All the Dirt on Gardening

Within an hour and a half from our house just south of Muskogee, there is a fall leaf-peeping drive called Talimena Scenic Byway.   http://www.talimenascenicdrive.com/ The drive through the hills spans 54.0-miles (86.9 km) through Oklahoma State Highway 1 (SH-1) and Arkansas Highway 88 (Hwy 88) from Talihina, Oklahoma , to Mena, Arkansas .    Only tents and camping trailers allowed I did not take the drive but went down as far as Talihina to see if the fall color had arrived. Other than the Staghorn Sumac, the trees are just beginning to respond to the shorter daylight hours. My route from Muskogee: 64 south to 266/2, east onto 31, south on 82, east on 270, southwest on 271.   The highways were empty and I was able to capture some of the scenes between Muskogee and Talihina to encourage you to make this drive. The route opened in 1969 and formed a stretch of  Oklahoma State Highway 1, the number 1 assigned due to the scenery. It was d...