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It's exciting when it warms up enough that you can get started in your garden. But sometimes it can be tough to know where to start, or what to plant first. This week, we'll go over how to make a checklist of things to do, and how to chart which plants need to go in sooner, and which later, to ensure an optimum crop.+

Hi! I’m Marjory Hall from Goodwell, Oklahoma, back with another Radio Readers BookByte for the Radio Reader’s Spring 2026 season. I teach my students that the title of a book can be very important in understanding that work.

Luke has a comical spring turkey hunting tale for us this week. He's got a saying, "Anything can and often does happen on a spring turkey hunt." Put yourself in Luke's boots on this hunt...how would you have found your way out of the predicament he and his buddy Bob Hood found themselves in?

Hi: I’m Sally Shattuck from Ashland, Kansas and I’ve been reading “Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like - The Life and Writings of Will Rogers:” by Joseph H. Carter. Route 66 is “The Will Rogers Highway”. It begins near his home in Santa Monica, California and ends in Chicago.

This week, Luke’s buddy Larry Weishuhn talks about a trip he just returned from to England, where he took a couple of “vampire deer”, with fangs. Most folks haven’t heard of these, and we’ll discuss this hunt and this species in this week’s episode!

Providing basics like soil, sun and water to your plants is something pretty much everyone understands, but did you know that there’s a greener way to approach your growing? Careful attention to a few key details can help prevent these from actually becoming detrimental to your growing conditions. This week, we’ll talk about how to ensure you’re keeping your growing space in top-notch shape!

Hello, everyone! From Pasadena, California, this is Jill Hunting with an HPPR BookByte. From the age of 10 until I left for college, I lived in Oklahoma City. Ours was a New England family relocated to the Midwest because of my father’s work, first as a schoolteacher in Lake Forest, Illinois, and then as a writer of flight manuals and exams for the Federal Aviation Agency. We were, you might say, in Oklahoma but not of Oklahoma.

Let’s talk a bit more about pruning your fruit trees. It’s not just a question of how to do it, but also of why. Here’s a hint: it’s not just about making the tree look nice. In fact, pruning your tree correctly will make a difference in every piece of fruit it produces, and this week, we’ll talk more about how (and why!) it’s important to prune correctly.

Hi, there. I’m Benjamin Myers, a poet from Chandler, Oklahoma, and I’m here to share with you a poem by Oklahoma writer Jeanetta Calhoun Mish. Jeanetta Calhoun Mish has influenced literature in Oklahoma as a writer, a professor, a publisher, an editor, an intellect, and a mighty presence.

Route 66 has legendary status in my family. I’m Kathleen Holt, born, raised and still living in Cimarron, Kansas, but my father’s family made their way from his birthplace in Oklahoma building parts of Route 66 during and after the Dust Bowl, sprinkling aunts, uncles and cousins from the Midwest to California where they made their fortunes building roads.