The other day I was driving through Edmond, a suburb of Oklahoma City. With kids, I'm always driving here, there and everywhere. I …
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Get your bulb on–Part I
See these boxes and bags? They must be planted. All eleventy thousand of my bulbs have arrived except for a late order from Brent …
Wildflower Wednesday: Asclepias incarnata or swamp milkweed
About this time each year we watch Monarch butterflies float about our gardens and reflect on their silent beauty. They are in the …
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Truly seeing trees
This time of year blog writing is all about color. Trees, bronzed and burnished by the sun, are semi-permanent fixtures of this …
In love with fall, garden bloggers’ bloom day
Easy on the eyes with a cool, come hither attitude, it's easy to fall for fall. October is one of the best months of the …
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Prairie in the city
In Edmond, Oklahoma, there are several parks. One is Mitch Park, best known for fields where the ping of softball on aluminum bat …
Scattering seeds
I was working in the garden last Saturday pulling out weedy grasses and deadheading annuals for a last show when the teens decided …
I am afraid
This morning, I woke to a fine and cool day in Oklahoma after yesterday's return of the heat wave. I stretched my arms above my …
Garden touring and a guide
In case you missed it, last weekend was the Oklahoma Horticultural Society's annual Garden Tour for Connoisseurs. At one time, the …
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: lemonade plants
Lemonade plants are those which just keep making their presence known blooming their little heads off as summer does its …
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Reconnecting to the garden
This has not been an easy year. In fact, it's the worst I've ever experienced, and I've gardened heavily since I was twenty or so. …
Welcome to the jungle
Gaze with me outside my kitchen window. Do you see Cousin Itt from the Addams Family instead of the iron arbor gate to my back …