In nearly eighteen hours, a new year begins. Time to experiment with new flowers and other new plants. I've been practicing the …
Shiny Brite Christmas
I don't have a lot of happy childhood memories of Christmas. My dad, who just happened to be a fallen-away Jehovah's Witness, …
Oh make me a home
“May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.” Abraham Cowley …
Forcing bulbs in vintage bowls and other containers
For weeks, I've been mad about forcing, that process by which we coax bulbs to bloom indoors. Although I've done …
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Not all paperwhites stink
Yesterday, as I finished up a piece for Fiskars on forced bulbs (bulbs coaxed to bloom indoors during winter) Non-Gardening Best …
Five beautiful, easy-to-grow roses for Oklahoma and the central south
Oklahoma gardening is complicated. The climate is classified as part of the central south, USDA Zones 6a to 8a, but anyone who …
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Why grow that when you can grow this?
Why Grow That When You Can Grow This?: 255 Extraordinary Alternatives to Everyday Problem Plants is Andrew Keys' new book, and …
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Eating and cooking Thanksgiving gluten and dairy free: Waldorf Salad
Hum along with me . . . and, so this is Thanksgiving . . . . My apologies to John Lennon for putting my own words in his famous …
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Wild and wooly garden days
I'm working on a talk I'm giving to my local daylily group this weekend. When they asked me earlier this summer, they said I could …
Plants that inspire passion, Part II
Leaves are falling outside my kitchen window, and the wind is blowing them across the lawn these last warm days. Last week, I …
Wildflower Wednesday: Chipola River daisy
My excitement over this new-to-my-garden wildflower knows no bounds. Coreopsis integrifolia, Chipola River daisy, a/k/a fringe …
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Plants that inspire passion, Part I
Roses. I dearly love them, but I must be honest. The last few years haven't been kind to roses in the Sooner State. The summer of …