Growing Asparagus
Since our cool season vegetable growing season began, we have been talking about all those vegetables (and some fruits) that we can now plant. We’ve talked about getting those onions in the ground as well as seeds for a variety of crops including beets, turnips, carrots, Swiss chard, kale, etc. At our Seed to Supper farm, we planted our onions a couple of weeks ago and planted the above-mentioned crops this week. So yes, garden season is underway.
We’ve talked about planting strawberries which...
Growing Strawberries
We talk a lot about growing vegetables in our articles and not so much about growing fruit. Part of the reason for that is that growing fruit can be more challenging than growing vegetables in that with fruits (for the most part) you are dealing with perennial plants that you will be growing and nurturing for several years to get them ready to produce. And then there’s the yearly maintenance including pruning etc. All this to say, growing annual vegetable crops can be a bit easier.
Also, if...
Oklahoma Proven - Class of 2026
This is the time of year when most gardeners are thinking about and planning their gardens for the year. Yes, some of us have a strategy that involves more that visiting our favorite nursery in search of pretty things, not that there’s anything wrong with that. But for a lot of us, we like to have a plan. We go out into the yard, remembering what we did last year, what didn’t work so well, and what worked great. Some of us even make sketches of our garden beds, showing areas we need to replace...
Cool Season Vegetables
It’s almost that time and by “that time” I mean time to start planting some of our cool season vegetable crops. The idea of cool season crops may be new to some of you but in our area, we essentially have 3 planting seasons: cool season, warm season, and fall season.
Cool season crops are those crops that do better when temperatures are a bit cooler than the temps we experience in the summer. When it gets warm, cool season crops just don’t do well. They tend to “bolt” which means they begin...
Water Collection Systems
It’s still winter, but right now it feels a bit like spring. But we know winter will return for at least one more wind-chill slap in the face. So, what’s a gardener supposed to be doing. We’ve cleaned all our tools. We’ve ordered or locally purchased some of our seeds for the season. We might have even started some seeds indoors as we prepare for the growing season, but now what?
Well, now might be a good time to consider one of those garden projects we have on our list that we keep putting...
Plant Sale
As we are in the midst of a winter deep freeze, what’s a gardener to do? Well, it’s a time to dream and plan for our gardens. We typically do that by perusing seed catalogs, looking at seed packets at our local vendors, and maybe making some rough sketches, laying out what we hope to do in our gardens this year. But what if we could actually begin to shop, to look at plants, to read about plants, to make some decisions and then be able to order those plants? Well, here’s some good news. The Tulsa...
Seed Starting
Yes, we’re in the height of winter. But believe it or not, it’s time to start seeds indoors for a variety of crops.
Vegetables can be divided into a variety of categories, but two of the prime categories are cool season and warm season vegetables. A variety of of cool season crops can be planted fairly soon, as in mid-February, depending of course on the soil temperatures. These crops would include cabbage, broccoli, spinach, turnips, collards, onions, Swiss chard, kale and carrots among others.
In...
Poinsettias
Many of us enjoy having a beautiful poinsettia or two on the kitchen counter or some other place of prominence in our home during the holidays. But now that the holidays are over, what do we do with those plants. It feels wrong to throw it away, but can they survive here in Oklahoma? The answer is “yes” with proper care. So, let’s talk about how to keep that poinsettia alive to enjoy during next year’s holiday season. But before we do that, let’s talk a little bit about poinsettias in general.
Poinsettias...
Seed Catalogs
Ok gardeners, it’s 2026. Winter garden break is over. It’s time to get those seed catalogs and start planning and dreaming about this year’s garden.
If you are like me, your mailbox has been playing host to a variety of 2026 seed catalogs in what I like to call “seed catalog season.” Seed catalog season is the time of year when seed companies like to plant ideas in our heads. As we peruse the pages we find some old favorites, but also some “new varieties” promising bigger fruits and greater...
Overwintering Plants Indoors
Now that winter has finally arrived, many gardeners’ attention is now focused on helping the plants we brought inside for the winter survive for the next few months. Some of us have larger plants taking up residence in our garages while smaller plants are likely to be found in a variety of places indoors. Some seem to take to indoor life fairly well, while others behave as if they are children who just got their favorite toy taken away. Whatever situation your overwintering plants find themselves...