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03/30/2023

The new online Oklahoma Market Gardening School series is here!

Take your backyard garden to the next level by enrolling in one or all of these self-paced courses, taught by OSU Extension's gardening experts.

There are currently three courses offered:

Market Gardening 1: Soil Management
Market Gardening 2: Cool-Season Vegetable Production
Market Gardening 3: Warm-Season Vegetable Production

It's only $20 to enroll in each of the online courses, and you can access course content anytime, anywhere.

Get more information on each of the courses and start learning today ➡️ https://okla.st/3vgfaHo

03/30/2023

Hey friends check out this amazing school garden! These students and their teachers do a phenomenal job of teaching/learning all about plants, how they grow and what they need! They even have their own farm stand!! Plant sale!!! Little Axe you all are awesome!

03/30/2023

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02/15/2023

Late winter and early spring are the times to prune fruit trees, including apple and pear trees!🍎🍐✂️

The best approach to pruning all fruit trees is to begin right away once you plant the tree. But you can still get an ideal shape and good tree performance if your trees have not been pruned regularly. You can use the same pruning techniques for apple and pear trees.

Whether you begin the pruning process when you plant the tree or not, the goal for apple/pear trees is to create a tree with a central leader (main trunk) and several spirals of side branches, called scaffold branches. Think of the shape of a traditional Christmas tree – one large trunk with branches all the way around, gradually becoming shorter and less vigorous toward the top. This is what you want.

This shape allows the entire tree to get enough sunlight for fruit production and enough airflow to reduce the chances of disease and pest problems. You will spend the first three to four years establishing the correct tree shape.

🎥You can view a tutorial video + access more in-depth resources here: http://ow.ly/RyL350MRoA4

02/06/2023

Today, at the USDA Conversation on Healthy School Meals Roundtable, Secretary Vilsack announced major initiatives that will support and enhance the health of America's children through nutritious school meals. Details: https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2023/02/03/usda-announces-steps-improve-child-health-through-nutritious-school

02/06/2023

12/30/2022

🗣️ Let’s talk about Lion’s Mane Mushrooms. Medium to large in size, these strange and wonderful mushrooms are seafood-like in their flavor and texture, similar to crab or lobster. A simple yet stunning go-to cooking technique for this variety is to dry sauté in a hot skillet until the water releases and the edges brown, then add butter and seasonings. Learn more about this uniquely regal mushroom here: https://bit.ly/3igkmXw

12/30/2022

07/31/2022

07/22/2022

Plant the Milkweed!

This week, NatureWatch columnist Thom Smith shares a few thoughts about monarch butterflies.

07/10/2022

See how to easily replant your cucumbers in the summer with seeds to have a big fall harvest! Plant now for even more fresh cucumbers!

07/05/2022

How to Grow Black Pepper at Home Homifine.com -- Black pepper is a spice plant that is often used as a cooking ingredient. This flowering p...

07/05/2022

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07/04/2022

Another tool to find your USDA planting zone!
https://garden.org/nga/zipzone/

07/04/2022

Confused about growing zones?
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/planting-zones/oklahoma-planting-zones.htm

This is the USDA Oklahoma planting zone map. In order to find your USDA planting zone, simply look at the map and locate where you live.

07/03/2022

https://www.drjohnlapuma.com/naturetherapy/how-gardening-as-ecomedicine-heals/

Recent years have seen gardens popping up in some of the most unexpected places - retirement homes, hospitals, after-school programs, and even prisons - where, it turns out, they have proven to be a beneficial form of therapy and rehabilitation on multiple levels. Yet gardens in health care institut...

07/03/2022

I've been after one of these for a while, but maybe too picky on the handle style I am after.
https://www.gardenninja.co.uk/hori-hori-japanese-gardening-knife-guide/

A hori hori gardening knife is one of the best gardening tools. Garden Ninja explains why a Hori Hori can save you time and fuss when gardening.

07/02/2022

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https://www.soils.org/about-soils/community-gardens/

Community gardens are important. We give tips on to organize them and run them in a sustainable way, including good soil management.

07/02/2022

Farm to School Network of Resources, News and Policy!

https://www.farmtoschool.org

Use the quick guide to search through our resource database. You can search by topic, setting, or keywords in order to find exactly what you are looking for. Choose a filtering mechanism above to get started.

06/10/2022

https://returntonow.net/tag/eggs/

05/22/2022

Home made APHIDS trap. Just use an upside down yellow solo cup pinned to the woods stake and cover the cup with thin layer of VASELINE. Aphids are drawn to the yellow thinking its food, stick to the cup and die. This will save your plants from aphids.

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05/22/2022

In an attempt to preserve his heritage, a half-Cherokee man collected and grew all the rare, indigenous varieties of corn he could find. When they crossed, they produced “glass gem” corn, that glitters with every color of the rainbow. “That little ear of corn with the translucent, jewel-colore...

05/10/2022

05/07/2022

Read more about the difference between permaculture and agriculture: https://returntonow.net/2021/12/11/permaculture-is-the-future-food-if-there-is-a-future-of-food/

04/16/2022

A good reminder as we head into vegetable gardening season.

04/05/2022

Some in pots, some mass sewing and trying soil blocks too. I like the science behind the soil blocks with the air pruning.

03/27/2022

Good information and great prices!
https://indianaberry.com

Indiana Berry out of Plymouth, IN offers a wide array of bare root strawberry plants with blueberry plants for sale.