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Community Get-Togethers to promote healthy neighborhood associations, local businesses, community gardening and fellowship

I blogged the other day about the Crosbie Heights October 4th Block Party/Fundraiser at The Blue Jackalope in Tulsa, and today, my husband Demetrius, friend Andy, pup, Theo and I attended.

It was pot-luck, so Demetri made a huge batch of Greek potatoes to take.

I didn’t plan to eat, but quickly changed my mind when I saw all the amazing food.

The first item to catch my eye was pumpkin soup with garbonzo beans. Yum. Then a guy showed up with acorn squash soup which was equally delicious. I had okra and rice, salsa and broccoli salad with nuts.

We enjoyed the music while touring the Crosbie Heights community garden. They still have a lot of tomatoes, peppers, green beans and herbs, but what caught my eye was their red okra. They are growing it for seed for next year’s crop. Anxious to try that and wondering if it will taste as good as it looks.

Tidal School Vineyards was there from Drumright Oklahoma, selling tastes or bottles of wine.

Owners of Train Whistle Farm, Nick and Tonya, were there selling their local organic produce from Okmulgee Oklahoma.  I bought a huge batch of okra that Deme will cook with fresh tomatoes and onions.

Community Get-Togethers to promote healthy neighborhood associations, local businesses, community gardening and fellowship

And Tulsa native, Paul Tay, was there making his bicycle soup. Paul mixes fresh and organic blueberries, kiwi, grapes, bananas, apples and yogurt in a blender powered by pedaling his bicyle. Don’t ask me to explain the whole invention, but I tasted a smoothie and it was pretty awesome. Kids and adults alike enjoyed selecting fruit for their smoothie as well as powering the bicycle.

The temperature dropped and we weren’t really dressed for cooler weather, so we took Theo to Joe Station Bark Park for a few minutes before returning home.

What a lovely community event to promote healthy neighborhood associations, local businesses, community gardening and fellowship. We’re very glad to live around the corner and hope to be invited back again!

Community Gardens, Organic Farming, Local Treasures of Tulsa and surrounding areas:  Train Whistle Farm & The Blue Jackalope

Today at the Crosbie Heights block party by The Blue Jackalope, I bought some fresh okra from Nick and Tonya, owners of the Train Whistle Farm in Okmulgee. They also had pumpkins, squash, green beans, chives and a few other items for sale.

Nick and Tonya own a half-acre organic market garden in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

A small operation, they focus on providing healthy, high quality food to the community. This year, they are growing food throughout the fall and possibly into the winter months.

They have a lot of different crops, including baby lettuce mixes, okra, green beans, snow peas, sweet potatoes, swiss chard, spinach, argula, broccoli, cauliflower, pak choi, kohlrabi, mustard and more.

For a list of everything that’s available, visit their web site.

Community Gardens, Organic Farming, Local Treasures of Tulsa and surrounding areas: Train Whistle Farm and The Blue Jackalope

If you are interested in receiving food from them, they will arrange a time for you to pick up your produce in Tulsa or Okmulgee. Just call Nick and Tonya at 918-752-5687.

Stay healthy through the cold months and help support small businesses and local organic farmers!

What is the Blue Jackalope anyway? Find out at the Crosbie Heights’ October 4th Block Party/Fundraiser in Tulsa!

My husband and I first visited this neighborhood grocery & coffee shop to meet some friends. We now pass it every time we drive to the Joe Station Bark Park.

It’s located at 306 S. Phoenix Avenue (off Charles Page Boulevard) and is open 9a-7p Monday through Friday; 8:30 a-5p Saturday and 9a-7p Sunday. They serve great sandwiches too.

The Blue Jackalope Grocery & Coffee promotes sustenance: that which sustains life and spirit; nourishment; food.

Owner, Scott Smith, is re-creating a gentler time of foraging for dinner while gettin’ to know the folks around town. “It ain’t just groceries and coffee: it’s Community.”

In the middle of Crosbie Heights, a Front Porch community where neighbors help neighbors, it’s an older neighborhood just west of downtown Tulsa. We are witnessing a rebirth of sorts – once dilapidated homes being brought up to date and repaired by families and individuals wanting to live close to downtown.

I sold a house at 7th & Quanah about the time the Blue Jackalope was opening and am happy to report that it’s turning out to be a huge success. It has been fun to watch its popularity grow.

The BlueJackalope Grocery & Coffee, doing its’ best to support all y’all’s nutritional and communal yearnings…

What is the Blue Jackalope anyway? Find out at the Crosbie Heights’ October 4th Block Party/Fundraiser in Tulsa!

In his quest for community involvement, Scott is active in community gardening and is organizing the Crosbie Heights Community Farm Potluck & Music Festival to be held this October 4th. Full Moon Fiesta! 5 Bands. FREE! (bring your favorite dish)

On Sunday, October 4, 2009 the Crosbie Heights Community Farm, located at 311 S. Phoenix, will hold a block party/fundraiser. (Garden photo to right.)

Musical guests include Travis Fite, Joe Mack, Jesse Aycock, Sapien and Scales of Motion.

• Family Friendly (dogs on leashes welcome, too)
• Potluck (bring your favorite homemade dish)
• Fresh produce from the garden
• Bicycle-powered blender c/o Bike Soup co-op
• Kids Art Zone
• FREE!

The event kicks off at 2pm with the first band scheduled at 3. The Farm is located across the street from the Blue Jackalope Grocery/Café, just west of the BOK Arena on 3rd Street.

And, if you are wondering . . . the jackalope — also called an antelabbit, aunt benny, Wyoming thistled hare or stagbunny—is an imaginary animal of folklore consisting of a cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, goat, or deer, which is usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers.