Extension Experience – Insights into Oklahoma Agriculture

Articles tagged with: Horticulture

What to do about armadillos, squirrels, snakes and other creatures…

This week, Dana speaks with Dr. Dwayne Elmore about controlling nuisance wildlife. This is a fun episode where we discuss deer, armadillo, squirrels, prairie dogs, gophers, and moles and how we can manage, tolerate, and/or control them across the landscape. Resources: Managing Deer Damage to Crop Fields in Oklahoman (link) Reducing Deer Damage in Horticulture [ Read More ]

Vegetables love flowers!

In this episode, Dana speaks with Carla Smith, Pottawatomie County OSU 4H/Horticulture educator about warm season gardening. Plants that will be discussed include tomatoes, peppers, squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, and watermelons. Plant timing, soil temperature, rotation, small/patio gardens, pollinators, pollinator pairing will all be on tap. Check out Carla’s upcoming events at Pottawatomie County OSU Extension: [ Read More ]

Don’t plant those tomatoes yet!!!

This week Dana speaks with Carla Smith, Pottawatomie County OSU Extension 4H/Horticulture Educator about cool season and early spring gardening. We talked about appropriate plants for early season gardens, planning, rotation, soil testing and planting seeds. Plant Hardiness Zone Map https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/winter-protection-for-landscape-plants.html Check out Carla’s upcoming events at Pottawatomie County OSU Extension: https://extension.okstate.edu/county/pottawatomie/index.html Check out Carla’s [ Read More ]

Brrr…Can my plants still thrive?

This week the hosts talk horticulture with Courtney Keck, the Canadian County Horticulture Educator. Numerous inquiries about the state of plant health after the February deep freeze have lead to this discussion. Effects of Deep Freeze on Landscape Plants USDA Hardiness Zone Map Oklahoma Gardening Segment What to look for in Freeze Damaged Plants Winter [ Read More ]

Educator Spotlight: Rick Nelson

This week, we have another episode highlighting one of the extension educators in the OSU Cooperative extension system. It was our honor to speak with Rick Nelson, the Garfield County OSU Extension Ag Educator. Rick hails from the tiny town of Canton, OK. Devoted to the service of agricultural producers, Ricks career spans the extension [ Read More ]