Episode Notes

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!

If you have any Garden Tea, send us an email to plantslutspod@gmail.com

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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