Hi, I’m Dee, a professional garden writer and speaker born and raised in Oklahoma. Here you’ll find all my best dirt on gardening and travel. Welcome!
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Harvesting ideas at GardenComm and a veggie garden report
It’s been a week of harvesting ideas at GardenComm along with tomatoes and peppers from my late summer veggie garden. These might seem like disparate topics but read on. I Read More
East Anglia Garden Trip: East Ruston Old Vicarage
I spent most of my summer traveling. After the difficulties and sadnesses of last year, I felt an urgency to get moving, and boy did I! Along with the Garden Read More
Plants that thrive in Oklahoma summers
In case you haven’t heard, it’s July, and it’s hot outside. How hot? This weekend, a giant heat dome will cover half of the United States. Oklahoma isn’t just the Read More
Down the pelargonium rabbit hole
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you may have noticed Bill and I went with our friends, Layanee from Ledge and Gardens, Mary Ann from Gardens of the Read More
Hard times in the cutting garden
This photo is of my cutting garden in previous, happier summers. I’m telling myself it can again be this good if I try, try again. This will be the third Read More
Tomatoes I’m trying this summer
Tomatoes I’m trying this summer. A list!
Tornadoes and High Water
Two days before Monday, Oklahomans were warned it was going to be a bad day, a “high risk” weather day. That afternoon, I was recording this week’s Gardenangelists podcast on Read More
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: the glories of May
Come, step into my garden and take a walk with me. Ah May, I’m so glad you’re here. It seemed like the weather would never get warm, and the rain Read More
Container gardening 101
If you came across Red Dirt Ramblings because of a Google search, you’re probably thinking about growing your first garden, and you might be interested in container gardening. Why? Because Read More
