Thank you Leslie. It's the best answer to a hot-weather-loving snowdrop don't you think? When you can't grow the genus …
Dear Friends and Gardeners, April 12, 2010
Dear Carol, Mary Ann and all other gardening friends, I hope you had a good weather week. Other than the hail on April 6th, and …
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Fairy parasols perhaps?
Did you know at least some Japanese maples bloom? They do. Many of mine are now sending out tiny, hovering umbrellas under …
Spring chores
It's a fine spring day. Time to do chores, like removing the leaves from the shade beds, feeding the roses and daylilies, and …
Beautiful redbuds awaken each spring
Once, in 2008, when referring to the redbuds blooming along the rural Oklahoma roads, I said my world was purple and gray. …
Oh hail!
When I put out my eggplant, tomato and pepper transplants early, I did it while firmly crossing my fingers. April 20th is our …
Dear Friends and Gardeners, April 5, 2010
Dear Carol, Mary Ann and all planting friends, I hope this Monday finds you with a trowel in one hand and seed packets in the …
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I’m a fool for April. How about you?
I'll admit it. I'm a fool for April with its changeable skies: cloudy, sunny, cloudy again. I'll even take the wind, although it …
Dear Friends and Gardeners, March 29, 2010
Dear Carol, Mary Ann and all of our friends, Good Morning Sunshines! That's how my mother would greet me nearly every school …
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year
Forget Christmas, for the time being . . . spring has sprung, and it is the most wonderful time of the year. Foliage …
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Oklahoma, you’re doing fine
Recently, Cheryl over at The Prairie Maid suggested a new meme called Oklahoma, You're Doing Fine. On the last Friday of each …
In case you’ve wondered what I’ve been up to . . . .
Once in awhile, HH uses a phrase, and I think it is apropos for today. "I feel like a long-tailed cat in a room full of …
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