How Flies Told Me This Okra Had Aphids
I walked by this okra and saw it had a lot of flies on it. That gave me a clue in to a potential aphid problem. I also talk about how to handle aphids both manually and with nature’s help.
How to Make EASY DIY Blender Waffles and Freeze Them for Busy Mornings
Waffles are always a hit in our family for more than just a breakfast food! Whenever I make these waffles in the blender, I always make extra to freeze so we can have fast breakfasts in the mornings before school. A quick toast in the toaster and you have your own “eggo” waffle! This recipe is super easy to make and very quick with minimal cleanup since you are only using the blender.
August, 2017 Summer Garden Update/Tour (Urban Zone 7 Oklahoma Backyard Farm)
This is an update and tour of our zone 7 Oklahoma urban backyard organic food farm! I show what we’re currently growing, talk about what we are planting right now, and share some tips and lessons I’ve learned from the summer!
Update on Lettuce, Cabbage & Cilantro, Planting Carrots, Beans, Peas, Lettuce
This is an update on our lettuce, cabbage, and cilantro planted 7/30/2017. We also plant another round of carrots, beans, peas, and lettuce! Here’s a link to the seeding square we used to plant in the video:
What We’re Planting in August!
This is a list of what we’re planting in August in our zone 7 urban Oklahoma backyard food farm. Click on the name of the vegetable to view more information about growing or preparing that particular plant.
EASY and Delicious Zucchini Bread Recipe
Zucchini bread is one of my favorite things to bake in the summer! Even the pickiest eater in the house (who was reluctant to try it at first since it had “zucchini” in the name) could eat an entire loaf in one sitting if I let her! Lol!
Planting Brooklyn’s Fall Garden of Carrots, Yellow Beans, Green Beans, and Chives!
We built the kids a 3×3 flower bed when we first started and this year we gave them an additional 4×4 bed for veggies. Their spring bed didn’t do so well, but they’ve learned from their mistakes and are ready to start over with a fall bed of carrots, beans, and chives.
This video shows how we cleaned the bed out, added compost, and Brooklyn plants the entire bed by herself!
Planting Carrots, Beets and Lettuce with All the Kids!
We’ve had an unexpected cool-down in August and it’s been wonderful. We’ve started planting our fall season crops and the kids planted carrots, beets, and lettuce this weekend. We also let Junior play out in the garden for the first time and caught his first time standing on camera!
We’ll be planting more of this as well as other fall crops like cabbage, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, spinach, kale, garlic, peas, and beans over the coming weeks.
Highlights From Our August Free Kids Gardening Festival!
Click below to see highlights from today’s kids gardening festival at Marcum’s Nursery in Goldsby, OK! Days like today bring me so much happiness! Thank you to everyone that came out to our free kids gardening festival at Marcum’s Nursery today! I’m so grateful for the opportunity to teach kids about gardening, nature, and growing food. Thank you also to all the volunteers that came out and helped as well! We couldn’t have done this […]
How We Keep Our Smart Pots Containers Watered in 100 DEGREE HEAT Using Drip Irrigation
I’ve been really impressed with these Smart Pots, but haven’t done a great job of keeping up with watering my containers. To fix that, I built a drip irrigation system and show how in this video!