Welcome!
I’m Dee Nash, a native Oklahoman, and I’ve gardened here since my teens. I know from personal experience how challenging our prairie climate can be.
But my blog isn’t just for Oklahomans. Gardening can be challenging in other climates too. So, I share how to garden wherever you grow.
Enjoy the garden you’ve always wanted!
Featured posts
Dear Spring Garden, I love you
Dear Spring Garden, I love you. You are…
Easy plants for your containers
Last year, I wrote my container garden tutorial,…
A quick garden update
So, how is everyone’s garden season so far?…
Spring garden preparations
There’s a lot of advice online about spring…
A quick review of the Edible Garden, by Alys Fowler, and a giveaway copy too
I like Alys Fowler's writing, and while I am not enthusiastic about reading another vegetable gardening book right now--I'm writing my own, and I'm a bit tired of reading/writing about row covers--I love seeing Alys and her garden. That's why I enjoyed her first book, Garden Anywhere. The publisher of Alys' new-to-the-U.S. book, The Edible Garden: How to Have Your Garden and Eat It, Too, sent me a copy for review. The book was originally published as part of a BBC televsion series, but I guess, since Alys' first book did well in the U.S., they thought they would send this one over here also. I must say I like the cover of the U.S. paperback better than the original UK one which seems kinda stuffy. I also like how Alys opens The Edible Garden, "I want it all, the whole far-flung earth and everything in it." Yeah, me too, and...
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It’s eternal summer in the greenhouse
It may be winter outside, but in the greenhouse, it's always summer no matter what the weather. It's humid, warm and when the propane heater gets going, almost hot. I love it.
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A package from the postwoman!
I got a big box in the mail. My postal carrier, who is a dear woman, drove it up my long driveway and honked for me to come outside. She said, "It looks like rain so I didn't want to leave this one in the box." We have a box just for packages on our fence. Keeps the dogs from tearing into them. Like Pooh Bear, I almost said, "Tut, tut . . .," but I didn't think she'd get the reference. She might even be offended. Does anyone even say "tut, tut" anymore? Probably not. Like The Little Engine That Could and The Little Red Hen (Paul Galdone Classics), Pooh's dialogue, in The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh, is mostly packed in mothballs these days. Please read these stories to your children. They will remember one day and thank you for it. Claire and I were discussing the first two...
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Autumn arrives with a frosty kiss
Autumn arrived at RDR this morning with a kiss from icy lips. A cold front with rain barreled through the center of the state making the roses shudder and wave their petals about in the swirling winds. This morning is chilly, and the Queens of May like it not. Poor, distressed damsels, they suffered in the hot summers of 2011 and 2012, and they want you to know the level of their discontent. Like all mid-life beauties, they want more time. The tropical plants curled in upon themselves, their foliage black as though burned. Frost spells a chilly death for them. They will soon be dust. Oaks, maples, crapemyrtles and other hardwoods sing their beautiful swan song of fare-thee-well. Colored leaves rain upon green grass and make a lovely site as they fall. What to do with all this bounty they shed? Use a leaf mulcher or mower to chop...
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