From Forest to Skillet: Edible and Native Plants in the Cross Timbers of Oklahoma. 837 yard species and counting!
Briar likes to eat some of our prairie grasses sometimes, she’s no herd of bison. This winter we’ve been meaning to escalate into a full trim. The weather today was crisp, clear, and not too windy sheltered by the house, so we did the cuts! This is in hopes that we’ll get more species from past seeding events coming up.
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The sun came out this afternoon so we were tempted away from our plant spreadsheets to move some friends around.
Continue reading “02/08/2025 new rain lily!!!”Hardening off is getting indoor grown plants ready for the big world. Sometimes for indoor seedlings I’ll put a fan on them to preview the experience of wind. These ferns haven’t got that treatment yet because we have them in a little container sealed for humidity, but I figured it was time to get them ready for a spring debut into the world.
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Mom and Dad kindly invited me to visit Chickasaw National Recreation Area with them this weekend. The cats get a rest from Briar’s ideas.
Continue reading “12/14/2024 plants in their home”The low this morning was 25 F and one frostweed finally let out some ice!
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The Chef has found the way to pull the deliciousness from the persimmons without too much seed trouble.
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This is one of our favorite native grasses!
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I haven’t been good at blogging lately but Paula rightly insisted I document her harvest!
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The Chef and the Paula prepared a sumptuous meal tonight.
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