It has been somewhat rainy and cool this week in central Oklahoma. The rain and cooler temperatures have been great for my garden. A lot of flowers are blooming now and there are many new ones coming up. We visited the farm on Friday and we planted the ginger, bridal wreath spirea, and white driftContinue reading “Common Buckeye”
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Mexican Sunflower
It has been a rather hot and of course windy week in central Oklahoma. I have been seeing some of the plants on my balcony start to bloom this week. The nicotiana and scarlet sage are both beginning to bloom and look stunning. I am pleased as punch about these because I collected the seedsContinue reading “Mexican Sunflower”
Fireflies
It was a warm week in central Oklahoma and it ended with a rainy Sunday. We went to the farm on Tuesday and Saturday to do maintenance in the garden. We planted the new hydrangea and also put more clover around the fruit trees to block weeds. Clover is preferable to weeds because it improvesContinue reading “Fireflies”
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”
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”
