Deer Creek Conservation

Spring Grass Seed for Sale

kristi — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:00:04 +0000

DCCD can help you with your spring grass seed needs. Call the office at 580-772-7670 for pricing and for special orders.

Survivor Fescue

Plains Bluestem

Texas Tough Bermuda

Yard Bermuda

Weeping Lovegrass

Native Mix

Seed Oats (by order)

Deer Creek CD\Imation Outdoor Classroom Set

kristi — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:55:12 +0000

The 28th annual Deer Creek Conservation District/Imation Outdoor Classroom has been set for Thursday, April 22 in Weatherford.

Fourth grade students from Weatherford and the surrounding area are planning to attend.

Students will visit stations throughout the day-long, hands-on event. Sessions will cover subject areas such as grasses, water, trees, soils, wildlife, Web of Life, Quick Frozen Critters and more.

The Outdoor Classroom began in the early 1980s as a way to show children how we all depend on renewable natural resources for survival, and how their use and ecological care determine their fate.

The first years of the DCCD Outdoor Classroom were held on a district director’s farm. In the late 1980s, the district reached an agreement with the 3M Corporation. The company dedicated four acres of wooded area on their property to be used for the classroom.

The classroom was one of the first in the state and among the first to have a partnership with an industry. The early event featured five or six stations, mostly covering topics of water, soils, grasses and trees.

The Outdoor Classroom is used to teach conservation education, history, geology and composition. The history of Oklahoma and the importance of conservation are made a part of the lesson plan.

The classroom helps reinforce essential environmental generalizations such as all living things, inlcuding people, are interdependent upon one another and with their environment, and natural resources undergo continuous change as nothing in the world remains static.

The Outdoor Classroom also helps to promote DCCD, awareness of the importance of conservation and the district’s conservation efforts, with the help of everyone associated with the yearly event.

By observing, classifying, measuring, analyzing and interpreting, the students gain essential learning skills as well as an idea of their own relation to the natural world. As they aquire knowledge and understanding from and about the environment, they also develop some competence in evaluating alternatives for using and managing resources.

Annual Truckload Tree Sale Planned

kristi — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:37:10 +0000

The State Forestry Department will be at the Deer Creek Conservation District office on March 16 with their annual Truckload Tree Sale. The sale will run from 2:30-5 p.m.

Containerized seedlings are sold with a minimum of 50, and bare-root seedlings are sold with a minimum of 100. Prices vary depending on variety and number of seedlings.

Seedlings are to be used for natural resource conservation and forest management-related projects. They must not be used for ornamental/landscape plants and cannot be resold as living plants.

Those interested should arrive early for best availability.

Deer Creek CD receives awards at Conservation Day

kristi — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:08:00 +0000

Deer Creek Conservation District was named as the state’s Outstanding Conservation District for the second year in a row during Conservation Day at the state capitol on March 25. District directors and staff accepted the award, sponsored by Chesapeake Energy.

The district also received recognition as the Excellence in Communications Award winner for its public information campaign.

DCCD director Alveta Taylor was named as Outstanding District Director and also received her award during Conservation Day.

For more on Conservation Day and to see pictures of the award presentations, see our Awards page.

Vegetable seed available at DCCD

kristi — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:28:53 +0000

The Deer Creek Conservation District reminds it is time to start thinking about your spring and summer gardens. DCCD will again offer bulk seed to the public this planting season. The district will have several from which to choose.

For sale are “Kentucky Wonder” bush beans, “Contender” bush beans, “Kentucky Wonder” pole beans, “Little Marvel” English peas, “Oregon Sugar Pod” edible pod peas, “Kandy Korn” corn, “Jubilee” Corn, “Peaches N’ Cream” corn, “Detroit Dark Red” beets, “Hales Best Jumbo” cantaloupe, “Danver’s 126″ carrots, “Snowball Cauliflower”, “Lucullus” swiss chard, “Georgia” collards, “Boston Pickling” cucumbers, “Garden Sweet Burpless” hybrid cucumbers, “Bibb” lettuce, “Buttercrunch” lettuce, “Tendergreen” mustard, ”Clemson Spineless” okra, “Emerald” okra, “Small Sugar” pumpkin, “Jack-o-Lantern” pumpkins , “Cherry Belle” radishes, “Bloomsdale” spinach, “Black Zucchini” squash, “Straightneck” squash, “Crookneck” squash, “Purple Top” turnips, “Black Diamond” watermelon, “Sugar Baby” watermelon and “Blackeye #5″ cowpeas and “Pinkeye” purplehull cowpeas.

The seeds prices vary depending on the type of seed.

DCCD also has seed potatoes, onion sets and onion plants available. “Yukon Gold” and “Lasoda” potatoes are 65 cents per pound. “White Bermuda” and “Yellow Vidalia” onion plants run $1.25 per bundle. Red or white onion sets are $1.00 per pounds. Also available is a hybrid asparagus at $3.50 for a bundle of ten.

Deer Creek Conservation District also has Survivor Fescue seed available for those shady areas of your yard. The spring planting season is March 1-April 30.

Stop by the DCCD office at 300 S. Broadway in Weatherford or call at (580) 772-7670.