It has been cool and windy in central Oklahoma this week. It didn’t rain this week but we could really use some here. We went to the farm on Wednesday to check on the cat and the garden. Everything is looking good but the weeds are trying to take over. We weren’t able to getContinue reading “Indian Paintbrush”
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American Lady
It has been another very windy and mostly cloudy week here in central Oklahoma. I didn’t get to go to check on the farm garden last week but we’re planning to go out there on Tuesday or Wednesday this week. I did pick up a few small annual plants from the local nursery Marcum’s forContinue reading “American Lady”
Clematis
This week has been somewhat rainy and extremely windy in central Oklahoma. The garden is starting to bloom but it is very overgrown. We will spend an entire day pulling weeds next time we go to the farm. The clematis we planted three years ago is finally blooming for the first time. It is aContinue reading “Clematis”
Larkspur
It has been windy and rainy in central Oklahoma this week. April is the rainiest month here and also the start of tornado season. We have been a serious drought so the rain is much needed. I finally got all of my seedlings planted out now that the danger of frost has passed. The gardenContinue reading “Larkspur”
Dutch Iris
It has been a very windy week in central Oklahoma again. We had a few small tornadoes nearby last weekend and our power went out briefly. It is getting warm here so the planting season has finally arrived. I got a new white frost birch leaf spirea this week. We planted it next to theContinue reading “Dutch Iris”
Fox’s Grape Fritillary
It has been another extremely windy week here in central Oklahoma. The temperature has been going up and down, but mostly up. There’s still some possibility of a freeze here for a few more weeks but we did some planting on Friday at the farm anyway. We planted both grapes, the blue girl rose, theContinue reading “Fox’s Grape Fritillary”
Sourdough Victory
It has been a really hot and windy week in central Oklahoma. Some of my seedlings were unable to handle the high winds and I lost a few. The squirrels also got to a couple of them. We acquired more plants this week including a Niagara grape, a Jupiter grape, and a small coral driftContinue reading “Sourdough Victory”
Cabbage White
It has been a very windy week, even for Oklahoma. This means that the big temperature swings are returning. We’re going to have a hard freeze tonight and many things are already blooming. We got two new plants this week: a red honeysuckle vine and a small beardtongue penstemon called rock candy ruby. I’m hopingContinue reading “Cabbage White”
Tulip Time
We got a little rain here this week in central Oklahoma but still need more. There were also a few tornadoes over the weekend and one was about ten miles from our farm. It has continued to be warmer than usual and the tulips have arrived early. I saw some beautiful ones after the rainContinue reading “Tulip Time”
Turk’s Cap
It was a really warm and windy end of February in central Oklahoma. The high winds caused a severe fire risk alert and I saw two fires in my area. A neighboring apartment building caught on fire and I saw a loud news helicopter 🚁. I don’t know if anyone was hurt but I couldContinue reading “Turk’s Cap”
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