Wild Willow Farm lies in the Tijuana River Valley, about 3/4 mile from the Mexican border, and 3 miles from the Pacific Ocean. The farm has a farm school, teaching suburbanites like me to farm organically. Experts in horticulture and permaculture are teaching our class of 20 urban refugees of all ages — from 19 to 55.
So far, we have built garden beds, harvested kale and collards for the farms CSA — Community Supported Agriculture — and transplanted seedlings, and cleared hoop
houses.
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- we clean out a hoop house full of melons.
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- Harvesting chard
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- Magenta rainbow chard
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- Rainbow chard glowing with health!
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- Washing produce for the CSA in the giant outdoor wash tub
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- Can beat beets!
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- did you know that if you cut the water to carrots toward the end of their growth, they will become sweeter? Try it — it’s amazing! The absorb the nutrients from their leaves.
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- Amaranth leaves
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- Touche!
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