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I’m just gonna leave this right here. ‘South A

I’m just gonna leave this right here. ‘South Africa’ Rose.
Pure gold. Easy to grow. No blackspot anywhere.
Need I say more? ‘South Africa’ won the Gold Standard Award in 2009 and the Glasgow Gold Medal in 2006. @heirloom_roses has it for sale. You’re welcome. 😘

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Today was a really strange and upsetting beekeepin

Today was a really strange and upsetting beekeeping day. I'm now in my third year of beekeeping so I'm not totally inexperienced, but also, not an old sage either.
During my usual weekly inspection, I discovered that all three colonies are probably queenless, but they do all have queen cups (cells to make queen bees.) Two weeks ago, everything was fine. I knew better than to wait an extra week to inspect, but the weather has been miserable and rainy most days. We had storms all last week.
It looks like Hive Number 2, the middle colony, swarmed. It's been a very strange spring. This is the first day in three weeks that was seasonable. In Oklahoma, we're in the middle of our honey flow too.
So, today I'm feeling like a lousy beekeeper, but this is the truth of things. I will check in a week to see if the queens emerged from their queen cups. If things aren't better, I'll requeen the hives. What a drag and how unusual that they all three are queenless.
I say they're queenless because I couldn't find queens in any of the hives, and no eggs or larvae. However, there are tons of bees inside all three hives. Fewer in Hive Number 2.
I did go through all of the boxes. The bees weren't happy, and I don't blame them. But, tomorrow is another day.
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‘The Poet’s Wife’ rose is glorious this year

Come step into the garden with me. As you can see

Come step into the garden with me.
As you can see, I’ve been busy. The weather has been sublime—not always the usual Oklahoma springtime.
We’re supposed to have rain all next week. The garden needs it. Not excited about a low of 40°, but others have it worse.
Since I can’t travel, this is as close to England as I get this year.
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Today I picked my first salad from the garden. It

Today I picked my first salad from the garden. It was 90° today which is way too hot for this early in the season, and 90° is supposed to be the temperature tomorrow too. Therefore I will probably pull most of my lettuce.
Otherwise, it will turn bitter as will these radishes.

I always forget from year-to-year how beautiful radishes are. Let alone how great they taste. This group of radishes was grown from a chef’s blend. I’ll be honest, I don’t remember where I bought the seeds from. I need to figure it out because I want these again for fall.

Easter Egg radish blend is also pretty.
I rinsed off the mesclun lettuce and made a quick salad.

Salad from your garden tastes better than anything you’ve ever imagined. If you didn’t plant seeds in the spring, plan to plant some in the fall.

Don’t forget the radishes either.
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Here we grow! New post on my blog too. A wonderful

Here we grow! New post on my blog too. A wonderful April in beautiful Oklahoma.
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Happy Earth Day everyone! This morning I’m remi

Happy Earth Day everyone!
This morning I’m reminded of a hymn we sing this time of year. “For the beauty of the earth
For the beauty of the skies
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies
Over and around us lies “Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our joyful hymn of praise.” Love to all of you! Find a little joy today and stay well.
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Just some morning pictures to start the day off ri

"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;

"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." 𝐌𝐭. 𝟔:𝟐𝟖-𝟐𝟗

I saw this lily of the valley blooming this morning, and I was immediately reminded of that bible verse. This is the first time lily of the valley ever bloomed in my garden. Special thanks to Susan Staudt for divisions of her plants. Lily of the valley, 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴, isn't easy to grow in Oklahoma, but so worth it if you have a shady place where it can spread.
In these difficult and uncertain times, for me, it is a reminder that we are loved. I hope you enjoy it too. If you do grow it, get down on your knees and smell the flowers. They are exquisite for a plant only six inches tall.
All parts of the plant are poisonous so don't eat it even though it smells so delicious.
One more thing, I'm going to put this photo on my phone's lock screen so I'm reminded every day that I'm loved. You're welcome to do it too if it helps you.
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Bill snapped this picture just as I headed out for

Bill snapped this picture just as I headed out for day three of the liriope removal on Sunday afternoon. I look pretty jolly considering.
I used a Fiskars garden fork (not shown) and an old hoe I've owned for years to remove the stupid liriope which covered a 4' by 4' area in my lower garden bed.
What made it so difficult? Roots that went down over a foot in clay soil. As you can see from the last two photos, I covered the area in shredded leaves to rehabilitate the soil. Earthworms will slowly decompose those leaves and work them down into the dirt making pockets in the clay. Eventually, I'll plant something else there.
I want it known that I didn’t plant the stupid light liriope on purpose. It hitchhiked in on something else. Then it slowly took over in an area I don’t look at all the time.
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My fave photo this week is of the Oklahoma blue s

Spring is here! My pup says so. (See the second pi

Spring is here! My pup says so. (See the second pic!) Daffodils and other plants are coming up.
I’m not planting my summer plants yet—no tomatoes please—but I have more lavender being delivered today. Excited about lavender honey later this summer.
Also, still pruning roses and cutting back perennials. Yesterday, Oklahoma broke a 48-year record, and the temperature got up to 96 degrees F.
Too hot for March, but temps are going down over the weekend.
Stay safe everyone. 😘

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People spurn forsythia—I actually love it—, bu

People spurn forsythia—I actually love it—, but in these trying times, I was really pleased to see this bright yellow arch at my local park. It has been raining here and cloudy for days and days. We had an hour or two of time between showers, and I ran to the park just to get out of the house and have some fresh air.
It’s too wet to work in the garden right now.

