Garden School: Build Your Own Sifter
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 […]
Pollinators: If You Build It, They Will Come
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 […]
Zinnia Power
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 […]
Be Happy & Eat Your Veggies
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 […]
This Week at CommonWealth: Bountiful
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 […]
This Week at CommonWealth: Garlic & Snapdragons
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 […]
Rain, Mud and Fairy Wings
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 […]
This Week at CommonWealth: Snapdragons & Green Onions
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 […]
This Saturday at CommonWealth
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 […]