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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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A Mulching We Will Grow . . .
I’ve enjoyed reading Permacluture Magazine online recently. We aren’t doing composting on the Lakritz Farm yet although we have used wood chips successfully to keep weeds down to almost nothing. We have been challenged for nutrients in our soil and … Continue reading
Posted in Farming Education, Flowers, Lakritz Family Farm, Plants, Urban Farming, Vegetables
Tagged Compost, Dirt, Farming, Garden, Mulch, Nutrients, Soil
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Let’s begin with the Farm
A lot of people laugh when I tell them I built a farm. Why is a farm so funny? I grew up in the San Joaquin Valley in the middle of nowhere. I know what a farm is. So I … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Dirt, Farm, Farmer, Forest, Fruit, Garden, Gardening, Home, Redwoods, Salmon, Soil, Sunshine, Trees, Urban Farming, Vegetables, Water
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