Red State Green

Swine. Flu?
Okay.
First of all, it’s not the swine flu. It’s the H1N1 strain of Influenza A,  a combination of bird, human and swine flu.
So how does this work?
The flu bug is the loose lady of the virus world. It will infect just about anything with a pulse, and changes itself to make it more attractive [...]

Fact sheets about home vegetable gardening from the Tulsa Master Gardeners at Oklahoma State University.
Some of the sheets are specific to Oklahoma, and since I haven’t read all of them I can’t guarantee that their recommendations are all organic (so check out any disease treatment or fertilizer recommendations before using). But if you’re looking for [...]

I don’t know about your area, but the one thing I noticed when first coming to Oklahoma was a) the obsession with large lawns, and b) the sheer amount of chemicals and poisons used to take care of them.
If you’d like to get away from the last part, here’s an article you might find interesting. [...]

If you want to learn the basics of permaculture and how to set up a food forest, take a look at this video. (1:22:27, safe for work/children). It’s really fascinating, and he gives the specific plants he uses to set up his system.

They didn’t sit around waiting for the state to repair the flood-damaged road to Kauai’s major park (which supposedly cost $4 million that the state of Hawaii didn’t have and were told would take two years to repair). Their businesses depended on the revenue that visitors to the park brought in; they faced bankruptcy if [...]

Hope everyone is okay with the wildfires today. The news is saying there are nine large ones going and the wind’s not slowing down anytime soon.
If you need a live weather video feed, KOCO.com has a good one; I’m watching it right now.

Natural World — A Farm for the Future (49 min, safe for work/children)
Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key.