Properly winterizing lawn and garden equipment—by draining or stabilizing fuel, cleaning tools, and preventing rust—helps extend their lifespan and ensures they're ready for smooth operation when spring arrives.
Proper structural pruning of young trees promotes strong branch formation, enhances long-term health and stability, and helps trees better withstand wind, ice, and age-related stress.
As cooler weather arrives in Oklahoma, nuisance insects like boxelder and red-shoulder bugs, crickets, and Asian lady beetles seek shelter indoors, and homeowners can prevent and manage infestations by sealing cracks and screens, reducing outdoor attractants (host trees, clutter, weeds, and lights), and vacuuming bugs rather than crushing them.
Gardeners can extend the growing season into fall and winter by using simple techniques like row covers, cold frames, mulch, and succession planting to protect plants from cold and maintain growth.
Fall is the optimal time to control winter annual weeds like henbit, chickweed, and annual bluegrass through timely herbicide application and proper lawn maintenance.
Oklahoma homeowners: protect landscape trees during dry, cold winters with deep watering, 2–4 in. mulch, smart pruning, pest control and careful herbicide use.
Discover the benefits of planting cover crops in your garden this fall. Learn how cover crops improve soil health, prevent erosion, suppress weeds, and add nutrients during the off-season. Find tips on choosing the right mix, when to plant, and how to prepare for spring vegetables in Oklahoma's mild climate.
A guide outlining essential tips for safely operating string trimmers, edgers, and leaf blowers, including clearing debris beforehand, protecting people, pets, plants and property, wearing protective gear and watching traffic, managing cords on electric models, keeping clippings off roads and out of storm drains, and maintaining equipment by cleaning intakes and plastic parts without solvents.
