Firmly rooted in the Oklahoma soil
Gray Hairstreak butterfly with open wings. Gray Hairstreak butterfly nectaring. Wherever you live in Oklahoma, take time for butterfly watching this fall. I haven't seen such a nice variety of butterflies in my garden for a long time. Because of a massive pollinator planting effort throughout the state, I'm also seeing numerous butterflies in medians, shopping centers, city Read More
Buy bulbs now for spring flowers, but wait to plant them. In Oklahoma, I wait until around Thanksgiving or maybe even a little afterward to plant my bulbs. Pink tulips and white daffodils in the front border. Yes, we live in a log home. In fact, I pick the coldest day I can find and shiver as I plant. Suffering is essential to bulb success. Just kidding. If I Read More
Carol Michel and I have a little old podcast we call the Gardenangelists. I'm linking to Apple Podcasts if you want to listen. To celebrate fall gardening, we're giving away a garden of easy-to-start seeds with Botanical Interests Seeds. Botanical Interests Seeds in the Fall Seed Giveaway! Don't those look yummy?!? To enter, comment on the Gardenangelists Read More
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 promise to tie them together. Some of the beautiful smaller hills in Utah. They also have huge mountains like in the background. Utah was dry, but beautiful. As my friend, Mary Ann Newcomer says, "You Read More
The borrowed view is a great design concept, and the two gardeners who designed their own garden at East Ruston used this element frequently to great effect. The tree in the large pot is a Brugmansia. 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 Bloggers' Read More
