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Year Three on the Lakritz Farm
Tonight we had salmon for dinner with roasted potatoes and squash from the farm. We also had fresh cucumber appetizer. These are the best tasting cucumbers we’ve grown. It’s amazing that we have the opportunity to eat something we’ve grown … Continue reading
Posted in Farming Education, Food, Lakritz Family Farm, Organic, Rainwater Harvesting, Seeds, Sustainability, Urban Farming, Water
Tagged Education, Farm, Farming, Food, Fruit, Gardening, Organic, Outdoors, Salad, Salmon, Soil, Sustainability, Vegetables, Water
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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
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A Reading From “On the Concord & Merrimack” by Henry David Thoreau
Being outdoors is a big part of farming. Unless you are doing hydroponics, have a very large greenhouse, or using grow lights you need to be outside to grow plants. I find it fascinating that more people don’t embrace nature in … Continue reading
Posted in Farming Education, Plants, Reading, Water, Weather
Tagged Education, Literature, Outdoors, Thoreau
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Cucumbers, Squash, Watermelon, and Sunflowers
Here’s a quick video of the cucumber bed on the farm. This corner of the Lakritz Farm has traditional and yellow cucumbers and also includes some yellow squash plants and sunflowers. I’ve also planted some cucumbers from seed but they are taking … Continue reading
Posted in Farming Education, Flowers, Lakritz Family Farm, Plants, Sustainability, Urban Farming, Vegetables
Tagged Education, Farm, Food, Garden, Outdoors, Plants, Sustainability
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