“I want you to look back on those of us who lived at the beginning of the twenty-first century and know that we bore you in mind, we cared for you, and we cared for our fellow tribes—those cloaked in feathers or scales or chitin or fur, those covered in leaves and bark. One day […]
Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. — Mary Oliver Garden School: Herbal Balms Saturday, July 13 11 a.m. to noon 3310 N. Olie $10 per person, $15 for couples/pairs. Free to volunteers. Pay upon arrival. Note: There is an additional $5 per person material fee for this workshop. […]
“Participate in food production to the extent that you can. If you have a yard or even just a porch box or a pot in a sunny window, grow something to eat in it. Make a little compost of your kitchen scraps and use it for fertilizer. Only by growing some food for yourself can […]
Weekend Seedling Sale Friday, May 25th, 4-6 pm Saturday, May 26th, 9 am – 1 pm 1016 NW 32, OKC (in front of hoop house) Looking for sweet potato slips? We’re planting sweet potatoes on the farm this week, and we ordered extra so you can get some too. Sweet potatoes are easy to grow and […]
“Hands in the Soil” Lunch at CommonWealth Urban Farms “Eat regularly and carefully in appropriate environments and, whenever possible, in company. Plan your time to make food and eating important in your life.” —Brazil’s National Dietary Guidelines Garden School: The Food ForestMay 4 11 a.m. to noon 3310 N. Olie $10 per person, $15 for […]
Garden School: April 27: Plant a Bouquet Garden Fill your home with flowers all summer long! Learn about the easiest flowers to grow in central OKC, from old friends like zinnias, sunflowers, marigolds and snapdragons to lesser-known beauties such as Asiatic lilies, lisianthus and ammi. We’ll show you how to plan and prepare your garden […]
Dewy Pear Blossom Petal Pear Tree Offers Up Couples—Cardinals and Ring-Necked Dove ccuples— sang from her empty branches all winter. When Mockingbird showed up three weeks ago, the tunes changed. And in two warm days, green nodules exploded in white blossoms. Birds have given the tree to the bees, mostly. I draw close in the […]
“The industrial eater is, in fact, one who does not know that eating is an agricultural act, who no longer knows or imagines the connections between eating and the land, and who is therefore necessarily passive and uncritical—in short, a victim. When food, in the minds of eaters, is no longer associated with farming and […]
“The soil stewards of generations past recognized that healthy soil is not only imperative for our food security—it is also foundational for our cultural and emotional well-being. Western science is catching up, now understanding that exposure to the microbiome of a healthy soil offers benefits to mental health that rival antidepressants. After mice were treated […]
It’s 2019: A New Year “If you’ve never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.” Robert BraultSeven years ago, a small team of people began a tiny urban farm. We had less than one-eighth of an acre, which we planted intensively, then took a deep breath and put out […]
