Category Archives: garden

iPermie now on sale!

Posted on January 15, 2013 by webkeeper

My new book, iPermie! How to permaculture your urban lifestyle, is now on sale at these fine online sources.  Only $1.99! for 14 sections, 248 chapters, 399,000 words! http://www.ipermie.net https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/271541 Amazon Kindle Apple Store Kobo Versent eBooks Bookmark on DeliciousDigg … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma City Nanny State Alert!

Posted on December 19, 2012 by webkeeper

Oklahoma City is asking the state legislature to lower the height requirements before the city can write code violations and get a court order for a contractor to mow a property, charging the homeowner with the bill, from the present … Continue reading →

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Time for another CASH MOB in support of Oklahoma farmers and producers!

Posted on October 31, 2012 by webkeeper

In September, I put out a call for a cash mob in support of local farmers. As a result, the Oklahoma Food Coop had one of its best month’s this year and reports suggested the farmers markets did better too. … Continue reading →

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Bob ignores the convention and concentrates on important stuff, like hypermiling and container gardening.

Posted on August 30, 2012 by webkeeper

I am ignoring the conventions this year and concentrating on useful stuff like hypermiling and container gardening. I am making some progress on my hypermiling abilities. My 1993 Geo Metro was getting about 35 miles per gallon, but recently I’ve … Continue reading →

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Fall Tree Planting Season Is upon Us

Posted on August 20, 2012 by webkeeper

This little note is to remind everyone in Oklahoma (actually, the entire Northern Hemisphere) that the fall tree planting season is upon us. In Oklahoma, fall is the best time to plant trees.  And one nice thing about the growth … Continue reading →

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Ten principles of household and community food security.

Posted on August 13, 2012 by webkeeper

We need to increase the quality of our food lives so that our food is safe, nutritious, and tasty.  Permaculture design can provide a description of the way forward into a more sustainable way of living that cares for people, … Continue reading →

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What will you eat this winter? A Celebration of Local Food Independence!

Posted on July 4, 2012 by webkeeper

It is high summer, and as I have often said in my mid-summer blog posts since 2003 — it’s Summertime, and the livin is easy. Listen to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong in what is maybe the best recording ever … Continue reading →

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Roots and Radishes – OR — Help! What do I do with a daikon radish!

Posted on May 8, 2012 by webkeeper

Even though I’ve been around the Oklahoma Food Cooperative from the beginning, I am continually amazed and delighted at the progress of our developing local food system. This month I am seeing lots of roots and radishes, and different kinds … Continue reading →

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Be Careful What You Ask For, Okie City

Posted on May 7, 2012 by webkeeper

As I predicted in my blog post of May 2nd, OKC has the most amazingly stoopid transportation planning, OKC Code Enforcement was out bright and early this AM writing me up for the dastardly code infraction of not having street … Continue reading →

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Rebellious elderberries need new homes!

Posted on April 25, 2012 by webkeeper

It looks like my elderberry patch, in FLAGRANT and OBVIOUSLY ANARCHISTIC defiance of code enforcement, is attempting to re-establish itself and there are all kinds of elderberries rising up in defiance of the Oklahoma City TWO FOOT RULE which says … Continue reading →

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