It's time to prune roses in Oklahoma if you have any not yet stricken by Rose Rosette Virus. If your rose has Rose Rosette, shovel prune that puppy and bag it. Do not put the …
Annuals are flashy garden accessories
If perennials are the little black dresses of the garden world, then annuals are gardening's flashy accessories. They bring color to our lives. They brighten up shady spots. They …
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Garden Holes of Opportunity
From several conversations I've had with gardeners lately, I know you're worried about my roses. I'm worried too, but I am trying to take a proactive approach toward Rose Rosette …
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: July
I got home last night at Midnight after a seven-day journey first to Boise, Idaho for a visit with Mary Ann Newcomer and then to Portland, Oregon, for Garden Bloggers Fling. I am …
Four B’s to daylily garden zen
You may have noticed a lot of daylily bloom posts on Red Dirt Ramblings this year. For those of you bored by all this hemnut nonsense, I promise we'll be back to regular programing …
Come on over to daylily’s dark side
Imagine, for a moment, Darth Vader holding a daylily scape in his hand instead of a light saber. He's exhorting Luke Skywalker to come on over to the dark side, but instead of …
With rain, the garden grows
This year, I am reminded that gardening is so much easier when the sun doesn't overwhelm plants suffering from drought. With a little rain, the garden grows in beauty and …
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, June 2014
One the great gifts of Carol Michel's long-running meme, Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, is the chronicling of one's own garden throughout the years. I've participated most months since …
Daylily season is in full swing
We've reached my husband's favorite time of the gardening year, and coincidentally, it always occurs right around his birthday. It is daylily season, and we are in full swing. …
Reading and weeding on a rain-soaked Monday
Since last Thursday, it's rained every day throughout most of Oklahoma. I took these pictures after this morning's rain. I'm not sure how much rain we've received because I forgot …
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day October, 2013
Mid-Autumn wears her lofty crown this Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. October is a month of changes in my Oklahoma garden. We still have warm days and cool nights, but change was …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day July 2013
It's a soggy Bloom Day here in Oklahoma. I can't believe I just wrote those words. The last three years have been nothing but drought, but this year is a whole different animal. I …