CommonWealth Urban Farms Of OKC
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CommonWealth's mission is to grow food, equip a network of urban gardeners, create local jobs, turn local waste into compost, and connect OKC neighbors in the process.
CommonWealth Urban Farms Of OKC
2y ago
Garden School 2022!
Garden School attendees gather in the Food Forest
Instructor Stephanie Jordan leads a class
Allen holds a handful of compost during a class
A young Garden School attendee plants seeds during a class
We are excited about our new offerings this year, including CommonWealth Fests! In collaboration with some of our newer and younger volunteers, we are mixing up the garden school schedule to provide three free, family-friendly, educational festivals starting with our Wildcrafting & Herb Fest on May 14. In addition to providing a new format and activities to the com ..read more
CommonWealth Urban Farms Of OKC
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Gosh, that was heartwarming! Harvest Potluck in the Garden
As always, our annual celebration of community, food, music was delightful. It was a beautiful autumn day on the farm and we enjoyed it with many friends.
The Great Pumpkin Smash
Saturday, November 27
This family-friendly event is free.
Drop in between 9 am and noon.
1016 NW 32nd St.
What to do with all those pumpkins, once Thanksgiving is over and cold weather sets in? Bring them and the kids to CommonWealth, where we’ll make a big compost pile and everybody can toss and smash pumpkins to their hear ..read more
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Garden School Classes in September
Raising Butterflies
Saturday, Sept. 11
11 am – noon
1016 NW 32nd St.
$10 per workshop,
$15 per couple/pair.
Or volunteer on a Saturday morning, and get in free!
There is magic in the Monarch chrysalis! Were you one of the lucky children whose teacher kept one in the classroom? Not only is a beautiful experience, raising butterflies is helpful! Fewer than 10 percent of monarch eggs and larvae will survive to become adult butterflies, largely due to predation of the larvae. Raising them in an indoor habitat boosts survival to rates well ..read more
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Garden School Classes in August
Grill It!
Saturday, Aug. 14
11 am – noon
1016 NW 32nd St.
$10 per workshop,
$15 per couple/pair.
Or volunteer on a Saturday morning, and get in free!
Nothin’ beats fresh veggies from the garden that have been tossed on the grill. Their deepest flavor is enhanced. Learn tips & tricks from grillmaster Steph as she demonstrates how to grill a variety of vegetables—and take part in sampling the results!
Instructor: Stephanie Jordan knows her way around the garden and the grill! Steph combines her experiences as a personal chef, farmer and educator to crea ..read more
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Devoted Community: Co-founder Lia Woods and longest-serving CW volunteer Debbie Baker in the summer rain last Saturday morning during CommonWork.
“As we search for a less extractive and polluting economic order, so that we may fit agriculture into the economy of a sustainable culture, community becomes the locus and metaphor for both agriculture and culture.”― Wes Jackson, Becoming Native to This Place
Garden School Classes in July
Good Bugs: A Walking Tour of Beneficial Insects in the Garden
Saturday, July 10th, 11 am – noon
1016 NW 32nd St.
$10 per wor ..read more
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3y ago
The Robin family at CW’s hoop house lot this week. Thanks to Pat Velte for the photo.
This Morning
This morning the redbirds’ eggs
have hatched and already the chicks
are chirping for food. They don’t
know where it’s coming from, they
just keep souting, “More! More!”
As to anything else, they haven’t
had a single thought. Their eyes
haven’t yet opened, they know nothing
about the sky that’s waiting. Or
the thousands, the millions of trees.
They don’t even know they have wings.
And just like that, like a simple
neighborhood event, a miracle is
taking place.
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3y ago
2021 is Springing
All has not been quiet at CommonWealth Urban Farms even in the midst of a pandemic. Food Forest has been in the dedicated hands of volunteers who come each week to tidy the circles and clear away debris. Green rows of greens in the beautiful, moist air of the Hoop House have invited cut-and-come-again all winter. The compost-heated greenhouse has been a wonder to us all: On that minus-12-degree night the delicate seedlings atop the compost pile enjoyed a 47-degree bed! A new germination chamber urges seeds into life surely and quickly! Composting volunteers cheerfu ..read more
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3y ago
2020! The Year of All-Things-Garden
Even with all that has happened, 2020 has been a productive and fertile time for us. A bit more stress than usual, for sure! Like everybody, we’ve had to make some quick turns to adjust to new circumstances, but we have managed to carry on and actually completed new projects.
One of the exciting turn-of-events is that people became interested in all-things-garden, returning to or learning for the first time how to grow some of their own food. We are glad to help in that process!
New Rain Garden and Expanded Pollinator Habitat
Andrew, our pollin ..read more
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3y ago
Garden School: Herbal Balms
October 10
Note: this is a 2-hour class, fee is $15
10 am to noon
1016 NW 32nd St.
Yatar combines herbs from his garden, beeswax from his hives, olive oil and essential oils to formulate balms with specific beneficial qualities. Yatar will demonstrate how he makes his herbal beeswax healing balms, as well as the bamboo containers that he creates to hold his balms. With Yatar’s guidance, each participant will make their own bamboo container, and a customized herbal balm to fill it.
Instructor: Yatar Layah, gardener and founder of It’s the Balm.
PL ..read more
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3y ago
What to do with your Tomatoes
In June/July watch how red arrives
Make gazpacho
Dice into a San Marino salad bowl
BLT with a local IPA
Simmer a pasta sauce
Carry the cores to the compost heap
Charcoal draw them on the vine
Tell how we used to think them
nightshade, poison, devil’s fruit
Upon ripening some of us are ogled,
cat-called hot tomatoes
Shoo the Grackles
Slice with care your perfect Early Girl.
—Jane Taylor
Garden School
July 11: Eye of the Lens: Connecting in Nature
9 to 11 am
Note: this is a 2-hour class
$10 per workshop, $15 per couple/pair, u ..read more