nature – Page 5 – Lisa Ledbetter

Overgrown

It has continued to rain this week on and off in central Oklahoma. The start of May has been quite cool due to all of the rain. I have been working all week but my boyfriend visited the farm to feed the cat. He sent me a lot of pictures of the garden and itContinue reading “Overgrown”

The flood of 2025

It has been rainy here in central Oklahoma, very rainy. In fact, I heard it was the rainiest April on record for Oklahoma. We have had over a foot of rain this month. I think there’s still more rain in the forecast for the rest of the week and next week as well. I amContinue reading “The flood of 2025”

Eastern tent caterpillar

I have started some more seeds in my 2 hex trays on Saturday. Mostly flowers and a few herbs, fennel and dill. I started some alyssum and alpine strawberries to try to use as a ground cover for my bulb garden. Although I spent time pulling grass and weeds in the fall, they are stillContinue reading “Eastern tent caterpillar”

Sunburn

It has been a beautiful week here in central Oklahoma. It is spring now but it’s already getting very warm. Last Saturday, I went to the farm and got a lot of my spring planting done. We planted over a hundred plants and I honestly lost track of everything. I planted my tomatoes, tomatillos, andContinue reading “Sunburn”

Camellia Sinensis

My job gave me a fifteen dollar gift card to Amazon for my birthday last month. Of course, I used it to buy plants. I ended up getting four camellia sinensis green tea plants from Fam plants. Tea plants can grow well in zone 7b. Before ordering, I looked at the product photos. They lookedContinue reading “Camellia Sinensis”

The chickweed jungle and the clover forest

Another week of caring for the baby seedlings. My boyfriend and I are both working a lot now and we share a car. So, I still have not gotten to visit my garden at the farm this week. We have made a plan to go on April 12th. Hopefully I can keep these plants aliveContinue reading “The chickweed jungle and the clover forest”

New roses, old roses, and stolen roses

Last week was my birthday and my boyfriend gave me a few gifts. He bought me the Dubai chocolate I had been wanting to try. It was so delicious and creamy. He also bought me some Italian food including my favorite, tiramisu. It was also delicious and creamy. He also gave me two new roseContinue reading “New roses, old roses, and stolen roses”

Many mushrooms after the rain ☔

I returned to the farm on Friday and did some more planting. Due to joining the seed exchange, I ended up with many seeds to plant indeed. I decided to go ahead and sow the ones that needed cold stratification now and let nature take care of that. Hopefully it will be a good decisionContinue reading “Many mushrooms after the rain ☔”