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Category Archives: Vegetables
Summer Arrives in Winter on the Lakritz Farm
This month we took out the frozen Fava beans to make one last pot of Winter soup. We grew the Fava beans last Summer and pretty much froze the entire harvest. It was so much fun to pull out … Continue reading
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Year SIX! is Growing on Us
Posted in Crops, Food, Organic, Spring, Urban Farming, Vegetables
Tagged Carrots, Food, Garden, GrownFromSeed, Harvest, HeirloomCarrots, Organic, Plants, Vegetables
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The Edible Schoolyard
Edible Education – “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.”
Posted in Farming Education, Food, Urban Farming, Vegetables
Tagged Education, Farming, Food, Garden, Organic, Outdoors, Sustainability, Vegetables
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Looking Back – Two Years on the Lakritz Farm
It’s amazing to think we’ve been farming our front yard for two years now. Here is what the space was like just a few years ago. The first thing we did was remove all the lava rock, the plants, and … Continue reading
Winter Crops Were Successful
Winter crops were abundant this year. Kale and broccoli grew well and the cabbage and radish crops were excellent. It’s interesting to note that the cabbage did not grow as well in the summer last year. We will definitely grow … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Organic, Rainwater Harvesting, Sustainability, Urban Farming, Vegetables, Weather
Tagged LakritzFarm, Sustainability, Urban Farming, Winter Crops
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Follow the Lakritz Farm on Instagram
About a year ago we decided to begin using Instagram to publish images from the Lakritz Farm. We use Instagram as a simple way to share news form the Farm. Follow us to see more frequent updates on the farm!
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Tagged Education, Farm, Farming, Food, Fruit, Garden, Sustainability, Urban Farming, Vegetables
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Bugs for Chickens
Thanks to the people at the Marin Master Gardeners I found out my farm is infested with grubbs! These pesky and strange looking soil mongrels hang out about 4-6 inches below the the top of the soil and reek havoc … Continue reading
Posted in Bugs, Crops, Farming Education, Food, Organic, Seeds, Sustainability, Urban Farming, Vegetables
Tagged Birds, Compost, Dirt, Education, Farm, Food, Garden, Home, Mulch, Nutrients
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October Tomatoes, Hornworms, and Sunflower Harvest
This week we cleared a small area of the farm on the side of the house for winter. This 20 square foot plot was where we first started successfully growing food on the farm. We pretty much only plant tomatoes … Continue reading
Posted in Crops, Farming Education, Food, Fruit, Hornworm, Lakritz Family Farm, Organic, Pests, Plants, Vegetables, Wildlife
Tagged Farming, Food, Gardening
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Why Eat Organic?
When I was young we often went into the fields of the Central Valley in California to pick left over foods the machines didn’t capture during the harvest. We went into tomato fields, fruit orchards, and once even dragged bruised … Continue reading
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Tagged Food, Organic, Sustainability
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This Week On The Farm (5/8/2015)
Lot’s of good stuff growing on the farm this week. We continue to harvest lettuce and bok choy which have been a staple for the past month. Now we are getting excited about some new crops getting ripe and will … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Farming, Food, Garden
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