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 …
A touch of white
Taken in the fall, this photo shows that a touch of white in this heath aster next to the Blushing Knockout rose makes them appear …
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 …
Give me color or give me spring
I mean, really, this fall has been nearly devoid of color, and I'm not one bit happy about it. Last year, I wrote rapturous …
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 …
No spooky weather thus far
All week we've been flirting with the frost, but despite cooler temperatures with one morning being 34F, even the coleus still …
Wordless Wednesday: early fall 2010
Click on any photo to see it larger, and then hit your back button to go back to the gallery. Whoops, that wasn't wordless was it? …
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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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: cool morning sweet relief
Opening the doors to the back deck this morning, I encountered the sweet relief of autumn. As anyone who attended the Dallas GWA …
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Three for Thursday, purple and green
After I walked about taking photos, I kept thinking of that song, Silver and Gold, and I repeated purple and green as I searched. …
Jealous roses sing the blues
"Where have you been," says 'Sophy's Rose' as I bend over her to drag out some weeds. I feel guilt wash over me. "I've been …
The winner is . . . . and a little bit of summer for the rest of us
Chris is the winner. She is the lovely commenter who said she'd bought some for her mother, but would like a bar for herself. …
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