The things we do--cooking, DIY-ing, gardening, and more.
This spring strange circumstances have allowed my husband to be home instead of traveling as usual. We -mostly he- have taken advantage of the time to build several raised bed garden boxes and are in the process of getting them all planted. One morning a …
Here’s a fairly simple pumpkin painting tutorial. Last year I had a few friends over and we had a little painting party using this method. When I searched the internet for a pumpkin painting tutorial I ran across this from youtube. Thank you, Wild …
It’s fall, and the monarch migration has been ongoing for several weeks. The butterflies that cruise through my area of Oklahoma are headed to Mexico. These butterflies are probably the fourth generation removed from butterflies that went north last spring, yet they know exactly where to …
One morning I was cruising through our strange little “breakfast nook” area and saw something out of the corner of my eye…I thought there was a good-sized bat hanging outside our window! On closer inspection, it proved to be a really big moth. Really big, …
Another garden I visited at Oklahoma State University was next to the Engineering Building. It is composed entirely of native plants. There is a nifty garden directory sign so you can identify every plant if you feel like it. It was getting pretty hot, so …
Last week my younger son attended a one-day engineering camp at OSU in Stillwater, Oklahoma. I hung out on campus all day and took lots of pictures of the gardens and flower beds. After a day of breathing the “O State ozone”, I’m ready to …
A flower that doesn’t open until late in the day might seem a little pointless, but the four o’clock (Mirablilis jalapa) is a nice addition to your flowerbeds. When the flowers open in late afternoon you will notice a lovely fragrance, and the little flowers …
Springtime is a great time to plant roses! Star Roses and Plants, the growers who produced the amazing and wonderful Knockout Rose family, have my undying gratitude. (I am in no way affiliated with their company, I just love their plants!) I have four of …
Back in January, we took a day to visit the Florida Aquarium in Tampa because we are all about aquariums…seriously, we go to every one we possibly can, including the ones here in Oklahoma, which are obviously few and far between… Our visit coincided with a …
Do you enjoy watching birds in your yard? One of the very best things you can have is a birdbath. Water is vital for birds all year round. What do you do when it’s freezing outside? You could bundle up every hour or two and …