Hi everyone. According to the random number generator, Linda Belcher won the power tools. I'm excited for Linda, and I hope she …
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Fun Fiskars PowerGear® tool giveaway
Of the Fiskars family of garden helpers, the PowerGear® tools are my favorites. When Fiskars gave me the opportunity to give away …
Tomatoes I’m trying this season
Time to start tomato seeds in Oklahoma. I want to set my plants out toward the end of April. A bit early perhaps, but if I must, …
What a garden show should be: the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
Birches, chamaecyparis and confers of all types mixed with red-twigged dogwoods, hellebores and hamamelis (witch hazels) artfully …
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This time last year
This time last year, our red dirt world was covered in snow due to a blizzard of epic proportions. Oklahomans aren't used to …
Terrariums are easy to build and enjoy
Yesterday, I was at T.J. Maxx, and I found this lovely glass jar. Now, I could put M&M'S® in it, or dried cherries, or …
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Beautiful shots
I was working on an article, and I found these lovely photos while I was on a search for something which worked with my piece. …
Gluten-free, dairy-free lemon squares or bars
Kay from Georgia Girl with an English Heart asked yesterday if I'd linked to my gluten-free, dairy-free, lemon squares recipe. …
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The Christmas season is upon us
Are you ready for the big day? No? I'm not either, but I've found over the years whether I'm ready or not, it still comes, and …
It’s the little things . . .
As I ate two, beautiful eggs from our chickens this morning, I thought, "It's the little things which satisfy." I'll try to …
Merely sleeping
One spring, forty years ago, a young girl toddled after her grandmother in the small yard behind her grandmother's white-frame …
The mighty amaryllis
Yesterday, I bought two amaryllis bulbs from two different places, one in a red pot from Whole Foods and the other at, horror of …