Dee A. Nash's Blog, page 18
May 8, 2018
Before the storm: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
If ever you’re in Austin, you simply must visit the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. This homage to Texas wildflowers was our first stop on Garden Bloggers’ Fling this year. I also visited the center in 2014 and 2008, the year of the first Fling. Since this was our 10th anniversary of the Garden Bloggers Fling,...
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April 27, 2018
In memoriam: Harper Gianna Secrest
Below is my daughter, Megan’s, eulogy for her baby, Harper Gianna Secrest, who was born on April 20, 2018, at 4:24 a.m., and passed away at 4:25 a.m. Robert and Megan wanted to preserve Harper’s eulogy from the funeral here. I’ve closed the comments, but we appreciate everyone’s prayers and kindness toward our family during this...
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April 15, 2018
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: April
As I write this Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, it is 29°F this morning. Yesterday was a howling, cold day with a high of 43°. We burned another fire in the fireplace, and I was grateful not to be a settler or one of the native tribes who lived in Oklahoma around the turn of the...
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April 6, 2018
2018 Freeze: to cover or not to cover
For the 2018 freeze tonight, to cover or not to cover is the question. The forecasted low for Guthrie, Oklahoma, tomorrow morning is 24°F according to Oklahoma’s Mesonet. The state of the rest of the state isn’t much better. We’ve already had two 32°F lows this week which killed off some foliage, but it wasn’t...
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March 28, 2018
Wildflower Wednesday: Phlox divaricata
It’s nearly time. Each day I go outside and clear off more debris to give the Phlox divaricata, woodland phlox, a chance to breathe and absorb the sun’s rays. It’s a heady time filled with birdsong and the scent of both daffodils and woodland phlox, a beautiful wildflower that should be grown in every garden....
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March 25, 2018
Starting tomato seeds
It’s time to start tomato seeds in Oklahoma. Why start your own tomato seeds? Because you can control what goes into your plants. If you want to grow tomatoes organically, starting seeds gives you control from start to finish. Who can argue with that? Why would anyone want to? How to start tomato seeds. Starting...
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March 18, 2018
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day March
Every month Carol from May Dreams Gardens invites gardeners from around the world to celebrate what’s blooming for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day. Check out her website to watch the progression of spring. In 2016, my March garden was way ahead on Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, but in 2015, we were way behind. Such is the...
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March 13, 2018
Garden temptation
Consider this post, chock-full of eye candy, your garden temptation for the week. Grow something. You see, I really want you to grow something. I don’t care how you grow. You can grow on a patio, balcony or deck. Grow plants in raised beds as in my cutting garden or potager or in-ground, but if...
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March 6, 2018
English roses to know and grow
It’s a windy almost-spring day outside so let’s talk about English roses to know and grow in Oklahoma. I probably haven’t written a happy rose post in years due to Rose Rosette Disease, but ta-dah!! Here it is folks. I haven’t seen RRD in my garden for a couple of years, and I’ve added a...
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February 23, 2018
Isn’t it romantic?
I’m working on an article for Oklahoma Gardener magazine, and while going through my photos, I found these of my garden from last summer and summers past. All I could think was, “Isn’t it romantic?” [Click on pictures in the gallery to enlarge them.] Cottage gardening that is. While cottage gardening is not the easiest …
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