Jeannette has finally made it to Montreal! To celebrate the reunion, we took the cameras out to the greenhouse for a very special, very chaotic mini-episode.

We hit up the Boutique at the world-famous Montreal Botanical Garden and brought back a haul of bizarre, fancy, and fascinating botanical delicacies to taste test on camera. We are talking sweet Tulip Jelly, briny Fiddleheads, raw Spruce Tips, and we washed it all down with Forest Amaretto mixed with Spruce-flavored Soda.

Some were absolutely delicious, and some... well, you'll just have to watch our faces. Grab a snack, pull up a chair, and join us under the glass!

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Sources

https://oregonhazelnuts.org/about/

https://www.tytyga.com/History-of-the-Filbert-(Hazelnut)-Tree-a/383.htm

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/oregon/2023/11/24/why-does-the-oregon-state-nut-have-two-different-names/71596462007/

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/09/16/347749070/thanks-to-nutella-the-world-needs-more-hazelnut

https://thedruidsgarden.com/2021/03/07/sacred-trees-in-the-americas-american-hazel-corylus-americana-magic-ecology-and-sacred-uses/

Find your Celtic Tree Sign: https://www.treecouncil.ie/celtic-tree-astrology

https://tree2mydoor.com/pages/information-trees-celtic-tree-calendar

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Sources:

https://www.vosgeschocolate.com/blogs/vosges-haut-chocolat-blog/chocolate-gifts-for-every-star-sign-a-zodiac-gift-guide

https://worldwidechocolate.com/magazine/what-type-of-chocolate-matches-your-zodiac-sign/

https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/

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• Sources:
• https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/folklorearchive/tag/peanuts/
• https://hancockpeanuts.com/what-do-peanuts-symbolize/
• https://nationalpeanutboard.org/
• https://civileats.com/2022/04/12/slaves-for-peanuts-tells-the-tragic-story-behind-americas-favorite-snack/
• https://www.ontario.ca/page/commercial-peanut-production-ontario

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Sources:

• https://www.growforagecookferment.com/foraging-purple-dead-nettle/
• https://www.rachelpatterson.co.uk/single-post/the-magic-of-seeds
• https://llewellyn.com/spell.php?spell_id=6688&srsltid=AfmBOoq6mJO0KOcfqfnJysayA2mJm815jj092qk5X8mGVp_Wqx-u0k7V
• https://sistersofprovidence.net/
• https://thenarwhal.ca/tyendinaga-mohawk-territory-seed-sanctuary/
• Hank Green on AI water use: https://youtu.be/H_c6MWk7PQc?si=nTgS77bJYRb_8HoL&t=774

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Make way for tulips! In this episode, Jonathan bravely downs a comically overstuffed cup of foraged weeds and spills the tea on a secret teenage adventures through milkweed forests. Meanwhile, Jeannette attempts to separate art from plants… and immediately falls headfirst into the drama-filled rabbit hole of Semper Augustus and full-blown Tulipomania. Along the way, we assign tulips their astrological sign and see how well it lines up with Jonathan’s birth chart. Expect history, horticulture, astrology, and at least one questionable beverage choice.

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Sources:

• https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/what-exactly-is-a-flower-bulb-and-how-does-it-differ-from-a-flower-seed.html
• https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/species-tulips-whats-special-about-them-and-how-to-grow-them-in-your-own-garden/
• https://www.masshort.org/blog/tulips

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We’re back with Québec ’s favorite uncut berry: haskap. This episode spirals from Jeannette's forgotten Brussels sprouts to Jonathan's most unhinged greenhouse hack yet. Jonathan also spills some political Garden Tea. Then we get into haskap: why Québec growers are obsessed with it and why it's still on the dating apps.

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Plant Sluts is back February 4th so start cranking your battery powered radio now!

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In this episode we learn about Jonathan’s secret life as an oil baron. Jeannette will leave the leaves, so everyone please just shut up about it. We find a new community garden character trope and ask big questions like: are you a Thanksgiving marshmallow family?

In our plant spotlight we talk about the original cranberry sauce and how the American colonists capitalized on indigenous knowledge and slavery to create their yummy cranberry desserts. We explain why cranberries need our vibrators and ask, “Did our favorite 90s HBO series cause the downfall of US wetlands?” Listen 'til the end for Jeannette’s famous cranberry sauce recipe!

We’ll be going dormant for the winter but keep subscribed for Winter Cuttings!

