Since it's a Monday, and we've all gone back to work, I thought I'd show you some of my favorite flowers blooming today. Maybe you'll get some ideas for your garden, or you can …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day 2012, March feels like late May
Weird and wonderful weather continues. We are getting rain this weekend, and although it may spoil spring break for many kids, I see a trip to the bookstore in our future. …
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Puttin’ on a show with summer bulbs
Well, you know how much I love spring-blooming bulbs right? My front garden is a kaleidoscope come Easter. A few years ago, I also discovered I have a penchant for summer …
Red Dirt Ramblings, Year in Review 2011, Part I
Well, turn out the lights, the year is nearly over. Time to think of new things and see what changes occurred last year at the Red Dirt Ranch. Last January, I was dreaming of …
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Garden touring and a guide
In case you missed it, last weekend was the Oklahoma Horticultural Society's annual Garden Tour for Connoisseurs. At one time, the tour was held each spring, but now, it is a fall …
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 sky day after day. Gardeners in Oklahoma reported …
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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 which has rain like Arkansas. So, what does a …
Busy days at the Red Dirt Ranch
The last three weeks have been a blur of activity. My nieces came to stay for several days while my sister-in-law, Maria, helped out with her mom and dad. They are around Bear's …
One hot and humid mamma jamma
We came home last night from Bill's paving convention at Big Cedar in Branson, MO. On the whole, Missourians were pretty disgusted with their weather and kept apologizing because …
Ten easy flowers to grow in Oklahoma
I haven't done a ten easiest in awhile, so I thought I'd update us all with flowers instead of veggies. I get a lot of searches from folks who want to know how to garden in our …
A bit of cloud in the red dirt sky
I wasn't going to write this post because I believe you'd rather not hear me whine. However, Non-gardening, best friend (NGBF), Aimee, convinced me you might need to hear when I'm …
A tumble down the daylily rabbit hole
It is an established fact I have too many daylilies, hemerocallis, for those who like a little Latin sprinkled about like good compost. As one friend said with some derision …
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