The O'Hara Commons & Sustainability Center
 Local People. Local Food. 

The O'Hara Commons houses a seed library. Our seed inventory typically has about 75 varieties of locally grown, open pollinated seed. Mostly vegetables, but herbs and flowers are included. During this year there has been a run on seeds. With a greater number of people deciding to garden, seed houses have run out of seed and many have had to halt business due to the volume of orders they were receiving. O'Hara Commons has been able to step in and share seeds with our community

Who doesn't love a treasure hunt? We are all spending more time outside, this is an extra fun twist. An adventure and a reason to be outside longer. From the Geocaching Official Blog: "Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location" There is a little introduction video included below, and it will take you th

7 ingredients + 1 Cast Iron Skillet 1 c of sourdough starter 1/2 c of warm milk 1/4 c of yogurt (substitute: sour cream) 1 t baking powder 2 c all purpose flour pinch of salt 2 T melted butter In large bowl, mix starter, milk and yogurt until smoothly blended. Add baking powder and flour, mix until you have what looks like a shaggy ball. Cover with moist kitchen cloth. Allow to sit for a few hours, in a warm location. Roll out on to a lightly floured surface, knead until smoo

Just a bit of beauty from around the world.

As the days grow longer and warmer we seem to find ourselves with extra energy. Especially kids. Especially kids who are homebound. We found this great video that demonstrates how to make a jump rope out of t shirts. Now for some jump rope activities: 1. Put the rope under you and just swing it from behind to in front and vice versa. Jump over it each time. Do not lift the rope off the ground. 2. Try jumping with both feet as you swing the rope from forward to behind your bac

Purpose: To get more people in Ravalli County to start growing gardens and find the joy, nutrition, health and economic importance of having a home garden. Volunteers building raised beds for O'Hara Commons Garden The Coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a ‘shelter in place’ for an undefined period of time. It is prime spring season and the perfect time to get people to start a garden of their own. Since this time of isolation can be depressing and lonely, this will be a posi

Garden tasks, 6 weeks before last frost.

Homemade Four Tortillas

History and Benefits of Community Gardens

We are less than two months away from our last frost. There are crops to be sowed outdoors, seeding to do indoors under lights and transplanting of previously seeded starts. For those of us who have home gardens, the season is at a crux. Not many of us can truly supply our food needs year round. Even the most dedicated gardener relies upon our greenhouses and nurseries for plant stock and our local growers for the vast majority of our annual food. It is a good time to remembe