Plant fall flowers and hot-weather tropical plants in fall colors like gold, orange and dark red. Yesterday, I spent most of …
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Container gardening 101
If you came across Red Dirt Ramblings because of a Google search, you're probably thinking about growing your first garden, and …
Smiling through winter, an update
After last week's post, I implemented my seven ways to smile through winter plan. This quiet season covers at least five months of …
July garden chores
The page on the calendar has turned. It's already July, which came in on a flood in Oklahoma. Today is gray, but I don't mind. …
Cyber book party and giveaway for Digging Deep
I'm honored that Fran Sorin asked RDR to be part of her cyber book party and giveaway for the 10th Anniversary and re-release of …
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Planting garden bulbs is an act of faith
"It is a greater act of faith to plant a bulb than to plant a tree . . . to see in these wizened, colourless shapes the subtle …
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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 …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day–May 2013
What a spring! March and April were exciting, and May seems to be following their lead. I spend every waking moment in the garden …
Fall redo for my front containers
I was going to title this post: Before and After, but that could apply to so many things couldn't it? The containers that sit …
More Seattle goodness: Lorene’s garden
How Lorene managed to do the lion's share of the work to put on the Seattle Bloggers' Fling and also open her garden to us amazes …
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Vertical gardening with Garden Up!
Two friends, Rebecca Sweet and Susan Morrison, have teamed up to create a fun new gardening book, Garden Up!: Smart Vertical …
Best and easiest vegetables to grow in Oklahoma
What are the best and easiest vegetables to grow in Oklahoma? First, growing anything in Oklahoma is a dare. You never …
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