Agriculture Weather for second week in September

Mesonet weather forcast of the second week of September.

a city-backed, many-tentacled urban agriculture network

I love that description. Here's the story.

Why do we not have anyone with a brain here?

Ten ways to encourage Urban Agriculture. During the Mayoral candidate debate last week I did not hear any of the candidates mention any of these ideas. Bartlett did talk about planting 1600 Pecan Trees on urban renewal land he bought on the cheap. Guess that will benefit North Tulsa. He can sell you pecans.

People rediscovering their rooftops.

Fascinating article about garden entrepreneurs. I love stories about people making money off their dreams. I never thought about the effects of storm water runoff on the environment.

I have two of of these spiders living over my compose bin.

I have always called them Orb spiders. I guess in doesn't matter what you call them just don't kill them. The two living over my compose bin eat an incredible amount of house flies.

Truck with Farm Sign Stolen

Our truck was stolen yesterday morning - it's a 91 Dodge Ram 4 X 4 short, wide blue and silver in need of a new paint job truck. It was stolen off Alt 75 where you turn to come up the hill to our home - we had a sign in the back end to help people know we are here selling vegetables at the farm. The tag had expired in August, it is probably in some mud pit stuck - it gets lousy gas mileage but it was paid for and we need it back. Please keep your eyes open. We were planning on buying some 4 X 8 materials for the building, and we need it to haul off a few loads of trash - and it comes in handy when we can find time to go gather someone's manure - so we really need it for the farm.

6 can Salad

Part of food security is being able to make a quick cheap dish or make things from what you have in the pantry. This recipe is made from things I always keep on hand. I know a lot of people have issues with canned vegetables but when you can them yourself like me then that is what you use. I also like the 5 for a dollar sales at the store. Here is my recipe for 6 can Salad.

1 can of black beans rinsed.
1 can of kidney beans
1 can of garbonzo beans
1 can of whole kernel corn
2 cans of green beans
1 medium onion
4 stalks of celery
Salt and pepper to taste.

Dressing:
1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup canola oil
1 tsp dried minced garlic
1 tsp dried minced onion
1 tsp dried italian season herbs
1 tbsp dijon mustard.

Make dressing so ingredients will have time to rehydrate. Open can of black beans and dump in colander. Rinse well. Open the rest of the cans and dump into the colander with the black beans. Let them drain for 10 or 15 minutes or salad will be watery. Chop up onion and celery. Mix all ingredients together and chill before serving. The salad is better if made the night before and well chilled before serving.