Today, I have a nice twist of a podcast for you and it comes in two ways.

First, I realized it's been a while since I've done a solo episode.

And I don't know about you, but I think it's time that I catch you up on a few things

happening around here in my garden, things like some of the challenges and wins so far

this year, what's new and what's ahead for the rest of the summer and beyond, and a

couple gardening related general observations that I wanted to share with you today.

So it's definitely a mixed bag of information, but I think there are plenty of takeaways

scattered about throughout this episode.

So that's the first thing.

The other twist is something I've only done once before in the 321 weekly episodes to

date back in episode 19.

And I'm not talking about a particular topic, but more about the overall show, really?

Do you know what I'm referring to?

Probably not because that was nearly six years ago, but if you do, you definitely get

the Superfan Award.

So with that bit of a tease, let's get into this new episode.

And as we do, thanks to Proven Winners Color Choice and Dram for their support of this

podcast.

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flowering shrubs and evergreens can almost make it feel that way.

That's because much of the work to create those plants that perform successfully in your

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