The Best Onion Varieties for Oklahoma
Oklahoma City sits at 35.39 degrees north, and its longest day of the year delivers 14 hours and 24 minutes of daylight.
Gardening in Oklahoma
Everything we have worked out for Oklahoma: what to plant and when, which varieties finish in time, the pests that actually turn up here, and the jobs that pay off month by month. We also cover the rest of the property, from lawns and soil to home care and energy, because a garden rarely stops at the vegetable bed.
The numbers first, because everything else follows from them. Measured at the weather station in Oklahoma City, the last spring freeze runs March 28 to April 10 and the first fall freeze runs October 29 to November 8, USDA zones 6a-8a, 5,375 growing degree days in the year.
Garlic does well: 13 weeks below 40 °F, comfortably past the six it needs to form a proper head.
Elsewhere on the property in Oklahoma: the pests that turn up here.
Figures from NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals. A state is not one climate: elevation, a large lake or the coast can move these dates by two weeks either way, so check your own county with the extension service before you spend money.
Firewood in Oklahoma: Which Woods Your Winter Actually Needs
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Watering a Garden in Oklahoma: How Much, How Often, and the Local Rules
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Oklahoma Soil: What You Are Digging Into, and How to Improve It
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Growing Onions in Oklahoma: Which Varieties Actually Bulb
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Flowers That Actually Thrive in Oklahoma, and the Ones That Struggle
A county-by-county look at which flowers handle Oklahoma’s heat, cold swings, and drought, from tough native perennials to the annuals gardeners rely on instead.
Planting Spring Bulbs in Oklahoma: What Will Come Back, and What Will Not
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The Oklahoma Apple Calendar, Stage by Stage
This calendar times dormancy, bloom and harvest to Oklahoma City’s NOAA frost dates and shows how other parts of the state shift earlier or later.
The Best Apple Varieties for Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s apple success depends on winter cold tolerance and late bloom timing relative to the region’s spring frost window, not on any single named variety.
When to Carve a Pumpkin in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s mean first fall frost lands somewhere between October 29 and November 8, which means Halloween sits right at the front edge of that window.