When you look at this just know that I’m sending all of you prayers for good health and happiness. We will get through this.

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Just a garden update from the back garden. I’m d

Just a garden update from the back garden. I’m doing spring chores: cutting back roses, crapemyrtles, ornamental grasses etc. Busy, day full of wind.
We had rain last night too.
Happy Monday!
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Hey Flower and Veggie friends, let's start some se

My latest post on my RDR blog and our @thegardenan

It's time to clean up the garden in Oklahoma. Toda

It's time to clean up the garden in Oklahoma. Today is blustery and cold--I watched the snow fall last night—but as the week progresses, the weather gets much more cheerful day-by-day.
Get out there and start working so you can see your daffodils and other bulbs spring forth in the next few weeks.
Even this far north, I already have 'Tete-a-Tete' blooming. It is so cool to watch as it grows a longer stem each day.
Spring is coming my friends. Hang in there!
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The many moods of my red fountain in the potager o

The many moods of my red fountain in the potager or kitchen garden.
We built this fountain from two pots and a lot of rigging. We had to replace the pump the other day.
It just keeps on bubbling. Birds and bees love it which makes me glad.
Did you know I originally wanted blue? Blue is my favorite color, but the red in the surrounding bricks determined the color.
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Are there any more beautiful words then summer har

Are there any more beautiful words then summer harvest? This was from my garden in summer when I shared with you many of the peppers and tomatoes I was growing. Some of these weren’t available to the public in 2018, but are now. I especially loved ‘Ring Leader’ jalapeño pepper that year. I’ve grown it several times. It is a great hot pepper and very prolific with thick walls for stuffing with cheese or nut cheese.
You can buy the seeds from @burpeehg online. As for the other peppers, I’ grew Red Ember’ F1 is a fantastic hot pepper from @johnnys_seeds and an @aasgardenwinners. Stuffed Fruit bell pepper was another I tested that year. I can’t find info on it anymore, but there are other great bell pepper selections out there. ‘Confetti’ hybrid is a small sweet bell pepper with variegated foliage also from Burpee. ‘Red Racer’ F1 tomato seeds are available from @territorialseedcompany. Amazel Basil™ is from @provenwinners . You can buy plants online.
As for the eggplant, I really love the varieties ‘Fairy Tale’ F1 hybrid, ‘Gretel’ and ‘Hansel, all @aasgardenwinners. All are great to grow.
I like Asian eggplant over Italian types because the skin is thin and less bitter. To start eggplant seeds indoors, you will need a heat mat. You can find these on Amazon and some local organic growing stores.
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I'm sitting here in my cozy log home working on a

I'm sitting here in my cozy log home working on a talk about beautiful vegetable gardens that are also productive.
What makes a beautiful vegetable garden? The same things we love in ornamental gardens. Symmetry, balance and color are essential to garden design, but also, keeping up with the garden makes a huge difference.
Vegetable gardens can be notoriously messy because they are composed of many annual plants along with some perennials. Annuals are constantly trying to make seeds. From their point of view, that tomato on the vine is surrounding many, many children in the form of seeds. Picking your vegetable garden regularly is very important. In fact, some plants, like green beans and summer squash, quit producing if you don't pick them.
Also, pull out any plants that are past their peak and replace them with another crop. In Oklahoma, we have a very long growing season.
These things and more go into a beautiful vegetable garden. I'll post more ideas later. Hope this helps, and have a great day!
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Just some of the hellebores, Lenten roses, growing

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope all of you are havin

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope all of you are having the best day possible. I'm working on a post on RDR on heart-shaped plants, and our latest @thegardenangelists podcast is all about these tokens of plant love too.

They definitely make people just as happy as red roses, and they last a whole lot longer.
This, if you haven't already seen about fifty of them today, is Hoya kerrii, and it is a cutting, not a full-grown version of this popular plant. Heart-leaf hoya is a wonderful expression of fondness and stinkin' cute. Mine is variegated because you know I especially love variegated plants.
For more info, I’ll see you on the blog, the podcast and here on Instagram my friends!

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Not from this year, but seeing these from February

Not from this year, but seeing these from February two years ago made me want to tell you something.
In Oklahoma where I live, crocus don’t look good planted in a Bermuda lawn because Bermuda looks brown and ugly until way after the crocuses have finished blooming. It’s kind of depressing actually.
If you plant them in your lawn, it needs to be in the shade lawn with grass like fescue.
Or, you can grow them in your flower beds. I do that too.
Another thought...after I planted the crocuses in my lawnette, I began having trouble with voles.
Critters love to eat crocus. I plant more each year to have some flowering. As for the voles, we’ve done various things, but they are hard.
In the first photo is the white crocus, Jeanne d'Arc. The other crocus are varieties of Crocus tommasinianus like Ruby Giant and Barr’s Purple.
I love bulbs!
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