Veggies are not my thing. However all the veggies you could want are usually to be found at Lowes or Walmart or any of the box/mart stores. It's supposed to be 90 degrees this week. It will "feel" like time to plant the hot weather crops like Tomatoes, Peppers, Okra etc. Our spring weather is up and down, cool and hot. Who knows what it will do this year. In my garden heat lovers aren't usually planted outside until the first of May. Don't forget to plant some herbs if you enjoy cooking with fresh spices.

Hello, I live in Bixby and I plant a huge garden every year. I have everything planted except my cantaloupe and watermelon. I planted squash, zucchini, onions, okra, cucumbers, peas, green beans, potatos, radishes and I even put my tomato and pepper plants in the ground today. The squash, onions and green beans are already poking their little heads out. I like to have everything in the ground by the 10th of April unless there is still a threat of frost but you still have plenty of time to plant everything. As for places to buy...I recommend Carmichaels produce in Bixby they have a good selection at decent prices. I don't know what varieties to recommend. There are so many options out there these days. Does size matter on your tomatoes? or do you go more for flavor? Anahiem is a good jalapeno pepper and crimson spineless is a great okra seed, the rest are just a matter of taste. If you decide to take a trip over to Carmichaels just ask any of the employees or even Mr. Carmichael himself they are all very friendly and helpful. Hope this helps and good luck with your garden!

You did not say what your soil consits of. If it is sandy Then go to one of the big box stores and get enough bags of Black Cow compost to mix with in your sand. If it is only 4 or so inches of sandy top soil on a base of hardpan deep clay then consider ordering a truck load of Good garden soil to be delivered from Gem Dirt Company. Their garden soil cost around $15 a cubic yard plus a delivery fee. If you have your own pick-up and want to pick up a 1 cubic yard from them and drive it home yourself; be advised that they are generous and fill your pick-up very full. That means you better make certain your shocks and springs are able to handle that kind of weight. Plus it would be advisable to adjust your tire pressure for that kind of weight. I do not know if this is right or not, but a person at the service desk at Southerlands told me that a half cubic yard of garden soil weighs about one thousand pounds. A regular pick can hold a little over 1 cubic foot of garden soil. If you want to add your own seasoned manure than order the regular top soil which costs around $10 a cubic yard plus the delivery fee.

Then use the soil to make a an almost 12" high raised garden bed. or raised mounds with walking paths in between.

If you do not want to do that then do some web searches on how to build a layered compost bed. I have never done that but it is interesting. If my memory is accurate this is a little of what I have seen on how to do this kind of bed. People cover the garden area with non corigated carboard like one finds in shoe boxes. If they do not have that they use about 10 layers of opened up newspaper sheets on top of that they put down a few inches of sand or rocks and sand; then, they cover that with about 6 inches of sorghum peat moss, next they pile on and spread around all the oak leaves they can find, which they have mowed over with a bagger attachment on their mower. During the spring and summer, they pile on top of all that all their bagged grass clippings, and any vegetable or plant scraps from their gardening, lanscaping, and kitchen scraps; including coffee grounds.

Everything is just piled on in layers, that are watered well before starting the new layer. and by the following spring the garden will be ready for planting.

From what I remember reading you do not dig holes or spade these layers. When planting you just cut into the layers, lift and insert your little vegetable or bulbs.

If you are interested in that layered compost kind of gardening then do some web searches on Lasagna Gardening to get more precise and accurated instructions.