Last week's freeze damage is just now starting to show. I didn't cover this Japanese maple located in the front bed because I …
Say Goodbye to Spring
There is an historic snowstorm barreling toward Oklahoma with blizzard conditions already reported in the western part of the …
Dear Friends and Gardeners Week Three
Dear Carol and Mary Ann, It was nice reading your letters last week and seeing that both of you are now, in spite of the …
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Sweat Equity = Sleep
This morning, a Twitter conversation I had with Margaret from A Way to Garden got me thinking. She'd woken very early (3:50 a.m.) …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: Bud Break
With the cold weather behind us (at least for present), the entire garden responded with joy to last week's rain and snow. Peach …
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Cold and rainy Saturdays always get me down
Not really. The plants need the rain for growing. It's been a wild week on the prairie. We've had snow and sleet, freezing …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners
As way of explanation, Carol from May Dreams Gardens, Mary Ann from Idaho Gardener and I so loved the book, Dear Friend and …
Garden Blogger’s Muse Day: March
March by William Wordsworth "The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The …
New beginnings for February Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
A collage for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day hosted each month by Carol of May Dreams Garden. From left to right, top row: Hamamelis …
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I Went to a Garden Party . . . .
And, like the song goes, "to reminisce with my old friends." When I heard about VP from Veg Plotting's meme asking for our top …
When to Ask for Help
Does everyone remember the straight line I had in my front garden and how much I wanted to rid myself of it? Well, it is straight …
February Garden Bloggers’ Muse Day
"My personal endeavour is so to choose and combine my plants that at no time from early March to November shall the garden be …