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I’m Dee Nash, a native Oklahoman, and I’ve gardened here since my teens. I know from personal experience how challenging our prairie climate can be. 

But my blog isn’t just for Oklahomans. Gardening can be challenging in other climates too. So, I share how to garden wherever you grow. 

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Enjoy the garden you’ve always wanted!

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My very old mystery climbing rose.

Magical, fleeting spring

Part of spring’s magic is its fleeting nature.…

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Homemade chicken and dumplings are safe for alpha gal patients. What can I eat?

Navigating Alpha-Gal Syndrome: What Can I Eat?

Newly diagnosed alpha-gal syndrome patients frequently ask, “What…

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Downsizing my garden

Why I’m Downsizing My Garden: A Personal Journey

I’ve been planning on downsizing my garden piece-by-piece,…

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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day.

Oklahoma Winter: Coffee, Power Outages, and Greenhouse Woes

Good afternoon! Yesterday morning my part of Oklahoma…

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I Went to a Garden Party . . . .

I Went to a Garden Party . . . .

Dee Nash – 7 February, 2009
And, like the song goes, "to reminisce with my old friends."  When I heard about VP from Veg Plotting's meme asking for our top three to five dinner party choices, I simply had to join in. For mine, I perused my bookshelves, and I believe I've assembled an interesting list. First, I choose Russell Page.  He wrote The Education Of A Gardener (New York Review Books Classics) the year I was born, 1962, but the writing is as fresh as yesterday. We could all discuss the great country gardens he designed and all of the famous people he met over his long life. Second, how could any garden party, especially one situated in my rose garden, be complete without Graham Stuart Thomas?  Although he is best known as a rosarian, Thomas was so much more.  In my opinion, one of his best books is Colour in the winter garden, written...
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When to Ask for Help

Dee Nash – 3 February, 2009
Does everyone remember the straight line I had in my front garden and how much I wanted to rid myself of it?  Well, it is straight no more.  The landscaping guys came today, and they were generous and wonderful to work with.  They moved all of my beautiful deciduous shrubs to a new spot and got right to work on the gardens.  I know the photos are small, but if you hover over them and the little blue symbol, the blog will bring up a larger photo.  You can also click on them to see a larger one although it will open in the same window. After the last post, several people wondered why I hired a landscaper since I also do design work.  Sometimes, you just need to know when to ask for help.  By hiring someone who hasn't gazed upon the same two places for the last 20...
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February Garden Bloggers’ Muse Day

February Garden Bloggers’ Muse Day

Dee Nash – 1 February, 2009
"My personal endeavour is so to choose and combine my plants that at no time from early March to November shall the garden be without a number of lovely pictures, each complete in itself, and that such sections of the borders are as temporarily out of bloom shall be so constructed that their fullness and freshness shall be maintained by luxuriant and beautiful foliage." from Color in My Garden: An American Gardener's Palette, by Louise Beebe Wilder I'm still working on it, but I love the idea.  Garden Bloggers Muse Day is brought to us each month by Carolyn Gail at Sweet Home and Garden Chicago.  Thanks Carolyn.
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Sledding on Thin Ice

Sledding on Thin Ice

Dee Nash – 31 January, 2009
Well, the sun is now shining, but earlier this week, we had winter moisture in nearly all of its frozen forms.  On Monday, while I was driving to pickup children all over metropolitan OKC, we got a lot of sleet and fog which then turned into black ice.  Driving was simply a nightmare, and I saw many cars crashed on the side of the highway.  In fact, I slid through an intersection myself.  It was that dangerous.  Monday night we had snow which made my youngest child, Miss Bear, overjoyed.  Her siblings were also doing the happy dance because their schools were closed. In central Oklahoma, we don't get many snow and ice opportunities.  Some years, we get three or four snow events.  Other years, no snow at all.   It is even more rare for us to have enough snow to sled.  When Bear woke Tuesday morning, she opened the...
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