Red Dirt Ramblings®
Firmly rooted in the Oklahoma soil
A couple of weeks ago, I got my 10,000 steps seeding and feeding the fescue lawn. The lawnette always looks pretty pitiful this time of year. How did I get 10,000 steps? I mixed …
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I have always loved heart-shaped plants, and what could be better for Valentine's Day? While I'm not one to snub red roses or flowers of any kind or color for that matter, I do …
It's happened. I have a bonafide red aglaonema addiction. It sounds like a nasty rash, but actually, it's an affliction of indoor plant happiness. Chinese …
What does a red-dirt-garden girl do in winter, or even late fall while her garden gently sleeps? I can't speak for anyone else in red-dirt land, but I plant amaryllis and …
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Wherever you live in Oklahoma, take time for butterfly watching this fall. I haven't seen such a nice variety of butterflies in my garden for a long time. Because of a massive …
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I spent most of my summer traveling. After the difficulties and sadnesses of last year, I felt an urgency to get moving, and boy did I! Along with the Garden Bloggers' Fling in …
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In case you haven't heard, it's July, and it's hot outside. How hot? This weekend, a giant heat dome will cover half of the United States. Oklahoma isn't just the center of the …
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If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you may have noticed Bill and I went with our friends, Layanee from Ledge and Gardens, Mary Ann from Gardens of the Wild Wild West, and …
I've worked all spring to get you a list of the tomatoes I'm trying this summer. You would think that for the queens of the vegetable garden I would make extensive lists and such, …
If you came across Red Dirt Ramblings because of a Google search, you're probably thinking about growing your first garden, and you might be interested in container …
My top post on this blog year-after-year is Ten easy flowers to grow in Oklahoma. I wrote that post forever ago in 2011, so it's time to update it with ten more easy flowers to …
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At night when I can't sleep, I engage in a bit of garden dreaming. Instead of counting sheep, I wander through the everlasting garden in my mind. While meandering, I push away …
