Home keeping I like, but housekeeping is a chore. That's why my house isn't spotless, but my kids get good dinners most …
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Best and easiest vegetables to grow in Oklahoma
What are the best and easiest vegetables to grow in Oklahoma? First, growing anything in Oklahoma is a dare. You never …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners, April 19, 2010
Carol from May Dreams Gardens (Zone 5), Mary Ann from Gardens of the Wild, Wild West (Zone 6) and I decided, last year, to …
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My hand weeder went missing yet again
Dang it! My hand weeder is again missing. After all the work I put it through yesterday, it is probably hiding under a pile of …
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Pruning roses is a bit like parenting teenagers
Both hurt. This afternoon, I untangled the wreck between Rosa 'The Fairy' and R. 'Carefree Delight' (a thornier beast never …
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Raising lifelong gardeners, a contest
When I was a child, there was a teaching catch phrase called: "Lifelong Learners." The idea was to instill the love of …
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When a freak buys seeds
The ice is here, and the rain chain tells the story. Birds fly from the bird feeder stations to the rain chain for …
Other winter interest: Stems, seeds and berries
My recent posts on blooms and foliage made me reflect on those other winners in the winter garden, stems, seeds and berries. They …
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Making and baking bread a new gluten free way
Right now, my kitchen smells of good things like cinnamon, raisins, flour, olive oil and yeast. It smells like home. I'm …
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Garden questions from a reader moving to Oklahoma
A reader, Molly, wrote me the sweetest email, and because I thought her questions reflected others I'd received, I thought I'd …
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If you show me yours, I’ll show you mine . . .
Compost that is. What did you think I was talking about? At my suggestion in a recent comment, Carol at May Dreams Gardens …
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The ugly duckling stage of chickenhood
Several of you asked about the chickens. Well, as you can see, they're growing, but not crowing (yet . . . I think there are a …
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