Oklahoma Gardening Episode #4817 (10/23/21)

0:00 Welcome to Oklahoma Gardening!
1:17 Eucalyptus
Host Casey Hentges explains how even though eucalyptus is a tropical plant, it can thrive in the Oklahoma landscape as an annual. In colder climates, above cold hardiness zone 9, eucalyptus will grow as an annual. The further south it is, the more eucalyptus is a perennial.

6:07 Crystal Bridge Construction Update
We travel to OKC and visit with Maureen Heffernan, President and CEO of the Myriad Gardens and Scissor Tail Park Management, to check out the progress of the renovation of the Crystal Bridge Conservatory.

13:50 Praying Mantis
We meet with Andrine Shufran, Extension Specialist and Director of Insect Adventure, to learn how praying mantises are born. Hundreds of praying mantis babies hatch from an ootheca, a type of egg mass made by any member of several different species, including mollusks, mantises and cockroaches.

15:27 Vermicast
We check out a different kind of livestock at Vermico Farms with Owner and General Manager, Mike Adel, who gives us the inside look at how worm castings are produced for use of soil enrichment in the garden.

Airdate (10/23/21) #4817
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