Honeyvine Homestead and Botanicals

02/02/2026

We can do better, Okies!

Trails at this Oklahoma park are littered with beer cans, wrappers, all scattered across what used to be pristine trails. What happened to keeping nature clean?

02/02/2026

When life seems like it’s just too much, remember the little dachshund puppy in you that says, “Ooh fun, a challenge. Beast mod, activated!”

Bodie bids you good morning, friends. I hope the day greets you gently. I also hope you grab life by the balls and don’t let it take you down!💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿

02/01/2026

I read this article with interest. I’ve certainly substituted herbs 1 for 1 (like Marshamallow for Slippery Elm) but I hadn’t considered creating a formulation with more than one herb to mimic the specific effects of a threatened or otherwise unavailable herb.

Have you heard of analogs?

You start to understand herbalism on a deeper level when you begin looking for herbal substitutes, also known as analogs. This is one way we can pull pressure off at-risk plants while still supporting our wellness goals.

02/01/2026

Wow. Oklahoma sunsets y’all. 🌞

I have seen several photos of tonight's sunset and a pillar of light on the western horizon. The last sunset of the month sure put on a show!

Why did this happen? Flat ice crystals in high cirrus clouds float mostly horizontal. At sunset, low-angle sunlight reflects off their flat bottoms like tiny mirrors, sending light upward toward your eyes, creating the illusion of a tall pillar above the setting sun.

Great photo Nicki Smith in Logan County!

02/01/2026

Good morning, friends. Today I pray you are easy on yourself, and find at least three moments of joy. We got this.♥️

P.S. Would recommend Tulsi for a calming tea. Tulsi, Rose, and Chamomile if you want a calming, relaxing trifecta.

01/31/2026

Farm life! LOL

01/31/2026

What a great tip for making carrot seed! I was literally just thinking yesterday about how I still have to buy that seed.

One of the biggest questions I get is where I get my seed .
I try to save and use my farm grown seed but sometimes will buy from Amish or naturally grown sources .
In the case of carrot , which I grow A LOT of , I will save the tops from my processing of carrots to replant for seed.
By planting the top of a carrot you will not grow a new carrot but you will grow flowers from what you can produce seed.
When i do a carrot picking project I’ll end up with hundreds of tops . I will sow these in a row outside so that they will produce a massive open pollinated seed crop .
Each carrot top has the potential of creating 1000 flowers.... you figure every time I plant 300 carrot tops I’m harvesting about a Lb of carrot seed . Between what my farm consumes including snacks for my son and all my pickling projects , I easily grow about 10 Lb of seed a year and sometimes more .
Sometimes I’ll run out of my rainbow blend and will hit the seed store to stock up but I never run out of my personally developed varieties
I haven’t bought lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower ,Broccoli, garlic , corn, beans pumpkins , squash , pepper , tomato , or onion seed in years !!

By harvesting your carrots and cutting off its top you will shock the carrot into ptoducing seed .
Coupled with the fact that it was probably refrigerated prior to this means it’s already been vernalized and once it begins growing, it will be ready to produce seed

If you have wild carrot growing around you can easily avoid cross pollination by using a row Cover during flowering
Here’s where I get mine

https://www.dewittcompany.com/

 or if you have a small greenhouse or poly tunnel this is a great place to start them in the early spring and your flowers will develop way before the wild carrot will .

01/31/2026

Need eggs? We got eggs! Our hens have been laying super well all winter. Just get what you need for now, or decide to be a regular weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly customer. I have openings for a few regular customers right now.

Our eggs are farm fresh, collected daily, and come from free range hens with a happy life. Our yolks are typically deeply colored, full of nutrients.

I’m not able to deliver eggs off our homestead (legally) but our homestead is easily accessible, just off W. 21st St. in Tulsa.

Let me know if we can be of service to you!

For one-time or “sometimes” customers: 1 dozen $5

For regular customers:
1 dozen $5
2 dozen $8
3 dozen $12
4 dozen $15

While supplies last! 🥚⏲️

Open to trades!

01/30/2026

Please, please support our friends at Across the Prairie & Friends: Native Plants & More! Winter is a tough time for a native plant business, but there is SO much cool stuff to buy!

The shop will be open today, because frankly, we could really use the community help making sure we can pay our bills next month 😅.

However, I can’t think of anything that shakes up the status quo more than planting a pollinator garden 🪏

So drop on by today to chat native plants with me and get a free packet of honeyvine milkweed seeds. Let’s do some guerrilla gardening together 😉

01/29/2026

It’s no secret to those who know me that I am a huge fan of native (to OK, N Texas, or NW Arkansas) plants that are also medicinal. If the plant can also be used for food, I consider that the perfect trifecta and definitely try to include it in my garden!

🌺Enter Poppy Mallow,
Callirhoe involucrata (poppy mallow) or
Callirhoe digitata (tall poppy mallow)

💜Native: Both the tall and short/creeping forms of this perennial plant show off with beautiful winecup-like blossoms in a vibrant fuchsia from May though September. Poppy Mallow can take full sun in our brutal OK summers, or can chill with just a bit of shade. This plant is native to the central United States and Northern Mexico.

💜Edible: In his book Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America, Sam Thayer sings the praises of the edibility of Poppy Mallow’s roots. I’ve not tried them myself (trying to build up my patch) but they are said to taste similar to sweet potato. Sam Thayer crowns poppy mallow as one of the very best-tasting native edible roots.

💜Medicinal: This is primarily root medicine, gathered in the fall around the same time you might harvest sweet potatoes.

🌺Analgesic (pain-relieving)
🌺Anti-inflammatory (for topical purposes as well as internally in the respiratory and digestive tracts)
🌺Traditionally used to assist with colds and other respiratory complaints.
🌺Soothing (because of the mucilage in the roots)
🌺Traditionally taken as a root decoction for internal pain.

So many reasons to include Poppy Mallow in your garden! This plant was available at Across the Prairie & Friends: Native Plants & More last year and I’m betting it might be again this year, but please check back this Spring. I’ve also seen it at Bustani Plant Farm in Stillwater, as well as other native plant sales.