As an entrepreneur and community organizer, I’ve spent 20 years exploring alternative business practices for a more just and sustainable society. I founded the Oklahoma Cooperative Housing Association, a non-profit that managed housing co-ops, owned and operated Om Gardens, an LLC organic gourmet mushroom farm, was on the board of directors of the Oklahoma Food Co-op, and managed membership at The Integral Center, a community for personal development in Boulder, Colorado. I have a Masters Degree from Gaia University in Regenerative Enterprise Design. I am currently doing education and consulting in Norman, Oklahoma.
https://youtube.com/shorts/lRZGUbzBfMs Late fall and winter is the best time to transplant berry bushes. Blackberries and raspberries grow in a similar way with horizontal rhizomes that spread. When your berry bushes…
https://youtube.com/shorts/6h69h2u9bFY Fall is the best time to plant trees when the soil is still warm. Plants spend the winter growing their roots and the summer growing their branches and leaves.…
https://youtu.be/mQBsorg_TJU Some of the lessons I've made are about creating Korean Natural Farming inputs out of household ingredients. In order to use them, dilute them each to one or two…
https://youtube.com/shorts/m_tv2TO_Eow Early fall is a good time to plant flowering bushes and transplant irises and lilies. For a community garden, pick hardy, drought-tolerant flowers. Some flowering bushes, like lantana, can…
https://youtu.be/fPuU0GaA9gs Lactic Acid Bacteria, or LAB is a wild fermentation of probiotics that can be used as a soil additive or compost starter. Collecting and propagating your own LAB is…
https://youtube.com/shorts/7Gebd82kV5Y Herbs can be started from seed or transplanted in either the spring or early fall. Amend the soil where you'll be planting with some compost first if you have…
https://youtube.com/shorts/7d8oJHvtCJw Fall is the best time to grow in Oklahoma and we can't afford to wait too late to plant, so as soon as it's consistently below 100 degrees it's…
https://youtube.com/shorts/7vmIStYuV7s Hugelkultur is a practice of burying woody organic material under a raised bed. The wood absorbs and holds a lot of water and provides an ecosystem for microorganisms, especially…
https://youtube.com/shorts/gN942oQmftk Early to mid-July is a good time to start planning for fall. Some fall crops can be planted as soon as late July and early August. Figure out what…
https://youtube.com/shorts/o1o5My40nQU Summer is a great time to mulch. You don't want to pull out plants and leave bare ground or the soil will bake in the heat so it's better…