I've been like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockers. It's the end of the school year for my kids, and all that …
A pretty cold May bloom day
Our morning temps have not been the norm in Oklahoma recently. At 45F for the last couple of weeks, it's been chilly, but still a …
Ten easy flowers to grow in Oklahoma
I haven't done a ten easiest in awhile, so I thought I'd update us all with flowers instead of veggies. I get a lot of searches …
A tumble down the daylily rabbit hole
It is an established fact I have too many daylilies, hemerocallis, for those who like a little Latin sprinkled about like good …
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Crystalline surfaces
Ah, blessed rain fell all day Easter Sunday, and thick fog layered itself over the garden this morning. Although the roses …
Walkabout
Although the garden as a whole doesn't have a lot of color, if I lean in close, I find so many things like this little skipper on …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: April, 2011
I feel like the blue in this dianthus' foliage. I'm cold. After several days in the mid-80s, we've dropped to a chilly 48F. …
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The sovereigns of May are not well pleased
The queens of the garden, the roses for those of you who don't know, are most unhappy about the ill treatment they received in …
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Redbud revelry
Each year, just when we fear winter will never end, redbuds swell and eventually pop open creating a purple fantasy. I think God …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, March: the daffodils have it
Please forgive me for being late to Bloom Day hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens. I apologize. I was laying sidewalk from the …
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Hello hellebore!
So glad to see you sweet hellebore. Missed your sunny face all winter. What about your sisters, they of the drooping heads? …
Wish you were here
Remember all that boring stuff I wrote about the snow and ice only a couple of weeks ago? Although it started out foggy this …