loves to die in bright colors." - Henry Ward Beecher     Today's book recommendation: Magic Gardens: Grow In the Dark by Lisa Steinkopf If you want to catch that super helpful interview about all things house plans just head on over to the Still Growing podcast and search for episode 598.   Grow in the dark is Lisa’s latest book. She’s putting the spotlight on 50 of the best healthcare plans that you can grow in dim or dark areas.   And Lisa should know since she’s made room for over 1000 houseplants thriving in her Michigan home where light is a premium.   For six months out of the year gardeners know that having a south-facing window doesn’t always guarantee you the best light to grow plants - especially if your window faces an alley or a tree-lined street. And, what’s the point of growing in urban jungle if tall buildings are blocking all your sunshine does compact guide designed to look good on your shelf will help you learn to make the most of your light so you can reap the physical benefits of living with plants leases book offers detailed profiles of the plants including tips on watering just right    Proper living detailed profiles of the play just write properly potting plants troubleshooting eases also learned which plants are safe around kids and pets but do you live in a shady top floor apartment or a dungeon in the garden level this book will help you grow your plant collection even when the light is a challenge master light did you master much of what you need to know to make your house plants happy          Today's Garden Chore As fall dieback sets in, it's a marvelous time to plant climbers and vines. One that should be on the top of your list for shady areas is the Schizophragma hydrangeoides (the Japanese hydrangea vine) or the Hydrangea petiolaris climbing hydrangea. Although the two look similar, they are both Asiatic vines, they are different and once you see them, you'll forever be able to tell them apart. In the Hydrangea, which is more hardy, the flowers create a tiara. In the Schizophragma, the petals are more white and appear individual and not in fours.  Gardeners need to know that Schizophragma blooms later in the season. It looks neater and cleaner than the climbing hydrangea. If you plant either vine, be prepared to wait a bit. It takes three years for them to really get going; but once they are established the flower show is spectacular. #OTD On this day in 1931, The Arnold Arboretum sent Beatrix Farrand  Schizophragma hydrangeoides (climbing hydrangea) at her summer home called Reef Point.  Ferrand gushed: "This grew marvelously up to the second-floor windows on the north comer of the garden house, only outdone in magnificence by two big Hydrangea petiolaris, which clambered to more than thirty feet."     Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart On this day in 1947, The Times out of Streator, Illinois, shared a story called Ailment of 2 Boys Solved by Botanist.  Here's what it said: "Two eight-year-old boys gave their parents a bad time when they fell victims to raging fevers and hallucinations in which weird animals stalked across the ceiling. The frantic parents summoned psychiatrists, but it was a botanist Dr. [Otto Emery Jennings] of the University of Pittsburgh who finally solved the mystery. Dr. Jennings said yesterday, the boys had nibbled on some jimsonweed found on a vacant lot near their homes. The plant - famed in cowboy songs and history books - has seeds containing a substance used in medicine and which produce fever and delirium." The same weed poisoned many English soldiers at Jamestown Virginia in 1608 as they tried to suppress Bacon's Rebellion. This is why, in addition to being called Jimsonweed (Datura stramonim), it is also called Jamestown Weed or Devil's Snare.   In Robert Beverley, Jr's, book about the history of Virginia, he describes the crazy scene at Jamestown:   "The Jamestown Weed (which resembles the Thorny Apple of Peru... was gathered ... for a boiled salad, by some of the soldiers sent thither to quell the rebellion of Bacon ...   Some of them ate plentifully of it, the effect of which was a very pleasant comedy, for they turned natural fools upon it for several days: One would blow up a feather in the air; Another would dart straws at it with much fury; And another, stark naked, was sitting up in a corner like a monkey, grinning and making [grimaces] at them; A fourth would fondly kiss and paw his companions, and then sneer in their faces ... In this frantic condition they were confined, lest they should, ... destroy themselves — though it was observed that all their actions were full of innocence and good nature. [Although], they were not very cleanly;    A thousand such simple tricks they played, and after eleven days returned themselves again, not remembering anything that had passed."         Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Are you swimming in zucchini yet?   Emily Seftel, of The Tennessean, wrote an article in 2006 that was titled Gad zuks!- which I think is hilarious; we don’t use that term enough, do we?   Anyway, the article started out this way:   "Zucchini, the summer squash, is the Rodney Dangerfield of the produce world it gets no respect."   Then, the article goes on to share some recipes, which were offered by Chef Laura Slama who said,   "When you’re cooking with zucchini, all you need to do is add a little olive oil and kosher salt to bring out it’s flavor."   The three recipes she shared, were for Mexican Zucchini Corn and Black Tostadas - that looked amazing. Then, Sautéed Zucchini Strings; which is basically zucchini that’s been turned into spaghetti. And, finally, she shared an Orzo Pasta with Roasted Zucchini.   One of my favorite recipes for zucchini is from The New Zucchini Cookbookand Other Squashby Nancy Ralston and Mary Jordan.   