It's 31F here, and starting tonight, we're supposed to have ice showers, sleet and other slippery stuff for the next two days; so, …
The Great Bulb Dig
Today, I'm digging up most of my bulbs in the front yard. I've hired a landscape designer to help me with the gardens. Are you …
Memorium to a Friend
My friend, Staci, died on Sunday at approximately 1:00 p.m. At forty, she was beautiful and died too young. She was married to …
GTS and Sunday Stroll: Perseverance and the Thawing Process
I saw this tiny viola while I was out, and it occurred to me that we could learn a thing or two from it and its larger cousin, the …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: Dateline January 15, 2009
"It's Bloom Day," the Amaryllis say, "so come inside to play." We weren't ready for Christmas, but then, you had so many other …
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Fun with Macro
For Christmas, HH gave me a macro lens for my Nikon D40X camera. I have been playing around with it since with mixed results. He …
How Do We Save Print Media?
This week, the garden writing community was abuzz with news: Meredith Publishing Company laid off 250 of its employees, and …
I’m Doing a Happy Dance
What better mid-winter garden news could we Oklahomans get? Mike Shoup of the Antique Rose Emporium is coming to speak in Tulsa …
A Flash of Red on a Cloudy Day
Today, it's cloudy and cold with little hope for sunshine. The Christmas tree is nearly down and packed away, and the red dirt …
2008: A Year in Posts: Part II
Like I wrote in Part I, May and June were all about the roses and the daylilies. The garden behind my house is a very traditional …
Garden Bloggers’ Muse Day: At the Entering of the New Year
At the Entering of the New Year by Thomas Hardy I (Old Style) Our songs went up and out the chimney, And roused the home-gone …
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A Look at 2008 in Posts, Part I
Kind of like Time Magazine's "Year in Pictures" only with a lot less funding. It is traditional to reflect upon the year nearly …