Hello Permaculture People,

The latest newsletter from City Farm gives you a glimpse into what work has been taking place out at City Farm in San Luis Obispo.

(By the way, I am looking for volunteers in 2019 who want to help with school field trips to City Farm. Please let me know if you can assist.

And we are open to having more villagers share the land in Our Global Family Village too. It is so true: “It Takes A Village!”)

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Come this Saturday, December 8^th, from 10am to 3pm, to see us in action with the cob building project.

WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. PLEASE GIVE WHAT YOU CAN TO THE GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN. http://www.gofundme.com/mud-hut-cob-building-project

“There is a Cob playhouse being built at the Global Garden in San Luis Obispo. The Cobb playhouse is a project led by Chad Franco, an emerging Cob builder and instructor in the Central Coast area. The global garden is a community-oriented educational garden run by Teresa Lees, gardener, farmer and educator where elementary school children and their families can learn about worldwide food cultures, and food cultivation methods. There are many worthy causes to invest in. In my opinion, the cause of supporting community programs and projects that directly support educating people on the value of regenerative agriculture and sustainable building methods are as worthy and timely causes as having ever existed. If you feel called to donate, whether it is money or time, or both, know that it is energy very well invested.” – cob workshop participant Brian Ernst Marsh

A natural cob building makes a great Christmas gift of sustainability….. they last for a very long time, they have low embodied energy, and use the earth in wise ways. Plus they teacher others what is possible. Please support this education project this holiday season.

Blessings to you and yours,

Teresa Tree Lees

SLO Permaculture Guild

From: Central Coast Grown [mailto:info@centralcoastgrown.org]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2018 6:23 PM
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Subject: City Farm SLO DECEMBER 2018 Newsletter

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December 2018 Newsletter 

November Wrap-up Pacific Beach High School Following October's Fall Harvest Festival, a killing frost demolished what was left of warm-weather crops--corn, tomatos, cucumbers, beans, and peppers--just in time for Halloween.  Our Farm Class celebrated November first, El dia de los muertos (or All–saints day) gathering up the soggy remains and layering them in the compost heap.  On top we strewed what was left of the marigolds planted at the ends of rows to repel harmful insects. Some students recalled family memorials and others recognized the imagery from Coco, the recent Disney movie based on that holiday. Later classes included starting a new cycle by drying and saving bean seeds for next spring and planting winter crops: pea, carrot, broad bean and onion seeds from Botanical Interests donated by Sue Girard and brassica starts provided by Craig Adams of Greenheart farms. Elementary School Field Trips The seasonal transition also marked new program developments. Under the leadership of Education coordinator, Teresa (Tree) Lees, City Farm SLO initiated a series of elementary school field trips which will continue and expand in the coming year. For the pilot project, 28 first graders from C.L. Smith Elementary School, accompanied by their teacher, Kelly Hughes and parent volunteers hiked from the School through the Prefumo Creek Crossing into the Calle Joaquin Ag Reserve. The day's lesson began at Red Barn Farm with a tasty tour of tenant farmer Javier Maganas hoop house strawberry patch illustrating the day’s lesson on plant parts—flowers, fruits, leaves, stems and roots--and their roles in food production. The walking tour continued to the Pacific Beach HS student garden, where children pulled up, washed and munched on carrots and radishes,  and planted rows of snap peas and cauliflower.  The field trip concluded with a tour of Teresa’s Our Global Family Garden for a harvest of beautiful multicolored corn and a u-pic opportunity in what remained of Tenant Farmer’s Corey Richmond’s pumpkin patch. According to Kelly, the students' verdict  on this trip was: “best day ever.” After this first visit, her class is planning 4 more field trips to City Farm in the coming  months, their expenses covered by a grant she applied for from the Rotary Club of SLO. Additional trips for first and fourth graders from Sinsheimer Elementary and for sixth graders at Hawthorne Elementary School are now scheduled for the new year. Other news Fall brings more turnover. Our Board of Directors  says goodbye to Brian Engleton, who served for many years, managed the Pergola construction project and acted as our primary irrigation system expert.  The Board welcomes Lauren Biggs as a new member. City Farm also marks the turnover of the five-acre plot farmed during the last two years by Ruffino and family.  Our new subtenant,  Abimael Basurto of Basurto Family farms, managed to get in a winter crop of Fava Beans just before the rains began.

Second Saturday Work Party   December 8, 9:00-Noon Come join us at 1221 Calle Joaquin, SLO (next to new BMW dealer) Some jobs we'll be doing:  Mow and reseed  lawn New garden border and permanent row number signs Weed seedlings with hoe Row cover installation Replace food forest casualties Erect owl boxes to help control gophers and ground squirrels Come See the ongoing COB construction of a children's playhouse taking place too Keep in Touch check out our Flickr site and our Instagram feed: https://instagram.com/cityfarmslo

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