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MULCH ON!
By now you have probably selected that last bedding plant, vegetable transplant, tree or shrub for spring and have everything planted in just the right place in your landscape and gardens. Now it’s time to apply a nice layer of mulch, kind of like adding the frosting to the cake!
In central Oklahoma, we need to wait in the spring until the soil has warmed up and heavy spring rains have passed to mulch, so now is the perfect time.
A good mulch layer on a flower, vegetable or landscape bed will reduce your weeding efforts all summer long. Mulching acts like a barrier to smother weeds and cover weed seeds. You also get the added benefits of an attractive, finished look to the beds and mulching also makes movement through the garden easier when the soil is wet.
Todd Johnson, OSU Agricultural Communications Services
Vinita Newman, RestoreOKC farm manager, right, gives OSU Extension Urban Agriculture Educator Josh Campbell an overview of the aquaculture-grown greens at the Restore Farms greenhouse. OSU Extension helps launch community grocery store
Brian Brus, OSU | May 07, 2021
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Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
A new community grocery store is bringing healthy produce to a food desert in northeast Oklahoma City, in a private-public partnership supported by Oklahoma State University Extension agricultural expertise.
The Market at Eastpoint, 1708 NE 23rd Street, opened recently with the target of improving food security. In the process, it’s also developing new jobs, transportation infrastructure, urban agriculture education and long-term goals for the community, said Caylee Dodson, executive director at RestoreOKC.