From Forest to Skillet: Edible and Native Plants in the Cross Timbers of Oklahoma. 773 yard species and counting!
I have the green section of the rainbow garden populated with Arkansas yucca, green milkweed, antelopehorns milkweed, whorled milkweed, sand lovegrass, and maybe comet milkweed if any of it survived. I’ve been examining the milkweeds closely lately.
Continue reading “04/20/2024 dry spot green”
Could have found it in the day but I was working!
Continue reading “04/19/2024 after dark find”
We noticed two cacti were unhappy and relocated them. Hopefully it is not too late for them to recover, though one looks dicey.
Continue reading “04/13/2024 cacti and irises”
It got warm suddenly. We got several new plants at a native plant sale yesterday but only planted one in the dark — it’s too warm and windy. We put the other two in this evening. Hopefully the forecast rain tomorrow night actually happens!
Continue reading “04/14/2024 summer suddenly”One new, one transplanted!
Continue reading “03/31/2024 sprouts”Native Oxalis volunteers all over our yard but has really created a lovely ground cover in the front yard near the porch. I’ve tentatively identified it as Oxalis stricta.
Continue reading “03/29/2024 oxalis volunteers en masse”
We recently found two patches of Carolina Anemone on unbuilt private land. We got permission from the owners to dig a small amount to spread around town in our yard and others’ yards, as it’s not available commercially.
Continue reading “03/26/2024 Carolina Anemone”
Over the winter, we’ve gradually pulled down dried tepary bean pods from the trellis. The ones with the most air around them have molded least. I think it would be better if we harvested them more promptly but c’est la vie.
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The two are not related but it would be a great book title, right?
Continue reading “03/23/2024 Tetraneuris and betrayal”The mystery bud has gradually resolved into Tetraneuris linearifolia! It’s an annual apparently but I have high hopes it will like the caliche planters and reseed.
Continue reading “03/20/2024 yay Tetraneuris”