October: What We’re Growing in our Backyard Oklahoma Urban Garden
October in Oklahoma is a beautiful time with amazing weather! Make sure to be keeping a close eye on the weather.
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What We Are Growing in August in Our Backyard Urban Garden!
When people think about gardening and growing food, they typically associate it with the spring and summer months. However, fall is actually a better time to grow food than spring for several reasons!
What We Are Growing in July in Our Backyard Urban Garden!
July is one of your favorite months to grow food if you like salsa! Not only are the tomatoes and peppers starting to flourish, but we’ll also have more squash, beans, cucumbers, basil, and okra than we know what to do with! This is one of the many ways our app can come in handy!
Q&A: How to Prevent Blossom End Rot in Your Squash & Tomato Plants
I have squash and tomatoes in different beds that have blossom end rot. What can I do to help these?
June: What We’re Growing in Our Oklahoma Urban Garden
June is our wettest month, but don’t let that fool you because July and August’s heat is right around the corner. This makes June the perfect month to get drip irrigation set up for the upcoming months.
How to Manage the Most Common Pests for Peppers Organically in Your Backyard Vegetable Garden
We grow a lot of peppers in the summer because they are really easy to grow and thrive in our hot conditions. They are relatively pest-free and can actually help keep pests off other plants, making them a valuable companion plant.
Insect Pest Control: How to Manage the Leaf-Footed Bug in Your Garden
Leaf-footed bugs are approximately 1 inch long, some with a white zigzag pattern on their wings. They have long legs similar to a cricket with an oval shaped body. They are recognizable by their hind legs which look leaf-like. They have piercing mouthparts which probe into plants to suck their juices. This can cause discoloration and damage to the plants.
Sweet Peppers: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!
Sweet peppers produce a variety of different colors and look beautiful out in your garden! These sweet peppers grow really well in the summer and thrive in our hot conditions. They are relatively pest-free and can actually help keep pests off other plants, making them a valuable companion plant.
Preparing Our Peppers for First Freeze! ❄️
Watch as Dale and Junior harvest the last of the peppers for the year and talk about the upcoming freeze. Pepper plants will start to die off as soon as temps start to get into the 30’s-40’sF. If you live in an area that stays above those temps they can stay alive, but in most places they will die off over winter. You could try to move them indoors in the winter to a warm […]
How to: Manage Potato Beetles in Your Garden
The Colorado potato beetle is one of the major pests that can affect your crops. Adults are round beetles with orange/yellow and black stripes on their wings. Their head is orange with black spots. If left unchecked, they can destroy your plants in no time!