OK Pigs and Berries

06/08/2026

My Pawpaws are thriving this year. A few more years and we will have fruit!

05/16/2026

When you do full maintenance on the riding mower and push mower and then they still wont work.....I guess I have to get a w**d eater working.

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05/14/2026

One of my goals with the homestead is to grow unusual foods in Oklahoma. There are a few reasons for doing this.

The first is why would it benefit me to grow things that Walmart, Reasor's, and Aldi sell for super cheap. Growing food is not cheap for smallholders and the juice isn't always worth the squeeze.

The second is to push the limits and show the opportunities for new and exciting foods that we normally overlook because well most of American's don't grow anything at all.

And the third is to be different. Who wants to be the same as everyone else. The idea of monocropping is so boring to me.

So we have all kinds of things here that you normally wouldn't think of. Like Red Fleshed Apples, Pawpaws, Chinese Hawthorn and Mayhaw, Hardy Kiwis, Citrus, Juneberries, and now Jelly Palm.

What do you grow that's unusual for your area?

05/09/2026

My Pawpaws are looking great. Only like 4 more years and I get fruit........

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05/07/2026

Got some more work done around the "homestead". Figs in pots, 4 types of Raspberries in ground, 12 more Blueberries added to our Blueberry patch and a couple more white Nanking cherries added to the Cherry orchard.

To bad the broken wrist is killing me now.

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04/25/2026

Have a great weekend!

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04/18/2026

If anyone was wondering where I get my plants or seeds here is a list of my recommends:

Stark Bros
One Green World
Logees
Raintree Nursery
Trees of Antiquity
Wellspring Gardens
Madison Citrus Nursery
Wanderlust Nursery
Trade Winds Fruit
Raindance Seeds

and ETSY and eBay of course.

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04/09/2026

Have a lot going on this week.

10 new chicks and some new plants to add to our food forest homestead extravaganza.

Got 3 Flowering Quinces (Chaenomeles japonica and speciosa), a Flowering Almond (Prunus triloba), and a Velvet Pillar Crapapple. Oh and some Himalayan Honeysuckle and 2 new Chilean Guava's (Ugni molinae and Ugni myricoides).

We removed the boxwoods and Crepe Mytles in the planter in front of our bedroom to be moved to help shade our pig pens. And in its place at the end of the week we should have Mekong Giant Banana's, Ichang Lemon, and Yuzu.

Happy Spring Everyone!

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03/31/2026

About to start the cold stratification on some cool stuff.

Dwarf Russian Almond, Flowering Almond, Desert Peach, Wild Goose Plum, American Beautyberry, and some Southern Sugar Maple.

Here's hoping for good germination.

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03/25/2026

We just got 3 Parana Pine's and 3 Monkey Puzzle Trees delivered. Now just have to find the perfect place to plant them.