Learning to Grow
Our journey growing our own food and designing solutions to support a more sustainable life.
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EPA Label
In a continuation of yesterday’s theme of safety I will continue on with the EPA label today. Safety is of the utmost importance, and safety is the reason that I started learning about natural Fire Ant Control methods. Since I do believe through observation and experience that fossilized diatom bodies are an effective substance to…
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Why Diatoms?
For me this journey began recently after I moved to Texas for a job in the Oil Patch. Isn’t that why everyone moves to Texas these days, work? I walked into a colleagues office, he was an old, been around, wear cowboy boots everyday, sort of fella. I showed him my hand which had…
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PayPal Works
This is a blog associated with a store. Running an online store takes quite a few steps. Some have been accomplished. I did receive payment for an item ordered from my shopping cart. Sure, it was just a wooden dowel that I sold my husband. But, it worked. For the record, PayPal won’t let…
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Wild Flower – Snapdragon
This beauty was hiding in the weeds. I didn’t plant it and I cannot confirm which type of flower it is. Looks like a lily or a snapdragon. I have spent far too much time already searching the internet, but I will keep you posted if I figure out what it is. For now,…
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Strawberry Blossoms
This flower is a good example of why I garden. The very simple flower is astonishingly beautiful. It is good for me to see such beautiful things. The tides of fortune have brought me to north Harris County, Texas to a small patch of suburbia in the greater petro metro. I don’t gaze at lofty…
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Squash Transplants
This is the spot in the compost where we threw the old pumpkin that we didn’t have time to clean and carve. Look at those beauties. You can see the seeds and the sprouts. Cucurbitacea, one of the gardener’s favorite botanical families for a number of reasons. First, there are lots of yummy veggies in…
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EPA – How to sell pesticide legally
Richard Nixon founded the EPA in 1970. It is relevant to this blog because Okra Garden Supply’s first product is Diatomite. Which I am in the process of rebranding to Diatoms. The name is of little import. What matters is whether I am going to sell it as a pesticide. Of seemingly less importance is…
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Frozen Citrus
We had a freeze recently. Though we knew the freeze was coming we were not able to cover our trees and they suffered. The freeze killed the great majority of the leaves and the leaves dropped from the plant. But what of the fruit? There were two grapefruit that we left on our grapefruit tree…
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Ebay Round 3
Well it may be a bit longer haul than I expected to sell this here Diatomite. When I first placed the item on Ebay I told my husband, if this sells, we are in business. So, I guess I am not quite it business yet. The first listing was $20, buyer pays shipping and…
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Strawberries
Ah, nothing says summer like fresh strawberries. And here in Harris County Texas we may have that wonderful summer feeling in a few weeks. Check out this lovely flower. Oh, beauties, I hope I can protect you from the birds and squirrels. The strawberry plant pictured here spread from a one gallon perennial plant…