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Spring Vegetables

26/3/2016

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Time to plant...

--By Kathy Plant
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March is a great time to plant leafy green vegetables like spinach, kale, mustard, kohlrabi, and lettuce. Beets, carrots and sweet peas also can be sown now.
I love fresh asparagus and it’s so easy to grow. It’s not difficult to plant a patch that returns year after year with minimal maintenance, and a big garden isn’t necessary; they fit nicely into the back of a sunny border or corner of the yard. After harvesting spears for a month or two, I let the tops grow. They are tall, beautiful, fern-like and last all summer.
It’s still just a little early for most flowers, although there are several that are frost hardy, like pansies, dianthus, Dusty Miller, snapdragons and petunias. I like to plant up a couple of containers that can be moved into the garage on those frosty nights.

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Time to Harvest...

I planted several different leafy greens last fall and have been harvesting those delicious, vitamin-packed leaves again for several weeks. Broccoli, Brussel sprouts, and cabbage, among others, can over-winter here in central Oklahoma. They start growing again as the days get longer. Once the large heads of broccoli are harvested, the plant continues to produce smaller side shoots, which, along with the tender young leaves are delicious in stir-fries.
Longer day length and warmer temperatures can make the cool weather crops bolt, causing bitterness or textural changes. Planting transplants can give us a head start on harvesting these healthy, flavorful vegetables.
Come by Plant Wisdom to see our selection of vegetable seeds and transplants, flowers, and shrubs. We would love to help you plan your garden this year!

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Grand Opening!

26/3/2016

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It was a lot of hard work.  Years of thinking and dreaming, months of planning, and four false starts later, we have a home. 

4711 N. May Ave, Oklahoma City.
The old TCBY in Mayfair Center.


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Good News, Everybody!

12/3/2016

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Kathy and I are excited to be bringing something new to the Oklahoma City horticultural landscape, and next week we are excited to say that will have have some news for your all.  So check back soon!  Something big is coming!
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Stop the Crepe Murder

2/3/2016

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Stop the Crepe Murder
Article by Greg Grant
Research Associate, Piney Woods Native Plant Center,
Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, Texas

This is usually the time we see people butchering crepe myrtles, bradford pears, and other ornamental trees and shrubs.  Leaving them weak, ugly, and prone to diseases.  Before that happens(unless it's too late) I heed you to read these words, and follow them precisely.  You will end up with much more attractive plant, and landscape.
       -Alex

Hideous crimes are being committed all ever Texas, some in our own front yards and many right in front of our local businesses. Unfortunately, many have turned a blind eye to the ongoing massacre. Not me! I can take it no more.
I am officially forming an advocacy group for plant’s rights. They can’t speak, so I’m going to speak for them. My first mission…to stop Crape Murder!
Lagerstroemia indica: The Crapemyrtle. A native of China. The "Lilac of the South". The most popular flowering tree in the southern United States. Introduced to the U.S. by Frenchman Andre Michaux to South Carolina around 1786. Perhaps the most beautifully branching flowering tree in the world.

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