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Thanks again for being so patient. Who knew building a farm was going to take so long? Just kidding.

Things are looking good over at Farm Lot 59. Our first season is a wrap and despite the coyotes, rabbits, squirrels and a baby I think we did pretty darn good. We are now prepping the beds for fall. Amending, adding manure, cover cropping checking irrigation, its never ending. We started seeds again in our greenhouse and are excited for round 2. Our first fall crop!

On September 22nd from 2-6 I invite you to come to the farm for a little party. I will have your produce rewards ready for you to pick up. If jam or a tote bag is in your reward those will be coming to you later. I have not yet printed any bags and we need lots of excess produce for jam, soon I promise.

If you are an out of town backer I will get to you right after I fill all the locals.

I'll post more details about the party and ask if you will be able to come and pick up your reward.

Thanks again for supporting the farm.

Sasha

www.longbeachlocal.org

Hello Kickstarter!

I'm so happy to announce that this week will be our first harvest! As you all know we finally moved into our farm in November and we have been working 24/7 to get it growing. We planted our first round of crops but got wiped out over and over again by the rabbits, gophers and coyotes. We held a fundraiser to build a fence which seems to be helping but there are critters that were of course enclosed in the fence so we are still battling that. Slowly but surely we will win. What a roller coaster it is to build a farm in the city. Who knew?

This weeks harvest will be a small one so I am not able to fill your rewards just yet. I am going to wait until the bounty of summer is pouring in. Our heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, melons, greens, herbs and flowers will take a few more months to be vine ripe.

Just wanted to drop in and let you know I think about you often and appreciate everything you did to help get this farm started. I'll be in touch when its your time. Stand by a little longer and it will all be worth it.

Thanks again and have a great summer.

If you can please follow us on our website and facebook.

www.longbeachlocal.org

-sasha kanno- farmer

Hello Kickstarter-

I have very exciting news. We planted our first seeds yesterday. Hopefully you have been following our blog www.longbeachlocal.org and on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Farm-Lot-59/157161800972837 If so you saw we completed our greenhouse and that is full of seedlings but the first seeds are in the ground as of yesterday. We have been working tirelessly to get the planting beds formed and irrigation all worked out. But mission accomplished and we are officially in production. Glorious day!

I appreciate you all backing this project. Its a long term project and we are really rolling along now. You all were my seed money and helped keep this project alive. Without you I would not have had the funding to file all the necessary permits, insurance, water mainlines and all the other things that came up. Without you there would be no farm. Well, it would have taken that much longer if nothing else.

We will be having our opening party sometime in the fall and I would like to recognize all of you. I'll also be contacting you about rewards sometime this summer. Most of you chose to receive produce boxes and now that we have seeds in the ground I will be able to get those to you.

Thanks again for the support. It seems like just yesterday but its been 2 years and we are finally getting there. Farming is hot, dirty and laborious but I love it.

Thanks again-

Sasha

Hello Kickstarter-

I have been thinking about you lately and wanted to let you know we are doing just fine. In case you have not been following us on facebook or our website I wanted to make sure you were in the know.

We made some headway recently with our terms. Its a bit tricky because the farm is on land owned by Parks, Recreation and Marine. Plus the Director of Parks has changed hands as well as our City Councilman. Lots of moving and shaking happening around here. Anyway, all the new parties are on board with the farm and we are back on track. Our lease goes before City Council on October 4th and from what I have been told we have 100% support. Looks like we will be back to work on the 5th.

Because of the delays we have not gotten any crops in the ground. I'm going to work on our soil this winter and get ready for spring planting.

Please look for your rewards this spring or early summer. We are making our tote bags now and the jam is already in the pantry.

Thanks again for your support. See you soon on the farm!

-sasha