Hi Rebel One!

Glad to get to know you! We're practically neighbors. I'm in southcentral Oklahoma, midway between Marietta and Thackerville. I stopped working in 1992 to do the whole full-time wife and mother routine and never went back. I'm turning 48 this year and have been living here since 1999, moving from Fort Worth where I was born and spent my first four decades.

My husband, son and I live on 14.5 acres, with about ten of it being wooded and the rest just old pasture land I'm trying to turn into a landscape and vegetable garden. My spouse and son both commute to jobs in the D-FW metroplex.
We have dogs, cats, chickens and guineas and a huge never-ending assortment of wildlife.

We've been to Durant quite a bit this last few years as our son went to Southeastern for three years before he quit college to pursue his passion and become a professional firefighter.

I garden almost entirely organically (but will use Round-up in my fruitless effort to stop that invasive Bermuda grass) and plant for the butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, etc.

I am a tomato maniac and grow dozens of heirloom varieties every year, so I will try not to bore you with endless tomato talk. I also grow lots of heirloom squash, pumpkins, melons and beans. It is my goal every year to fill up the freezer and pantry with home-grown food. Some years I am quite successful, while other years I am not nearly so lucky.

I've been gardening my entire life, from the time I could follow my grandparents and dad around their gardens. My favorite garden quotation is from Thomas Jefferson. He said "Though an old man, I am but a young gardener."

I also live by the words of Margaret Atwood, who said "In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."

Welcome to the Oklahoma Forum! We are happy that you are here!

Dawn

Glad to meet you Rebel One.

I am in Seminole, 55, have one daughter, three grandsons, and a DH same one all these years go figure. I still work full time but have been gardening on and off most of my life. When I was a kiddo, my grandparents lived at Soldier Creek, Lake Texhoma and my grandmother was from east Texas, so she grew up eating what the family had planted and picked cotton etc. Anyway, it started with her and my grandfather. My dad loved roses and birds so I got a lot of data from him when he was with us.

I also love computer games and reading the garden web. I move plants like some people move furniture. I love daylillies, roses, lilliums, etc. Feed the birds and I am working on butterfly habitat in my back yard.

Glad you have decided to join us. This is a great place to visit and learn lots. I have also discovered, ask anything there is always someone who knows the answer or has a link you can follow to get the answer.

Welcome and happy gardening. Steffie

Thanks for the warm welcome Steffie & Dawn.

Rebel one, Looks like I will have to cover up plants again Saturday. Where the heck is spring, I thought it was here and now it is gone again.

Well, I am going to go play MahJong on the puter. Visit more later. I am just waiting for the warmer weather before I do much more.

Steffie