Before I wrote for magazines, I wrote novels, and nope, you can't buy one. They didn't sell. I have the prerequisite three bad …
Sugar Snaps and Strawberries, a review
Sugar Snaps and Strawberries is the cutest title I've seen for a gardening book in a long time. It bucks a marketing idea which …
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RDR’s, year in review, part II
July was all about food and travel. I made a divine fresh cherry pie from my tart 'Montmorency' cherry tree. Stephen and Laurie …
RDR’s year in review, Part I
It's been a year of changes at the Red Dirt Ranch. I am calling it a ranch these days because we have twenty-eight chickens, a …
Gifts for Gardeners, or alternatively, a few of my favorite tools and other things
I know. I know. It's the same thing every year on every website, but truly, I want to make sure my gardener friends get something …
I have roses still
Not fresh May blooms, but the tough old girls who hold on past the freeze. Other than aphids and thrips, it's easy to be a May …
What lies beneath
So farewell—to the little good you bear me. Farewell? a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man: to-day he …
Splendor in the fall garden begins in spring
The following is a talk I gave to my Edmond Iris and Garden Club in September. I thought it might be helpful to others who want a …
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Time Slips Through My Fingers
Fall is upon me, its face a mixture: the sunny yellow of the cottonwoods and native elms lining Oklahoma creeks, the burgundy reds …
Japanese maples in the Oklahoma landscape
Next to roses, nothing is more beautiful than a well grown Acer palmatum. When their leaves unfurl, Japanese maples are beautiful …
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Plant bulbs and make some magic next spring
You know what they say about gifts in small packages? Well, bulbs are little presents you can hold in the palm of your …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners, August 17, 2010
Dear Carol, Mary Ann and all of our gardening friends everywhere, Sorry to be late to the party. I'm in the midst of kids going …
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