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Herbs grow well in Oklahoma

Last week we talked about different herbs, how to grow them, and how to store them. This week, I want to tell you about a few herbs that grow well in Oklahoma. Since most of them come from Mediterranean regions, they like lots of sun and really good drainage. We have plenty of sun, and raised beds and container plantings are perfect for drainage if you are not blessed with nice sandy loam soil, and most of us are not. If herbs are watered and fertilized too much, they will become too big and floppy. The following herbs are easy to grow and will thrive in Oklahoma with very little attention: Basil is one of the easiest of all herbs to grow. In addition to the standard green forms, there’s a purple- leafed basil and lemon-scented basil. Basil is quite tender so at the first sign of frost you can expect to lose it, but I always have plenty that reseeds for the next year.

Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson lived a full life. He graduated from Ardmore High School in 1954, went to Southeastern University, and then to the University of Oklahoma where he was a proud Kappa Sigma.

Richard Eugene Vaughn

Richard Eugene Vaughn was born November 18, 1954 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Marvin Jesse Louis Vaughn and Elizabeth Lee (Blanton) Vaughn. Richard was an Ardmore resident all of his life and graduated from Ardmore High School.

Fred Allen Kana

Lincoln, ME- Fred Allen Kana, 72, of Lincoln, Maine, departed from this life on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in Augusta, Maine at the Togus VA Hospital with his family by his side. He was born April 23, 1950 to the late Joe Fred Kana and Avie Lea (Hughes) Kana in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Saving us dumb locals from ourselves

Far away in an undisclosed coffeehouse, a hero in a white hat squints and looks suspiciously up at the rising sun. A kerfuffle is rumored among rubes in a faraway village, and nothing … absolutely nothing … worries a high-noon stranger like a bunch of local yokels facing the terrors of our modern world. A white horse soon appears. A quick pic for social media, and our hero drives away while a handler returns the horse to a waiting trailer to follow. Time to save us dumb locals from ourselves.

Paperwork and stinky fish

That sage advice, “the job ain’t over until the paperwork is done” serves us well during potty training and for the rest of our lives. In the old days in elementary school, math teachers made us show our work, even if we could do the calculations in our heads.