In case you haven't heard, it's July, and it's hot outside. How hot? This weekend, a giant heat dome will cover half of the United …
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Down the pelargonium rabbit hole
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you may have noticed Bill and I went with our friends, Layanee from Ledge and Gardens, …
Rain
Rain is the big news at my Little Cedar Garden. It rained the entire time I was in Denver for the Garden Bloggers' Fling. It …
Hard times in the cutting garden
This photo is of my cutting garden in previous, happier summers. I'm telling myself it can again be this good if I try, try again. …
Tomatoes I’m trying this summer
I've worked all spring to get you a list of the tomatoes I'm trying this summer. You would think that for the queens of the …
Tornadoes and High Water
Two days before Monday, Oklahomans were warned it was going to be a bad day, a "high risk" weather day. That afternoon, I was …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: the glories of May
Come, step into my garden and take a walk with me. Ah May, I'm so glad you're here. It seemed like the weather would never get …
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Container gardening 101
If you came across Red Dirt Ramblings because of a Google search, you're probably thinking about growing your first garden, and …
April garden chores
I am really behind on my April garden chores, and after the last couple of days, rain and abundant sun is making the cultivated …
Ten more easy flowers to grow in Oklahoma
My top post on this blog year-after-year is Ten easy flowers to grow in Oklahoma. I wrote that post forever ago in 2011, so it's …
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Spring has sprung!
A quick garden update. Spring has sprung at Little Cedar Garden! Click on the galleries to see larger photos. It's the …
A look back at last May
Sunday, I wrote an article for Oklahoma Living magazine, which meant going through photographs. It was 22°F outside, and we had a …