Did you ever want to buy and eat local, but just didn't know how? Were you too busy or too intimidated to ask? I'm not sure …
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Have you ever dreamed of a greenhouse?
Over on the Lowe's Garden Grow Along blog, I share about the type of greenhouse I'd like to have. Go on over and have a look …
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Why so little garden at the OKC Home and Garden Show?
Over the weekend, Bill and I drove to Oklahoma City to see the Home and Garden show. Bill likes me to go, and each time I do, I …
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Foliage followup for January 2011: the forecast is cold and dry
Although our winter has been mild for the most part, we've had two extreme blasts roll out from the Arctic. They didn't contain …
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RDR’s year in review, Part I
It's been a year of changes at the Red Dirt Ranch. I am calling it a ranch these days because we have twenty-eight chickens, a …
Victorian stroll
Last night, Bill and I went to dinner in Guthrie. For the first time in over twenty years of living outside our quaint little …
Oklahoma Food Cooperative
Have you ever held a fresh egg in your hand? An egg so new it still has a fine coating of white upon its shell? An egg which is …
I have roses still
Not fresh May blooms, but the tough old girls who hold on past the freeze. Other than aphids and thrips, it's easy to be a May …
Give me color or give me spring
I mean, really, this fall has been nearly devoid of color, and I'm not one bit happy about it. Last year, I wrote rapturous …
What lies beneath
So farewell—to the little good you bear me. Farewell? a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state of man: to-day he …
Splendor in the fall garden begins in spring
The following is a talk I gave to my Edmond Iris and Garden Club in September. I thought it might be helpful to others who want a …
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Ten things which make me realize the seasons are a changin’
Since it's October 10, 2010, and I completely stole this idea from Carol of May Dreams Garden, here are ten things which show the …
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