It’s for a zucchini basil tart:   You drain salted zucchini and tomato slices on paper towels. You purée basil in a food processor with ricotta and eggs and you add mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Then you line a 9 inch pie shell with zucchini slices. Spoon the basil mixture over the top and then put tomato slices on the top. Then brush the whole top of it with olive oil and bake it for 40 to 50 minutes. Yum.    I’ll put the link to the recipes in today show notes as well as a link to the cookbook.       Brevities #OTDToday is the birthday of Magness Holman who was born in 1745. Holman was the painter who completed a portrait of Carla Ness that most people recognize. The portrait was painted around 1780. #OTD  Today is the birthday of François-Andre Michaux.   He was the son of the botanist Andrea Michaux. His father named an oak in his honor.   Michaux's mother died a few weeks after he was born. His father was so despondent, he turned to botany to deal with his grief. His mentors just happened to be some of the top gardeners in the Royal Gardens.    When François-Andre was 15 years old, he accompanied his dad to North America.   His father established a botanical garden in 1786 on property that’s now occupied by the Charleston Area National Airport.   As you leave the airport, you’ll notice a stunning mural that pays tribute the Michaux's - from the rice fields along the Ashley River to the Charleston Harbor where he introduced one of the first camellia plants. Andre-François and his father are depicted in the potager or kitchen garden. The mural was installed in 2016.   François-Andre stayed in America where he established a nursery in Hackensack, New Jersey and also in Charleston, South Carolina.   France was still eager to obtain trees from North America to replenish their forests and François-Andre grew them in his nursery.   He returned to France briefly in 1790 and participated in the French revolution. By 1801, he returned to the United States because the French government wanted him to get rid of the nurseries in Hackensack and Charleston.   François-Andre did as instructed and also explored the United States as far north as Maine, as far south as Georgia, and as far west as the Great Lakes. After his explorations, he returned to France, he had enough material and experience to prepare his masterpiece, North American Silva or North American Forests.   #OTD   Today in 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition was near the Narrows of the Columbia river when the serviceberry was discovered.   Serviceberry are available in a number of different species.   There’s a wonderful graphic showing the different types of serviceberry featured on the spruce.com. I'll share a link to that in today's show notes.   Serviceberries are a member of the Rose family. Now that you know that, you’ll be able to recognize the family resemblance the next time you see one.   Serviceberry are primarily prized for their four-season interest: you get beautiful blossoms in the spring, fruits in the summer, fantastic autumn color, and wonderful bark coloration in the winter time.   The Maryland Department of Resources says that the etymology of the name serviceberry comes from church services which resumed around Easter time. People used to say that when the serviceberries were in flower, the ground had thawed enough to dig a grave.        #OTD  Today is the birthday of the third son of Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin - known to his family as Frank. Francis published the results of his work with his dad in a book called The Movement of Plants. The book details their experiments which showed that young grass seedlings grow toward the light.     OTD  It’s the anniversary of the death of Kenneth Woodbridge, who died on this day in 1988.   Woodbridge was known for his work on the history of garden design in England and France.   Woodbridge wrote a book called The Stourhead Landscape, a book about one of England’s greatest gardens.   Stourhead was the work of an English banker named Henry Hoare who lived during much of the 1700s.   Woodbridge's last book was called Princely Gardens it was published in 1986.   Princely Gardens analyzes the French formal style of landscape architecture. Despite not having the academic background of many garden historians, Woodbridge was a relentless researcher and writer. His obituary stated that his wife Joanne always balanced his intensity. Unearthed Words “August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.”  ― Sylvia Plath “This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realize that it is August: the summer's last stand.”  ― Sara Baume, A Line Made by Walking “The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.”  ― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees Today's book recommendation: Plant Parenting by Leslie Halleck   This is a new book that just came out in June of this year from Timberpress.   The images are gorgeous and this book feels quite modern and very on trend. This is a very beginner friendly introduction to plants, flowers, and seeds. Today's Garden Chore Add more color to your garden with bee balm or monarda.   It is also an herb.  Plant it in full sun.   Pollinators love it, as do hummingbirds.   I remember the first time I planted bee balm, I was blown away by the incredible enticing fragrance - a wonderful combination of mint, oregano, and thyme.   Once you smell it, you'll never forget it.  Bee Balm starts flowering now and will last throughout the summer.    When John Bartram was exploring North America, he made contact with the Native Americans who shared with him that they brewed a tea with bee balm to treat chills and fever. He called it Oswego.   But, it was made with Monarda. After the Boston tea party, the colonists needed something to drink and Oswego tea tasted pretty good and it also helped with sore throat’s and headaches.   Manarda is considered both a flower and an herb.   