It has been a windy and rainy week here in central Oklahoma. We had a strong wind storm called a derecho that knocked over a lot of plants. There were a lot of tree branches and a few trees down as well. One tree at the farm narrowly missed the power line when it fell.Continue reading “Grape Leaffolder Moth”
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Gladiolus
It has been a warm and windy week in central Oklahoma. There is expected to be some much needed rain here tonight. My balcony garden is looking good although it is needing more water than usual. We went to the farm on Thursday and I saw some more new plants. the I saw that theContinue reading “Gladiolus”
Sensitive Briar
It was a hot week in central Oklahoma and it ended with a little rain on the weekend. I saw my first pansy this week on the balcony. I was surprised as it has been a bit too hot for pansies. We had a busy week but we were able to go to the farmContinue reading “Sensitive Briar”
Indian Paintbrush
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”
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”
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”
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”
Lisa Ledbetter 