Nothing comes close to the fresh taste of a vine-ripened, homegrown tomato.  Luckily, they are easy to grow and maintain.  Here are some quick tips and reminders to help you start your tomato plants off right. Preparation Find an open, sunny area that gets good drainage.  Get your soil nice and soft, turning it over a couple of times to get rid of the weeds, grass or old roots.  If using a raised vegetable bed, put in the top soil, plus compost, and plant quickly after.  Make sure that the soil isn’t too wet, as that can cause the potato seed to rot.  Add some compost, manure or grass...


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Potatoes are very easy and plentiful when it comes to growing them on your own, making them a popular vegetable to grow. Potatoes are grown from seed potatoes, which are sold in nurseries, that have been treated to yield off disease. The season for planting potatoes is from February 15 - March 14. Preparation Find an open, sunny area that gets good drainage.  Get your soil nice and soft, turning it over a couple of times to get rid of the weeds, grass or old roots.  If using a raised vegetable bed, put in the top soil, plus compost, and plant quickly after.  Make sure that...


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I look forward to this time of year, when we can get outdoors on a nice day and start our garden.  It also is a great time, because we usually have some rain/snow that makes the ground nice and soft allowing for easy planting. Onions, garlic, broccoli, and potatoes are a must when it comes to early planting in our garden, and we tend to plant an abundant amount to eat and store or freeze the extra, keeping us stocked full of fresh veggies through the winter. Planting onions is pretty easy and can be done in differnt ways: planting onion plants (tall, green stalks that look like chives) or onion...


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**Click the link to download a printable version.  Foster's Building a Raised Vegetable Bed.doc There are so many advantages to building a raised vegetable bed - good drainage, little to no weeds, utilizes good space for those with smaller areas, easy to take care of and manage, and the list goes on. Building them and getting them ready to plant is pretty easy to do.  Here is our guide to start building your bed from ground up and have you planting in the same day. First off - what you need. Supplies (Finished bed measures 8'x4'x6") Six 8' Landscape Timbers (2 of them cut in half...


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It is that time of year again, we are stocked full of onion sets and plants, seed potatoes and our broccoli is growing, all getting ready for early spring planting. Give us a call or stop by if you have any questions about starting your garden.  Here is a link to a post that might get you off on the right foot if you are planning a garden this year.


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Have you noticed an increasing amount of ads promoting going green, using less and perhaps more and more notions of eating fresh, homegrown fruits and vegetables.  So have we and we couldn't be more thrilled with the encouragement to get outdoors and make something of this beautiful earth.  We are going to start a series of posts for outdoor vegetable and fruit gardening from the novice to the advanced.  You can look for things to come such as building a garden, how to plant, watering, and more.  We hope you find these posts useful and inspiring to see what you can grow! When it comes to the science...


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Simmering in this heat dome makes me think of being a jar in a canning water bath, boiling until I pop!  And, since we have fresh okra in the store, I decided to can a batch of pickled okra to keep the goodness going throughout the winter. If you have never canned before, start now! It is easier than expected.  You simply boil water, add empty jars to sanitize them, fill them with okra and vinegar recipe, place them back into the boiling water to pressurize them, and voila! You have just canned! I wanted to include a recipe for pickled okra that we have been using since our okra crop turned...


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Freshly picked okra is now for sale at the tree farm.  We sell what we grow daily from our garden behind the nursery. Stop in and pick up some for dinner!        


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Are you looking to start a garden this year?  Now is a great time to plant your cool season vegetables. We have received our onions, potatoes and garlic in for early spring planting.  We carry red, yellow and white onion plants which will reach maturity in 60-120 days.  You will want to plant these 4" apart and about an inch deep.  Keep your spacing between your rows from 1 1/2 to 2' to provide easy access to your crops.  The best time to get them in the ground for Oklahoma is between February 15-March 15. We also carry Texas Super Sweet 1015Y, Yellow & White Granex and Red Sweet...


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