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Ellwood Update

Everything has been going good here at Ellwood Canyon.  Yesterday was big day, after three months of paper work, phone calls, ag-inspector visits and meetings I finally got into my first farmers market.  The one they are currently allowing me to attend is every Wednesday afternoon at Harding elementary school on the Westside of Santa Barbara.  It is a new market so the crowd is very slow but I am hoping that in time it will gain in popularity.  I am also hoping that I will soon be allowed to attend at least one if not two other weekly markets (there are 7 different markets every week in Santa Barbara County).

As far as farming goes spring has definitely hit hard and I have been making a big push to get my first round of warm weather crops planted. I’ve got tomatoes and beans already in the ground and will be planting my first peppers, eggplants and squash this weekend.

I have also been concentrating on marketing for my CSA which will begin in May.  My goal is to have  around 20 members for an initial 6 month season that will run through October.  If your reading this, live in Goleta or Santa Barbara and are interested in the CSA please contact me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and I can get you the details.

Well thanks for reading and have a great weekend.

Jack Motter

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