Well, technically Garden School is over for the year, but we’re having one last hurrah and offering a DIY workshop. Starts at 9 am this Saturday. We’ll provide all the materials and tools for you to build a sifter that fits on top of a wheelbarrow. We use ours at CommonWealth ALL the time – if […]
Doug Tallamy, acclaimed author of two books about native plants, is speaking this Saturday, August 22, 2:30 pm at OSU/OKC on the third floor of the Student Center, 900 N Portland. A dynamic speaker, Tallamy explains, “You have probably never thought of your property as a wildlife preserve representing the last chance we have to sustain plants and […]
I confess. I used to detest zinnias. Bright, bold and brassy, zinnias are a neon type of flower. But when I first started growing cut flowers, I found zinnias to be the top flower – not amongst the top, but THE top flower – on one after another Top Ten list by flower farmers across the country. OK, OK, I said, […]
If they’re really GOOD veggies, they will make you happy! Come on by our Farm Stand on Saturday morning. We’re getting rave reviews on our new potatoes, both the Yukon Gold and Red Pontiac. My personal favorite this week is our Black Summer bok choy – both because it’s short and plump and pretty dang […]
Rain again! Someone turned the spigot off and the heat on, a couple weeks ago. We are so grateful to have rain again. Nothing like the garden to give you a daily consciousness of the weather! Our most productive harvest years have always been when we had frequent rain. Plants may not require that much […]
Thursday was garlic harvest day. Miraculously, the bulbs didn’t rot away during the month of rain-of-biblical-proportions. Although they came out of the soil with plenty of mud attached, they’ll clean up nicely and be ready for garlic lovers at our weekly Farm Stand on Saturday. One clove of garlic planted in October turns itself into […]
Sara and I, along with a few hundred mosquitoes, got our tomato plants caged today. Afterwards, as I was sloshing through the rice paddies – er, the urban farm, I took note of where the soil is waterlogged. In the low areas with the poorest soil, we’ve lost a few rows of crops, but the […]
Farm Stand: Saturdays from 9 am to noon CommonWealth Urban Farms, 3310 N. Olie, OKC Lots of yummy veggies this week! Our green onions have been particularly delicious all through the spring. I think the bountiful rain has made them sweeter than usual. Big, fat green onions are my favorite as they are quick to prepare. Green […]
Our new Farm Stand is now open on Saturdays from 9 am to noon at the urban farm. Drop by for some uber-fresh veggies and take a stroll thru our beautiful, beloved farm. My personal favorites this week: Lettuce: Forellenschluss romaine & Skyphos buttercrunch. Crazy good lettuce! Buttery, sweet, slightly addictive. Green Onions: Sweet, juicy, […]
