Red Dirt Ramblings®
Firmly rooted in the Oklahoma soil
The last day of the GWA symposium always involves seeing gardens off the beaten track. For the first two years I attended, I didn't take the extra trip, but the last two I have, …
Continue Reading about My favorite garden of the Dallas Symposium was in Ft. Worth
Dear Carol, Mary Ann and everyone else, If you live in the continental U.S. (and not on the left or right coasts), I have two words for you, "Don't despair." I know, it's hot …
Continue Reading about Dear Friends and Gardeners, August 9, 2010
Dear Carol, Mary Ann and all of our dear friends, We've hit those days of summer which separate true gardeners from those who only visit the greenhouse mid-April, buy forty …
Continue Reading about Dear Friends and Gardeners, July 26, 2010
Hi Carol and Mary Ann, The weather was so exciting (as in bad) yesterday, I forgot to write. We had a cluster of tornadoes in central Oklahoma with more than twenty touching …
Continue Reading about Dear Friends and Gardeners: a postcard from tornado alley
So, do you live in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, or one of its nearby suburbs? Are you wanting something new for the garden or a container? Something nobody else in your …
Dear Carol and Mary Ann and all of our gardening friends, I planned to have this letter up before now, but my Internet went down sometime last night. Now, it appears to be again …
Continue Reading about Dear friends and gardeners, March 8, 2010
Does anyone remember the series of letters Carol from May Dreams Gardens and Mary Ann from Gardens of the Wild, Wild West and I wrote to each other last summer profiling our …
Continue Reading about Dear friends and gardeners, 2010, week one
When I stopped by Brenda's Cozy Little House, she was in the middle of a cloche party, hosted by Marty of A Stroll Thru Life. It was simply so much fun that I knew I must join …
It's Red Dirt Ramblings' two year anniversary, and what a wonderful time I've had. Let's see what's different about my garden and life from two years ago. Because of the …
Continue Reading about Do you know what day this is? (Hint: gifts are involved!)
This morning, buses arrived at 7:00 a.m. to whisk 600 plus writers, photographers, television media personalities, designers and other garden communicators to Plant Delights …
Continue Reading about Plant Delights Nursery Lives Up to Its Name
Dear Carol and Mary Ann (and all those who walk in the vegetable way), Welcome to my garden this week where we're a bit betwixt and between. I harvested the last of the peas …
