Oh, how I wish you could visit this spring. We could stroll through my garden with clippers in hand, and I would cut you a …
A cottage in the woods with roses for me?
Once, I saved dish towels and aprons in a hope chest and fantasized about my future home. Nothing fancy. Instead, it was always a …
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Don’t hate me simply because I’m English cottage style
If my garden could talk, she'd probably say, "Don't hate me because I'm English cottage garden style." Unlike the woman at the …
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While I was gone
The drought has ended in Oklahoma. Praise God. We had five to six inches of rain at our house, and it rained off and on all day. I …
Take a couple days off from blogging, and . . . .
Your stats go into the clinker. Well, sometimes "real life" needs to ride shotgun in the pickup truck. Last weekend, I met some …
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Oh February, you doll you! Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
February, you gray month of mournful passing, what has come over you? Light snow, a smidge of rain . . . do you think you're April …
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Imagine the possibilities, I get to be a Proven Winners Garden Guru
Not so long ago, I was a GAHM--Garden at Home Mom--who loved my landscape and had a Journalism degree with an emphasis in Botany. …
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The roses wave a fond farewell
A cold front, dumping tons of snow onto Colorado, and with snow also predicted in the Oklahoma panhandle, is making its way …
Wildflower Wednesday: Asclepias incarnata or swamp milkweed
About this time each year we watch Monarch butterflies float about our gardens and reflect on their silent beauty. They are in the …
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In love with fall, garden bloggers’ bloom day
Easy on the eyes with a cool, come hither attitude, it's easy to fall for fall. October is one of the best months of the …
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Prairie in the city
In Edmond, Oklahoma, there are several parks. One is Mitch Park, best known for fields where the ping of softball on aluminum bat …
Garden touring and a guide
In case you missed it, last weekend was the Oklahoma Horticultural Society's annual Garden Tour for Connoisseurs. At one time, the …