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Post by apritchett on Jan 23, 2016 8:53:39 GMT -6
Hello all,
My name is Amanda Pritchett, and I work for the Oklahoma Historical Society at the George M. Murrell Home Historic Site in Park Hill, OK. If you are not familiar with our site, we are an 1845 Cherokee Plantation home with a 40-acre historic site. We are a National Historic Landmark and the only remaining antebellum plantation in Oklahoma. We have extensive agriculture history, and we are developing many activities on the site to promote Indian Territory's agricultural and Cherokee history.
This October, we will be hosting our first annual Antique Agricultural Festival. The dates are October 7-9, 2016. Visit our website at www.antiqueag.org or our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/murrellhome (click on "Events") for more information. The festival will include living history demonstrations, entertainment, shopping, and food. We are also interested in having your group attend as an informational booth. We will have some other agricultural associations as well.
In addition to the festival, I think it would be great to have your group involved with some of the activities we do here year-round. We currently maintain a nineteenth-century kitchen garden with exclusively heirloom seeds. We also have chickens and field crops, with plans to expand with more animals and agricultural activities in the next year and beyond.
If you would be interested in setting up a booth at the festival, you can reach me at apritchett@okhistory.org or call the Murrell Home at 918-456-2751. My colleague Jennifer Frazee is in charge of our agricultural interpretation at the site, and you can reach her at jfrazee@okhistory.org or the same phone number. Thanks for your consideration! |
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Post by macmex on Jan 23, 2016 11:47:17 GMT -6
Wow! That sounds great Amanda! We, as a group, can talk about participation.
I've been to the Murrell home quite a few times, but not recently. What kind of chickens do you have? I am also into poultry and a former member of the Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities.
George
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Post by apritchett on Feb 17, 2016 8:50:15 GMT -6
Sorry it took me so long to reply! Just now got around to checking back. Our chickens are Dominiques. If you have some specific questions about the chickens, you can email my co-worker, Jennifer Frazee, at jfrazee@okhistory.org. She takes care of them and has done all the research.
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Post by macmex on Feb 17, 2016 9:19:16 GMT -6
Judging by when most came to settle in Oklahoma, I would have suspected the Dominique, Dorking, Old English Game and possibly the Black Spanish.
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Post by philagardener on Feb 19, 2016 17:14:40 GMT -6
Sounds interesting, apritchett ! Is there a listing somewhere of the heirloom varieties grown in the Murrell kitchen garden? |
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Post by jennrocks on Feb 20, 2016 9:53:06 GMT -6
philagardener, I don't have a seed listing just yet for the gardens. We were hit with the Oklahoma monsoon just when we were able to start planting last year so we were really behind on planting! Right now I have some Danvers half long carrots and French breakfast radish. I've pulled out my garden plan though in preparation for the planting season (fingers crossed it'll be soon with this weather we've been having I'm ready to dig!) and I will put up all the seeds and info on our facebook page as I go. If you'd like to follow us it is the facebook.com/murrellhome one. There are a few different murrell pages floating about but that is the one I manage. I'm Jennifer, by the way, forgot to introduce myself.
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Post by philagardener on Feb 20, 2016 20:39:57 GMT -6
Hi jennrocks ! Welcome! Glad to have you and Amanda on board. From the look of those daffodils on your FB page, Spring is not far off! It will be fun to see what you are growing. |
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Post by philagardener on Feb 20, 2016 20:40:07 GMT -6
Hi jennrocks ! Welcome! Glad to have you and Amanda on board. From the look of those daffodils on your FB page, Spring is not far off! It will be fun to see what you are growing. |
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Post by jennrocks on Feb 27, 2016 11:27:18 GMT -6
Thanks, philagardener! I'm excited to see what the garden can do this year, too.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Aug 8, 2016 14:17:21 GMT -6
Jennifer and Amanda,
Great to have you join our website!
You guys need to hit up George for some Old Timey Corn Field Pumpkin seed this Autumn. If he doesn't have any, I should have plenty to share around. In any case, you need to hear the back ground story from George; he's the one who got me started growing them a few years back. They are a virtually fool proof crop, and very low maintenance.
They have so many uses. George has several recipes. Old Timey Corn Field Pumpkins, are a pie pumpkin, so they are not ornamental, or decorative. They are not even orange... They are meant for use as Winter food. They would be a very practical addition to your kitchen garden, as they are typical of what the pioneers truly had to rely on. My Grandma, who was born in 1898 told me many stories about eating dried pumpkin and black eyed peas all the way up until Spring.
Unlike traditional "Halloween pumpkins" the likes of which you might get from Reasor's, or Walmart, this variety of pumpkin stores really well. We've had these last all Winter with little sign of decay.
You can contact me by email: heavyhitterokra@gmail.com
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