A quick tour around our property from the camera eye’s point of view:
The front garden and our home
I had some help putting the front borders in last year. I couldn’t move all those boulders, and I love the hollies.
The hollies on the other side of the front door.
The poor, neglected garden which faces the street. Between it and the potager will someday be a greenhouse.
This garden could use better edging and some grass pulling out of the railroad ties. It was my second garden.
The borders on the back of the house.
A view from the side when the daylilies bloom. The back deck is in the background.
Another view.
Walking down the steps with the borders on my right.
The back garden.
Half of the back garden taken from the deck.
From the side with the rose border behind me.
The lower rectangular beds in the back garden where I grow vegetables and flowers.
The third and fourth rectangular beds with the lake behind them.
Sometimes I stand in the back garden and look up toward the house.
In the middle of the back garden looking up toward the house.
There is also a rose border on the other side of the deck, but I don’t have any good photos of it yet. Will need to rectify that.
Hi Dee,
I just looked over your gardens. I’m in love! What a beautiful oasis. What part of Oklahoma are you in? I live in OKC and dream of amending my red clay enough to have a garden even close to yours.
Jerri
Hi Jerri, thank you. I live north and east of Oklahoma City in Logan County. We own 7.5 acres out in the country. Edmond and Guthrie are both creeping our way. I wish they would stop. Ha! With red clay, I always suggest building up the soil for drainage. In other words, I would build raised beds or berm a particular bed with sandy and amended soil. These help with drainage. I’ve had clay soil, and it’s a lot of work. Good luck!
An absolute oasis!
Why thank you!
Just so wonderful to see the MAGIC you have done with your red dirt!! OMG! LOVE your borders and your beds! tripped over your blog looking up a daylily – and I am smiling! keep up the great work – I will ‘visit’ again! thanks!!
Why, Kim, thank you so much. It’s nice to get a compliment. I really appreciate you coming by, and I hope you’ll stop by again. I love daylilies. THey are such fun.
Your gardens are stunning! I’m glad to have found another gluten free gardener, and am looking forward to trying out some of your recipes!
Mother of a Hubbard´s last [type] ..Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-Eater
So glad you found me too. Eating gluten free and gardening are among the best things in life.
Dee I found your blog and am LOVING your gorgeous garden! Its so nice to meet others with the same passion for gardening.Please stop over and chat sometime I know I will be visiting you again soon,thanks.Deidre
I have a Tamukeyama that I am pondering where to plant. I was going to plant it in a small japanese garden to replace a weeping redbud that I lost in our drought last summer, but I noticed it seems to be rapidly losing color sitting there. That might be normal-I don’t know. Do you have yours in shade? I used to get more sun there, but it is between two very large trees which are getting larger and only gets a few hours while it is directly overhead and filtered or shade the rest of the time. Also, I noticed it looked like yours was getting very wide. I thought it was more of an upright tree. The garden is slightly bermed and sits around a “disappearing waterfall” that we built. It would be situated about 8-10 inches above the rest of the yard, part way up the berm.
Would that be a problem? Would an inabe shidare go green in those conditions?
Gosh Cheryl, I wish I could help you, but this is a pretty complicated matter. My ‘Tamukyama’ Japanese maple is located where it gets morning sun and afternoon shade. It is one of the cultivars which doesn’t mind quite a bit of sun. Yours may be losing its color because your soil is very fertile. Over-fertilization can cause red Japanese maples to turn more green. Mine is pretty wide. I’ve found that bermed trees don’t do as well as those planted into the ground. Their roots get too cold. I have one in front which is bermed and is very unhappy much of the time. Hope I helped.
Dee,
Your place is beautiful!I noticed from your pictures your vegies are mulched with wood chips. How is that working? We are considering using wood chips this year for vegetable garden mulch and wondered of its effectiveness here in Oklahoma. We live north of Tulsa.
Mari, yes, I did use pine bark mulch on those beds. Make sure it’s doesn’t have pesticides. It works here because most of our soil is so alkaline. You should do a soil test though to be certain. Good luck with the veggie garden this spring.
Beautiful……fresh and cool
Thank you Tommy. Wasn’t very cool this year though.
How do you do it? Your home is beautiful. How many people do you have on staff during high season?
Patsy Bell Hobson´s last [type] ..Gardeners in the Kitchen
Patsy Bell, now you know I don’t have any hired help. I used lots of mulch. I wish I had a staff though. How would I ever afford them?
Beautiful garden. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Andrew.~~Dee
Beautiful gardens! Love all your photos. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Thank you Debbie for stopping by and for such kind words.
Dee, I’m looking at these photos and wondering how on earth you take care of all of this without a grounds crew. Really, honey, how?
Oh my Dee! This is a visual treat! Lovely!
Also, I like the new format. It makes for easy access to your writings. I have enjoyed the tour today!
your HH is a busy man. very nice
Dee I just found this page and wow was it worth it!!
Your garden is amazingly beautiful, from the Potagers to all the beds, just gorgeous and so inspirational. Next time my mum is over, a very keen gardener, I am going to make the trip to see you, she would love your hard work!
Sarah, thank you. You and your mum are welcome anytime. I’d love to get some face time with you both.~~Dee
You have given me the go ahead to plant some more in my beds. I was thinking maybe I shouldn’t crowd in the plants but yours look wonderful. Of course I have to be mindful of our dry hot winds in the panhandle. Love your blog.
I just saw this Bonna. Yes, go ahead. Plant with abandon.
Wow Dee! That’s about all I can say is Wow! Except, can I come live with you? It looks like paradise to me.
Thanks Dana, you can come weed.
~~Dee
Just wonderful Dee! You’ve made such a lovely garden. I love getting a bit more of a feeling for the big picture.
Thanks Leslie, I wanted to give an idea of the whole thing. It’s hard, but I tried.~~Dee
Hello, jealous!
LOVE your sturdy potager beds.
Thanks for putting up the big tour!
Thank you Katie. I’m enjoying the potager with its giant containers.
~~Dee