In my garden, there are four or five real problem plants. I have other interlopers, but the following natives and non-natives are …
Tropical plants, a hot summer garden’s best friend
Next to colorful annuals, tropical plants are a hot summer garden's best friend. In Oklahoma and much of the middle South, …
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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 …
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It’s eternal summer in the greenhouse
It may be winter outside, but in the greenhouse, it's always summer no matter what the weather. It's humid, warm and when the …
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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 …
An ongoing and clandestine love affair
This year, I swore no indoor seed growing. Here's why: I really don't have a place for them except the basement (where I'll …
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Kitchen Gardener magazine arrives!
About a hundred years ago, when I first started gardening out here in the country in my red dirt, I subscribed to Kitchen Gardener …