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”

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”

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”

Squirrels 🐿️ eat roses🌹

The first half of the week was very warm and windy in central Oklahoma. I have already started putting the seedlings on the balcony for a few hours when the weather is warm enough. The second part of the week has been much colder and even freezing in the mornings. So we had to shutContinue reading “Squirrels 🐿️ eat roses🌹”