I feel a post percolating about the fires and rebirth, but having just returned from GWA, I'm too tired to write it today. My home …
In the slow lane
The Slow Food garden situated in the center of Indianapolis incorporates mind and body in its teaching while gardeners grow unique …
Wildflower Wednesday: common mountain mint
If you want to be invited to a pollinator keg party, just plant one of the many mountain mints and stand back for the show. A …
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Mums and asters: good companions for fall
Yes, I know we've had a terrible summer, and it's still hot. Even if you haven't completely thrown in the trowel, it's probably …
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Tale of Woe
What's there to say? Today's temperature so far is 109F (42.7C.) No rain in my garden since June, and with few exceptions, the …
More Seattle goodness: Lorene’s garden
How Lorene managed to do the lion's share of the work to put on the Seattle Bloggers' Fling and also open her garden to us amazes …
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The Bloedel Reserve
We visited many beautiful places in Seattle, but none compare to the Bloedel Reserve. It was my favorite destination by far. On …
Try to imagine
Envision a neighbor who loves gardening as much as you, and whose garden is only a few feet from your own. Imagine living on a …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, Forecast still hot and miserable
Dateline: July 15, 2011, Guthrie, Oklahoma. Hot, hot and more hot. Extreme drought conditions. Death Orb pulsating in the …
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Almost Wordless Wednesday: a grass in two lights
I took this first photo from the bottom of the hill. Then, I walked up the hill and took it with the sunlight shining from …
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I feel I’ve lost my gardening mojo
This summer is taking its toll on south central gardeners especially in parts of Texas and all of Oklahoma except the southeast …
Hard times under the Oklahoma sun
I don't know how things are in your neck of the woods weather wise . . . . I had to turn off the news after the fifty-thousandth …