A couple of weeks ago, Carol Michel, my podcast cohost, told me about a lecture from the Horticultural Research Institute in their tHRIve – WEB SERIES presented by Dr. Daniel Read More
New Monarch butterfly info
A couple of weeks ago, Carol Michel, my podcast cohost, told me about a lecture from the Horticultural Research Institute in their tHRIve – WEB SERIES presented by Dr. Daniel Read More
September Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
As usual, I’m a day late for September Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, but I have good reasons. I had garden coaching clients in Tulsa and Edmond this week. I was Read More
Six garden problems
I’m in the middle of an early fall garden rescue. I have six garden problems, ‘er weeds, I’m trying to eradicate this fall. While I was traveling, temperatures around the Read More
Fall bulbs
If you’re thinking about ordering fall bulbs, read on for what I’m planting this year. Fall bulbs make great spring flowers. Scilla siberica, so tiny and so true blue Scilla Read More
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: August 2022
It’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: August 2022, which means it’s time to share what’s in flower in my Oklahoma garden. Some plants, like the Helenium autumnale, common sneezeweed, are just Read More
Too hot, too long
We returned from the daylily national convention a couple of weeks ago, and it’s been too hot in Oklahoma ever since. I think David Payne said yesterday that we’re at Read More
Fun days at the daylily national convention
For July’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, I want to share my visit to the daylily national convention. A region of the American Daylily Society puts on the AHS National Convention Read More
Battling Japanese beetles
As if it wasn’t already difficult to grow roses in Oklahoma, we are now battling Japanese beetles too. Normally, I don’t like to include words of war in my posts, Read More
June flower parade
It’s time for the June flower parade which, of course, includes our favorite daylilies. There are lots of other flowers blooming, but, in June, the daylilies always steal the show. Read More
Creating swathes of color
Let’s chat about creating swathes of color. Yes, I’m spelling it in the English style as swathes because, as Anne of Green Gables says, an “e” adds just a little Read More
Grow tomatoes and other vegetables in pots
One of the easiest ways to grow tomatoes and other vegetables is in pots. There’s freedom from worrying about soil conditions, watering, etc., when you grow tomatoes this way. You Read More
Late April garden update
I’ve been getting a lot of requests from my garden-coaching clients and other friends for a late-April garden update. So, I thought I would brief everyone all at once about Read More