And in the fall, you can harvest the leaves and dry them and store them for later - when you want to make your own Oswego tea.   Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart When I was researching  Kenneth Woodbridge, I ran across an article about his son, Tim Woodbridge. The article came out last year in February in the London Economic and it was called, "The incredible story of how a grieving landowner created one of Europe’s most celebrated gardens."   Tim was piggybacking on the subject his dad wrote about which was Stourhead Garden in Wiltshire. Tim says his dad discovered 95% of everything that is known about the garden today.   The garden is breathtaking because it is surrounding this gloriously breathtaking man-made lake.   All along people have assumed that the lake was part of the plan by Henry Hoare, the banker, who established the garden as his lasting legacy. But Tim believes he’s uncovered a secret about the garden that had been lost to time.   In 2005, the National Trust commissioned an underwater survey of the lake.   Tim’s book, called The Choice, explains that the lake is hiding a first garden – the garden that was built to honor Hoare's dead wife, Susan.   The garden was nearly completed when suddenly Hoare's son and only heir, Henry, died of smallpox in Naples. He was just 22 years old.   Tim believes that the garden became too painful and that Hoare's shocking next move was to do something about it.  Tim believes that Hoare built a dam and then flooded the garden; creating the magnificent great lake that people drive to see from all over the world. Instead of a planned part of the design; The lake was an outward sign of grief of a husband and father whose tears hid the garden he had built for posterity.   And I think, if a garden could cry... this is what it would look like.      Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Fran Hauser is a best-selling author and successful startup investor,  and she did not have to sacrifice her personality to achieve it. In her book, The Myth of the Nice Girl , Fran talks about how to bring your best self to work, and how to achieve a career you love without becoming a person you hate. Learn how Fran successfully navigated her career in a leadership style true to herself,  how to successfully transition between roles, how to build trust with managers, and the key to pitching an investor or mentor to invest in you. Fran gives us simple, actionable strategies that can change your career today. In this episode, you will learn: The unproductive territory of people-pleasing (5:24) When Fran began thinking of herself as a leader (6:37) Why you need to be known for something (9:06) How to choose a path when you are at a crossroads (19:33) Why you must separate the personal from the professional when hiring (35:40) Ways to cultivate and keep trust (41:56) Concepts from the book that resonated most with readers (46:13) Some questions we discuss: What is the myth of the “nice girl”? (1:28) Why did Fran choose the word “nice” for her book? (3:17) What were Fran’s career motivations? (10:08) What is Fran’s advice to those who realize entrepreneurship is not as glamorous as it seems? (21:28) What exercises has Fran done to figure out what she wants in life? (31:53) How do you find the right mentor? (48:53) Fran Hauser’s quick fire answers to “one thing” questions. (52:52) Links and Resources The Myth of the Nice Girl by Fran Hauser Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Four-Square Model of setting boundaries and priorities

At their New England art school, Paulina and Fran both stand apart from the crowd. Paulina is striking and sexually adventurous, a self-proclaimed queen bee with a devastating mean-girl streak. Fran, with her gorgeous untamed head of curly hair, is quirky, sweet and sexually innocent. An aspiring painter whose potential outstrips her confidence, she floats dreamily through criticism and dance floors alike. On a school trip to Norway, the girls are drawn together, each disarmed by the other's character.Though their bond is instant and powerful, it's also wracked by complications. When Fran winds up dating one of Paulina's ex-boyfriends, an incensed Paulina becomes determined to destroy the couple, creating a rift that will shape their lives well past their art school days.Paulina & Fran is the debut novel of a writer with rare insight into the complexities of obsession, friendship, and prickly ever-elusive love. Rachel Glaser has studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and fiction at the UMass-Amherst MFA Program. Her previous books include the story collection, Pee on Water, and Moods, a collection of poetry. In 2013, Glaser received the McSweeney's Amanda Davis Fiction Award. Recorded On: Monday, October 5, 2015

At their New England art school, Paulina and Fran both stand apart from the crowd. Paulina is striking and sexually adventurous, a self-proclaimed queen bee with a devastating mean-girl streak. Fran, with her gorgeous untamed head of curly hair, is quirky, sweet and sexually innocent. An aspiring painter whose potential outstrips her confidence, she floats dreamily through criticism and dance floors alike. On a school trip to Norway, the girls are drawn together, each disarmed by the other's character.Though their bond is instant and powerful, it's also wracked by complications. When Fran winds up dating one of Paulina's ex-boyfriends, an incensed Paulina becomes determined to destroy the couple, creating a rift that will shape their lives well past their art school days.Paulina & Fran is the debut novel of a writer with rare insight into the complexities of obsession, friendship, and prickly ever-elusive love. Rachel Glaser has studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and fiction at the UMass-Amherst MFA Program. Her previous books include the story collection, Pee on Water, and Moods, a collection of poetry. In 2013, Glaser received the McSweeney's Amanda Davis Fiction Award.