Plant fall flowers and hot-weather tropical plants in fall colors like gold, orange and dark red. Yesterday, I spent most of …
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Beautiful butterfly watching today
At my Little Cedar Garden, it's hot, hot, hot, but it's also beautiful butterfly watching today. I returned home from an …
I’m a generalist gardener
I guess I'm a generalist gardener. What does that mean? In my generalist garden, pollinators come first. No real gardening …
My daylily sickness rages on
Daylily season may be nearly over, but my daylily sickness rages on. Every year, I do at least one post on the daylily magic that …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day June
It's the 15th of June, so that means it's time for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Special thanks to Carol Michel of May Dreams Garden …
Did covering plants work for the spring freeze?
Did covering plants work for the spring freeze? Last night, we had a hard freeze in central Oklahoma. It got down to 30° for …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: April
This post is for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, the one day each month where bloggers all share about our favorite flowers, the ones …
Spring is here in all its glory
Spring is here in all its glory. That's good news. Our spring freezes may be over. Let's accentuate the positive because in many …
Fall beauty remains
Although we still have limbs down in the back garden, and some still hanging in the trees, fall beauty remains. I always …
Ice storm double whammy
An ice storm double whammy hit Oklahoma starting on Monday morning at 5:00 a.m. The second wave of freezing rain came through last …
Four basils worth growing
This year, along with lavender, I tested several basils in the garden. Below are four basils worth growing in your southern …
How to take stem cuttings of favorite plants
After my last post on pelargoniums, several people asked me how to take stem cuttings of favorite plants for the greenhouse or to …
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