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 …
If I Were To Plant A New Rose Garden. . .
I probably wouldn't grow any David Austin roses. My fingers hate typing these words, but it's true. My six or seven David …
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All my rose-growing secrets
UPDATE: I no longer use Bayer products or any other type of herbicide or pesticide. I haven't since 2008. As Maya Angelou says, …
Yes, You Can Grow A Japanese Maple In Oklahoma
Want some red in your yard? How about a Japanese maple like this? You can have one. I took this photo in a neighborhood in Edmond, …
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There’s A War Going On
I kept passing by the asparagus bed last week. Each time I frowned because this is what I saw. This may not look bad to you, but …
Let’s Prune Roses
It's time. We can finally prune. I own a lot of roses. Too many in fact. At first look in spring, I am stunned by all the …
A Garden’s Growth
My friend, Mary Ann, suggested I write more about the origins of my garden. My first thought was "Oh, no, I want it to be perfect …
Agave Love
No, dear friends, not agape, that group of Greek words meaning Christian or brotherly love. Agave, as in nectar . . . of the …