August for Oklahoma lawns and gardens can easily be summed up with one word, WATER. Plant Divide and replant any spring blooming perennials. Finish any last minute planting of fall vegetables in your Oklahoma Garden. Mums and asters Fall bulbs like amaryllis and crocus. Fertilize Bermuda lawns if adequate moisture is available Young trees and [...]

ALERT…A lot of Oklahoma trees are suffocating.  A lot of Oklahoma trees are being attacked by bugs.  A lot of Oklahoma trees are stressed and are in decline. Have you seen any of these trees? 5 tips on mulching your tree     HMMMMM, how could this be good for your tree?       [...]

Oklahoma lawns and gardens look so good right now! However, all this beauty does come with a price, an enjoyable price I think.  Here is the price I am paying…what price do you pay?   1. mowing and edging 2. pruning & shearing shrubs into various shapes along with selective pruning to maintain health & [...]

Let the planting begin in our Oklahoma gardens! You have to admit, we live in a great state were such a wide variety of trees, shrubs and flowers will flourish.  Though I do not need one more thing to plant is seems that I always find room for just one more item in my red [...]

Hopefully Oklahoma gardeners have seen the last   frost.  Let Oklahoma Red Dirt Gardening begin! Remember not to remove the foliage on your spring bulbs just yet.  The bulbs are still gathering nutrients for next years flowers.  Once the leaves begin to die back then remove them.   Plant Bedding plants, summer bulbs, annual flowering seeds [...]

Plant Oklahoma trees, shrubs and other permanent plants can still be planted. Cultivate your Oklahoma beds to get rid of weeds.  If you have a lot of weeds, cover the bed with 5 sheets of newspaper and top with compost. Begin warm season crops like lettuce, cauliflower, peas, radish, potatoes, spinach and onion. read article [...]

Plant Oklahoma gardeners will want to take advantage of this month being an excellent month to plant bare rooted trees, shrubs, ground covers, vines, plants that are permanent.  Begin vegetable garden with cool season plants like onions, radishes and potatoes (see article on the Best onions and potatoes for Oklahoma gardeners). Finish up transplanting Fertilizer [...]

Plant All remaining daffodils and tulips that were not planted earlier. Oklahoma Red Dirt Bulb Planting 101 Transplant all remaining shrubs that need to moved. Trees, shrubs, and vines. Fertilizer Organic fertilization of newly planted trees and shrubs can be drenched with Garrett Juice to stimulate root growth.  This can be done each month until [...]

  Plant Container grown shade trees and shrubs.  (see Red Dirt Gardening’s article on "Proper Tree Planting"). Transplant shrubs or vines that need moved. Fertilize Easy to pull henbit and clover that might emerge this month.  Apply broad weed herbicide to well established cool and warm season lawns. Prune Evergreens to improve their appearance and [...]

As the Oklahoma weather cools and winter approaches my yard and garden are dominated by the deep crimson of the Japanese maples and the firey reds of the dwarf Nadinas, who until now have been green.  Yellow and orange leaves of the trees now fall upon the yard as the deep greens and blues of [...]