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See you in February!

Jeannette’s sources for her cranberry dissertation:

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• https://www.npr.org/2006/11/23/6529449/a-cranberry-story-from-the-home-of-the-pilgrims

• https://westernfinancialgroup.ca/Cranberries-Grown-Harvested

• The Larry Meiller Show from Wisconsin Public Radio 10/21/25

• https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/apsnetfeatures/Pages/Cranberries.aspx

• https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2017/11/14/native-fruit-cranberry-seasons/

• https://foodprint.org/blog/cranberries-bogged-down-in-water-and-pollution/

• https://horticulture.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2014/04/Cranberry-cold-hardiness1.pdf

• https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/cranberries

• https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2009/agr/A118-10-6-2008E.pdf

• https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/logan-ut/pollinating-insect-biology-management-systematics-research/docs/cranberries/#:~:text=To%20release%20pollen%2C%20they%20either,legs%20(e.g.%20Megachile%20and%20Osmia)

• https://plentifulearth.com/magickal-correspondences-of-cranberries/

• https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/21/archives/the-cranberrry-ruby-of-the-barrens-new-picking-method-taken-on-a.html

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In this episode we get spooky as Jonathan plots garden revenge on his ex, we whisper to our dearly departed plants via an online Ouija Board, and divine the mysteries of the dormant season with tarot. Plus, we spotlight pumpkin-- the berry you've probably never eaten. Jeannette digs into the haunted history of the jack-o-lantern (even if carving one still kinda sucks).

Sources:

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Jonathan complains about tiny melons and Jeannette has to decide which plant can fulfill her needs in F-M-K Plant Edition. We explore Witch Hazel and where it got its demonic name. Jeannette reveals one of her vintage new age books and we continue to personify plants with the zodiac.

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Our latest episode kicks off Spooky season and includes an uncomfortable conversation with an arborist. Jonathan brags about his nonna's smuggled plums from the old country. We read terrifying Garden Tea sent in by a listener and pronounce all the medicinal compounds in American Skullcap perfectly on the first try ☠️

Correction: Jonathan said cinquefoil in reference to bunch berry (cornus canadensis) but he meant quatre-temp. Mes excuses les plus sincères.

Visit Astro.com for your free natal chart.

Information from this episode comes from: https://www.gaiaherbs.com/blogs/seeds-of-knowledge/american-chinese-skullcap-what-s-the-difference https://www.gaiaherbs.com/blogs/herbs/american-skullcap

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In this episode Jonathan talks about the origins of the mulberry nursery rhyme and Jeannette finds out if it's a bush or a tree... Jonathan's pretty beans are a hit at happy hour and we read some devastating Garden Tea.

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We relax with lavender, and talk about the different types and tips on growing your own. A new segment debuts! Fuck, Marry, Kill: Plant Edition. Take a peek at the connections between lavender, Jonathan and Jeannette’s astro birth charts.

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Note: the book on botany referred to is in fact 'A Gardeners Guide to Botany'.

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Roses are red, but the history is unsurprisingly gay. Jeannette contemplates opening up her marriage (mainly to get out of doing dishes), while Jonathan reveals that not all thorns are created equal - every rose just has its prickle.

We dig up the potentially queer-coded roots of Salem’s garden history, including Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver: pioneering women in landscape architecture... or just very good friends? Plus: wartime rose protection tactics, botanical sex sprays gone wrong, and the lingering haunt of rose energy in the bedroom.

Sources: 🌹 Portland Parks – International Rose Test Garden 🌿 The Lord & Schryver Conservancy

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Jeannette has a vendetta against a tree. Meanwhile, Jonathan unearths a painful truth: sometimes slugs aren’t just destroying your hostas… they’re also wrecking your relationship. This week’s plant spotlight is Bloodroot - a spring beauty with a dark side, including a shady stint as a darling of the anti-vaxx crowd. Who knew this innocent woodland bloom had so much baggage?

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Welcome to the very first episode of Plant Sluts! Meet your hosts Jonathan and Jeannette as they dig into how a global pandemic finally cleared the community garden waitlist (silver linings, folks), why Jeannette swears a rosemary cutting got her a house (and we're not questioning it), and whether lemon balm can actually treat depression and HIV.

Plus: we spill the tea at the unexpected intersection of Grindr hookups and heirloom tomato swaps. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, you’ll wonder why your garden’s never been this spicy.