Life on the farm

Farmin

Forming all the beds with the help of my volunteers and my little son.

Beautiful rows!

Beautiful rows!

Making rows

Farm

Hungry?

Something was hungry. Very very hungry.

Work Day Tomorrow - Saturday December 10 @ 9:00 am

Many hands make light work, come down and there is plenty of work for everyone.

If you are coming down Willow go North on California Ave and drive past the barricade to the farm entrance that will be on the right hand side.

We look forward to seeing you there!

What to wear/bring

For your safety and comfort it is important to bring certain things when participating in a work day.

• Closed-toe shoes or boots
• Hat and sunscreen
• Water bottle and snack
• Recommended: long sleeve shirts and long pants
• Favorite tool or tools
• When bringing children to the farm please read and abide by: Children on the Farm
• If you are under 18, bring a signed volunteer liability waiver. Adults can bring one or sign at work day: Farm Lot 59 - Volunteer Liability Waiver.

Hi Long Beach urban agriculture agvocates,

From Donna at Long Beach Grows. If you are interested in keeping backyard chickens, bees or goats I suggest you attend this meeting.

Our lease for the farm is also up this night on the City Council agenda. We are #16 on the list so bring a snack. See you on the steps of City Hall-
-Sasha Kanno

Hi Long Beach urban agriculture agvocates,

This is a final reminder that your help is requested at tomorrow's Environmental Committee meeting to be held October 18th starting at 3:30 PM at City Council chambers, 333 W Ocean Boulevard.

The City of Long Beach will be addressing the suggestions made by Long Beach Grows and by the city’s Sustainable City Commission and Office of Sustainability, to allow urban agriculture, including small scale animal husbandry and beekeeping, without the current restrictions imposed by our municipal code.

Let's fill the house! with PRO URBAN AG supporters and speakers!

Please try your best to attend, even if it means rearranging your busy schedule. Although it is not required, each member of the audience who wishes to speak is usually given 1-2 minutes to do so.

In addition, whether or not you plan to attend, please it would be very helpful if you could send your supportive comments to your City Council representative as well as to each member of the Environmental Committee.
The Chair of the Environmental Committee is Dr. Suja Lowenthal: district2@longbeach.gov, Suja.Lowenthal@longbeach.gov
The Vice Chair is Patrick O’Donnell: district4@longbeach.gov, Patrick.ODonnell@longbeach.gov
The third city council member of the committee is James Johnson: district7@longbeach.gov, James.Johnson@longbeach.gov
 If you don’t know who your City Council representative is, you can find that information here: http://www.longbeach.gov/council/default.asp
I would appreciate being cc'd on your emails: donna@longbeachgrows.org

A set of Talking Points was provided in a previous email. If for some reason you didn't receive that message and wish to see it, please let me know.

Thanks again for your support. I look forward to seeing you this Tuesday, that's tomorrow.

Best wishes,

Donna Marykwas
Long Beach Grows
Growing a more sustainable future
www.longbeachgrows.org
donna@longbeachgrows.org
1-562-912-3364

Long Beach Urban Agriculture Examiner
www.examiner.com/urban-agriculture-in-long-beach/donna-marykwas

Good news on the farm front

Hello!

We made some good headway this week. Farm Lot 59 is back on track with the city. After a few small glitches with some department heads changing guards and some other this and that we are back on top of the pile.

Our lease will go before City Council on October 4th. I have been told that we have 100% approval from Parks Recreation and Marine as well as council so I don't expect any more hold ups.

You are all more than welcome to come to the council meeting. Once I see where we are on the agenda I'll post it.

We might have missed fall planting but its never too early to plan for spring. We will be having an opening celebration sometime in early November depending on when we can get in and get back to work. If you have any suggestions or ideas for the party please let me know. I want it to be a fun one!

Thanks again for all the support. Its been a little while for this to get going but I appreciate your patience and loyalty.

Enjoy the last bit of summer while dreaming of cool season crops. I love stone fruit but I miss my apples. See you all in the fields!

Moving into the farm

Last week we tried to wrap up moving the rest of the gear from the Wrigley Garden to Farm Lot 59. We have just a few things left to grab before we are totally out of there. Too bad I can't take all my soil. We grabbed as much as we could be there is still some good stuff we left behind. Such is life.

Moving the coop and the plumbing from the garden to the farm

 Storage container, lots of these laying around Long Beach.

 Old concrete bays used when this place was a water pumping station. Now we are going to use to build our soil and do our composting. Perfect reuse if you ask me.

Street trees from the Office of Sustainability. We are neighbors down in the mulch yard.

Farm Lot 59

Hello everyone!

This new blog will help us stay in touch with what's happening on the farm. Please subscribe to the feed and "Like" us on Facebook.

Its going to be a great summer on the farm!

See you soon.
Sasha