Hi there! Dee's weeds again. How have you gardeners been? If you remember, this time last year we wrote a post. This …
Which Roses Best Weathered the Late Freeze?
Today, my garden is a test garden. Every since last week's late freeze, our temps have been up and down with no moisture except …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners, Week Two
Last week, Mary Ann in Idaho was still covered in snow, and Carol in Indiana felt like spring had switched into the "on" …
Taking on ‘New Dawn’
It began innocently enough. I was out in the lower garden trying to find a spot or two to incorporate the spring vegetables. HH …
2008: A Year in Posts: Part II
Like I wrote in Part I, May and June were all about the roses and the daylilies. The garden behind my house is a very traditional …
Make No Mistake, Fighting blackspot is a pain in the . . . .
Patootie. In her comment on my last rose post, Kerri from Colors of the Garden asked how I combat blackspot. The answer is …
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Oklahoma + October = Red and Yellow: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
It's October, and it doesn't feel like fall. We're still having late summer temperatures, so everything continues to grow and …
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I Want My . . . I Want My GTV!
My apologies to Dire Straits. "G" may be for Garden, but apparently HGTV hasn't learned its ABCs. A disturbing trend of Home …
Compost: The Dirty Underbelly of Gardening
In continuance of my pledge to keep it real, and influenced by Margaret at A Way to Garden and Kathy at Cold Climate Gardening, …
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Bugged by Insects and Other Garden Wildlife?
The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee, a clover, anytime, to him, is aristocracy. - Emily Dickinson All gardens are …
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Five Good Reasons To Deadhead
We have reached that pinnacle of the gardening season when we need to deadhead many of our perennials and shrubs. The spring and …
Serendipity
Serendipity, according to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, is "the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable …