Thank you Factory!!

What a weekend.

Saturday at The Factory/Dragster Expo was awesome. I met so many great Long Beach Locals. It was a perfect opportunity to spread the word about Farm Lot 59 and to promote our Sunday Farmers Market. We raised around $300 bucks thanks to Natalie and all her friends.

Sunday at the Farmers Market I was there selling my hand tied arrangements and promoting the farm. I think people are starting to make the connection with local agriculture and local products. Please keep spreading the word about those very important topics and helping us keep our dollars local.

This Sunday is a pie contest at the market, contact Kelli if you are interested or visit the website http://www.longbeachsundaymarket.com/ for all the updates.

Saturday the 24th we are having a workday at Wrigley Garden from 9:30-1. Our gardeners are being asked to be there at 9 for a quick meeting then its off to do chores followed by a potluck. Should be a great day in the garden. Hope to see you then.


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Happy Growing!
Sasha Kanno
Executive Director, Long Beach Local
562.230.7207
sashakanno@mac.com
www.longbeachlocal.org
http://wrigleygarden.org

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No Farm Stand Tomorrow

Sorry folks but the cutest farm stand in town will be closed tomorrow. I'm working on finishing a project and will not be on site tomorrow.

I will however be at the Sunday Farmers Market with beautiful hand tied arrangements for sale. See you at the market.

Since Fridays seem to be bad for me what day would be good for the farm stand? Wednesdays? Tuesdays?

Thank You-

Thank you for a super fun First Friday. The $10 Farm Box was a hit. I will be doing those again next month. If you come early to purchase I can hold it for you or I heard a rumor that Ninos would stick it in the fridge if you asked them nicely.Thank you for a great Sunday Farmers Market. I was there selling hand tied arrangements as well as single stem peonies and lotus flowers. I also had my seed rack which is always a hit. I'll be making another order soon, let me know what you folks would like to grow.And Thank You to whoever pulled weeds at the Wrigley Garden today. You rock! Tomorrow we will be there from 9-12 pushing mulch around and moving the chicken yard if you want to come back!See you this Friday at the WG for Farm Stand Friday and back again Sunday selling more beautiful flowers and spending time with my friends.
Have a great week.
-Sasha

First Friday - Farm Box!

Hello gang-

Tomorrow night is First Friday in Bixby Knolls. Long Beach Local will be on the corner of Atlantic and Bixby for our annual Mock Market.

This week we have Chef Sam Paano from Gourmet Conspiracy doing a demo with seasonal produce and lots of layers of taste. He told me what he was making but I forgot. Hey Sam, What's on the menu this week? Last month he cooked up a delicious stuffed chicken with squash blossoms and fresh veggies and for dessert he served short bread cookies from Shortnin Bread bakery and my Lemon Curd. I talked about that dessert for a few weeks after. YUM!

Shortnin Bread will be there and I hope they will be bringing the Peanut Butter and Jelly cupcakes. Justina stuffs the cupcakes with my homemade Strawberry Jam and makes a Peanut Butter Butter Cream icing. They are amazing!

And Kelli and I will be there with fresh produce. Just enough to hold you over until the Sunday Farmers Market happens on yes, Sunday. This week we are going to try out a $10 flat rate Farm Box. This week's selection will be strawberries, eggs, chives, squash, bush beans, mint and on and on. All the produce is grown locally by us (except the strawberries come from a Long Beach farmer). We use only heirloom seeds, no pesticides and harvest when perfectly ripe. The eggs come from our own chickens, they really don't get better than that. If you would like to pre-order please email me @ sashakanno@mac.com or post in the comments section and I will check it. You can also pay by Paypal, the link is on the right side of the blog page.

We will also be taking names for our CSA that will be happening by mid to late summer. If you are interested in receiving a Farm Box on a weekly or Biweekly basis now is the time to let us know as this program is starting to fill up quickly. Please let me know if you are interested in learning more about this.

And lastly this Sunday and the Sunday Farmers Market I will be there as a vendor. I will be selling my now famous Baker Creek Seed Rack as well as some beautiful flower bouquets. You all know me as a gardener and a farmer but my background is floral design. I am happy to be available to come to market with the season's best. Not all of the flowers are locally grown but hopefully someday soon they will.

Thanks for all the support and for helping to keep our money, food and bodies local. Its nice to stay off the freeway!

See you Friday in Bixby and Sunday at the Farmers Market!
-Sasha

'Bixby Knolls First Fridays, June 4, 2010'

Is it this time already?

'Bixby Knolls First Fridays, June 4, 2010'

This week we are going to try something new. We will have $10 veggie boxes for sale. They will be prepacked with squash, beans, greens and whatever else is fresh and ready that day. We will also have a few dozen eggs for sale and some veggie plants in case you have not gotten your garden started yet.

And don't forget my seed rack will be there. Everyone loves my rack.

See you Friday on the corner of Bixby and Atlantic.

-Sasha

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

My Amish made seed rack came the other day. Its official, we are now selling Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds! This company is amazing, they have the best seeds by far.

My rack will be out on First Fridays (insert joke here). All seed packets are hand picked by Kathy at Baker Creek and myself, they are 100% germination rate and ready to get planted now.

Stop by the booth or if you miss us our farm stand at the garden will be open soon. Stay tuned for that.

See you tomorrow night!

'Bixby Knolls Banter - May 2010'

Click on the link to read all about Bixby Knolls, First Fridays, Farmers Markets and local products. May 7th is this months First Friday. We will again be on the corner of Atlantic and Bixby with fresh produce, eggs and some beautiful plants from our greenhouse. Please stop by and pick up a little something to hold you over until Sunday. Shortnin Bread bakery will also be there selling our jams and jellies. Mothers Day is coming so stock up on the treats.

See you then-

'Bixby Knolls Banter - May 2010'

Preserves available at the Farmers Market

everythinglongbeach likes our jams! Thanks to everyone who donates fruit and buys our products. Especially thanks to Nino's restaurant and Shortnin' Bread. Best roommates ever! All of you help us keep our food local. Made in the LBC!

2010-04-27 · By Editor

Fresh, delicious hand-crafted seasonal jams, preserves, pickles, relishes, sauces and more created by the Wrigley Garden are now available at several locations. Made in small batches from local ingredients, products currently include strawberry jelly, lemon curd, orange-ginger marmalade, rosemary-lemon butter, honey wine jelly and strawberry rhubarb jam and will change with the seasons. Local baker Shortnin’ Bread features the products at the Sunday Farmers’ Market (California @ Bixby) and at the Marine Stadium Farmers’ Market (Appian Way and Nieto Ave.) on Wednesday. Vendor Bee Canyon Ranch carries Wrigley Garden honey-based goods at the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market.

“Every ingredient is organic and locally grown when possible,” said Wrigley Garden Director Sasha Kanno. “This direct connection between farmer and consumer means Long Beach can easily enjoy the season’s freshest local products.” Sales help support the Wrigley Garden, a community garden at 1950/1960 Henderson Avenue.

Some of the raw material for these sweet and savory treats comes from the Neighborhood Co-op Fruit Exchange. Volunteers harvest excess fruit from Long Beach residents, share it among neighbors and friends, preserve and donate the rest to a local food bank. If you have fruit or produce to donate please contact our Exchange Coordinator, Shelby Sanchez at 562.506.6214 or shelbysanchez@hotmail.com

The Wrigley Garden is a two-year project located on land owned by the City of Long Beach. Supporters include The Long Beach Neighborhood Foundation, Wrigley is Going Green, The Long Beach Community Foundation, Connected Corridors and the 6th and 7th district council offices.

For more information about Wrigley Garden products or to volunteer contact Sasha Kanno at 562-230-7207 or sasha@wrigleygarden.org.

Earth Week!

Big week planned for all the tree hugging do gooders out there. Wednesday Wrigley Garden along with Green Lab and the Sunday Farmers Market will be at the Civic Center from 11-1:00. We will be giving away seeds and seedlings along with fresh brewed worm tea.

If you have any questions about your garden there will be Master Gardeners there to answer all your gardening questions. Stop by and say hello!

Please come down and join us at the gardening showcase at the City Hall!

Food and Flowers Freedom Act- Support Silverlake

Silverlake is not that far from the LBC. Let's support local farming where ever their local may be.
Thank you- Sasha

Message from Tara:
A year since being shut down for selling organic homegrown flowers at local farmers' markets, and things are starting to change...
Thursday, March 25th, 2010

At 8:30am, thirty-some supporters of urban farming came to a public hearing at Van Nuys City Hall to say "YES!" to UFA's Food & Flowers Freedom Act.
And City Planning commissioners agreed.

Led by Bill Roschen, who called it "a happy day," commissioners voted across the board to allow fruit, flowers, nuts and seedlings to be grown at home for sale off-site - at local farmers' markets for example.

It was a big day for urban farming in LA, and a positive step forward for our local food and sustainability movements.

Angelenos: Thanks to City Council President Eric Garcetti and his team, we are on our way to being able to sell more than our garden-grown vegetables at market. For Silver Lake Farms, there is hope that we can return to market soon with organic, local flowers.

There are a few more official stages to go before the Food & Flower Freedom Act is a done deal. There will be a few more hearings, where public support will be just as critical.

If you support urban farming, CSAs, farmers' markets, and growing your own, then please come to the next hearing. shoot us an email hereand I'll keep you posted on the date.

Thank you so much to everyone who wrote letters of support, and attended the public hearing on March 25th. You rock!

Thank you for supporting Silver Lake Farms.

Tara

323-644-3700

www.silverlakefarms.com

First Friday April 2nd

Wrigley Garden will be at First Fridays this Friday April 2nd! At the corner of Bixby and Atlantic we will have a mini farmers market. Wrigley Garden along with the Sunday Farmers Market, Shortnin Bread, Frutos Farms and Gourmet Conspiracy will have a mini Mock Market.

This is a fundraiser for the garden, we will have produce, veggie starts and all sorts of fun stuff for you. See you there.

If you would like to volunteer in our booth please let me know. The more the merrier!

Thanks,
Sasha

Message from Shortnin Bread...

It's been a while since we have sent an email on what is new and thought we would share some some news with you!!

For Sunday March 7th we will be offering our Tarts with Pink Lady Apples, Red Raspberry and new this week a Meyer Lemon filling!!

We have also added a Nutella Hazelnut Biscotti with Semi-sweet chocolates to our selection as well as we have reintoruiduced our White Chocolate Rice Krispie featuring Salted Peanuts!!

New this month in our Short Bread cookie line is a Meyer Lemon with Pistachio that has been a great hit with the Lemon Fan's!! We should point out that a California Height's home owner has been bringing us local grown Meyer Lemons for the past few weeks and we have been using them as much as possible!!

Great news with our Granola, Bee Canyon Honey (who sells at he Long Beach Sunday Market) has been selling it at the Santa Monica Farmer's Market for the past few weeks. This is now available in pound sizes in addition to our half pounders. Great stuff and it is good for you too!

In addition to the Long Beach Sunday Market we can also be found at the Local Harvest Farmer's Market held at Marine Stadium on Wednesdays from 2 until 7 (just Google Will Roger Mini Park for directions)! Hope to see you soon!


Shortnin Bread
Justina Fenton and Keith Russell

Apple Pie Filling- coming soon!

Our seasonal jams, marmalade's, curds and preserves have been very popular. Thanks so much to Shortnin Bread for taking them to 2 different Farmers Markets. I am getting a lot of great feedback from everyone. If you have a suggestion or recipe please add it in the comments section. You can also email it to me and I will post it for you.

Right now we are working on Pie Filling! Here is a picture from one of our first test batches, looks pretty amazing. Thanks Tessa and the girls, nicely done. Let me know how it tastes!

Commercial Kitchen

Hello friends-

If any of you know of a commercial kitchen space that is not being used please let me know. Think churches or maybe a community center? We are currently renting a commercial kitchen where we make our jams and jellies but we (along with our partners Shortnin Bread) are looking for another kitchen to rent.

Thanks-
Sasha

Sunday Farmers Market

Tomorrow at the Sunday Farmers Market:

Stop by and visit Shortnin Bread's booth as they are featuring canned items from Wrigley Garden. This week we are offering Lemon Curd and Orange-Ginger Marmalade. We are using in season local produce so get them while they are available. All canned items are hand made in small batches - just like Shortnin Bread's wonderful baked goods!

Thanks, see you at the market!

Farmers Market = FUN!

Thank you to everyone who came out to support us and for all the generous donations.

For a little booth we had lots of action. We gave away fruit trees from Wrigley is Going Green and Tree People. We had our Community Gardeners as well as Master Gardeners on hand, we had a tree expert and a couple kick ass kids.

Thanks again to the Sunday Farmers Market and Everything Long Beach. We will be back!

Sunday Farmers Market

Everything Long Beach will be there!

This Sunday at the Farmers Market- US!

Get Growing at Long Beach Sunday Market This Weekend

Join the Wrigley Garden for free fruit trees and advice on growing local fruits and vegetables this Sunday, January 17. Supporters of this successful community garden will be on hand from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to pass out free information and answer gardening questions at Long Beach Sunday Market at Longfellow Elementary School, Bixby Road and California Avenue.

Right now is a perfect time is get growing in sunny Long Beach. Whether you’re a new or experienced gardener, drop by and talk to the Wrigley Garden folks about what you’d like to plant—and pick up a bare-root fruit tree before supplies run out. Find out how you can get your own community garden plot.

Long Beach has been ranked No. 3 out of 10 featured cities for having the most urban gardens per capita, according to the Trust for Public Land. Long Beach was among other U.S. cities including Seattle (No. 1), Portland, St. Paul, Honolulu, San Jose, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Anchorage, and Louisville.

Since opening this summer, The Wrigley Garden has fed about 40 families from its raised garden beds on the site of two former drug houses. The subject of a recent LA Times article celebrating the positive effects of gardening on the community, the Wrigley Garden is a two-year project located on land owned by the City of Long Beach. Supporters include The Long Beach Neighborhood Foundation, a 501(c)3 corporation, Wrigley is Going Green, The Long Beach Community Foundation, Connected Corridors and the 6th District Council Office.

For more information, contact Wrigley Garden Director Sasha Kanno at 562-230-7207.

This Sunday at the Farmers Market

See you there!

We have a great day planned, including a cookie baking contest and a Santa
photo op.

Please direct any bakers to the web site to enter the contest by simply
filling out the contact form! Categories include: kids, open division and
decorated...

Thanks for your support!!!

PS. This is the last market before Christmas and there are tons of great
gift ideas to choose from at the market!! Honey, bees wax candles, soaps,
plants, jewelry, felted stockings and needle felted Holiday figures and on
and on!!


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Long Beach Sunday Market in California Heights
Certified Farmers Market
Sundays from 9am - 2pm
Located on the Longfellow Elementary School Playground
California Avenue at Bixby Road
Long Beach 90807

Market Manager - Kelli Johnson
Email - Info@LongBeachSundayMarket.com
Website - Http://LongBeachSundayMarket.com
562-528-6259

Made possible through a grant from the Connected Corridor Project