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Hands-On Gardening Workshop – OKC

Friday, February 19th, 2010

A Hands-On Gardening Workshop

You can have a spring garden! Learn how by participating in the entire process, shovel to seed.

Saturday, February 27 (rain/ice date: March 6)
10 a.m.– 2 p.m. with a pot-luck lunch
4927 N. Tulsa Avenue, Oklahoma City

The workshop, led by Ron Ferrell and Randy Marks, will include a discussion on garden siting and design within the context of a whole-systems design approach, turning waste into resources, and applying perma-culture ideas and methods. After the discussion we will use straw bales to install a raised-bed garden on a residential lot.

Please bring a pot-luck dish, plate, cup, utensils, and napkin. You might also want to bring a pen, notepad, work gloves, and a shovel, if you have one.

If you have any questions, email Tricia at triciathered at gmail dot com.

$5 registration to benefit Sustainable OKC.
Registration closes on February 20; limited spots available.
Register at

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Oklahoma Ice Storm Photo

Friday, January 29th, 2010
Clothespins frozen on the line

Clothespins frozen on the line

Clothespins frozen on the line

frozen tree in the driveway

frozen tree in the driveway

Hmm, we won’t be going anywhere for a while. That tree has frozen and fallen right smack dab in the middle of the driveway and it’s the only way out…

Hope the chainsaw actually starts…

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Natural Diet

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

I love nature. I like being around natural things, and eating organic foods. I like trees and plants and herbs and chickens and turtles and deer… …. I like nature.

My friends just see me as a Mother Earth News reading, 60’s back to nature, treehugging, nature freak and it breaks my heart to see someone going about things the ‘against nature’ way.

My friend is trying hard to loose weight. She’s eating processed foods for breakfast, (low in calories but also low in nutrition), eating a ’shake’ for lunch, taking diet pills with ephedra and she’s loosing weight. But surely she must realize there’s a healthier way to do the same thing?

Whole grains, nuts, lean protein and vegetables and fruits will do it. It’s hard to eat ‘too’ many fruits!

NOT my chubby friend

NOT my chubby friend


I’ll keep after her. I’m determined!

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